Preschool Lesson Plans: Raccoons

Clever Raccoons by Kristin L. Nelson

Reading Center for Preschool Lesson Plan: Raccoons

Fill your preschool reading center not only with books about raccoons, but also with books about other small woodland creatures.

Snack for Preschool Lesson Plan: Raccoons

Serve your preschool students trail mix as a snack.

Concepts for Preschool Lesson Plan: Raccoons

Letter: Rr
Number: 7 for the 7 letters in the word raccoon
Shape: oval
Color: brown

Fine Motor Activities for Preschool Lesson Plan: Raccoons

Raccoon coloring pages: The Web is filled with printable coloring pictures, including coloring pictures of raccoons. Do a google search to find some raccoon coloring pages, print them off and let your preschool students color the raccoon pictures with black and brown crayons.

Brown bean raccoons: Give each of your preschool students a coloring picture of a raccoon. Provide them with glue and brown dried beans. Have your students cover the raccoon pictures with glue and the pick up the beans with their fingers, placing them on the raccoon pictures.

Gross Motor Activity for Preschool Lesson Plan: Raccoons

Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes: Lead your preschool students in a round of Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes. Let them pretend to be raccoons standing on their hind legs.

Art Center Activity for Preschool Lesson Plan: Raccoons

Raccoon tails: Have your preschool students cut ovals out of pieces of white construction paper. Let them paint the ovals with stripes of brown and black paint, like raccoon tails.

Songs/Finger Plays for Preschool Lesson Plan: Raccoons

Here is a little ditty about raccoons that is to be sung to the theme of Ten Little Indians. I made this rhyme up and release it into the public domain.

One little, two little,
Three little raccoons.
Four little, five little,
Six little raccoons.
Seven little, eight little,
Nine little raccoons.
Ten little raccoons in black masks!

Pre-math Center Activity for Preschool Lesson Plan: Raccoons

Set out the letters r, a, c, c, o, o, n that you have previously cut from felt or laminated construction paper. Put out an example of the word raccoon for your students to use as a guide. Have them set out the letters, properly spelling the word raccoon. Instruct your preschool students to count the number of letters in the word raccoon. Now have your preschool students count out 7 raccoon shapes (or 7 raccoon tails) to set beneath the 7 lettered word.

Pre-writing Center Activities for Preschool Lesson Plan: Raccoons

For younger students, provide sheets of paper with the letters R and r 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 R and r and the number 7. Have the students practice writing the letters and number freehand.

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