Free Pre-K 3 lesson plan · Unit 3: Healthy me
Pre-K 3, week 12: review and show me
This is a review week with nothing new. Your learner plays games that bring back handwashing, the s sound, healthy food and counting to 5. Use the parent notes page to see what to practice next.
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5-minute parent prep
- Gather 5 spoons or blocks.
- Pick 3 foods from your kitchen to talk about.
- Print pages 2 to 5, or skip printing and use the no-supplies swaps.
Household supplies only: Paper, crayons, 5 spoons or blocks, a few foods. No supplies? Every activity has a no-supplies swap.
The week at a glance
| Day | Focus | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | Talk and listen | Healthy habits page, Pretend picnic card |
| Tuesday | Math | Count and match to 5 page, How many spoons? card |
| Wednesday | Explore | S or not? page, Germ busters card |
| Thursday | Make and move | Paths review page, Freeze shapes card |
| Friday | Story and review | Song of the week, Parent notes page |
| Every day | Read, sing, play | Read a picture book together, sing the song of the week, play outside and check in on feelings with the free feelings cards. |
Printable pages
Healthy habits
Say: "What keeps us healthy? Washing, eating, sleeping." Your learner points to each picture and says what it is.
Count and match to 5
Say: "Count each row and color that many dots." Your learner counts each row and colors that many dots.
S or not?
Say: "Sun starts with sss. What about the others?" Your learner colors the pictures that start with sss.
Paths review
Say: "Trace each path. Start at the green dot." Your learner traces each path from left to right.
Activity cards
Pretend picnic
- Set out a picnic.
- Your learner serves one food to each guest.
- Talk about the foods.
Easier: Use 2 guests.
Next step: Count the foods on each plate.
Say this: "One apple for you, one for me."
No supplies: Pretend with no food.
Language: vocabulary
How many spoons?
- Show some spoons.
- Your learner counts them.
- Change the number and count again.
Easier: Up to 3.
Next step: Show 5 quickly and ask "How many?"
Say this: "Let's check: one, two, three, four, five."
No supplies: Count claps.
Math: counting and cardinality
Germ busters
- Wash hands together and sing the song.
- Talk about when we wash: before eating, after the toilet.
- Your learner shows you the steps.
Easier: You lead.
Next step: Your learner leads.
Say this: "Before we eat, we wash."
No supplies: Practice the rubbing with dry hands.
Health: hygiene
Freeze shapes
- Dance.
- When the music stops, freeze tall, small or wide.
- Start again.
Easier: Freeze any way.
Next step: Freeze in the shape of a letter s.
Say this: "Freeze tall. Now small."
No supplies: Sing and stop.
Physical: gross motor
Song of the week: Healthy me
I wash my hands, I eat my peas,
I run and jump and climb with ease.
I rest my head when day is through,
Healthy me, and healthy you.
Actions: Act out each line. Try next: Add a verse about brushing teeth.
Parent notes for Friday
Not a test. Notice what your learner does this week, and practice the rest later. Nothing here is sent to UpOnly Learning.
- Shows the handwashing steps
- Counts 5 objects
- Picks the s pictures
- Freezes in a shape
Want the bigger picture? See developmental milestones by age and the child development guide for ages 3 to 5.
Safety for this week
- Use objects too big to fit in your learner's mouth, and stay close during any counting or sorting with real objects.
- Water play only with an adult within arm's reach the whole time, even in a small tub.
- An adult handles anything hot or sharp, knives, and rocks or heavy objects.
- Dry beans and seeds only with an adult watching closely, and not with a learner who still puts things in their mouth.
- No scissors needed: tear paper instead. If you do use scissors, use child safety scissors with an adult right there.
- Choose crayons, markers and paint labeled for young learners (look for the AP seal).
Questions parents ask
Washing hands, brushing teeth with help, sitting down to eat, drinking water, moving every day and a regular bedtime. Practice them as part of the day, not as lessons.
That is fine. Keep counting things up to 3 until it is easy, then add one more. Counting real objects a few times a day helps more than long practice.
Many 3 year olds talk with you in short back-and-forth exchanges, ask who, what, where and why questions, say their first name, draw a circle when shown how and string large beads. Every student grows at their own pace, so use these as things to practice, not a test.
No. Every week comes as a color PDF and a black-and-white PDF made from the same pages. The black-and-white one uses outline pictures, so it is low ink and doubles as a coloring page.
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