Lesson Plan
Introduction
In this paper, are going to develop a lesson plan for cognitive development for infants who are aged between their time of birth and twelve months, toddlers who are between the age of twelve months and two years, and lastly, preschoolers who are aged between 3-4 years. This plan aims to engage children in exploration, discovery, and problem-solving activities. The lesson will focus on identifying materials and environments that will promote cognitive-developmental for those categories of children. This lesson’s individual needs will also be addressed (Mahapatra & Nayak, 2016). The children will be in a position to understand the world that is surrounding them. Clearly, we will also be able to learn about the developmental milestone for the children and what things can be done if a person is concerned about his child’s cognitive developmental process.
Lesson Plan Template
Infant (birth to twelve months)
Theme: learning 1,2,3 and ABC
| Activities | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Songs & Fingerplay | Letter magnets Objective; seeing alphabetical letters | Singing A, B,C…. Object; learn enjoyably saying letters of the alphabet.
| How are you supposed to go to sleep Objective; using hand movement to sing a song | Ladybug, ladybug, ladybug fly away home Objective; learning to sing while moving | Number songs Objectives; using a song to experience counting |
| Language | This is my pet Objective: to identify a pet as well as it’s sound | This is my dad and mom Objective; recognition of family members | Things I see outside the class Objective; naming different objects, he is seeing outside | Counting of goats Objective; being exposed to numbers as well as reading books | This little piggy Objective; infants experiencing rhyming words |
| Science and sensory | Taking one away Objective; experience subtracting and adding | Fun finger paint Objective; experiencing new textures on their hands | Playing with pans and pots Objective; using something new to make music | Do you hear a wind chime Objective; discovering sounds
| Smelling of roses Objective; new smell experience |
| Motor | Being seven in a bed Objective; practicing rollover | Crawling to a toy Objective; to practice crawling | Building of towers Objectives; practicing building gross motor skill | Going up by taking steps Objective; pairing a word with an action | Doing pull-ups Objective; strengthening arm muscle |
Toddler (12 months -2 years)
Theme; vegetables and fruits
| Activity | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Movement &music | We like mangoes We like mangoes | 1 little, 2 little, 3 little oranges | I like bananas I like watermelon | Go round and round and round the orange tree | I like eating pineapples |
| Sensory & science | Discussing and showcasing a variety of fruits | Comparing and testing different fruits | Washing veggies and fruits | Finding the star inside the apple | Filling the box with fruits |
| Books and languages | Carrot seed | The eating of the alphabet | Grow vegetable soup | Ravenous caterpillar | The giant carrot |
Preschoolers (3-4 years)
Theme: Spring
| Activity | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Books of literacy | Two Bad Ants | The caterpillar and the pillow | I am a seed | Old black fry | Anansi the spider |
| Art | Hairy harry | Fly splat art | Sponge stamps | Watercolor the flowers | Bulletin boards having a spring flower |
| Music and movement | Spider on the floor | The ants go marching one by one | Rainbow song | There were ten in the hay… | Down by the bay |
Conclusion
As we can see from the above lesson plans, the children are expected to have learned various skills at the end of it all; they would have known how to count, how to paint, and how to read their favorites stories. The teacher’s main work will be guiding the children and showing them what they are expected to learn or do; thereafter, a teacher will be able to know if the children have grasped the concept he has taught them or not (Amiliya & Harun, 2019). Cognitive prowess is supposed to be noticed as a child moves from being an infant, toddler, and preschooler.
References
Amiliya, R., & Harun, H. (2019, April). Natural based Learning for Early Childhood Cognitive Development. In International Conference on Special and Inclusive Education (ICSIE 2018). Atlantis Press.
Mahapatra, D., & Nayak, C. Piaget’s. (2016) Theory of Cognitive Development in the context of preparing Lesson Plan for different age groups of student.