Free pre-K lesson plan · Unit 4: Home and helpers
Pre-K 4, week 14: letter o and numbers 6 to 10
This week your learner will hear the short o sound, as in on and off, read the numbers 6 to 10 on ten frames and name tools at home. Each activity takes about 10 minutes. Print the pages, or do them with things you already have at home.
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5-minute parent prep
- Write a big O and a small o on a sheet of paper.
- Draw a ten frame (2 rows of 5 boxes) on paper, and roll up 10 pairs of socks.
- Print pages 2 to 5, or skip printing and use the no-supplies swaps.
Household supplies only: Paper, crayons, 10 rolled pairs of socks, a flashlight, a key, a ruler, a pillow. No supplies? Every activity has a no-supplies swap.
The week at a glance
| Day | Focus | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | Letter o | Letter o page, Open wide card |
| Tuesday | Math | Numbers 6 to 10 page, Sock ten frame card |
| Wednesday | Explore | Tools at home page, Tool hunt card |
| Thursday | Make and move | Ocean waves page, On and off 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
Letter o
Say: "O says o, like on and off. Listen: fooox, froooog, clooock." Your learner traces the big O and the small o, then says each picture word slowly and listens for the o sound in the middle.
fox
frog
clock
fox
frog
clock
Numbers 6 to 10
Say: "Five on top, then count on. How many dots?" Your learner counts the dots in each ten frame, touches the number above it and says it out loud.
Tools at home
Say: "What does each tool help us do?" Your learner names each tool, tells what it does and colors the pictures.
Ocean waves
Say: "Over and over, like ocean waves. Start at the green dot." Your learner traces each wavy line from left to right.
Activity cards
Open wide
- Open your mouth wide and say "o, o, o" together.
- Say a word. If it has the o sound, your learner makes a big O with their arms.
- Try: on, sun, hop, cat, off, pot.
Easier: Use only on and sun.
Next step: Say the sounds h, o, p slowly. Your learner says the word: hop.
Say this: "Hop has o in the middle. Make an O."
No supplies: Needs nothing.
Literacy: phonological awareness
Sock ten frame
- Your learner fills the top row with 5 socks, counting each one.
- Keep going on the bottom row to make 6, 7 or 8.
- Ask "How many boxes are empty?"
Easier: Make 6 only.
Next step: You make a number; your learner says it without counting from 1.
Say this: "Five on top and two more. Seven."
No supplies: Use fingers: 5 on one hand, then count on.
Math: counting and cardinality
Tool hunt
- Show each tool and ask "What does it do?"
- Use the flashlight in a dark closet, try the key in a door, measure a toy with the ruler.
- Adults keep sharp and hot tools out of reach.
Easier: Use only the flashlight.
Next step: Find another tool and guess what it does.
Say this: "The key helps us open the door."
No supplies: Talk about tools in a picture book.
Science: tools and how things work
On and off
- Put the pillow on the floor.
- Say "on" and your learner hops on. Say "off" and they hop off.
- Speed up, slow down, and count the hops to 10.
Easier: Step on and off.
Next step: Hop on one foot.
Say this: "On. Off. On. Off."
No supplies: Hop on and off a line on the floor.
Physical: gross motor
Song of the week: On and off
O, o, on, and o, o, off,
A fox, a frog, a clock, tick tock.
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten,
On and off and on again.
Actions: Hop on "on" and step back on "off". Try next: Count the hops to 10.
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 the short o sound
- Finds o on a page
- Reads the numbers 6 to 10
- Tells what 3 tools do
Want the bigger picture? Use the free kindergarten readiness checklist.
Safety for this week
- Use objects too big to fit in your learner's mouth, and stay close during any counting with real objects.
- Child-size scissors only, with an adult watching. Hand scissors over handle first.
- Choose crayons, markers and paint labeled for young learners (look for the AP seal).
- Adults handle anything hot or sharp.
Questions parents ask
A ten frame has two rows of 5 boxes. Your student sees 5 on top and counts on: 6, 7, 8. Over time they start to see 7 as 5 and 2 without counting from 1. Draw one on paper and fill it with rolled socks or blocks.
Few picture words start with the short o sound, so this week your student listens for o in the middle of short words like fox, frog and clock. Stretch the sound when you say it. The card games add words that start with o, like on and off.
Let your student use simple, safe tools with you: a flashlight in a dark closet, a key in a door and a ruler to measure a toy. Talk about what each tool helps us do. Adults handle anything sharp, hot or heavy, and put it away after.
Paper, crayons, 10 rolled pairs of socks, a flashlight, a key, a ruler and a pillow or folded towel. Every activity also has a no-supplies swap, such as using fingers instead of the sock ten frame, so you can start with what you already have.
Related pages
- Free Pre-K curriculum for 4 year olds, week by week
- Child development guide: preschoolers, 3 to 5
- Free kindergarten reading practice and kindergarten math practice for when your learner is ready for more
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