Preschool Lesson Plan: Trees

A Grand Old Tree by Mary Newell Depalma

Reading Center for Preschool Lesson Plan: Trees

Fill your preschool reading center not only with books about trees, but also with books about flowers and other plant life.

Snacks for Preschool Lesson Plan: Trees

Give your preschool students a snack that comes from a tree: apples!

Concepts for Preschool Lesson Plan: Trees

Letter: Tt for tree
Number: 4 for the 4 letters in the word tree
Shape: rectangle
Color: green

Fine Motor Activity for Preschool Lesson Plan: Trees

Cutting: Have your preschool students cut a circle from green construction paper and a rectangle from brown construction paper. Save these shapes for the art activity listed below.

Gross Motor Activity for Preschool Lesson Plan: Trees

Pantomime: Lead your preschool students in a pantomime of the growth of a tree. Begin as a seed in a crouched position on the floor. Slowly stand up, stretching your arms out as you do so.

Art Center Activity for Preschool Lesson Plan: Trees

Tree art: Give each of your preschool students a piece of white construction paper. Have them glue the green circle and brown rectangle that they cut out earlier onto the white construction paper, making a tree. Instruct them to press their thumb to a pad of red ink and then make thumb prints on the green circle. They have now made an apple tree.

Songs/Finger Plays for Preschool Lesson Plan: Trees

(sing to the tune of Ten Little Indians)

One little, two little,
Three little trees.
Four little, five little,
Six little trees.
Seven little, eight little,
Nine little trees.
Ten little trees sway in the wind!

Pre-math Center Activity for Preschool Lesson Plan: Trees

Set out the letters t-r-e-e that you have previously cut from felt or laminated construction paper. Put out an example of the word tree for your students to use as a guide. Have them set out the letters, properly spelling the word tree. Instruct your preschool students to count the number of letters in the word tree. Now have your preschool students count out 4 tree shapes to set beneath the 4 lettered word.

Pre-writing Center Activities for Preschool Lesson Plan: Trees

For younger students, provide sheets of paper with the letters T and t lightly printed on them. Have the children trace the letters. Do the same with the number 4.

For older students, provide an example of the letters T and t and the number 4. Have the students practice writing the letters and number freehand.

Write the word tree on your preschool classroom's white erase board. Let your students copy the word tree on the white board with green dry erase markers.