Preschool Weekly Lesson Plan Template

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A week by center or learning area 3

Blank preschool weekly lesson plan, your own rows Monday to Friday across and 7 unnamed rows under a first column headed Center or area, for a room with its own center names.
Preschool weekly lesson plan by center A sideways page with Teacher, Week of and Theme lines, then Letter, Number, Shape and Color lines. Monday to Friday across and seven rows: Circle time, Literacy, Math, Science and sensory, Art, Music and movement, and Outdoor play.
Preschool weekly lesson plan by learning area The same week with six rows named for learning areas: Language, Math, Science, Social and emotional, Physical and Creative arts.

Half-day, part-week and child care weeks 3

Child care weekly plan for mixed ages A week for a room with several ages: Room, Week of and Theme lines, and six rows named Group time, Art and sensory, Music and stories, Outdoor and water play, For the youngest and For the oldest.
Half-day preschool weekly lesson plan Five rows for a morning or afternoon program: Arrival and circle time, Centers, Snack, Outdoor play, and Story and goodbye.
Preschool weekly lesson plan, three days Three wide day columns with empty headings, for a class that meets two or three days a week, beside the seven center rows.

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One day, one circle time, one activity 3

Circle time plan Date and Theme lines and five headings over ruled lines: Greeting song, Calendar and weather, Story, Movement game and Goodbye.
Preschool activity plan, one activity For one planned activity: Activity, Area and Date lines, then ruled lines under Goal, Materials, Steps and What to watch for.
Preschool daily lesson plan by center One day on an upright page: the seven centers down the side, with Activity, Materials and Notes columns.

A month of themes 1

Preschool themes for the month Five rows, Week 1 to Week 5, with columns for Theme, Letter, Number, Shape, Color, and Books and songs. A Month line sits at the top.

Filled-in sample 1

Sample: a preschool week on fall leaves, filled in Sample. The week by center filled in for a made-up theme, Fall leaves, with the letter L, the number 5, the circle and the color orange.

How this list was compiled: Written and laid out in-house for this page on October 2, 2026. Every sheet is a plain form to fill in by hand; the headings are everyday planning words, and no school district's, publisher's or program's form is copied. Center and learning area names are everyday preschool words; no state's early learning standards and no accrediting body are named. The sample week is made up. Licence: own work

How it works

This free printable preschool lesson plan template opens on a week by center: Circle time, Literacy, Math, Science and sensory, Art, Music and movement, and Outdoor play. Lines at the top hold the theme, letter, number, shape and color.

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Plan the week around a theme

Press Print the lesson plan. Write the theme and the letter, number, shape and color of the week on the lines, then one activity in each box. The sample sheet shows a made-up week on fall leaves.

A blank preschool lesson plan template, and other weeks

The blank sheet leaves the seven rows unnamed for your own centers. Another names six learning areas, from Language to Creative arts. There is a half-day week, a three-day week, a child care week for mixed ages and a month of themes.

The activity plan covers a single activity: Goal, Materials, Steps and What to watch for.
The circle time plan has five headings, from Greeting song to Goodbye.

Questions and answers

What goes in a preschool lesson plan template?

This one has a row for each center or part of the day and a column for each weekday, under a theme for the week. The rows are everyday center names.

Can I get the preschool lesson plan template PDF?

Yes. Choose Save as PDF as the printer once the print window opens. The file holds the sheet on screen, sized for Letter or A4.

Is there a weekly plan for a daycare in summer?

Yes. The child care week for mixed ages has a Theme line and a row for Outdoor and water play. Write the season or the theme on the line; the sheet itself names no season.

Do the sheets follow a state's early learning standards?

They name none. The week by learning area uses six plain headings: Language, Math, Science, Social and emotional, Physical and Creative arts. A program with its own list can write its headings on the blank sheet.