Free pre-K lesson plan · Unit 3: Healthy me
Pre-K 4, week 9: the letter n and circles
This week your learner will hear the n sound, find circles around the house and learn the steps of washing hands with a new song. 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 N and a small n on a sheet of paper.
- Find 3 round things in the kitchen, like a plate, a lid and a cup.
- Print pages 2 to 5, or skip printing and use the no-supplies swaps.
Household supplies only: Paper, crayons, a plate, a lid, a cup, soap and water, a large soft ball. No supplies? Every activity has a no-supplies swap.
The week at a glance
| Day | Focus | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | Letter n | Letter n page, Nose hum card |
| Tuesday | Math | Find the circles page, Circle hunt card |
| Wednesday | Explore | Wash your hands page, Wash, wash, wash card |
| Thursday | Make and move | Bubble path page, Roll the ball 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 n
Say: "N says nnn. Feel your nose hum. Nose, nail, notebook." Your learner traces the big N and the small n, then colors the pictures that start with n.
nose
nail
notebook
nose
nail
notebook
Find the circles
Say: "A circle is round with no corners. Find the circles." Your learner traces around each circle with a finger, then colors only the round things.
Wash your hands
Say: "First water, then soap and scrub, then rinse. Show me." Your learner tells you each step, acts it out with dry hands and colors the pictures.
Bubble path
Say: "Float the bubble to the end. Start at the green dot." Your learner traces each path from left to right with a crayon, holding it with fingers and thumb.
Activity cards
Nose hum
- Touch your nose and hum "nnn" together. Feel it buzz.
- Say a word. If it starts with n, your learner touches their nose.
- Try: nose, cup, nap, sock, nest, nut.
Easier: Use only nose and cup.
Next step: Your learner says an n word for you.
Say this: "Nap starts with nnn. Touch your nose."
No supplies: Needs nothing.
Literacy: phonological awareness
Circle hunt
- Trace around the edge of the plate with a finger: round and round.
- Walk around the house and find more circles: a clock, a button on the stove, a bowl.
- Count the circles you find together.
Easier: Find 2 circles.
Next step: Ask "Does a circle have corners?"
Say this: "The clock is a circle. It is round all the way."
No supplies: Draw circles in the air with your whole arm.
Math: geometry
Wash, wash, wash
- Turn on the water. Your learner wets their hands.
- Add soap and scrub the palms, the backs, between the fingers and the thumbs while you sing the song once through.
- Rinse and dry. Wash before meals and after using the toilet.
Easier: Do the scrub with your hands over your learner's hands.
Next step: Your learner tells you the steps in order.
Say this: "Palms, backs, fingers, thumbs. Rinse and dry."
No supplies: Practice the steps with pretend water at the table.
Physical: health and safety
Roll the ball
- Sit on the floor facing each other with legs apart.
- Roll the ball to your learner.
- Your learner rolls it back. Count each roll.
Easier: Sit closer together.
Next step: Sit farther apart, or roll it around a chair.
Say this: "A ball is round like a circle. Roll it to me."
No supplies: Roll a rolled-up pair of socks.
Physical: gross motor
Song of the week: Wash, wash, wash
Wet my hands and add the soap,
Palms and backs and in between.
Rub my thumbs and fingertips,
Rinse and dry, and now they're clean.
Actions: Act out each part of washing as you sing. Try next: Sing it while you really wash your hands before lunch.
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 n sound
- Finds a circle around the house
- Tells the steps of washing hands
- Rolls a ball back and forth
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
Start with one shape at a time. This week is circles: trace them with a finger, find them around the house and say "round with no corners." Real things, like plates and clocks, work better than flash cards. Squares, rectangles and triangles come in the next two weeks.
Show the steps the same way every time: water, soap, scrub palms, backs, fingers and thumbs, rinse, dry. Sing the song of the week once through while scrubbing so the scrub is not rushed. A step stool helps your student reach the sink on their own.
Simple habits help: before eating, after using the toilet, after playing outside and after blowing their nose. Make it part of the routine at the same times each day so your student starts to remember without a reminder. Praise the steps, not just clean hands.
Paper, crayons, a plate, a lid, a cup, soap and water, and a large soft ball. Every activity also has a no-supplies swap, such as drawing circles in the air, so you can start this week with what you already have at home.
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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