Free Pre-K 3 lesson plan · Unit 4: Home and helpers
Pre-K 3, week 13: my home, big and small
This week your learner will name the rooms at home, find big and small things, and talk about what we use at home. Each activity takes about 5 to 10 minutes. Print the pages, or do them with things you already have at home.
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5-minute parent prep
- Find a big and a small version of something: spoons, shoes or balls.
- Walk through your home and say the room names.
- Print pages 2 to 5, or skip printing and use the no-supplies swaps.
Household supplies only: Paper, crayons, big and small spoons, shoes or balls. No supplies? Every activity has a no-supplies swap.
The week at a glance
| Day | Focus | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | Talk and listen | Rooms at home page, House tour card |
| Tuesday | Math | Big and small page, Big or small? card |
| Wednesday | Explore | Things at home page, What does it do? card |
| Thursday | Make and move | Path home page, Block tower 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
Rooms at home
Say: "Where do we cook? Where do we sleep?" Your learner points to each room and says what we do there.
Big and small
Say: "Which ball is big? Which is small?" Your learner colors the big ball red and the small ball blue.
Things at home
Say: "What is this? What do we do with it?" Your learner names each thing and shows how we use it.
Path home
Say: "Help the car drive home. Start at the green dot." Your learner traces each path from left to right.
Activity cards
House tour
- Walk room to room.
- In each room, ask "What do we do here?"
- Your learner answers or acts it out.
Easier: Visit 2 rooms.
Next step: Ask "Where is the bed? Where is the sink?"
Say this: "This is the kitchen. We cook here."
No supplies: Draw a simple house and point to rooms.
Language: vocabulary
Big or small?
- Show two things.
- Your learner points to the big one, then the small one.
- Mix them up and try again.
Easier: Use things that are very different in size.
Next step: Line up 3 sizes.
Say this: "This shoe is big. This shoe is small."
No supplies: Compare your hand and your learner's hand.
Math: measurement
What does it do?
- Hold up one thing.
- Ask "What do we do with this?"
- Your learner shows you.
Easier: Show and copy.
Next step: Ask "What else could we use?"
Say this: "We drink from a cup."
No supplies: Point to things in a picture book.
Science: tools at home
Block tower
- Stack blocks together.
- Count each block.
- Knock it down gently and build again.
Easier: Stack 2 or 3.
Next step: Build a big tower and a small tower.
Say this: "One more block. Wow, it's tall."
No supplies: Stack plastic cups or books.
Physical: fine motor
Song of the week: My home
This is my home, my home, my home,
A kitchen, a bed, a place to roam.
Big things, small things, here they stay,
In my home, where I can play.
Actions: Spread arms wide for big, crouch small for small. Try next: Sing it with your own room names.
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.
- Names 2 rooms at home
- Points to the big one and the small one
- Shows what a cup and a spoon are for
- Stacks 3 blocks
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
Compare two things that are very different: a big shoe and a baby shoe, a big ball and a small ball. Say "big" and "small" a lot during the day. Add "bigger" and "smaller" later.
Spoons, cups, socks, towels, boxes, blocks, pillows and paper are enough for every Pre-K 3 week. Choose things too big to fit in your learner's mouth, and stay close.
About 5 to 10 minutes each, with 10 to 15 minutes of table time a day in two or three short blocks. Stop while your learner is still having fun. Play, a read-aloud, the song and time outside fill the rest of the day.
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