Preschool Recycling Lesson Plan: Weekly Sustainability Grid

Weekly Lesson Plan: Recycling & Sustainability

Teacher: ____________________     Week of: ____________________

Theme: Caring for Our Planet (Recycling, Reusing, and Reducing Waste)

Learning Goals

• Cognitive: Understand the difference between trash and recyclables.
• Social-Emotional: Develop a sense of responsibility for the classroom environment and community.
• Motor: Practice fine motor skills through sorting and upcycled crafts.

Materials Needed This Week

Clean recyclables (cardboard tubes, plastic bottles, egg cartons), blue and black bins, washable paint, sorting cards, potting soil, seeds, ____________________, ____________________.

Daily Activity Grid

Domain / Block	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Circle Time & Read-Aloud	Introduce the "Recycle Symbol" / The Earth Book	What goes in the blue bin? / Don't Lose It, Reuse It	Reducing waste at lunch / Michael Recycle	Composting basics / Compost Stew	Reviewing our green habits / Why Should I Recycle?
Language & Literacy	R is for Recycle: Letter tracing	Vocabulary cards: Plastic, Paper, Glass	Rhyming words with "Can" and "Bin"	Story sequencing: Where does trash go?	Dictating a class "Earth Promise"
Math	Counting plastic bottle caps (1-20)	Sorting items by material (paper vs. plastic)	Graphing our lunch waste	Measuring cardboard tubes	Patterning with colored lids
Science	Sink or float: Recyclable materials	Observing a landfill in a jar	Planting seeds in egg cartons	Exploring magnets with tin cans	Water conservation experiment
Social-Emotional	Assigning "Light Monitor" jobs	Sharing toys instead of buying new	Working together to clean the room	Discussing how litter hurts animals	Celebrating our recycling efforts
Physical / Motor	Crushing paper for recycling (fine motor)	Recycling relay race (gross motor)	Tossing paper wads into the bin	Building towers with empty boxes	Sweeping up "litter" with mini brooms
Creative Arts	Painting with bubble wrap	Making binoculars from toilet rolls	Collage using old magazines	Decorating the classroom recycle bin	Upcycled junk modeling
Sensory & Outdoor	Shredded paper sensory bin	Nature walk to pick up litter	Washing plastic containers in water table	Outdoor chalk: Drawing the Earth	Dirt and worms (gummy) sensory play

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