Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term v3 - Nursery 1

Subject: Pre-science

Class: Nursery 1

Term: 2^nd Term

Week 9

Date:
Theme of the Week: Air
Topic of the Day: Air Transportation & Smell in Air
Age Group: 3–4 years
Duration: 1–2 hours

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify vehicles that move through air.
2. Recognize airplane, helicopter, kite, hot air balloon.
3. Understand smells travel through air.

Circle Time:

Show pictures of airplane, helicopter, kite.

Make airplane sounds together.

Main Activity:

Watch short video or observe pictures of air vehicles.

Make simple paper airplanes.

Smell safe item from across the room to show smell travels through air.

Materials Needed:

Pictures of air vehicles
Toy planes
Paper for paper airplanes
Perfume or orange for smell activity
Air transport chart

Movement Break:

Pretend to fly like an airplane.

Spin slowly like a helicopter.

Creative Time:

Colour an airplane picture.

Draw a kite flying in the sky.

Language Development:

Teacher: “Airplanes fly in the air. Smells travel in the air.”
Pupils repeat: “fly, air, smell, sky.”

Assessment:

✔ Can the child identify an airplane?
✔ Can the child say airplanes fly in the air?
✔ Can the child understand smells move through air?