Animals Theme Lesson Plans: Fine Motor Skills for Kindergarten K1

This document contains five K1 lesson plans centered around an animal theme, designed for Totsville Montessori Kindergarten Term 3. The lesson plans focus on enhancing fine motor skills and creative expression through various craft activities. Activities include making a snake from toilet paper rolls, a frog from paper plates, a fish from paper plates, an ant from egg cartons, and a dog from paper cups. Each lesson plan outlines the learning outcomes, objectives, required materials, and step-by-step procedures. The activities aim to arouse interest and eagerness in completing tasks while developing artistic skills. Each lesson concludes with questions to stimulate reflection and engagement. Desklib provides access to similar solved assignments and resources for students.

Running head: LESSON PLANS
Term 3 Kindergarten 1
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

1LESSON PLAN
Theme Animals Date Domain Reptiles Focus Aesthetics
& Creative
Expression
Term 3 Level/Age
Group
Kindergarten
1
Number
of
Children
Duration
Name of Activity Paperwork
Learning Outcomes Make a snake using toilet rolls
Learning Objectives Skill:
-use art elements to make known animals
Learning Disposition Enthusiasm:
-arouse interest and eagerness to complete a task
Materials  3 toilet paper rolls that are cut into
halves
 Tapes
 Punching machines
 Yarn or string
 2 googly eyes
 Glue dots
Lesson steps (Procedures) Introduction
 Cut the toilet paper rolls into half
and lay down the cut pieces for
making long snake shape
Main activity
 Gather the tape and decorate the roll
with it
 Punch holes in all pieces
 Connect them with yarn/thread
Closure
 Use glue dots to stick the googly
eyes
Questions to ask
Were you able to connect all pieces together?
Totsville Montessori Kindergarten
Term 2 K1 Lesson Plan

2LESSON PLAN
Name of Activity Paperwork
Learning Outcomes Create frog using paper plates
Learning Objectives Skill:
-use art elements to make known animals
Learning Disposition Enthusiasm:
-arouse interest and eagerness to complete a task
Materials  Paper plates
 Paints
 Pink paper
 Paint brush
 Scissors
 Black markers
 Glue
Lesson steps (Procedures) Introduction
 Paint the inside of the plates with
green and mark the lips with red paint
Main activity
 Cut out arms and legs of the same
shape, two small and two large
 Cut out head and glue it to the plates
 Draw black pupils to mark eyes
 Glue the arms and legs to the plate
bottom
Closure
 Glue a pink paper strip to the centre of
the mouth
Questions
Does the frog look real?
Theme Animals Date Domain Amphibians Focus Aesthetics
& Creative
Expression
Term 3 Level/Age
Group
Kindergarten
1
Number
of
Children
Duration
Totsville Montessori Kindergarten
Term 2 K1 Fine Motor Skill Lesson Plan

3LESSON PLAN
Theme Animals Date Domain Mammals Focus Aesthetics
& Creative
Expression
Term 3 Level/Age
Group
Kindergarten
1
Number
of
Children
Duration
Name of Activity Paperwork
Learning Outcomes Make a fish using paper plates
Learning Objectives Skill:
- use art elements to make known animals
Learning Disposition Enthusiasm:
-arouse interest and eagerness to complete a task
Materials  Paper plates
 Crayons
 Scissors
 Glue
 Sketch pens
Lesson steps (Procedures) Introduction
 Colour the plates and cut a triangle
out of it for the fish mouth
Main activity
 Draw a black circle for the eye
Closure
 Glue the triangle at the end to make a
tail
Questions
Were you able to cut the triangle?
Totsville Montessori Kindergarten
Term 2 K1 Fine Motor Skill Lesson Plan

4LESSON PLAN
Theme Animals Date Domain Insect &
Creepy
Crawlies
Focus Aesthetics
& Creative
Expression
Term 3 Level/Age
Group
Kindergarten
1
Number
of
Children
Duration
Name of Activity Paperwork
Learning Outcomes Make an ant using egg cartons
Learning Objectives Skill:
- use art elements to make known animals
Learning Disposition Enthusiasm:
-arouse interest and eagerness to complete a task
Materials  Egg carton
 Googly eyes
 Black pipe cleaners
 Paint
 Glue
 Paper punch
Lesson steps (Procedures) Introduction
 Take carton and cut part of it for the
body
Main activity
 Punch 6 holes for legs
 Paint pipe cleaners and place them
inside the holes
 Glue the eyes
Closure
 Bend the legs at 90degree angle
Question
Does the ant stand?
Totsville Montessori Kindergarten
Term 2 K1 Fine Motor Skill Lesson Plan

5LESSON PLAN
Theme Animals Date Domain Pets Focus Aesthetics
& Creative
Expression
Term 3 Level/
Age
Group
Kindergarten
1
Number
of
Children
Duration
Name of Activity Paperwork
Learning Outcomes Make dog using papercups
Learning Objectives Skill:
- use regular elements to make known animals
Learning Disposition Enthusiasm:
-arouse interest and eagerness to complete a task
Materials  Paper cups
 Glue dots
 Googly eyes
 Scissors
 Colourful papers
 Markers
Lesson steps (Procedures) Introduction
 Draw mouth on the cups with a
marker
Main activity
 Cut out oval ears and triangular nose
from black papers
 Cut out tongue from red paper
 Glue them on the face
Closure
 Glue the googly eyes
Question
Were you able to draw the face?
Totsville Montessori Kindergarten
Term 2 K1 Fine Motor Skill Lesson Plan