Social Emotional Learning Lesson Plan for Little Ant Goes to a Picnic: Safety and Responsibility
Social Emotional Learning Lesson Plan for Little Ant Goes to a Picnic: Safety and Responsibility
This lesson plan is a companion resource for the book Little Ant Goes to a Picnic by S.M.R. Saia. It can be used in the school or homeschool classroom or, less formally, parents can leverage the discussion guide and activity for additional enrichment at home. The main objective of this lesson plan is to help young children understand the meaning and importance of responsibility and to connect responsibility with personal safety. Additional objectives include:
Identify and describe the behaviors of characters in a book.
Understand the core value of responsibility.
State at least one benefit of safe and responsible behavior.
The bright, colorful, and emotionally expressive illustrations will help to engage students in discussions about self awareness, self management, responsible decision making, relationship skills and social awareness.
This lesson maps to the following Common Core standards: RLK.1, RLK.2, RL.K.3, RLK.10, SL.K.1.A, SL.K.1.B, SL.K.2, SL.K.5, SL.K.6
Materials Required:
Little Ant Goes to a Picnic by S.M.R. Saia
Responsibility worksheet (included) and crayons or colored pencils
Pages are 8.5” x 11”
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Illustrations by Tina Perko from Little Ant Goes to a Picnic. This printable was prepared using Adobe Express assets. No AI was used to prepare this product.