Preschool Homeschool Curriculum: Prewriting Skills Lesson Plan

Objective: To work on prewriting skills

Music: “Pencil Grip Song” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwuLwaTeaOI)

My thumb is bent
Pointer points to the tip
Tall Man uses his side
I tuck the last two fingers in
And take them for a ride

Fine Motor Skills:

• BPW 1-21
• TTPWS 28-32

Craft/Activity: Fingerpaint Tracing

Materials

• Blank paper
• Snowman tracing worksheet template (http://www.makinglearningfun.com/Activities/snow/SnowmanTraceandColor-2.gif)
• Paint
• Scrap cardboard

Directions

1. Print the snowman tracing worksheet template on a blank sheet of paper.
2. Pour some paint on the scrap cardboard.
3. Trace the snowman with the fingerpaint.

References

Big Preschool Workbook (P). 2014. School Zone Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0887431456
Tracing Trails Pre-Writing Skills. 2014. School Zone Publishing Company. ISBN 978-1601591173

Image Credits

Snowman Fingerpaint Tracing © 2015 Heather Johnson