Preschool Lesson Plans: Giraffes

I Am a Little Giraffe by Francois Crozat

Reading Center for Preschool Lesson Plan: Giraffes

Fill your preschool reading center not only with books about giraffes, but also with books about zebras and other African mammals.

Snacks for Preschool Lesson Plan: Giraffes

Giraffes eat leaves. Serve your students a garden salad for snack one day.

Another snack idea is to serve sugar cookies with yellow or orange icing. Dot the icing with raisins for giraffe spots!

Concepts for Preschool Lesson Plan: Giraffes

Letter: Gg for giraffe
Number: 7 for the 7 letters in the word giraffe
Shape: square
Color: yellow

Fine Motor Activity for Preschool Lesson Plan: Giraffes

Tearing paper: Have your preschool students use their fingers to tear square shapes from brown construction paper. These squares can be used in the art activity below.

Gross Motor Activity for Preschool Lesson Plan: Giraffes

Reach!: Hang several die cuts of the letter G from a low branched tree. Have your students reach to grab the Gs just as a giraffe stretches its neck to reach leaves.

Art Center Activity for Preschool Lesson Plan: Giraffes

Large group art activity: Draw and cut out a giraffe shape from white paper that can be adhered to your preschool classroom wall. Let your students work together painting the giraffe with yellow paint. When the paint has dried, have your students adhere the brown construction paper squares that they tore earlier to the giraffe with glue sticks.

Songs/Finger Plays for Preschool Lesson Plan: Giraffes

(sing to the tune of Ten Little Indians)

One little, two little,
Three little giraffes.
Four little, five little,
Six little giraffes.
Seven little, eight little,
Nine little giraffes.
Ten little giraffes with long necks!

Pre-math Center Activity for Preschool Lesson Plan: Giraffes

Set out the letters g-i-r-a-f-f-e that you have previously cut from felt or laminated construction paper. Put out an example of the word giraffe for your students to use as a guide. Have them set out the letters, properly spelling the word giraffe. Instruct your preschool students to count the number of letters in the word giraffe. Now have your preschool students count out 7 giraffe shapes to set beneath the 7 lettered word.

Pre-writing Center Activities for Preschool Lesson Plan: Giraffes

For younger students, provide sheets of paper with the letters G and g lightly printed on them. Have the children trace the letters. Do the same with the number 7.

For older students, provide an example of the letters G and g and the number 7. Have the students practice writing the letters and number freehand.

Write the word giraffe on your preschool classroom's white erase board. Let your students copy the word giraffe on the white board with yellow and brown dry erase markers.