Remember these? Well, they are even cuter when they are finished! Last week I taught my last class of my 10 week long All About Me class at our enrichment group. This might go down as my all time favorite class to teach.
I began each class (which was 1 hour long) with the same routine each week. We started with a song, which varied depending on the theme for that week.
After singing, we would recite our memory verse, “I am fearfully & wonderfully made.” Then we would review our memorization facts:
- What is your name?
- How old are you?
- Where do you live?
Next, we would work on our names:
- Recognition (Find it)
- Build, trace, copy, write
- Other name activities (*I made each child a bottle top name plate w/ their pictures & their own name envelope too)
Lastly, we would quickly review the lesson taught the week before.
Look how cute my Mustangs books turned out:
Week 1: I Am Special
- We had fun with mirrors & singing, “Look who came to school today”
- We played words that rhyme with “me” game
- We took full body length pictures for the cover of our books:
We started working on our fact sheet:
I measured each child using a string – then they compared who’s string was the longest/shortest.
Then they completed their masterpieces, their self portraits:
We also talked about our favorite things. I gave each child food stickers for them to pick their favorite foods out & put them on their plates. (*this is good for motor skills as well) In addition, you could also have them share their favorite toy for “show & tell.” 
Week 2: My Home
- Discussed where we live (not all the kids live in the same town) – we talked about our city & state.
- Talked about our houses (size, color, bedroom)
- Talked about our neighborhoods (discussed characteristics of neighborhoods posing questions)
- Read the story “The House that Jack Built & “My Street” by Usborne
- Played “house” & built houses with Lincoln logs
- Shared our house pictures
- Completed our neighborhood coloring sheet
- Glued our “My Home” pictures & shared them with the class:
Week 3: My Family
- Discussed family sizes & members
- Talked about what roles we play in our family (son/daughter, brother/sister, etc.)
- Grouped kids by the different roles they play or by family sizes
- Role played family roles
- Introduced Tree Page
- Glued Family photo & shared it with the class:
Week 4-5: MY BODY: Basic Body Parts, Hands & Arms
- Sang “Head & Shoulders, Knees & Toes” & “The Goldfish” song by Laurie Berkner
- Identified our basic body parts
- Talked about different types of hair & comparisons in the class
- Eyes – eye color, blink, wink
- Practiced snapping our fingers
- Clapped our hands – around of applause for everyone that had “helping hands”
- Discussed & demonstrated ways we use our hands (helping, pushing, pulling, wiping, etc.)
- Practiced throwing softly, quickly, high, low, etc.
- Gave hugs
- Made matching handprints (for following week)
- Played mix & match w/ our handprints (as described below)
*I cut their handprints out, wrote their names on the back – each w/ a different color so if they struggled finding their name they could recognize it by the color. I gave each child 1 of their own hands & someone else’s. They had to match their missing hand.
- Reached for the stars – I put tape on the back of one of their hands & we had a contest to see who could reach the highest.
- We made muscles from Adorable Wearables (LOVE IT!!)
- Made hand & fingerprints in our books:
We didn’t have enough class time, but I would have liked to have made a handprint T-shirt for them/their parents.
Week 6: MY BODY: Legs & Feet
- Sang “Head & Shoulders, Knees & Toes” & “The Goldfish” song by Laurie Berkner
- I wrote each kids’ name on a foot cut out & spread them across the floor & they had to search for their name
- Read “My Feet” by Aliki
- Practiced walking on our tip-toes
- Stomped our feet, walked like soldiers, various animals, etc.
- We discussed how things felt on our feet & how important it was to protect our feet with socks & shoes – as well as what shoes we wear for different times of the year & occasions
- I tickled each of their feet with feathers
- Did lot’s of jumping
- Played kick-ball
- We made footprints in our books:
We didn’t have time, but I would have liked to of made a class foot collage.
Week 7: MY BODY: Guts & Stuff
- We talked about our bodies while making our body posters:
- We discussed the shape & size of our hearts
- For name recognition I typed each kids’ name on a heart & they each had to find their name
I forgot to bring a stethoscope, but I would have liked for the kids to have gotten to listen to their hearts.
- We discussed what we put in our stomachs & the importance of eating healthy
Again, time didn’t permit, but I intended for them to play the Operation game. Another fun idea I saw after I taught this lesson was tracing their bodies & running red & blue yarn through them to teach about veins.
Week 8: My 5 Senses
- We discussed all of our 5 senses while reading Maria Ruis’s “the five senses” books
- Played a 5 Senses file folder game
- Sight
- Discussed eye colors
- Looked through sunglasses
- Used binoculars
- Played with our I-Spy Jars
- Hearing
- Played “Name that Sound”
- Played Musical Chairs
- Smell
- What is that smell? – smelled spices & discussed the different smells
- Taste
- Discussed things we do & don’t like to taste
I intended to bring items to taste for something: sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, hot, cold, etc
- Touch
- Played with touch & feel books
- Completed our My 5 Senses page:
Week 9: My Emotions
- Made faces & acted out different emotions
- Discussed our emotions: What makes you . . . ?
- Played Hide & Seek
- Made faces in the mirror
- Read “The Grouchy Lady Bug”
- Took pictures for our My Emotions page:
I would have liked for the kids to have made paper plate faces using paint sticks & yarn.
Week 10: My Manners
- Practiced Please & Thank You
- Practiced sharing – while playing Hullabaloo (they have to share the mats) *you could use any board game to practice cooperation & taking turns as well
- Practiced be a helper & cleaning up while singing: “Clean up, Clean up”
- Gave everyone an “I Shared Today” badge
And that concludes our All About Me class!
