Do you need a done-for-you lesson plan for your homeschool preschool Co Op with the letter T? I gathered all my favorite letter T 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 T preschool co op lesson plan, then let’s go!
This Lesson Plan is focusing on Pre-K Math. T for Triangles (shapes) and counting to T-Ten and T-Twenty.
Preschool Words Starting With T
- table
- tail
- teacher
- ten
- tiger
- toad
- tomato
- toys
- turnip
- turtle
- two
- Train
- Triangles
- Ten
- Twenty
the 8 parts to lesson T is:
- Welcome Play: Ten Fingers, Ten Toes Craft
- Introduction to the letter T
- Triangle Train Activity (shapes)
- Handwriting T (print)
- Snack Time
- Story Time: Ten Tiny Turtles
- Lesson on Counting to 10, 20, and backwards.
- Ten Seconds Mini Games
- Bonus Activity: Making T and t with playdough
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
- paint for handprints and footprints
- construction paper
- Toddler shape blocks (optional)
- Snack ideas: tacos, taffy, tangerines, tapioca
- mini water cups
- Masking Tape
- Items that can be counted up to ten
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 T coloring page per child
- Download and print 1 set of Letter T Visuals/Triangle Train activity combo. Copy 1 footprint/handprint for each child (optional). Copy 1 page of counting to ten for each child. Cut into squares, and put each page into an envelope or ziploc bag for the game.
- Prep for painting handprint/footprint. gather paint, paper towels/diaper wipes, and construction paper (or printed paper of footprint/handprint). Make su
- Prep for Triangle Train by cutting construction paper (different colors) of circles, squares, rectangles, and triangles. You can use the downloaded train shape paper as a template, or print off one for each child.
- Using masking tape, tape off 10 (or 20) squares on a hard floor. Bring baskets of items that can go up to 10 that can fit into the squares (1 item in the first square, 2 items in second square etc,.) They can be different items per square or the same item. You’ll need 55 items for 10 squares. and 213 items for 20 squares. Small items can include: dried rice, dried beans, marbles, dice, cotton balls, feathers, googly eyes, popsicle sticks, jellybeans, etc,.
Night before set up:
Prepare your home with these suggestions here
If you are using the video suggestions, have youtube set up for those and ready.
welcome Activity: Ten Fingers, Ten Toes.
One by one, have everyone make handprints and footprints with paint and construction paper (or just outline their feet and hands with a pen for an easier cleanup). Then number the fingers 1-10. And Toes 1-10. (If your preschoolers are ready for it, number the toes 11-20)
Introducing The Letter T
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 S ?
What letter are we learning about now?
let’s sing the abc song.
It’s T!
T has a sound too, it is Teh. can you say Teh? T can make lots of words, can you think of any words that start with T? Tiger, Turtles, Tables etc. You draw an uppercase T by drawing a line down, and a line right across the top. The lowercase t is a little line down, and the line across, but a little lower than the top.
(Show the Tt picture)
The triangle Train Craft
Gather everyone in a circle.
T makes the sound teh, but when it is right next to the letter R, it makes the che sound. Like train, travel, and triangle.
What is a triangle? Triangles are shapes. They have 3 lines that all connect together. What other shapes are there? Circles, Squares, rectangles.
(take a minute to have them remember the names of the shapes. Hold up a circle, square, rectangle and triangle, asking what these are. repeat till they have it solid- this is a good time to use shape blocks if you have them).
We are going to make a train using all the different shapes. Circles are good for the wheels, Rectangles for the body, Squares for the driver, and Triangles everywhere else!
You see, this is a triangle train, and what that means is that it travels from place to place delivering triangles. so we need to put a lot of them on the paper.
T for Triangle.
Have them gather around the table, with a construction paper and 2 circles, 1 square, 1 rectangle, and lots of triangles. Have them glue the train together.
Handwriting: the letter T
Gather everyone to the table with pens and coloring pencils or crayons, and have them practice writing uppercase and lowercase T with this free printable, and the preschoolers can color the picture afterwards.
Snack beginning with the letter T
Honestly, I struggled with letter t snacks. Tacos, Taffy, and tapioca were all I could find. I just named snack time as “terrific treat time” and then gave them foods they liked.
Lesson on Counting to Ten or Twenty
Note: The goal today is to have the kids memorize counting to ten, or if they already have, to count to twenty
Alright, who here can count to ten? Who here can count to twenty? Both ten and twenty start with T. So we are going to make sure we all can count to ten! (or twenty).
Count to ten using the printable number graph.
Games to Ten (or Twenty)
Match the objects to the number (to ten)
On construction paper, give each child a ziploc bag with ten squares of objects, and ten squares of numbers. Have them match the 1 object next to the 1 number, then glue them on the paper. Have them move on to the number 2, then 3, etc,.
Game: Hide and seek.
Count to ten (or twenty) to find them.
(bring blankets, pillows, boxes or other small items that they can easily hide behind and under. No need to have them go all over the house)
Race Countdown:
Everyone at the starting line. Explain where the finish is (maybe touch the wall and come back). Then count down from ten, then at after one, say go!
Masking tape on the floor game.
Follow this pattern with masking tape (here) make it as big as you can. Tell them they need to fill each box with the right amount of things (one thing in the first box, and 10 things (or twenty if you have space) in the final box. You can have rules like they have to use different items. Just make sure you provide them with enough things. Or you can let them pick whatever is around. Or you can just have one item prepared for them. Dried beans, cotton balls, legos, crayons, toys, cans, feathers, googly eyes, wads of paper. . . this game is easy and so versatile
10 seconds to win it
Have the children do small activities for ten seconds (or 20) while you count out loud.
Can they keep a book on their head for 10 seconds? stand on one foot for 10 seconds. Do ten jumping jacks. Put together an easy puzzle in 10 (20) seconds? scream for ten seconds? Do a plank for 10 seconds? Clap 10 times? pile 10 books on the floor? etc,.