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(Unit 2) Topic 2: Playdough

2 Clock Hours of Early Childhood Education

Lesson Plan Example

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Playdough Nature Walk

Please provide appropriate supervision to the children in your care when completing all activities. You will need to decide what types of activities are safe for the children in your care.  Appropriate and reasonable caution should be used when providing art and sensory experiences for children.

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Age Group: ​ 

• Kindergarten

Objectives:

• Children will participate in a nature walk and take imprints of plants and use inventive spelling and drawings to dictate their experiences

Materials:  

• Playdough
• Pencil
• Paper

Procedure: 

• Take small groups on a nature walk and give each child a lump of playdough. Invite children to use their playdough to take imprints of leaves, rocks, bark on trees and other natural materials. Keep in mind that the playdough will probably be ruined after this activity.
• Upon returning to the classroom begin a discussion about the different things that children did and the sequence of events during the nature walk. 
• Encourage children to use inventive spelling and drawings to dictate the sequence of events surrounding the nature walk.

Assessment:  

• Assess children’s sequencing and inventive spelling in order to plan future lessons regarding this concept. 

CDA (Unit 2) Topic 2: Playdough Nature Walk *  Check for Understanding * Preschool  Page 27

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