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All About Me: Special Me and My Family!

Little learners celebrate who they are — their name, their family, their feelings, and their friends — building self-awareness, kindness, and a sense of belonging in their classroom community.

PreKMe & My World30 minutes1 class periodPlay-BasedExplicit teaching4 StandardsEarly Learning
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Share things about themselves.
  • ✓Talk about their family.
  • ✓Name their feelings.
  • ✓Practice being a friend.
Essential Question

What makes you special? Who is in your family? Let’s celebrate the wonderful, one-of-a-kind YOU — and the people who love you!

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Interactive Task
All About Me · Interactive

All About Me!

Project this and tap each part. Have children share about themselves, their families, feelings, and friends!

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The Lesson · Play-Based Learning (Gather · Explore · Play · Reflect)

30 minutes, five moves

Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.

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Gather — Say Your Name

5 min

What is your name? What do you love?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Sing a name song.
  • Share a favorite thing.
  • Set the goal: all about me.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say my name.
  • Share a favorite.
  • Get ready.
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Explore — Explore All About Me

10 min

Children explore.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send children to All About Me.
  • Tap each part.
  • Share about themselves.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Tap each part.
  • Share about me.
  • Talk about family.
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Play — Feelings & Friends

12 min

Play together.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name feelings with faces.
  • Practice sharing and turns.
  • Say a kind word to a friend.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name feelings.
  • Take turns.
  • Be kind.
4

Create — My Family Picture

8 min

Children create.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Draw their family.
  • Name each person.
  • Share the picture.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Draw my family.
  • Name them.
  • Share it.
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Reflect — Reflect

5 min

Share about me.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Share one special thing.
  • Name a feeling.
  • Celebrate our class family!

🎒 Student Actions

  • Share something.
  • Name a feeling.
  • Cheer!
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to Head Start Early Learning Outcomes and common state PreK standards for social-emotional learning and social studies.

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PreK.SEL

Develop self-awareness and a positive sense of self.

C3
PreK.SS

Identify members of one’s own family and their roles.

C3
PreK.SEL

Recognize and name basic emotions.

C3
PreK.SEL

Practice sharing, taking turns, and kindness with peers.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Invite sharing in the home language.
  • Use family photos and picture cards.
  • Model feeling words.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Use picture supports for feelings.
  • Offer choices to share.
  • Keep sharing short and gentle.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Make an “all about me” booklet.
  • Compare families kindly.
  • Role-play being a good friend.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / tablet
  • 🖼️Family photos
  • 🙂Feeling-face cards
  • 🖍️Crayons
  • 📄Drawing paper
  • 🪞A mirror
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

memy own special selffamilythe people who love and care for younamewhat you are calledfeelingshappy, sad, mad, or excitedfriendsomeone kind you play withkindbeing gentle and caringshareto let others have a turncommunityall the people around us
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
Can you tell me one special thing about you?
The child shares a favorite color, food, or activity.
QUESTION 2
Who is in your family?
The child names family members. (All families are welcomed and celebrated.)
QUESTION 3
How do you feel today? Can you name it?
The child names a feeling, like happy or excited.

Growing at home? Family talk!

Encourage families to talk about who is in their family and what makes each person special, and to name feelings together throughout the day. A printable “all about me” page is in the Early Learning library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

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Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: community, family, feelings, friend, kind, me, name, share
  1. someone kind you play with
  2. being gentle and caring
  3. what you are called
  4. to let others have a turn
  5. all the people around us
  6. the people who love and care for you
  7. happy, sad, mad, or excited
  8. my own special self

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. Can you tell me one special thing about you?
  2. Who is in your family?
  3. How do you feel today? Can you name it?
Answer key — Part A: 1) friend · 2) kind · 3) name · 4) share · 5) community · 6) family · 7) feelings · 8) me
Part B: 1) The child shares a favorite color, food, or activity. 2) The child names family members. (All families are welcomed and celebrated.) 3) The child names a feeling, like happy or excited.