Reading aloud is an important part of the preschool curriculum. Teachers can teach preschool children about Black History by reading them appropriate picture books. The New York Public Library has a comprehensive list of picture books about African-American history; many smaller libraries have lists of their materials as well. Some books to look for include "Visiting Langston", "Obama's Pajamas" and the On My Own Biography series. Author David Adler has also penned many biographies for young children, including books about Martin Luther King, George Washington Carver, Sojourner Truth and Jackie Robinson.
After reading about inventor Garrett Morgan in a picture book (such as "Garrett Morgan, Inventor") or online, teachers can have children make traffic lights out of construction paper. Depending on the level of the students, you can pre-cut the circles and lights for them to glue together, or allow them to cut each piece out themselves. Another idea is to make a traffic light-related snack together, such as frosting a graham cracker with chocolate frosting and placing red, yellow and green M&Ms to make a traffic light. You can even teach the children to play, "Red Light, Green Light" during recess.
After reading to children about Martin Luther King Jr. and his "I Have a Dream" speech, teachers can ask preschool children about their own dreams for the world. Teachers can write each child's words on paper, then have children draw pictures of their dreams underneath. Each project can then be mounted on white, cloud-shaped construction paper.
Preschool children can improve their fine motor skills by coloring pictures of famous African-Americans or scenes from picture books the class has read (simply copy the illustrations from the books). These pictures can be stapled together to make booklets for the students to take home or glued to construction paper and displayed.