Oral Language Preschool Lesson Plans
Developing oral language skills and phonics comprehension are key pillars to nurturing successful individuals. If you’re on a mission to foster robust communication, language, and literacy skills among the children under your care, these meticulously crafted oral language lesson plans designed specifically for preschoolers offer an excellent starting point.
These resources are brimming with engaging activities that not only make learning fun but also lay a strong foundation for their future educational journey.
Reading and language skills are undeniably vital in shaping a successful future. They act as the bedrock upon which to build knowledge and understanding of the world. However, many parents grapple with the challenge of effectively nurturing these skills in their children, especially when it comes to oral language development.
This blog post aims to bridge that gap, providing you with proven, research-based strategies that go beyond traditional flashcards or worksheets. Our comprehensive 40-week program is designed to equip your preschooler with the necessary language skills to prepare them for learning to read, without making the process tedious or overwhelming.
Consider this program as a key component in your literacy-focused preschool curriculum, laying a strong foundation for your child’s educational growth.
These preschool oral language lesson plans are just one component of our trusted and effective Daily Lessons in Preschool Literacy Curriculum. The full curriculum of lesson plans include:
And while these lesson plans were designed specifically for preschoolers, the language skills taught are also appropriate for kindergarten students. In fact, many teachers use these as oral language lesson plans for kindergarteners.
Importance of Oral Language
Oral language, which can sometimes be referred to as spoken language, includes both listening and speaking skills. These are the ways in which human communicate.
Oral language provides the foundation for word reading and plays a vital role in developing comprehension skills. Reading is a language-based skill. The relationship between oral language and reading is reciprocal with each influencing the other to varying degrees as children progress through school.[source]
Oral Language Skills
Simple language activities can be powerful for preschoolers and toddlers who are developing oral language skills. Our Daily Lessons in Oral Language Preschool Lesson Plans include a range of developmental skills for toddlers, preschool, and kindergarten.
Oral language skills include, but are not limited to:
- listening to instructions
- taking turns in a discussion
- offering descriptions
- responding to poems, songs, and written text
- asking questions
- responding to other in conversation
How to Teach Oral Language
Like all other literacy skills in early childhood education, teaching oral language must be systematic.
Utilizing daily lessons from comprehensive preschool oral language lesson plans can provide structured yet flexible guidance for this process.
Oral language activities designed for development should include activities like the following:
- songs and fingerplays
- picture books
- talking! and answering questions
- discussing visual prompts
- role playing
These are all activities included in our Daily Lessons in Preschool Oral Language Lesson Plans.
Preschool Language Activities
Language development activities don’t need to be complex to be effective. Here are some ideas to get you started.
- Using Pictures to Develop Oral Language
- Describing Pictures to Develop Language Skills
- Supporting Emergent Literacy
Oral Language Development Lesson Plans
Here’s the step-by-step overview of the learning sequence for teaching oral language activities for early childhood using my Daily Lessons in Preschool Oral Language Curriculum.
You’ll get daily lesson plans that explain in detail exactly what to teach, when to teach, and how to teach spoken language skills to your preschoolers. It’s not an addition to any literacy program. It IS a systematic oral language program for preschoolers.
Song, Poem, or Fingerplays
Each day begins with a fun song, poem, nursery rhyme, or fingerplay. This is a really play-based way to get the children involved and practicing new skills. Children learn new vocabulary words and comprehension skills in this daily routine.
Additionally, each week features a single song, poem, nursery rhyme, or fingerplay, but the corresponding activities change each day, so young children get plenty of practice.
Teaching Conversation Skills with Lesson Plans
The Daily Lessons in Oral Language Preschool Lesson Plans follows a scope and sequence that is systematic in skill progression. Preschoolers start the beginning of the year playfully learning oral language skills with activities designed to target the skills they need most to be successful in preschool.
How to Use the Daily Lessons in Oral Language Curriculum
The preschool language activities offered in this curriculum encourage your child to try new skills through the included read alouds, open ended questions, and playful games. It’s of music and gross motor activities to keep your preschooler enthusiastically learning!
These activities are designed to be short, yet effective.
Teachers can set aside 10-15 minutes each day to do a formal lesson and activities can be done after quick transitions. It’s easy to fit them into your preschool schedule.
Get a Sample of Oral Language Lesson Plans
Think your preschoolers will benefit from the Daily Lessons in Preschool Oral Language Curriculum? Download a free sample below. But you won’t just get oral language.
You’ll also get the following in the sample:
I’m Sarah, an educator turned stay-at-home-mama of five! I’m the owner and creator of Stay At Home Educator, a website about intentional teaching and purposeful learning in the early childhood years. I’ve taught a range of levels, from preschool to college and a little bit of everything in between. Right now my focus is teaching my children and running a preschool from my home. Credentials include: Bachelors in Art, Masters in Curriculum and Instruction.
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