Lesson Plan Essay, Research Paper

LESSON PLAN

TITLE: Touch

Grade Level: Pre-school (12-18 months)

Subject: Language development, vocabulary enrichment, and science

Source: www.lessonplanspage.com

Materials: “feelie bucket”

Items of different texture

Time: 15-30 minutes

Objective: The child will be introduced to sensory descriptors, including smooth, rough,

hard, and soft. The child will understand that objects can be

described with one or more of these words, such as smooth and hard.

Procedure:

1. Introduce the sense of touch by asking students what they can do with

there hands. Lead the class to see that they touch things with their hands,

and then ask them if everything feels the same when they touch it. You

may have to lead the discussion by asking them how the carpet or floor

feels. Introduce the words rough, smooth, hard and soft.

Be sure to give examples of each so that the students can begin to

associate these words with concrete examples.

2. Place the “feelie bucket on the floor during circle time. Have each

student put there hand into the bucket and pull an item out. Ask the

children to describe the item they have found. Encourage the

children to touch all or the objects.

Assessments: Ask children later in the day to describe the way things feel. Repeat

the activity a few days later and see if the children can identify the

objects by their appropriate desciptive words.