Preschool Lesson Plan: Turtles

The Turtle and the Moon by Charles Turner

Reading Center for Preschool Lesson Plan: Turtles

Fill your preschool reading center not only with books about turtles and tortoises, but also with books about other reptiles and wetlands.

Snacks for Preschool Lesson Plan: Turtles

Serve your preschool students turtle foods, such as:

-boiled eggs
-lettuce
-sweet potatoes
-carrots
-squash
-mangoes
-pumpkins
-strawberries
-bananas

Concepts for Preschool Lesson Plan: Turtles

Letter: Tt for turtles
Number: 6 for the 6 letters in the word turtle
Shape: half circle
Color: green

Fine Motor Activity for Preschool Lesson Plan: Turtles

Real turtle pick ups: Bring some small water turtles to your classroom. Place the turtles in your preschool classroom's sensory table. Under your watchful eye, let your preschoolers take turns picking the little turtles from the water with their fingers.

Gross Motor Activities for Preschool Lesson Plan: Turtles

Letter T: Have your preschool students split up into groups of two. Instruct them to lie on the floor, making a letter T using their two bodies.

Slow mo dancing: Turtles are quite poky. They would even make poky dancers! Play some extremely slow music, letting your preschool students move to the music in a melodramatic and slow motion.

Art Center Activity for Preschool Lesson Plan: Turtles

Construction paper turtle: Have your preschool students cut out a half circle from green construction paper. Provide your students with templates of turtle heads, feet and tails printed on green construction paper. Instruct them to cut out one turtle head, one turtle tail and four turtle feet. Have your preschool students glue the turtle body parts and shell together. Let them glue a googly eye or two on the turtle heads. Now let your students tear pieces off a sheet of brown construction paper and glue those pieces on the turtle shells to make individual designs.

Songs/Finger Plays for Preschool Lesson Plan: Turtles

The Little Turtle

Pre-math Center Activities for Preschool Lesson Plan: Turtles

Make felt cut outs of the letters t, u, r, t, l, e. Place the letters spelling the world turtle on your preschool classroom's felt board. Have your preschool students count out the number of letters on the felt board. Now set out some felt cut outs of green turtles. Instruct your preschool students to count out six turtles and place them on the felt board, beneath the word turtle. Have them count the turtles as they place them on the felt board.

Pre-writing Center Activities for Preschool Lesson Plan: Turtles

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 6.

For older students, provide an example of the letters T and t and the number 6. Have the students practice writing the letters and number freehand.