Y is for You Lesson Plan (Preschool or Elementary)

Y is for You
is a very fun preschool.  We...

• Traced letter Y
• Had calendar/weather
• Played the spider web game with Yellow Yarn to name all the words we could think of that started with Y. This is played by saying a word that starts with Y and then throwing the ball of yarn to another preschooler while holding on to the end.  They do the same thing and it continues until you have a spider web of yellow yarn and lots of Y letter words!
• Played a Y opposite riddle game.  Each answer was an opposite and started with the letter Y {What's the opposite of old (young), no (yes), whisper (yell), me (you), today (yesterday), and yucky (yucky)?}
• Did exercises while pretending to be letter Y's
• Read books about being unique: Hooray for You , Today I Feel Silly: And Other Moods That Make My Day , Amazing Grace, Whoever You Are, Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too?
 and Stephanie's Ponytail
• Craft Time:  Made frames to focus on "you".  I printed a picture of the preschool group from a previous lesson to insert in the frame.  I picked these frames up at a local craft store like Michaels or Hobby Lobby.  There are Foam Frames that you can buy on Amazon as well. Then I bought foam letters  and pom poms to accessorize.

 

• Talked about what we wanted to be when we grew up {answers included ice cream truck driver, dance teacher, army man, scientist, pilot, teacher, mom, dad}
• V.I.P (Very Important Person) time: We shared brown paper bags filled with things about each preschooler and guessed whose they were.  The week before, I sent home a note that asked parents to fill a brown paper lunch bag with things about their child and their interests.  Then we sat down, mixed up the bags and presented them without anyone knowing whose it was.  The kids had to guess after I pulled out all the items.  Once they guessed, I had them come forward and anyone could ask a question if they wanted.  They felt very excited to be focused in on.  
• Frosted cupcakes to look like themselves.  I pre-baked the cupcakes.  The kids frosted them and I had a variety of candy that could look like eyes, nose and ears (mini chewy sweettarts, runts, chocolate chips, smarties, m&ms, skittles).  I found pull n' peel licorice perfect for the hair.  And sour watermelons a great shape for the mouth.

• Sang songs about things that start with the letter Y
  

Let's Give A Yell For Y
(Tune: The Farmer In The Dell)
Let's give a yell for Y!
Let's give a yell for Y!
Y is for you and for yellow, too.
Let's give a yell for Y!

Who Is Wearing Yellow?
(Tune: The Farmer In The Dell)
Who is wearing yellow?
Who is wearing yellow?
Hi Ho the derry-o
Who is wearing yellow?
____ is wearing yellow.
____ is wearing yellow.
Hi Ho the derry-o
____ is wearing yellow.

We Wish You A Happy Y Week
(Tune: We Wish You A Merry Christmas)
We wish you a happy Y week.
(Form the letter Y with your arms over your head.)
We wish you a happy Y week.
We wish you a happy Y week.
Y-y-y-y-y.
(Make the sound of Y)
Let's all yodel now for Y week...
Let's all yo-yo now for Y week...
Repeat:
We wish you a happy Y week...

Yellow Song
(Tune: Someone's In The Kitchen With Dinah")
Yellow is the color of bananas
Yellow is the color of the sunshine, too
Yellow is the color of corn on the cob
I like yellow don't you?

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