Do you need a done-for-you lesson plan for your homeschool preschool Co Op with the letter J? I did. I gathered all my favorite letter J crafts and preschool ideas, then put it together for a full 2 hour preschool lesson.
Welcome to Preschool Co Op! If you are wanting to know how to start an at home preschool co op, go here for beginning instructions. If you are all set, and just want to hop into the Letter J preschool co op lesson plan, then let’s go!
Each lesson has around 8 sections. I have found that on average, 15 minutes per project is pretty good. . .Although some take less and some take more. it all evens out by the end to about two hours.
Preschool Words Starting With J
Judge, Juice, Jackets, Jackal, Jaguars (carnivores), Jam/jelly, jellyfish, jewels, jumping, jump rope, jokes, jobs, juggling, jug
the 8 parts to lesson J is:
- Welcome Play (Chia Seed Jam)
- Introduction to the letter J
- Jumping Rope
- Handwriting J (print)
- Snack Time: Juice, Jam and biscuits, Jello.
- Lesson on Jaguars in the Jungle
- Jewelry Craft
- Jokes till pick up.
Supplies to Buy at the Store or Online
- Handwriting helpers for little hands (optional)
- Pens
- Printing Paper and Ink
- Markers/crayons/or colored pencils
- scissors
- Pipe Cleaner
- Jewels/beads
- glue
- Optional large popsicle sticks for this bracelet craft
- Chia seeds, lemon juice, berries (raspberry, strawberry or blueberry)
- Snack ideas: Chia Jam with bread or biscuits, Jello cups or homemade jello jigglers.
- mini water cups
- Jumping rope
- Optional mini mason jars (can be used for shaping popsicle bracelets, and sending chia seed jam home)
- Buy, rent from library, or find online: Book “Jamberry“
Optional Note: Many people have asked for just the coloring handwriting pages that I made for each letter. You can find each of them for FREE on each letter lesson plan. OR you can BUY IT as a digital download (CLICK HERE) or a physical copy (CLICK HERE)
Prep Work
Week before: go over supply list and buy all the online items.
2 days before: Go on a shopping trip to pick up the rest of the needed supplies.
Day Before:
Printables:
- Download and print 1 handwriting J coloring page per child
- Download and print 1 set of Letter J Visuals/Jaguar Search activity combo
- Make a copy of the Jaguar hidden search, 1 for each child (in the visual packet)
- If doing the optional popsicle sticks bracelet. Bend the popsicle sticks the night before. The children can then go straight to coloring and gluing the jewels on it for the craft.
- Check to make sure you know how to make the rings in this post, and be prepared to let the kids make it.
Night before set up:
Prepare your home with these suggestions here
welcome Activity
Show everyone how to make chia seed jam. If they are responsible enough, they can help stir or mix. Put it in the fridge. Explain that we’ll taste it when it is snack time. (optional, get mini cans, and send each of them home with their own jam they helped make)
Introducing The Letter j
Welcome everyone, do you remember what letter we learned last time? what was it’s sound? Do you remember any of the words that start with I?
What letter are we learning about now?
let’s sing the abc song.
It’s J!
Writing J is a line with a tail at the end. and a line across on top, little j is a line with a tail, and a little dot on top
J words make the sound Juh. like Jump!
J letter Jumping rope.
Keep a rope really low to the ground, and tie one end to the base of a chair. then move it slightly, kids can jump over the rope if they can yell out a word that starts with J.
can you make the sound Juh? Awesome, now can you make the sound juh while jumping? now can you name other juh sounds while jumping?
Handwriting: the letter J
Gather everyone to the table with pens and coloring pencils or crayons, and have them practice writing uppercase and lowercase J with this free printable, and the preschoolers can color the picture afterwards.
Story time with letter book Jam Jamberry
Snack beginning with the letter J
Snack beginning with the letter J: make chia seed jam, then put it on bread for a snack. Jello cups or homemade Jello Jigglers
Lesson on J: Jumping Jaguars in the Jungle (carnivores and South America)
Who here likes giant cats? What are some giant cats you can name? Lion, Tiger, mountain lion, puma, leopard, panther, Jaguar. All Cats are carnivores. Carnivores are meat eaters. That means they will have strong sharp teeth, and are usually really good hunters.
We are going to talk about J J Jaguars today. Jaguars live in South America. Where is South America on a map? They live in Jungles. What is a jungle? it is like a forest, but has a lot more trees and vines and plants and animals, and lots of water around it too. The most famous Jungle is called the Amazon Jungle and most of it is in Brazil, the largest country in South America. Can you find Brazil?
Jaguars have spots on them. Why do they have spots? It helps them stay camouflaged, do you know what camouflaged means? See how well the jaguar can hid in the shadows of the jungle? (show colored pictures of jaguars.) You can still see them just fine? But what about now? (hold up black and white pictures) Did you know most animals only see in black and white? Now the jaguars are harder to spot aren’t they?!
10 Jaguars Hiding In The Jungle
Seek and Find Page. Have them find and circle all 10 jaguars hidden in the picture
Jewelry Craft
Jewelry. Who here knows what jewelry is? It is pretty things you wear that is usually made of metal and jewels. it can be a crown, or ear rings or necklaces, bracelets, rings, toe rings, anklets, all sorts of things! we are going to make our own jewelry today with these jewels and pipe cleaner. (pipe cleaner rings)
Optional: make these easy jeweled bracelets with popsicle sticks.
Jokes start with J.
Who here wants to hear some jokes? (70 kid jokes here)