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Theme: It’s All About Me – Day 5

Ideal For: Preschoolers (Ages 4–5)
Focus: Self-expression, confidence building, early literacy

💡 Why This Activity Matters

After spending a week exploring their names, bodies, emotions, and families, preschoolers end the “It’s All About Me” theme by celebrating their favorites and dreams. This reflective activity encourages children to express what they love and imagine who they might become—with a colorful and personal All About Me Booklet they create and share.

It’s a wonderful keepsake and a joyful way to close the week with connection, laughter, and confidence.

📘 Activity: All About Me Booklet

Objective:
Children will identify and communicate their likes, interests, and goals through a personalized booklet.

✏️ Materials You’ll Need:

• Printable “All About Me” worksheet pages or folded/stapled blank paper

• Crayons, markers, pencils

• Optional: glue, family photos, or stickers

• A mirror for self-portrait page (optional)

• A circle-time sharing space

📄 Suggested Pages to Include

Each child completes a booklet with prompts like:

• My name is...

• I am ___ years old.

• My favorite color is...

• I love to eat...

• My favorite animal is...

• When I grow up, I want to be...

• This is me! (Draw a self-portrait)

You can print ready-made templates or let kids write/draw on blank pages.

🧠 Step-by-Step Instructions

1. Circle Time Warm-Up

Start with fun questions:

“What’s your favorite color?”
“Do you have a favorite food or toy?”
“What do you want to be when you grow up?”

Let kids take turns answering aloud. This warms them up for the booklet activity.

2. Booklet Creation

Pass out the pages or folded paper booklets. Go through each page one at a time:

• Assist with writing if needed (especially for emerging writers).

• Let children illustrate their answers.

• Encourage creative responses! (E.g., “My favorite animal is a dragon.”)

Tip: Use mirrors to help them draw their self-portrait on the final page.

3. Sharing in Circle Time

Once finished, invite children to share one or two pages from their booklets with the class:

“My name is Marco. I love pizza. When I grow up, I want to be a firefighter.”

Celebrate each child’s work with applause and positive comments.

📚 Book Pairings

• I Like Myself! by Karen Beaumont

• All About Me! by Dr. Seuss (Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library)

• Marvelous Me: Inside and Out by Lisa Bullard

✅ What Children Learn

• Self-awareness and expression

• Confidence in speaking

• Pre-writing and drawing skills

• Appreciation for what makes them unique

This lesson is also a gentle introduction to goal-setting and dreaming big!

🎉 Bonus Ideas

• Display booklets on a classroom bulletin board called “Our Favorites!”

• Create a digital version to email to parents or include in learning portfolios

• Host a mini celebration with certificates like “Most Creative” or “Biggest Dreamer”

🧺 Clean-Up Tip

Use this as a teachable moment:

“Just like we care for our favorite things, we care for our space too!”
Assign simple jobs like stacking booklets or collecting crayons.

💬 Final Thoughts

The All About Me Booklet is more than just a fun craft—it’s a reflection of each child’s identity, curiosity, and dreams. It gives them a voice, builds their confidence, and shows them that their likes and choices matter.

By the end of this week, children walk away knowing:
🎉 I am unique.
🎨 I am creative.
👧 And I matter.

 Theme: It’s All About Me – Day 4

Ideal For: Ages 4–5 | Preschool | Daycare | Homeschool
Focus: Family identity, creativity, and communication

💡 Why Teach About Family in Preschool?

Families are the first communities children know. Learning to talk about “who I live with” and what makes their home special is key to building emotional security, self-awareness, and respect for diversity.

This activity—Family House Collage—gives preschoolers the chance to express who matters most to them, while building fine motor and language skills.

🎨 Activity: Family House Collage

Objective:
Children will talk about the people they live with and express their understanding of home through a hands-on collage.

🧰 Materials You’ll Need:

• Construction paper (for the background and house shape)

• Glue sticks or white glue

• Crayons, markers, and scissors

• Family photos from home (optional)

• Old magazines or catalogs

• Optional: multicultural clipart of families

📝 Step-by-Step Guide

1. Start with Circle Time

Begin the day with a gentle conversation:

“Who do you live with?”
“What is your home like?”
“What do you love to do with your family?”

Keep it inclusive—some children live with grandparents, foster families, single parents, or relatives. Every family counts.

2. Create the Collage

Each child will create a visual “home” using the materials provided.

Steps:

• Cut out a house shape from construction paper and glue it to a large sheet.

• Find or draw pictures of family members to place inside the house.

• Label each person with their name or role (e.g., Mom, Lola, Baby Brother).

• Decorate the house with windows, pets, flowers, and personal touches.

Encourage imagination and emotion. This is their version of “home.”

3. Circle Sharing

Once finished, invite children to show their collage and talk about it:

“This is my brother. We play trucks.”
“That’s my mom. She hugs me when I’m sad.”

This step builds confidence and strengthens classroom community.

📚 Book Pairings

Pair the activity with heartwarming books like:

• The Family Book by Todd Parr (a great way to celebrate diversity!)

• A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams

• Who’s In My Family? by Robie H. Harris

🧠 Learning Benefits

✔ Encourages self-expression and storytelling
✔ Develops fine motor skills (cutting, gluing, drawing)
✔ Teaches appreciation for different family types
✔ Builds emotional vocabulary and connection

🌈 Extension Ideas

• Use labels in home languages (Nanay, Tatay, Ate) for multicultural classrooms

• Create a “Class Family Book” with one page per child’s collage

• Have a Family Show-and-Tell Day where children bring in an item from home

🧺 Clean-Up Tip

Turn clean-up into part of the lesson:

“We take care of our classroom like we take care of our homes!”

Use music, assigned jobs, or color-coded bins for easy sorting.

💬 Final Thoughts

Family is at the heart of every child’s world. This sweet and simple Family House Collage project helps children honor where they come from—and share it with pride.

Let them express what “home” means in their own way. You might just learn something beautiful.

Theme: It’s All About Me – Day 3

Recommended Age: Preschoolers (4–5 years old)
Duration: 45–60 minutes
Focus: Social-emotional learning, artistic expression, and communication

🎯 Why Teach Emotions to Preschoolers?

Understanding and expressing emotions is a core part of a child’s development. At ages 3 to 5, children begin to recognize feelings in themselves and others—but they need help naming, talking about, and managing them.

That’s where this fun and meaningful lesson comes in: Emotion Masks help young learners explore emotions in a safe, hands-on, and imaginative way.

🎨 Activity Highlight: Emotion Masks

Objective:
Children will explore different emotions, facial expressions, and the situations that trigger them.

Materials Needed:

• 2 paper plates per child

• Crayons or markers

• Popsicle sticks

• Glue or tape

• Optional: a small mirror, emotion flashcards, stickers

📝 Step-by-Step Instructions

1. Circle Time Warm-Up

Start by talking about feelings. Ask:

“How are you feeling today?”
“What does your face look like when you’re happy? Angry? Scared?”

Show simple emotion flashcards or act out facial expressions. Encourage children to copy you using a mirror to see themselves.

2. Create the Masks

Each child creates two masks, each representing a different emotion (e.g., happy and sad).

Steps:

• Draw one emotion on each paper plate.

• Add features like eyebrows, eyes, mouths to show how the emotion feels.

• Attach a popsicle stick as a handle.

• Let children personalize their masks with colors or stickers.

3. Dramatic Play: Act It Out

Invite children to hold up their masks and role-play:

“This is my happy face. I feel happy when I eat ice cream!”
“This is my angry face. I feel angry when someone takes my toy.”

This helps build emotional vocabulary and empathy.

4. Discussion Time

Ask questions like:

• “What makes you feel sad?”

• “What do you do when you're scared?”

• “How can we help a friend who feels mad?”

Encourage open sharing in a supportive group setting.

🎶 Bonus: Emotion Song Time

Sing a playful twist on a classic:

“If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands…”
“If you’re sad and you know it, wipe your tears…”
“If you’re angry and you know it, take a breath…”

Let children act out each feeling using their masks.

📚 Book Pairings

Pair this activity with emotion-themed picture books like:

• The Color Monster by Anna Llenas

• Glad Monster, Sad Monster by Ed Emberley

• Today I Feel Silly by Jamie Lee Curtis

🧠 Learning Benefits

This activity supports:

• Emotional literacy

• Self-expression

• Fine motor skills

• Empathy and social connection

• Confidence in naming and managing feelings

🧺 Clean-Up Tip

Use a labeled bin or tray to collect crayons, glue, and masks. Encourage children to “help clean as part of taking care of our classroom and our feelings!”

💬 Final Thoughts

Exploring emotions through art and play gives children the tools to express themselves, connect with others, and build healthy emotional habits. The Emotion Masks activity is simple, fun, and powerful—one that your preschoolers will remember and love!

Theme: It’s All About Me

Age Group: 4 to 5 years old
Focus Area: Self-awareness, Body Parts, Creativity
Duration: 45–60 minutes

🎯 Learning Objectives

This lesson helps children:

• Recognize and name key body parts (e.g., head, hands, feet)

• Understand the basic function of each body part

• Express themselves through art and movement

• Build confidence and a positive self-image

🧰 Materials Needed

• Large sheets of butcher paper (one per child)

• Markers, crayons, pencils

• Safety scissors (optional)

• Yarn, stickers, or fabric scraps (optional for decorating)

• A music player for action songs like “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes”

🧠 Introduction (Circle Time)

Start with a short discussion:

“Today, we’re going to learn all about our amazing bodies!”

Show a simple body chart or poster and ask:

• “What do we use to see?”

• “Where is your heart?”

• “What helps us run?”

This sparks curiosity and sets the tone for hands-on learning.

✍️ Main Activity: Life-size Me Poster

This is a fun and memorable activity where kids create a life-sized version of themselves!

Steps:

1. Have each child lie down on a large sheet of butcher paper.

2. Carefully trace their body outline.

3. Let them draw and decorate their features—face, hair, clothes, etc.

4. Help them label major body parts such as:

   • Head – “For thinking and seeing”

   • Eyes – “For seeing”

   • Hands – “For touching and holding”

   • Feet – “For walking and running”

   • Heart – “It beats inside and keeps us alive!”

Encourage creativity! Some children may want to add shoes, jewelry, or favorite colors.

🗣️ Group Sharing and Reflection

Invite each child to present their poster and say something like:

“These are my hands. I use them to paint and help my mom!”

Display the posters in the classroom or hallway to celebrate each child.

🎶 Movement Break: “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes”

Play the classic song and encourage children to point to the correct body parts. Repeat it faster each time for fun and laughter!

📏 Learning Assessment

As children participate, observe and ask:

• Can they name their body parts?

• Do they understand their functions?

• Are they engaging with the activity and their peers?

Take quick notes or photos (with parental consent) for documentation.

🧩 Extension Ideas

• Use yarn for hair and scraps of cloth for clothing

• Read books like “Parts” by Tedd Arnold or “My Body” by Andrea Pinnington

• Create a class book called “Our Amazing Bodies” with each child’s poster as a page

💡 Why This Activity Matters

At ages 4 to 5, children are naturally curious about themselves. This activity supports:

• Body awareness

• Language development

• Fine and gross motor coordination

• Self-expression and creativity

This lesson plan is a favorite in my classroom. It’s a blend of art, science, and emotional learning—all rolled into one child-centered experience. Try it out and watch your little learners light up with pride!

Looking for a fun and educational name recognition activity for your preschooler? This Colorful Name Puzzle Craft is perfect for children aged 3 to 5 and focuses on developing letter recognition, fine motor skills, color matching, and sequencing — all while making learning personal and exciting!

In this hands-on activity, kids will create a bright, interactive name puzzle using simple materials like construction paper, markers, and Velcro dots. They'll love matching each letter to spell out their name while engaging their minds and fingers. Plus, the printable version makes setup a breeze for teachers, parents, or early childhood educators.

Whether you're working in a daycare, preschool classroom, or from home, this craft is a beautiful way to celebrate each child’s identity — starting with their name!

🖍️ Get ready to sing, spell, and play with the Colorful Name Puzzle!

Colorful Name Puzzle Craft

Theme: All About Me / Name Recognition
Age Group: 3 to 5 years old
Skills Developed: Letter recognition, Fine motor skills, Sequencing, Color matching

Objective: Children will recognize and spell their names and learn the meaning or origin (if possible).

🎨 Materials Needed:

• Colored cardstock or construction paper (at least 4 different colors)

• Scissors (child-safe)

• Glue stick or Velcro dots

• Black marker or thick crayon

• Laminator (optional)

• Small envelope or Ziploc bag for storage

✂️ Step-by-Step Instructions:

1. Prepare the Name Base Strip

• Choose one bright-colored cardstock as the base (approx. 3 x 10 inches).

• Using a black marker, write the name of the child in big uppercase letters across the strip, leaving space between each letter.

2. Create Letter Pieces

• Cut out 4 separate squares (2 x 2 inches) using different colored paper for each letter.

• Write one letter of the name of the child on each square using the marker.

3. Turn It Into a Puzzle

• Cut the name base strip so that each letter is separated (like puzzle slots).

• You can laminate both the base and the pieces for extra durability (optional).

• Attach Velcro dots to the base and the backs of each letter piece.

4. Let the Child Play and Learn

• Invite the child to match the colorful letter pieces to the correct spots.

• Encourage them to say each letter aloud as they place it:

• "N-A-M-E of the child! and spells !"

🌟 Creative Add-ons:

• Color Match: Use same-colored letters and backgrounds for color matching.

• Shape Puzzle: Cut letter pieces into fun shapes (stars, hearts, etc.).

• Photo Personalization: Add a small photo of the child on one side of the base.

• Decorate: Let the child decorate each letter with stickers or crayons.

🎶 Bonus: Sing the Name Song

(Tune: B-I-N-G-O) "There was a girl/boy who learned her/his name and replace Bingo with the name of the child 

📆 Storage Tip

Keep all the pieces in a labeled envelope or Ziploc bag. Let Maya decorate it with her name and stickers!

WEEKLY LESSON PLAN

🌟 All About Me: A 1-Week Lesson Plan for Curious Little Learners (Ages 3–4)

Every child is unique—and that’s something worth celebrating! The “All About Me” theme is a wonderful way to help young children explore who they are, recognize their emotions, and understand their place within their family and community. Whether you're a preschool teacher, an early childhood educator, or a parent looking for meaningful at-home activities, this 1-week lesson plan is designed to spark self-awareness, creativity, and connection in 3- to 4-year-olds.

Throughout the week, children will enjoy interactive circle times, sensory-rich crafts, engaging stories, and playful movement—all centered around learning about themselves. From name recognition games to expressive art and family-themed activities, each day invites children to discover and share more about what makes them special.

In this blog post, you’ll find a complete weekly plan with daily topics, learning goals, materials, and activity ideas. Let’s dive into a week of joyful learning—because every little learner deserves to feel seen, heard, and celebrated.

Age Group: 3–4 years old

Duration: 1 week
Domains Covered: Language, Cognitive, Fine & Gross Motor, Social-Emotional, Creative Arts

Weekly Goals:

• Help children recognize and appreciate their uniqueness.

• Encourage self-expression through art, movement, and play.

• Develop vocabulary related to self, body parts, family, and emotions.

🧾 Materials Needed:

• Name cards / foam letters

• Mirrors

• Paper plates, crayons, glue, magazines

• Playdough

• Family photos (optional from parents)

• Music player or speaker

• Emotion flashcards

• Books listed (or equivalents)

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✅ Assessment & Reflection:

• Observe children’s participation in discussions and play.

• Document drawings, crafts, and how children express their emotions or talk about family.

• Note growth in confidence, language use, and group interaction.