Free Pre-K 3 lesson plan · Unit 9: Look how I've grown
Pre-K 3, week 33: when I was a baby, more and fewer
This week your learner will talk about being a baby and growing bigger, compare more and fewer, and see how animals grow. 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 baby photo of your learner, or a baby item like a tiny sock.
- Gather 5 spoons or blocks.
- Print pages 2 to 5, or skip printing and use the no-supplies swaps.
Household supplies only: Paper, crayons, a baby photo or a tiny sock, 5 spoons or blocks. No supplies? Every activity has a no-supplies swap.
The week at a glance
| Day | Focus | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | Talk and listen | Growing up page, Baby photo talk card |
| Tuesday | Math | More or fewer? page, More or fewer piles card |
| Wednesday | Explore | How a chick grows page, Egg to hen card |
| Thursday | Make and move | Path to grown-up page, Then and now moves 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
Growing up
Say: "This is a baby. This is a boy and a girl. Who is a grown-up?" Your learner points to each picture and says baby, boy, girl or grown-up.
More or fewer?
Say: "Which row has more? Which has fewer?" Your learner counts each row with you and colors the row with more.
How a chick grows
Say: "First an egg, then a chick, then a hen." Your learner points to each step as you say it.
Path to grown-up
Say: "Follow the path from baby to big. Start at the green dot." Your learner traces each path from left to right.
Activity cards
Baby photo talk
- Look at the photo together.
- Ask "What could you do as a baby? What can you do now?"
- Talk about growing.
Easier: Just look and name.
Next step: Ask "What will you do when you are bigger?"
Say this: "You were so small. Now you can run."
No supplies: Talk about a baby you know.
Language: past and now
More or fewer piles
- Make a pile of 1 and a pile of 4.
- Ask "Which has more?"
- Your learner points, then you count to check.
Easier: Use 1 and 5.
Next step: Use 2 and 3.
Say this: "This pile has more. Let's count."
No supplies: Hold up fingers on two hands.
Math: more and fewer
Egg to hen
- Curl up like an egg.
- Hatch out slowly like a chick.
- Stand and flap like a hen.
Easier: Do it together.
Next step: Add a cheep, cheep and a cluck.
Say this: "Crack. Out comes the chick."
No supplies: Do it with hands only.
Science: growing and changing
Then and now moves
- Crawl like a baby.
- Walk tall like a grown-up.
- Hop like a 3 year old can.
Easier: Crawl and walk.
Next step: Try to balance on one foot for a moment.
Say this: "You can hop now."
No supplies: Clap softly like a baby, then big and loud.
Physical: gross motor
Song of the week: I am growing
I was a baby, small and new,
Now I'm bigger, look, it's true.
I can jump and I can run,
Growing up is lots of fun.
Actions: Grow from small to tall. Try next: Add something new your learner can do.
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.
- Says one thing they can do now
- Points to the pile with more
- Shows egg, chick and hen
- Hops with both feet
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
Comparing two groups to see which has more things. At 3, use groups that are very different (1 and 4), let your learner point, then count to check. Close numbers come later.
Look at baby photos, talk about what they could do then and can do now, and celebrate new skills. It builds pride and new words like before and now.
Many 3 year olds say numbers up to 5 or 10 but count objects correctly only to about 3. Pre-K 3 builds touch-and-count to 3 first, then to 5. Counting further is a Pre-K 4 goal.
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