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Preschool Homeschool Curriculum: Hearts Lesson Plan

Heart Turkeys

Objective: To learn about the shape heart

Book(s):

  • A Circle Here, A Square There: My Shapes Book by David Diehl
  • Pick a Circle, Gather Squares: A Fall Harvest of Shapes by Felicia Sanzari Chernesky

Music: “Make a Heart”

I put my hands together (Palms together)
This is how I start
I curve my fingers right around (Curve hands into heart shape)
And I can make a heart

Fine Motor Skills:

  • LLCS pages 50-51
  • SCEW page 9

Gross Motor Skills: Dance to songs with heart in the title.

  • “Heart of Glass” by Blondie
  • “Achy Breaky Heart” by Billy Ray Cyrus
  • “This Is How a Heart Breaks” by Rob Thomas
  • “Shape of My Heart” by Backstreet Boys
  • “Groove Is in the Heart” by Deee-lite
  • “Put a Little Love in Your Heart” by Dolly Parton
  • “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” by Elton John & Kiki Dee

Craft/Activity: Heart Turkey

Materials

  • Red, orange, yellow, brown, and black construction paper
  • Scissors
  • Glue

Directions

  1. Cut a heart from the red, orange, yellow, and brown construction paper.
  2. Cut a triangle from the orange paper, two small circles from the black paper, and a S from the red paper.
  3. Glue the red, orange, and yellow hearts to the back of the brown heart to form a turkey.
  4. Glue the orange triangle, black circles, and red S to the brown heart to form a turkey face.

Shapes Review: BPW pages 38-41

References

Big Preschool Workbook (P). 2014. School Zone Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0887431456
Backer, Barbara. The Weekly Curriculum: 52 Complete Preschool Themes. 2003. Gryphon House, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89659-282-3
Let’s Learn Colors & Shapes (2+). 2011. Spectrum Early Years. ISBN 978-1-60996-201-2
Schiller, Pam and Pat Phipps. The Complete Daily Curriculum for Early Childhood (Revised). 2011. Gryphon House. Inc. ISBN 978-0-87659-358-5
Shapes and Colors Educational Workbook (Pre-K Kindergarten). 2014. The Clever Factory, Inc.

Image Credits

Heart Turkeys © 2014 Heather Johnson

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