Scout Finds A Home Unit Plan | Literacy, SEL & Math Activities for Pre-K to Grade 2

Bring Scout Finds A Home to life with a low-prep, hands-on unit plan designed for teachers, homeschool families, and small groups. This flexible digital resource includes 5 structured lessons that build literacy, social-emotional learning, and early math skills through discussion, storytelling, and creative play.

Teach Literacy, Kindness, and Early Math with Scout

Scout Finds A Home Unit Plan is a standards-aligned digital teaching resource for Pre-K through Grade 2. This unit helps children build story comprehension, sequencing, oral language, emotional awareness, empathy, counting, addition, and place value through meaningful, hands-on activities.

Designed to be low-prep and flexible, this unit works in classrooms, homeschool settings, and small groups using simple, everyday materials.

What’s Included

• 5 structured, ready-to-teach lessons
• 1–2 week flexible unit plan
• Differentiation for Pre-K through Grade 2
• Informal assessment guidance
• Reflection prompts
• Home-school connection
• Sample parent note

Lessons Included

Lesson 1: Read Aloud & Story Discussion
Build comprehension and emotional awareness through guided discussion.

Lesson 2: Beginning, Middle, End
Students sequence and retell the story through drawing and discussion.

Lesson 3: Paper Bag Puppet — Scout
Create a puppet and retell the story using oral language.

Lesson 4: Paper Plate Scout Mask
Explore emotions and empathy through creative play and role acting.

Lesson 5: Unit Wrap-Up — Spotted Pup Activity
Hands-on math + SEL activity using a simple recycled material craft.

Skills Covered

• Listening comprehension
• Story sequencing and retelling
• Oral language development
• Emotional awareness and empathy
• Counting and cardinality
• Addition within 10
• Place value (tens and ones)

Standards Alignment

Aligned with Common Core Standards in:

• Reading Literature (RL)
• Speaking & Listening (SL)
• Mathematics (K.CC, 1.OA, 2.NBT)

Social-emotional learning is naturally integrated throughout the unit.

Materials Needed

No special supplies required. Most activities use:

• Paper
• Crayons or markers
• Paper bags
• Paper plates
• String or yarn
• Glue or tape
• Scrap paper
• Empty toilet paper rolls
• Dice

Perfect For

• Classroom teachers
• Homeschool families
• Small group instruction
• Literacy centers
• SEL lessons
• Cross-curricular learning

File Details

• Digital PDF download
• No physical item will be shipped

Add this low-prep Scout unit to your teaching toolkit today and bring literacy, SEL, and math together in one meaningful resource.