Lesson Plan: ABC's of Electricity

Preschool/Kindergarten

Identify and work to eliminate electrical safety hazards in the home.

"ABC's of Electricity" Lesson Plan and Support Materials

Three activities allowing teachers to integrate ABC's with identification of electrical items.

Objectives

To identify items that use electricity.

1. Identify 10 household items that run on electricity.
2. Understand and articulate that electricity is to be respected. Electricity is helpful, but it also can cause fires and hurt people.

Preparation

1. Write the ABCs down the left side of a large sheet of paper and post it on a wall or easel near the group-time center.
2. Have a marker available to write children's responses.
3. Cut out Mr. Plug® and Sparky the Fire Dog® characters to place on the flip chart, easel or wall.

Introduction

Mr. Plug and Sparky were amazed to discover so many electrical items in their homes. They want you to understand that there are many electrical items found in the home. Electricity is to be respected. It is helpful, but it can cause fires and hurt people, too.

Activity One

At a group-time, the teacher and class will make a list of all the electrical items or appliances they can collectively think of. Using the alphabet as the guide, come up with one electrical appliance or electrical safety word for each letter of the alphabet. The teacher will write the word across from the letters on the previously prepared paper.

Activity Two

At a group-time, the class will create a story about Sparky and Mr. Plug using 10 of the electrical items previously identified. Class members will dictate the story to the teacher using the previously created list of electrical appliances the group. The teacher can read the story back to the students. The students could create a book about the story.

Activity Three

Match the children's list to the list Sparky and Mr. Plug created. Did the class come up with more words? Visit the Ask Sparky section on www.sparky.org and e-mail Sparky your safety questions!

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