Inside: Fall Preschool Virtual Teaching Resources
Back-to-school for 2020 was completely different for me than the prior 21 years.
Rather than greeting my new students in our classroom, I was to start the year online.
While I had done a bit of virtual teaching in the spring, after our preschool was shut down due to the pandemic, this would be with a brand-new group of children.
Children that I had not yet met.
So I was admittedly apprehensive how this would be, meeting them for the first time through a screen.
I’m happy to say that it’s gone much better than I ever anticipated, and I’ve learned quite a bit along the way.
On this page I share snippets of most of my fall virtual teaching sessions, as well as the resources that were used.
Please take advantage of the table of contents that are provided below.
Fall Preschool Virtual Teaching Resources
See how I set up my simple virtual teaching area here:
My Preschool Virtual Classes
For fall 2020, I am only doing live online Zoom meetings, no YouTube videos.
We meet on the same days we’d meet during the school year – Tuesday and Thursdays.
Our Zoom meeting times start at 9:30 am we can can go up to 30 minutes.
Starting a school year online with brand new students was, I will admit, frightening. I stayed calm and positive through all the planning, but on the morning of our first meeting I definitely had butterflies in my stomach. It felt like my very first year of teaching all over again!
Some tips:
I sent home an email to all the families ahead of time outlining what we’d be doing.
I had the children bring a favorite stuffed animal and suggested providing a snack at the table during our meeting. (This helped tremendously, as it kept the children more focused.)
I told the families that if their children just weren’t into it, I completely understood if they needed to leave the meeting.
I also suggested they change their screen name so it was their children’s names. This was a HUGE help since I had not met my students yet.
SEPTEMBER
September Music Playlist:
September 2020 Week #1 – All About Me
Tuesday’s outline:
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Song: Good Morning Song
Song: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star using Star Sticks
Book: Toes, Ears, Nose by Marion Dane Bauer
Song: The Wheels on the Bus using Song Sticks
Song: Goodbye Song
Thursday’s outline:
Song: Good Morning Song
Song: If You’re Happy and You Know It
Book: Here Are My Hands by Bill Martin Jr.
Fingerplay: Open, Shut Them
Song: The Wheels on the Bus
Song: Goodbye Song
September 2020 Week #2 – All About Me
Tuesday
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Song: Good Morning Song
Song: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star using Star Sticks
Book: I Went Walking by Sue Williams
Fingerplay: Open, Shut Them (Spotify)
Song: Everybody Clap by Nancy Kopman
Song: The Wheels on the Bus
Song: Goodbye Song
Thursday
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Song: Good Morning Song
Song: One Little Finger (Spotify)
Book: Where’s Spot? By Eric Hill
Fingerplay: Open, Shut Them (Spotify)
Song: Everybody Clap by Nancy Kopman
Song: 5 Little Monkeys (Spotify)
Song: Goodbye Song
September 2020 Week #3 – Apples Day 1
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Song: Good Morning Song
Fingerplay: Open, Shut Them (Spotify)
Book: Under the Apple Tree
Color Activity: Red, Yellow, Green Apples (Using Apple Props)
Counting Song: Way Up High in the Apple Tree
Song: I Wake Up My Hands (Spotify)
Song: 5 Little Monkeys (Spotify)
Song: If You’re Happy and You Know It (Spotify)
Song: Goodbye Song
September 2020 Week #3 – Apples Day 2
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Song: Good Morning Song
Song: One Little Finger (Spotify)
Fingerplay: Put Your Apple in the Air (Using Apple Props)
Book: Apples
Counting Song: Way Up High in the Apple Tree
Song: I Wake Up My Hands (Spotify)
Song: The Wheels on the Bus
Song: Goodbye Song
September 2020 Week #4 – Apples Day 3
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Song: Good Morning Song
Fingerplay: Put Your Apple in the Air (Using Apple Props)
Book: 5 Little Apples
Fine Motor: Introduce Playdough
Book: At the Apple Orchard
Song: I Wake Up My Hands (Spotify)
Song: Goodbye Song
September 2020 Week #4 – Apples Day 4
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Song: Good Morning Song
Song: Counting Song: Way Up High in the Apple Tree
- (Using Apple Props)
Book: Peppa Pig Goes Apple Picking
Song: I Wake Up My Hands (Spotify)
Song: Itsy Bitsy Spider (Spotify)
Book: One, Two, Tree
Song: Song: Shake, Shake, Shake
Song: Goodbye Song
OCTOBER
October Music Playlist:
October 2020 Week #1 – Farm Day 1
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Song: Good Morning Song
Song: Old MacDonald Had a Farm
- (Using Farm Animal Props)
Book: Barnyard Dance
Song: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (Spotify)
Song: Here is a Beehive
Song: 5 Little Monkeys (Spotify)
Song: Goodbye Song
October 2020 Week #1 – Farm Day 2
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Song: Good Morning Song
Song: Old MacDonald Had a Farm
- (Using Farm Animal Props)
Book: Let’s Go Visiting
Song: I Wake Up My Hands (Spotify)
Song: Here is a Beehive
Song: Goodbye Song
October 2020 Week #2 – Farm Day 3
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Song: Good Morning Song
Song: Old MacDonald Had a Farm
- (Using Farm Animal Props)
Book: Quack! Moo! Oink!
Song: 5 Little Ducks (Spotify)
Song: Here is a Beehive
Song: Goodbye Song
October 2020 Week #2 – Farm Day 4
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Song: Good Morning Song
Song: Old MacDonald Had a Farm
- (Using Farm Animal Props)
Book: Night Night Farm
Song: 5 Little Ducks (Spotify)
Book: Moo, Baa, La La La
Song: Here is a Beehive
Song: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Song: Goodbye Song
October 2020 Week #3 – Pumpkins Day 1
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Song: Good Morning Song
Song: Itsy Bitsy Spider
Book: Where is Pumpkin?
Song: Five Little Pumpkins
Song: Everybody Clap
Song: The Wheels on the Bus
Song: Goodbye Song
October 2020 Week #3 – Pumpkins Day 2
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Song: Good Morning Song
Song: Itsy Bitsy Spider
Book: Five Little Pumpkins
Song: Five Little Pumpkins
Book: Boo, Boo, I Love You
Song: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Song: I Wake Up My Hands
Song: Goodbye Song
October 2020 Week #4 – Pumpkins
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Song: Good Morning Song
Song: Itsy Bitsy Spider
Book: Five Little Pumpkins
Song: Five Little Pumpkins
Book: Boo, Boo, I Love You
Song: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Book: Five Little Pumpkins
Song: Goodbye Song
NOVEMBER
November Music Playlist:
November 2020 Week #1 – Fall Day #1
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Song: Good Morning Song
Song: One Little Finger
Book: Mouse’s First Fall
Song: Five Little Leaves
- Using Leaf Props and Numbered Leaves from this Post
Book: Little Owl’s 1-2-3
Song: One Little Owl
Song: Goodbye Song
November 2020 Week #1 – Fall Day #2
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Song: Good Morning Song
Song: The Owl Song
Song: Gray Squirrel
Book: The Sneaky Snacky Squirrel
Activity: What Colors are the Leaves
Song: Five Little Leaves
- Colored Leaves and Numbered Leaves are Here
Song: The Wheels On the Bus
Song: Goodbye Song
November 2020 Week #2 – Fall Day #3 (Squirrels and Owls)
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Song: The Good Morning Song
Song: If You’re Happy and You Know It
Action Rhyme: I am a Squirrel
Song: Gray Squirrel
Flannel Board: What Colors are the Owls?
Book: Hoot
Song: The Owl Song
Song: You Can Clap Your Hands
Song: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Song: The Goodbye Song
November 2020 Week #2 – Fall Day #4 (Squirrels and Owls)
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Song: The Good Morning Song
Song: I Wake Up My Hands
Song: Five Little Leaves
- Colored Leaves and Numbered Leaves are Here
Book: Autumn in the Forest
Action Rhyme: I am a Squirrel
Song: Gray Squirrel
Flannel Board: What Colors are the Owls?
Song: The Owl Song
Song: Open, Shut Them
Song: The Goodbye Song
November 2020 Week #3 – Fall Day #5 (Squirrels, Owls and Turkeys)
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Song: Good Morning
Song: Gray Squirrel
Book: Where Is Baby’s Turkey?
- Children Hold Up Turkey Sticks
Activity: What colors are the turkey’s feathers?
- Using our FREE Turkey and Feathers Printable
Song: Five Little Turkeys
Activity: Count the Turkeys
- Using Our Free Numbered Turkeys Printable
Book: Five Silly Turkeys
Song: The Owl Song
Song: Goodbye
November 2020 Week #3 – Fall Day #6 (Squirrels, Owls and Turkeys)
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Song: Good Morning
Song: If You’re Happy and You Know It
Book: This Little Turkey
- Children Hold Up Turkey Sticks
Song: Five Little Turkeys
Activity: Count the Turkeys
- Using Our Free Numbered Turkeys Printable
Book: Llama Llama Gives Thanks
Song: Gray Squirrel
Activity: What colors are the turkey’s feathers?
- Using our FREE Turkey and Feathers Printable
Song: The Owl Song
Song: Goodbye
DECEMBER
Note: If you can’t/won’t teach Christmas in December, I share other ideas in my December themes post.
December Take Home Packets
What’s in our packets this month:
Star and Gingerbread Man from our Christmas Templates Packet
December 2020 Week #1 – Day #1 (Jingle Bells, Christmas)
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Note: Bells were sent home in our take-home packets so the children could ring them while we sang.
Song: Good Morning
Song: Shake, Shake, Shake
Book: Llama Llama Jingle Bells
Song: Jingle Bells
Activity: Count to 10
- Using Our Magnetic Chalkboard and Magnetic Numbers
Book: Merry Christmas, Mouse
Song: We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Activity: Help Trim the Felt Tree
- Using our Felt Tree and Felt Ornaments
Song: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
- Using our star sticks (Get the Free Printable Here)
Song: Goodbye
December 2020 Week #1 – Day #2 (Jingle Bells, Christmas)
Note: Bells were sent home in our take-home packets so the children could ring them while we sang.
Song: Good Morning
Song: Shake, Shake, Shake
Activity: Count to 8
- Using Our Magnetic Chalkboard and Magnetic Numbers
Book: Eight Jolly Reindeer
Song: Jingle Bells
Book: The Itsy Bitsy Reindeer
Song: We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Activity: Help Trim the Felt Tree
- Using our Felt Tree and Felt Ornaments
Song: We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Song: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
- Using our star sticks (Get the Free Printable Here)
Song: Goodbye
December 2020 Week #2 – Day #3 (Jingle Bells, Gingerbread Man)
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Note: Bells were sent home in our take-home packets so the children could ring them while we sang.
Song: Good Morning
Song: Jingle Bells
Activity: Count 5 Gingerbread Men
- Using our Gingerbread Props (Get the Free Printable Here)
Song: Five Gingerbread Men
- Using our Gingerbread Props (Get the Free Printable Here)
Activity: Count the Bells
- Using our Numbered Bells (Get the Free Printable Here)
Song: Ten Little Bells
Song: We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Song: The Lights on the Christmas Tree
Song: Jingle Bell Opposites
Song: Goodbye
December 2020 Week #2 – Day #4 (Candy Canes, Gingerbread Man)
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Note: Bells were sent home in our take-home packets so the children could ring them while we sang.
Song: Good Morning
Song: Jingle Bell Opposites
Activity: Gingerbread Man Hunt
- Using our Free Gingerbread Color Recognition Props (Get the Free Printable Here)
Book: Maisy Makes Gingerbread
Song: Five Gingerbread Men
- Using our Gingerbread Props (Get the Free Printable Here)
Song: Five Candy Canes
- Using our Five Candy Canes Props (Get the Free Printable Here)
Song: Gingerbread Man
Song: Goodbye
December 2020 Week #3 – Day #5 (Candy Canes, Gingerbread Man)
Watch the video here. (Includes snippets of our real meeting.)
Note: Bells were sent home in our take-home packets so the children could ring them while we sang.
Song: Good Morning
Song: Jingle Bell Opposites
Activity: Gingerbread Man Hunt
- Using our Free Gingerbread Color Recognition Props (Get the Free Printable Here)
Book: Where is Baby’s Christmas Present?
Song: Five Candy Canes
- Using our Five Candy Canes Props (Get the Free Printable Here)
Song: Goodbye
Winter 2021 Virtual Teaching Resources
As of December 26, 2020, it looks like we will still be offering virtual classes.
I’m honestly not sure when we will transition to in-person, so in the meantime I will continue to share what we are doing virtually.
Click below to see my preschool virtual teaching resources for Winter 2021:
Virtual Teaching Themes, Activities and Resources for Winter 2021