Preschool Lesson Plans

Titles that appear in bold represent the best of the "Share the Knowledge" units presented over the years at Core Knowledge National Conferences.

Administration

• Parent Communication is Core (2007) 

Getting Started

• Get Ready, Get Set, PLAN! (2002)
• A Core Knowledge Preschool ... We're Building Bridges to Future Success (2001)
• Message Time (2004)
• Sequencing the Daily Calendar (2001)

Language and Literacy

I. Oral Language

• Dinosaurs and George Washington: The Concepts of “Old” and “New” (2007)
• Exploring Feeling with Eric Carle (2005)
• Town Mouse, Country Mouse (2004)
• Message Time (2004)
• Having Beary Much Fun With Core Knowledge (2002)

II. Nursery Rhymes, Poems, Fingerplays, and Songs

• Caps for Sale (2005)
• Farm Frolics (2005)
• Laura Smolkin's "A Rhyme a Week" (1999)
• Laura Smolkin's "Alphabet Books" (1999)

III. Storybook Reading and Storytelling

• Dinosaurs and George Washington: The Concepts of “Old” and “New” (2007)
• Working Hard with the Little Red Hen (2006)
• Caps for Sale (2005)
• Exploring Feeling with Eric Carle (2005)
• Farm Frolics (2005)
• WE Have a Dream! — Inspirational Americans for Preschoolers (2005)
• Town Mouse, Country Mouse (2004)
• It's Learning Time (2004)
• It's About the Author (2004)
• The Care & Feeding of a Gingerbread Man (2003)
• Having Beary Much Fun With Core Knowledge (2002)
• Open Your Eyes Wide Shut (2002)
• The Three Little Pigs ... for a month? You Bet! (2001)
• Reading with Swimmy: Teaching Core Knowledge Goals Through Literature (2000)
• Big Brown Books, Baby Bag Books and Beyond (1999)
• Laura Smolkin's "Alphabet Books" (1999)

IV. Emerging Literacy Skills in Reading and Writing

• Let's Write (2006)
  
• Farm Frolics (2005)
• Message Time (2004)
• It's About the Author (2004)
• What's Cooking in Core Knowledge Preschool (2003)
• Make the ABCs More Than Just a Song! Make Them the Focus of Some Really Fun Games (2003)
• The Care & Feeding of a Gingerbread Man (2003)
• Having Beary Much Fun With Core Knowledge (2002)
• Open Your Eyes Wide Shut (2002)
• Big Brown Books, Baby Bag Books and Beyond (1999)
• Laura Smolkin's "A Rhyme a Week" (1999)
• Laura Smolkin's "Alphabet Books" (1999)

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