Add relevant content to your selected categories as you find or create content.
Besides creating original content, you have access to a plethora of kids activities both hard copy and digital.
- Visit libraries.
- Purchase written material.
- Search for activities online.
Carry a small notebook with you to jot down ideas anytime of day, or store on your mobile device. Add these ideas later to your resource file.
Step 2. Create a lesson plan.
The ABC method allows you to schedule hands-on, engaging activities from the ideas you have compiled. Planning can be done daily, weekly, or longer.
Preschool Weekly Planner Printable
How to use the planner:
- Specify a theme or topic, or choose a “general” category.
- Select activities from your storage file.
Print a weekly schedule for each theme to store in a binder, or laminate a single planner (or place under a transparent plastic cover) that can be updated with a wipe-off marker.
Following is an example of how apple activities listed in the spread sheet can be inserted into a weekly planner using the ABC Method.
Sample of how to organize weekly content for an Apple theme.
ABC Method Apple Unit
Here are some activities explained in more detail.
Monday
Activity
Song with actions (tune: I Love You, You Love Me)
Way up high in a tree
Five red apples smiled at me
So I shook that tree as hard as I could
Down came the apples, mm mm good.
Craft
Apple Lacing Craft