Developing Daily

Lesson Plans
Objectives

1. Discuss the issues associated with week-

long, teacher-centered, theme-based
planning.
2. Construct lesson plans for children by
combining knowledge about curriculum
content, children’s developmental levels and
interests.
3. Develop a daily lesson plan form appropriate
for your program
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Planning Quotes

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Talk about it:

1. What is your planning routine?

2. What are the types of things you plan for
daily?
3. What is the most challenging part of your
day? What makes it difficult or stressful?

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Intentional Planning

We should be planning every day by

incorporating:

 Specific content (KDIs)

 Children’s interests
 Children’s developmental abilities
 Classroom materials

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What are the benefits of
planning daily?
Planning Process
Start with Specific Observations
 Look for:
• Activities and materials that children choose
• How children work with the materials
• How children interact with other children and adults

Plan by incorporating:
 Specific content areas (key developmental indicators)
 Children’s developmental abilities
 Children’s interests
 Classroom materials

Planning Elements
 Plan daily, as a team.
 Keep planning forms simple, based on your daily routine.
 Use anecdotes to assess children’s interest and abilities.
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Watch Daily Team Planning

Look for examples of:

 Specific content (key developmental
indicators)
 Children’s developmental abilities
 Children’s interests
 Classroom materials

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 Using Information from Observations
for Lesson Planning

As you plan, ask yourself these three

questions:
1. What did I see children doing today?
2. What do their actions tell me about them?
 Their development level?
 Their interests?
3. How can I provide materials and interact
with children to support their learning?
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Evolution of a Plan

Content Interests Planning

What do you Ideas
know
already? What ideas do
you have for:
What are
KDIs/State
children
Standards/ Work time
talking about, Planning
Learning
and playing Recall
Outcomes
with? Small Group
Large Group
What have
Outside
you not
seen yet?

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 Content & Interests

Content Interests Planning

Social/Emotion Dev.
Ideas
 Taking care of own
needs What ideas do you
 Expressing feelings in have for:
words
 Building relationships Work time
with children and Planning
adults Recall
 Creating and Small Group
experiencing Large Group
collaborative play Outside
 Dealing with social
conflict
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Content & Interests

Content Interests Planning

Ideas
What ideas do you
have for:

Work time
Planning
Recall
Small Group
Large Group
Outside

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 Content & Interests

Content Interests Planning

Social/Emotion Dev.
Ideas
 Taking care of own
needs What ideas do you
 Expressing feelings in have for:
words
 Building relationships Work time
with children and Planning
adults Recall
 Creating and Small Group
experiencing Large Group
collaborative play Outside
 Dealing with social
conflict
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 Adding Developmental Range

Content Interests Planning Develop.

What do you
Ideas Range
know What ideas do
already? you have for: Look at the
developmental
What are the
KDIs/State range within
child’s Work time
your primary
Standards/ interests? Planning
group.
Learning Recall
Where are your
Outcomes Small Group
children
Large Group
developmentally?
What have Outside
you not
seen yet?
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Developmental Range

Earlier Middle Later

What will my What will the What will the older
younger (in middle children children?
development) do?
children do with
these materials?

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 9-23-07
At work time in the BA
while looking at the
alphabet puzzle, Brianna
pointed to B, and said,
"This is my name."

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 What I expect children to do at different
levels of development
Earlier Middle Later
Says some letters Identifies some Says a word and
Calls symbols letters identifies the
“letters” Makes the sound beginning letter or
Understands of a letter sound
letters represent Spells a word
words

Brianna falls in the earlier stage of development

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How do we support Brianna?

TB

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Getting to Know Tylon

 In table groups,
read through
Tylon’s anecdotes.
 Discuss what you
know about his
development and
his interests.

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Planning for Tylon?

Content Interests Planning

Ideas

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But… We’re Not Just
Planning for Tylon!
 We also have to consider the other children.

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 Developmental Range helps us develop
support strategies for all children
Planning Develop. Support
Ideas Range Strategies
How will you adapt
What ideas do you
the activity to the
have for: What you expect different levels of
Tylon, and other the children?
Planning children to do
Work time with the materials How will you
Recall
interact with each
Small Group
child?
Large Group
Outside

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Earlier Middle Later
What will my What will the What will the older
younger (in middle children children?
development) do?
children do with
these materials?

Support Strategies Support Strategies Support Strategies

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NOTE: If you can’t easily adapt for
either group, your activity probably
isn’t Active Learning !!!

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Making My Own
Planning Meaningful
Planning Form
Action Plan

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