Any teacher or homeschooling parent can attest that you can spend hours and hours and hours planning your lessons. But, there is not always a need to spend so much time planning when with a few simple steps, taken in the right order, you can easily plan an entire year’s worth of preschool lesson plans in advance of the first day of school.
I used to be a hyper lesson planner. When I taught public school, I was that teacher who spent her summers lesson planning, and treated it like an 8-5 job. My first summer I wrote 5th grade science lesson plans, since my school didn’t have a curriculum, the following summer was spent lesson planning for writing instruction. Even when I was participating in a preschool co-op, my lesson plans were detailed, exact, and left not a minute to spare. I crammed as much in as I possibly could in a single day.
But those highly detailed daily lesson plans were not appropriate for preschoolers.
I no longer plan with such detailed lessons. I found that planning such specifics for an entire year is exhausting. I also found out that year in preschool co-op that preschoolers are rather unpredictable. That they need time to absorb the information you give them. They need to learn at their own pace and experiment and discover with you. That you, the teacher, need to be facilitating and guiding instruction, not demanding specific products.
So, I’ve changed my way of planning. But, why do I still plan an entire year at once, you ask? Because I like having it done so that I can focus on my implementation and teaching, instead of stressing about what I will teach the following day. I like having all my ideas recorded in one place so that I don’t forget that one brilliant idea before I have a chance to teach it.
By planning in advance, I also already know what I plan to teach and therefor only have to gather materials and manipulatives.
Overall, this allows me to spend more time with my family and less time planning for preschool. Keep reading, though, and you will see that having a year’s worth of lesson plans already set forth does not mean I am scripting my teaching. There is still plenty of room for tweaking and change as my students’ needs demonstrate.
My system is straight-forward and easy to follow. Just a few steps and a few hours and you can also plan your lessons for an entire year!
Update: This post has received so much attention that I have written a follow-up series that describes each step in more detail. Please see the links at the end of this post.
Four Easy Steps to Preschool Lesson Planning
1.) Create a Calendar
The first step is to create a calendar of your year. Now that I have turned teaching preschool into an business, this is especially important as it helps me keep the parents informed. I print off a blank calendar from print-a-calendar.com and start writing down important dates.
Things to consider including:
- when to begin school
- holiday breaks
- personal breaks or appointments
- holiday parties to celebrate as a preschool
- other possible interruptions (for me…it has been maternity leave)
I also include in this calendar a general scope and sequence for the year. I number each week that I am teaching, and then label those weeks according to what I am teaching in reading and math. For example, in week one I will be teaching the letter Mm and focusing on number sense skills in math. At the top of each month I write down “monthly” focus concepts, like the theme, number of the month, and also the shape and color of the month. I also have that same information printed into a table, laying out each month’s focus concepts.
2.) Decide On How To Teach Reading and Math
I have written my own reading lesson plans. They are the most specific part of my instruction. I mostly stick to what I have written because they are fun for the kids and effective. My preschool parents love my program! They introduce a new letter each week. They have oral language, phonological awareness and phonics components. The skills introduced are incremental, and therefor are taught in a specific sequence. I seldom deviate from these plans. Accompanying these plans, however, are play-based, hands-on whole alphabet activities to serve as reinforcement to support the direct instruction.
*** UPDATE! ***
*** Because of reader interest, I now sell my preschool literacy lesson plans! You can purchase each component individually, or you can purchase them as a bundle for a discounted price! They can also be purchased from my Teachers Pay Teachers store.***
Math, however, it different. There are five disciplines of math (number sense, algebra, geometry, measurement, and data analysis), and I spiral through each discipline focusing on one discipline each week, (with the exception of data analysis for my 3-4’s class, which I don’t introduce until the second half of the year).
So, that means that week one I focus on number sense skills, week two algebra skills, week three geometry, and so on. Then, we loop through those disciplines again. I teach the same concept for the entire week (both days of preschool), and we typically even do the exact same activities on the second day of preschool as the first.
I have found from experience that preschoolers enjoy the repeating activities on the second day of instruction as it allows them to experience more mastery. This works well because I only have to think up one activity per week, and also because my preschool program is only two days a week. I do this for the entire year. One activity a week means 35 ideas to come up with, instead of 70.
Pretty fast and simple.
I keep the activity simple enough to relay the focus concept in the most straight-forward manner, and when possible I like to keep math activities theme related. (See #3 below). But, these activities are not set in stone. I allow myself the freedom to tweak or ignore them if I think of something better, or if my students request more time with a specific concept or activity.
*** UPDATE ***
*** Because of reader interest, I now sell my preschool math lesson plans! These are not the thematic lessons I mention above, but these are complete lesson plans that include everything you need to teach preschool math for an entire year. You can purchase each unit individually (there are nine of them), or you can purchase them as a bundle for a discounted price! They can also be purchased from my Teachers Pay Teachers store.***
Once these activities have been introduced, I often keep them available to use as math centers to support the direct math instruction.
3.) Decide On Preschool Themes
Now, some teachers and homeschooling parents prefer to plan themes only a month or few weeks in advance because they use the input and interest of their students to guide those thematic choices.
I don’t do this so much.
I select themes based on what is appropriate for the age, what I know will interest my students based on their age and developmental skills, and finally, what I am interested in. I believe this last point is as important as the second. The teacher must have a strong interest in the content as well as the students. I have found that the more enthusiastic I am about a theme the better I teach it. I use my own enthusiasm to get my students super excited about the topics and activities.
It is worth mentioning that not every theme is appropriate for every group of preschoolers. For example, this last school year when I taught my Bridges Theme to my 4-5’s class, my daughter who had just turned three got very frustrated when we tested our bridges’ strength and they fell apart (which was the point). I quickly learned that a 4-5’s class may be mature enough for such a theme, whereas a 3-4’s class might not be. So, this fall some themes I will be teaching are themes I know will capture the interest of younger preschoolers, like farms, sound and music, winter, and gardening.
4.) Create A List of Suggested Activities for Preschool Lessons
The final step is to develop a list of suggested activities based on the themes you have selected. I make a table listing the month and theme with a list of activities regarding that theme. Knowing that I typically have eight teaching days in a given month, I make a list of ten to twelve activities. They are simply suggestions I am making to myself, and can be changed or ignored.
Once the month is upon me, I pick and choose what activities I’ll teach based on how my students are responding to the theme. I rely heavily on Pinterest for inspiration, sometimes exactly copying pins and sometimes those pins spark something completely new, which I then share on my blog.
I try to keep the activities simple, yet still valuable to learning. For example, as part of my Autumn Theme I taught a few years ago, I invited the students to go on a nature walk with me to collect signs of fall. We bagged the items and shared them as a class, discussing the similarities and differences, as well as the textures, colors, and how they smelled. Then I invited the students to talk about what they saw when we examined our signs of autumn with a magnifying glass. We sorted and classified the items.
As you can see, these activities are relatively simple, nothing overly elaborate that requires extensive materials and planning, but they are still valuable experiences in the education of my preschool class.
Lesson Planning for an Entire Year
Well, there you have it. In four easy steps and you have planned an entire year’s worth of preschool instruction, and still allowed yourself the flexibility to make changes to the instructional plans as you see necessary. I cannot stress enough how lesson planning this way has saved me so much time and energy, not to mention how much it has eliminated the stress of planning.
Like I said before, planning a year in advance allows me to focus on the quality of my instruction, making sure it is good and beneficial to my students, which in turn means that preschool is more enjoyable to everyone, including myself.
Update: This post has received so much attention that I have written a follow-up series that describes each step in more detail.
Step 1: Create a Calendar
Step 2: Decide on How to Teach Reading and Math
Step 3: Decide on Themes
Step 4: Create a List of Suggested Activities
Step 5: Wrapping it All Up – BONUS POST
Hi there,
Would you be willing to share one of these completed pages? I’ve been wanting to do something like this and your concept looks great!
I originally wanted to add more photos, but they turned out so badly that I couldn’t use them. Let me see if I can take some better pictures and I’ll update the post.
What program did you use to make the template for the yearly scope and sequence? Word? Do you sell or share an editable template
I do not sell it, but you can subscribe to get one for free!
Thanks so much for sharing tips and pics of your planning process! I found it really helpful. I am heading back to JK next year and won’t have a curriculum I have to follow anymore (yay!) but it can be intimidating to create my own plans. I would love to see more of your plans!
~Jessica
Fun in PreK-1 & Kinder
Do you mind sharing what reading curriculum you use?
I based my reading curriculum off the Storytown, a commercial curriculum used in many elementary schools. My math curriculum I created based on my readings from the book Teaching Mathematics in Early Childhood.
Thank you Sarah! This really helps me have a better understanding of how to plan!
Would you mind sharing your plans for the year. I have been working on this for two years and it never seems to work out for me. I get so overwhelmed with creating the plans.
Start with the steps on this post. You’ll be surprised at how far they will get you. I plan to do several follow-up posts that will lay-out my plans in more detail. Stay in touch!
Could you post a blank Scope and Sequence grid? I love your set up! Thanks for all of the helpful info on this page 🙂
Yes. I will be posting a follow-up post with all the mentioned documents available for download.
Doyou have copies of your lessons? Do you share the yearly plans? I teach preschool and I would love to read the plans to get more ideas for my classroom. Thank you
As of right now, I do not sell or give out my actual lesson plans. But, I do share quite a bit right here on my blog. If you are a subscriber to my E-mails, you will stay updated.
please how do I teach preschools 3 4
Stay tuned to this fall on my blog. This fall I am only teaching a 3-4’s class, so most everything I post will be centered around that age group. The most important thing to remember when teaching 3-4’s is that they really do learn through playing, so only do short amounts of direct instruction. Also, let the children guide your pacing. There is no need to do activities quickly when so much learning taking place through the actual process, not always the product.
Thank you for the info. I love the idea of pre-planning. Like you said, it gives me more time for implementing the plans & less stress. Would you be willing to share the blank forms you use, to be printed?
Yes. I plan of doing a follow-up post with all the forms I use. They will be available for download.
Thank you for the post! My son is turning 4 and although I have been doing a lot of research on lesson plans (and lessons, and activities, etc), and have even played around with some, I just cannot get one to my liking!
As others have commented, I, too, hope to get some more information on the fine tuning of the yearly lesson plan.
Thanks again!
Do you have a template I could download?
Not as of right now, but given the response to this post I plan on posting a follow-up with all the right templates and downloads.
For your 3-4’s, do you just teach math & reading? I look forward to future posts! -Thank you! I love how organized you are!
Yes! I certainly do teach reading and math to my 3-4’s class.
have you considered selling these? I would be interested – I constantly struggle with the “perfect” lesson plan and am really interested in the way you have set it up just slow to start…
I have considered writing an E-book or two, it’s just a matter of clearing away all the excuses we have for not beginning projects like that. There has been am amazing response to this post, so it looks like I need to just get working on something like that!
I would buy your yearly plan! Even to have a skeletal plan to work with and fill in would be beneficial; no sense reinventing the wheel. Anyway, just an FYI should you consider making it available in the future.
Thanks! I’m getting a lot of feedback about that. It just may be something in the works!
hope you do….thanks for the ideas and info
Glad to offer them. 🙂
Informative, and helpful! Thank you! Have you considered selling your year lesson plan to Teacherspayteachers.com?
You know, my husband is always encouraging me to do so, but I always worry there will not be enough interest to make it worthwhile. Given the response this post has had, I just might do it!
I have a problem – especially when it comes to Pinterest – of narrowing down to one or two activities. I also like to have things the students can take home so I usually demonstrate a table activity with manipulatives, etc. and a theme-related art or craft project each school day. The table activity remains for the week and sometimes longer. These are in addition to Circle Time activities such as songs, fingerplays, and stories that are also theme-related. I would probably include these activities in a column on the list stated in #4. I’ve been teaching for 15 years and have operated an in-home childcare. I am in the process of re-doing my files: out with the old, in with the new! Your tips will be very helpful. Thank you!
Sounds like you’ve created a great in-home program! Well done. I’m glad you have found my tips helpful.
Wow, this seems so scary to me, kids need to explore, experiment and be, I can’t keep up with a weeks plan, the 4 and 5 year olds always go their own direction. The most interesting thing was the “reading” curriculum based on “research based” KG curriculum yet your kids are not in KG why not teach them with a HS school reading program? We need to stop pushing the kids and let them figure out the important stuff first? And the research I see says best practice would to start reading at 8 years old
It’s true that many European countries are moving to not teaching formal reading until around seven years of age, however this is not the case in the United States, where the demands of kindergarten have children reading by the second semester of school. As mentioned in the post, the reading portion of my program is a tweaked and heavily modified version of a research based reading curriculum (Storytown). I assure you it is highly appropriate for preschoolers as I have used it very successfully for several years to prepare my students for the demands of a much more rigorous and formalized reading instruction in kinder. I agree that children need to explore, experiment, manipulate and discover on their own and at their own pace (which is stated several times in the post), and which is why I offered this post as a way to plan for suggested activities. In no way do I suggest that my lesson plans are scripted and set in stone and immovable. Rather they are a scope of what skills and concepts I hope to cover for the year and I intentionally sequence those skills and concepts to that they build appropriately upon one another.
Thank you so much for your valuable information. I can’t wait to see what is coming. Like everyone else, I’d love it if you would post a blank sequence form and maybe some of your math lesson plans. I’m a visual learner and would be best to see them.
thanks much from a teacher of preschool kids
Well, stay tuned! Due to interest and demand, more is coming!
Hi!!!
Amazing job!!!
Im just starting out and would appreciate and need all the help i can get!
Anything and everything u would b willing to share is more than welcome!!!
Thanks again!
I’m so glad you have found it helpful. This is a system that has worked well for me and so it’s encouraging to hear such positive comments!
I love this. I am great at creative ideas and changing things up, but the planning and sequence is something I struggle with. I would love to see a bare bones version of your concepts. A very helpful well written post.
Absolutely! That post is today’s project during nap time. Many readers have asked for templates, so I am going to do a follow-up post.
Thanks for the article! I’ve been teaching 4 year old pre-k for 7 years. I plan very similar to you. I have to submit a year long syllabus so planning for the entire year is has become second nature. It also helps me keep organized. I have spent several summers including this one writing and re-writing lessons and scopes and sequences.
I would love to see more templates, what you posted here inspired me! I look forward to further posts!
Thanks again!
A year long syllabus is a great way to explain planning for the year! More will be coming, so hopefully you are subscribed so you don’t miss anything.
At the risk of being shot down by your supporters may I ask why you feel the need to plan for a week, let alone a year? Of course there are times when planning experiences may be necessary, but usually the majority of learning for pre-schoolers should occur during natural and authentic play that comes from and follows their interests. Intentional teaching can build upon and extend that, but themes? What is the inspiration for a child to want to learn only about the colour brown, or focus on farms for the month, or concentrate on 4 for such a long time? While there will be learning taking place, it is far less and will not remain with the child as much as any learning that comes from something they are genuinely interested in.
The fact that so many people want to copy your plans frankly scares and distresses me. Children are not clones to be taught the same thing in the same way at the same time by the one teacher, let alone by several in various localities amidst a range of cultures (which refers to so much more than simply ethnic or religious backgrounds). You may well tick plenty of boxes that some colleagues may be in awe of, but many of those children you are ‘teaching’ will not fare as well as their counterparts who have had more flexibility in their learning environments.
Take a look at how Scandinavian countries are teaching young children. They are leading the world in school performances and their links to nature, more time spent outside, child led exploration, and lack of formal structure has much to do with that.
I appreciate such an honest response to this post, however I think that your misunderstood the spirit of the content. This post did not suggest to write detailed daily lesson plans with specific lessons and activities for every minute of each day (even though I admit in the post to having done that when I was a novice preschool teacher). It did not suggest that children are robots that need to be programmed. This post is about creating a general plan for the entire year so that you can free up time during the actual teaching year to focus on the quality of instruction. In educational terms it is called a scope and sequence. They are a scope of what skills and concepts I hope to cover for the year and I intentionally sequence those skills and concepts to that they build appropriately upon one another. Children do need to explore, experiment, manipulate and discover on their own and at their own pace (which is stated several times in the post), and which is why I offered this post as a way to plan for suggested activities. In no way do I suggest that my lesson plans are scripted and set in stone and immovable.
While the educational systems in Scandinavian countries excel comparatively, especially Sweden, and their methodologies have many benefits, so do other methods and philosophies. Just as we agree that children and their education are not to be manufactured and mass produced, what may work in one country and culture may not work in another. I have developed my preschool program based on my years of experience, my knowledge of early childhood development, and my knowledge of what local students need from me as their teacher. I am confident that my readers have requested templates and more detailed plans as a means to help them generate ideas of their own, as well as to gain information and guidance on how to implement an effective preschool education, whether they be professionals or parents. There is certainly nothing wrong with wanting to be a good teacher for your children and asking for help or mentoring.
Thanks for your response, but I feel you are mistaken. As crazy as it sounds I think you are the one who misunderstood the post. For although you speak of children learning at their own pace and the need for open exploration, your plan example speaks of the exact opposite as do the numerous pleas from your readers for copies of said plans. In addition, in response to an earlier comment you say your approach helps prepare kids for the rigorous and formalised instruction of kinder.
Now although I am not from the US I can categorically state that regardless of the school system your children will be entering our job is to cater for their needs in the here and now, not look to the future. Sure there are skills and knowledge that will stand them in good stead as they move forward in their life, but if we spend our time teaching for what is to come we are ignoring the here and now. In addition, if we in the Early Years cannot evoke change how can we expect the rest of society (with much less understanding of what is really important) to do so? Hence we will be stuck with the rigors of formalities and standardized schooling and testing which simply fails everyone.
You also state that collaboration and mentoring are valuable, which they are. However, I would argue that readers requesting exact copies or at least templates of your plans does not fall under either description. It could be classed as shortcutting, laziness or simply ticking boxes. What I wouldn’t call it is effective teaching of young children. I think your use of the term ‘instruction’ when referring to your style of teaching speaks for itself. We are collaborators, partners, mentors, facilitators, co-learners and occasionally instructors, but your use of the term projects the image that you are the holder of all knowledge and the children empty vessels.
I also suggested the Scandinavian countries as an example of best practice, not to be copied out of context. You are right that we cannot and should not try to transplant programs from elsewhere into our own situations, yet that is what you are advocating fro by promoting your plans as a ways for all and sundry to cure their planning blues.
You claim to know about child development, but if that is the case then how can you espouse the benefits of ‘scope and sequence’ in the Early Years? Children learn best when it comes from them, their interests and what is relevant to them. Following a timetable may present topics in an organised and easy to follow manner, but most of the time they will be more for the benefit of the adults (educators and parents) rather than the children themselves.
There are so many more questions that arise from this, but I feel as though I’ve said enough. Again, I’m sure many will read my words and think of me as a protagonist. Perhaps I am, but if that is what it takes to speak up for what is in children’s best interests than that is what I am (advocate sits more comfortably with me though).
I appreciate your interest in this discussion. It is clear to me that you are a thoughtful and passionate child advocate. One of the many reasons for all the different educational methodologies and philosophies is because there is a tremendous amount of research that supports many aspects of those different educational methodologies and philosophies. It would be irresponsible to suggest that only one way of teaching is correct and successful. Thank you for your comments.
I thought I was the only crazy person to plan a year’s worth of lessons during the summer! I do mine much differently and more detailed but still walk in with the year done. It makes my life so much easier. I can focus on other things that wouldn’t get done if I had to plan lessons every week. Check out my blog to see how I do it. http://prekpandamonium.blogspot.com/
Well done! Like I state in the post, doing some planning for the entire year allows me more time with my family, and it allows me to focus on my quality of teaching. I enjoy teaching so much more when I don’t have to worry about what I need to be preparing for the next week. Thanks for adding your blog link.
I just finished creating a 10 week plan for my 3 year old. I like your idea of building around themes. I’ll do that for the next 10 weeks.
Good job on what you have so far. It is fairly easy to add themes to a basic reading and math outline.
I am a 3-4 year old teacher moving up to pre-kinder this year. I have been studying creative curriculum as we will be teaching this style this year. I think that having plans such as these help teachers be organized and allow to expose children to new experiences. While some things are left unplanned, like discovery centers (dramatic play, blocks, art, ect.) Children do thrive for structure, so it is beneficial to provide them structured teacher directed activities. Then there are the parents, that want their children to be prepared academically for school, which is often time the reason they choose to put their children in preschool. Like Sarah, I feel more comfortable planning the academic activities for the year in advance so that I have more time to focus on my students. We do take children’s interest into account, as teachers we must be flexible and notice when a thematic unit is no benefit to children to move on to the next. Also as Sarah stated, she’s been in the “biz” for a while and after a few years you learn what is pretty constant in children’s interest. Just because I have plans made up doesn’t mean I haven’t thrown them out the window a time or two due to a child asking a question and wanting to investigate. I think this is just part of the unwritten rules of being a preschool teacher.
Thanks for such a kind comment!
In my opinion your ideas are just brilliant. THANKS!!!
Thank you for linking up with The Natural Homeschool! 🙂 What a great post! So useful!
Would you be interested in selling your lesson plan?
As of right now, i do not sell my lesson plans, but if you subscribe to my blog you will get nearly all the activities I do with my preschool. If you’re interested in writing your own, follow up on this post under the preschool planning tab for a more in-depth idea of how I make my plans for the year.
Hi. I homeschool 4 older children, and have two preschoolers: 2 and almost 4. I was wondering if you had any tips on teaching those two preschoolers together, given their very different levels of learning?
Yes. You can see this post for one approach. https://stayathomeeducator.com/teaching-a-range-of-levels/
I have a little guy who is only 18 months, and I try to include him in preschool activities as much as possible. Anything that is truely play based is appropriate for all ages as long as there are no choking hazards. Sometimes I’ll put my 18 month old in his high chair to finger paint or play with a few special toys if I do have small pieces out with the rest of my preschoolers.
I have planned my preschool similarly…but without an organized Math scope and sequence schedule. Your template is just what I was looking for and I’m delighted to have found it. Thank you! Since this post is from a year ago (and I’m new to your blog) I have to ask: Are you offering your yearly plan for purchase now? I would love to buy it and use it to tweak my own plans a bit. Thank you!
Unfortunately, at this time I still am not selling them. It is still in my future plans, but I just can’t make it work at the moment.
I am very much interested in making planning as easy as possible. my planning is similar, but I like how you beeak up ea subject like math into different catergories.
I see that you teach the same theme for the entire month. I had thought about this but wondered as a teacher would it get boring. Right now I teach weekly themes but I’m looking for different ideas. What do you like about monthly themes as opposed to weekly?
I find weekly themes to be a lot of work, unless they fall under an umbrella theme that lasts an entire month. For example, while doing an autumn theme for the month, I might break it down into weekly topics such as changing leaves, going to seed, apples and pumpkins. Plus, I only teach preschool twice a week, not everyday. If I were to teach everyday I might not so monthly themes. At the end of the day, though, you really just have to follow what your preschooler(s) tell you. If they are getting bored, then it is time to move on. Or sometimes, if it looks as though my preschoolers are loosing interest, then I will incorporate more sensory and art.
Somehow this just popped up, so I apologize for not responding sooner. Yes, I teach monthly themes. I don’t get bored, nor do the children. Just choose theses that are broad so you can narrow them by the week.
Are your themed lesson plans part of the bundle also ? If not do you have those available?
They are next on the list to make. Until then, you’ll just have to search my blog.
Do you have any math lesson bundles for sale by chance? thank you!
I am working on putting the math lesson plans into a sellable format. I’m hoping to have them posted by the end of the summer.
Woohoo! I can’t wait for your math lessons!
What about that scope and sequence template? Is it available on TPT? I only saw bundles. All I need is the template. Thanks!
Are you thinking of the literacy scope and sequence? It is available in the literacy bundle. At this time it is not offered separately.
How do I get the preschool lesson plans written for a year
Right now only the literacy portion is available in full. They are available at my TpT store. I am currently working on putting my math lesson plans into a sellable format. Hopefully those will be available in only a few weeks. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Stay-At-Home-Educator
Thank you so much for your help! I have been trying to transition into more formal teaching with my daughter, she is 2 1/2 and has already learned a lot from just teaching her as our day goes on, but isn’t emotionally ready for being in a class with older kids where they teach what she needs to learn next. This has been super helpful for me in planning her lessons. Thanks again.
So happy I could help!
i understand the post, when you are doing the reading plan, the math plan, the theme plan, but how do you put all 3 together into 1 plan?
I follow my reading curriculum by the week, then I just select the coordinating week in math and what every theme activity I feel is appropriate for my class at that time.
Hey. What about that scope and sequence template? Is it available on TPT? I only saw bundles. All I need is the template. Thanks and Regards, Ayush
The scope and sequence template is only available in the lesson plans on Teachers Pay Teachers, however the post gives clear instructions on how to create on for yourself.
I didn’t read through all the comments of finish the other posts, so maybe this has been answered. I purchased your math and literacy bundles a couple of weeks ago and am SO excited about using them! I noticed this photo:
https://stayathomeeducator.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Preschool-Math-Scope-and-Sequence-Stay-At-Home-Educator-750×1000.jpg
in the post above and wondered if there is a sheet like that to order or have so sort of coordinate all the pieces together? Does that even make sense? Just something like an overview…. I’ve already put the lessons all in a binder by week, but it would be nice to have some kind of “at a glance” form to look at.
I still haven’t added the literacy scope and sequence as I should, but you can download it from the preview at this link: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Preschool-Literacy-Lesson-Plans-Bundle-1849333 . (Click the green button). The math lesson plans also have a yearly scope and sequence that is available at the beginning of each unit.
Thanks Sarah, this is really helpful. Planning detailed lessons avoids problems in class. This gives the teacher confidence that they have done their best to plan for any eventuality, or at least minimize some problems.
Hi Sarah! I just found your website via Pinterest. I am wondering if I could get a copy or if you have the picture available in full of your yearly calendar. I am a visual person and would like to see how you have it set up with the month, week, concept and suggestions. I just purchased a preschool curriculum, but honestly looking at it seems over whelming so I am trying to figure our a way to get everything ready and organized for the upcoming year. The snippets of your pictures looked amazing and I would love to have something to refer to as I am making mine with what I have. I don’t know if that is an option, but I would love it if it was. Thank you for all our work. I am excited to continue to go through your blog and hopefully glen the information that will help me to teach my son at a amazing level.
To which calendar shot are you referring? If you are looking for my math scope and sequence template, you can download it here: https://stayathomeeducator.com/step-2-decide-on-how-to-teach-reading-and-math/
If you are looking for the calendar with all my themes and activities to go along with them, essentially my lesson plans, they are available for purchase in this post. You will continue to find more templates in this series.
Hope this help!