Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term v3 - Pre-Nursery

Subject: Pre-Science

Class: Pre-Nursery

Term: 2^nd Term

Week 3

Date:
Theme of the Week: Animals
Topic of the Day: Animals I – Meaning, Description, Body Parts
Age Group: 2–3 years
Period:
Duration: 1–2 hours (with breaks)

Learning Objectives:

By the end of the lesson, learners should be able to:

1. Understand that animals are living things that move.
2. Identify body parts of animals: legs, tail, ears, eyes, nose.
3. Recognize common animals: dog, cat, cow, goat.
4. Imitate animal sounds.

Circle Time (5–10 minutes):

Show animal pictures and toys.
Teacher names animal and points to body parts while pupils repeat.

Main Activity (Hands-On):

Pupils touch toys or pictures of animals.
Identify legs, tail, ears, eyes, nose.
Imitate animal movements and sounds.

Materials Needed:

Animal pictures, toy animals, stuffed animals, videos of animals, charts, audio of animal sounds.

Movement Break:

Pretend to be different animals: hop like a goat, crawl like a cat.

Creative Time:

Draw favourite animal and colour its body parts.

Language Development:

Teacher: “Dog has four legs.”
Pupils repeat: “legs, tail, ears, eyes, nose, dog, cat, cow, goat.”

Assessment (Observation-Based):

✔ Can the child identify animals?
✔ Can the child point to animal body parts?
✔ Can the child imitate animal movements and sounds?