Healthy Habits Preschool Theme
2024 update below this plan.
This weeks theme is healthy habits, and by that I mean things like teeth hygiene, germs, handwashing, and exercise. I am purposely NOT focusing on the body as I already have a separate theme for that (here). I’m also not touching on diet/food because, again, I have a whole theme for that (here). Let me know if you have any questions!
| M | T | W | Th | F | |
| Religion | Read the Good Samaritan | Comprehension Questions | Good Samaritan worksheet – glue sand to the road and put bandaids on the hurt man | Read Zuzu’s Wishing Cake by Linda Michelin | Make Get Well Survival Kits and give to someone you know |
| Language (2) | Practice L with sandpaper then write letter L in salt tray – use a toothbrush for fun | L dot marker page | L binder activities | Alphabet teeth cleaning – letter L and review letters | L miniatures |
| Language (4) | Introduce Th by putting teeth to tongue and blowing air – intro They, This & That (review ‘the’) – other words too ie thank you & thumb | Review They & That sight words & Practice th in syllables. Put a long or short vowel after th (thy, thee, though) and before (ath, eth, ith) and middle (atho, ethee, athi) | Review They & That sight words & Listen for th in words. Practice initial sounds – You can find picture cards here – look for TH sounds – initial words | Review They & That sight words & Listen for th in words. Practice medial sounds – You can find picture cards here – look for TH sounds – medial words | Review They & That sight words & Listen for th in words. Practice final sounds – You can find picture cards here – look for TH sounds –final words Try this worksheet |
| Math (2) | Germ clip cards (easier or harder depending on skill level of child) | Make 13 ‘teeth’ out of playdough then use tweezers to count and ‘remove’ them 1 by 1 into a bowl | Germ (pompom) color sort – use tweezers to sort | Germ patterns | Put 13 stickers on the 13 coloring page |
| Math (4) | Subtraction word problem story | Tooth subtraction | One page of subtraction to 10 | Bite out of math subtraction problems | One page of subtraction glue and categorize |
| Art/Sensory | Use dry erase to draw on a mouth/teeth model and use a toothbrush to brush off the cavities (I bought mine at dollar tree) | Paint with a toothbrush | Do exercise cards | Decorate paper towel tubes and pretend they are dumbells | Dirty v clean hand craft* |
| Science Geography History | Parts of a tooth | On a large plate smear food samples such as pb, jelly, syrup, ketchup etc.. Then use a real toothbrush and toothpaste to clean – see which are hard, which stain etc.. | Glitter germ handwashing activity | Germs scatter experiment Dip a hard boiled egg in coffee or dark soda and let sit overnight. | Remove the egg from the soda and observe the stain. Then use a toothbrush and paste to brush and see if the stain lifts. |
Comprehension Questions:
Who should have helped the hurt man?
Who did help the hurt man?
Give me an example of some ways that you can be kind to people.
Some stories talk about the Good Samaritan being a “foreign man”. In this story a foreign man represents someone who is different than you.
How can we be kind—even to people who are different than us?
Dirty Vs Clean Hand Craft – Fold a white piece of computer paper in half. Trace both of the childs hands on the upper half and the lower half (so 4 total hands). On the top half write ‘Dirty’ and on the bottom write ‘Clean’. Let the children draw dirt or germs on the dirty hands and use a blue dot marker to draw soap bubbles on the clean hands.
2024 Healthy Habits Preschool Theme
Because my themes are a little different this year, I want to touch a little on the body and nutrition as well as germs, dental & exercise.
| Books | The Busy Body Book: A Kid’s Guide to Fitness – Lizzy Rockwell; Why Do I Need To Brush My Teeth? – Caressa Simmons; Lift-the-flap Very First Questions & Answers: Why Should I Get Dressed? – Katie Daynes; Grow Strong!: A book about healthy habits (Being the Best Me!) – Cheri J. Meiners; Look Inside What Happens When You Eat – Emily Bone; Wash Your Hands!: Keeping Clean in a Messy World – Noreen R. Hussain; I Can Take Care of My Body (Healthy Me) – Andi Cann; I Can Eat a Rainbow –Olena Rose; Inside your Outside – Trish Rabe | |||
| Language | Review B; Introduce E & Y; choose a couple body words to practice writing (ex – body, hand, eye) | Germ case matching & pre-writing/tracing sheets | Use unifix cubes to create the letter E & Y – have them bring the cubes from one side of the room to the other for exercise if you wish | Alphabet teeth cleaning with review letters |
| Math | Fingerprint graph* | Give child pom poms (or germs); then have them count them and write the number; repeat with 1-10 | Exercise counting game | Playdo teeth counting |
| Art/Sensory | Food group sort (can also do this with play kitchen food) | Germ guys | Make dumbbells out of paper towel rolls and decorate them | Draw on teeth model with dry erase marker and use a toothbrush to brush off the “cavities” |
| S/G/H | Energy for the body & Organ matching | Germ experiement | Exercise and heart rate experiment | Teeth facts & anatomy |
| Religion | Pick a saint to read about each day | |||
| 2 Yr Ideas | Body parts; Germ (pompom) color sort using tweezers; Germ patterns; practice hand washing; | |||