This document outlines a teacher's weekly lesson plan focused on exercise, including daily activities exploring different types of exercise through dramatic play, discovery, games and movement; field trips on Tuesday and Thursday to observe others exercising and have a visitor lead an exercise class; and read-alouds and discussions tying the activities to learning standards around physical health and wellness.

1. Week of: April 11-15 Teacher: Sara, Karen, Mary, Macie, Robin
Study: Exercise Investigation: 1. What are different kinds of exercise?
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Interest
Areas
Dramatic Play: new
pieces of exercise
equipment
Discovery: Worm Study Toys and Games: Twister®
games; beanbag game
Dramatic Play: collection
of
exercise equipment,
clothing, and shoes;
examples of exercise
journals; masking tape for
fitness stations
Discovery: a variety of
empty and clean plastic
water bottles with lids;
scale; markers; tape;
sand; scoops; funnels
Question of
the Day
What can we do
with this?
What types of exercise
will we see on our site
visit?
How can you exercise with
this?
Do you have a
question for our
visitor?
Which of these
exercises do you like
to do with a partner?
Large
Group
Song:
“Paper Towel Rap”
Discussion and
Shared Writing:
Moving Our Body
from place to place
Song:
“Hi-Ho, the Derry-O”
Discussion and Shared
Writing: Site Visit
Movement:
Let’s Pretend
Discussion and Shared
Writing: Fitness Stations
Movement:
Listening Story
Discussion and
Shared Writing:
Exercise Visitor
Movement:
Let’s Stick Together
Discussion and Shared
Writing: Exercise
Charts
Read-
Aloud
Soccer Counts/
¡El fútbol cuenta!
Bear on a Bike Soccer Counts/
¡El fútbol cuenta!
Bear on a Bike Soccer Counts/
¡El fútbol cuenta!
Small
Group
Morning:
Tallying/ELI Visitor
Afternoon: Cooking
Club/Nursery Rhyme
Count
Morning: Stick Letters
Afternoon: What Was
for Breakfast?
Morning: ELI Trip
Botanical Garden
Afternoon: Putting Puzzles
Together
Morning:
Bookmaking
Afternoon: Intergen
Group
Morning: Library
Afternoon: Graphing
Ohio Early
Learning &
Development
Standards
Personal family stories
and traditions support the
understanding of heritage
Demonstrate basic
understanding that physical
activity helps the body grow
and be healthy
Use non-locomotor skills with
control, balance and coordination
during active play (e.g., bending,
stretching, and twisting)
Identify and describe
the function of body
parts
Follow basic health
practices
Gold
Objectives,
Dimensions
& Indicators
Demonstrates
knowledge about
self
Takes responsibility for
own well-being
Experiments with different
ways of balancing
Demonstrates
knowledge about self
Takes responsibility for
own well-being
Outdoor Experiences: Various Types of Exercise; Hopping; Body Part Balance
Family Partnerships: Please teach your children this week about the types of exercise you enjoy.
Wow! Experiences: Tuesday: Site visit where children can see others exercising. Thursday: Visitor leads exercise class during Group

2. Thursday: Classroom visitor who shares information about an exercise he/she likes.