Week 31

Items Needed:

Colors:  Red, Black, Orange
Worksheets:  Square and Triangle Poster or Square and Triangle Dotted Line Poster, Cross and Heart Painting Template
Books:  Bible, Old Hat New Hat 
CDs:  100 Hymns & Praise Songs for Kids
Activities:  Fruit Loops, balloon, string, q-tips, newspaper, paint, sponge 

Objectives:

Bible Theme:  Jesus Loves Me

Lesson:  Jesus' Death

Bible Story:  Jesus' Death
Scripture: Matthew 27
The Beginner's Bible for Toddlers: pg 148-150
Read and Share Toddler Bible:  pg 175-177
Through the Bible in Felt: pg 225-227

Verse:  Matthew 28:6 - He is risen as He said.
Tune:  Mary Had a Little Lamb - (Author Unknown)
He is risen as He said
As He said, as He said
He is risen as He said
Matthew 28:6

Bible Song:  O How I Love Jesus (Traditional) - 100 Hymns & Praise Songs for Kids Disc 2 #32
O, how I love Jesus,
O, how I love Jesus,
O, how I love Jesus,
Because He first loved me!

Poem:  Right Hand, Left Hand - (Adapted from Unknown Author)
Have the child echo each phrase and copy your actions
This is my right hand (This is my right hand)
I raise it up high (I raise it up high)
This is my left hand (This is my left hand)
I’ll touch the sky (I'll touch the sky)
Right hand (Right hand)
Left hand (Left hand)
Whirl them around (Whirl them around)
Right hand (Right hand)
Left hand (Left hand)
Pound, pound, pound (Pound, pound, pound)

Colors:  Red, Black, Orange
Letters:  Y-Z
Numbers:  1-9
Shapes: Square, Triangle
Information:  Home Town
Self-care and Manners:  Help set the table

Book of the Week:
Old Hat New Hat 

Suggested Activities: 

• Book of the Week Idea:
- Make newspaper hats - fold a newspaper or piece of paper to make a hat
- Point out opposites. 

• Jesus Loves Me Preschool Bible Story Activities & Coloring Sheets:
- Crafts:
 "Jesus Loves Me" Book:  Make a Cross and Heart Painting - Using the template, cut around the cross.  Tape the back of the cross to a white piece of paper.  Using a piece of sponge, stamp around the cross covering the entire piece of paper.  Carefully pull up the cross.  Let dry.  Cut out the inside of the heart.  Tape the underside of the heart on top of the cross.  Place a few dots of red paint inside the heart.   Lay a piece of string in the dots of paint and drag around to cover the heart.  Carefully pull up the heart.  Let dry.

- Idea:
    Explain that the story of Jesus' death is very sad.  But we don't have to stay sad because the best part is coming.  
    Explain that Jesus died for our sins for the bad choices that we make. 

• Shape Activity:
- Using pretzel sticks and mini marshmallows, make squares and triangles.  Poke the ends of the pretzels into the marshmallows to hold the pretzels together.  Demonstrate that the difference between a square and triangle is one side.
- Paint or color the Square and Triangle Poster.  If the child is ready, use the Square and Triangle Dotted Line Poster and trace the shapes.
- Go on a shape walk looking for triangles and circles in everyday objects.  (square - windows, signs; triangle - roof line, sandwich, the letter "A") 

• Color Activity:
Using red, orange, and black paint, paint with q-tips.

• Number:
Using the Apple Tree Number Book, point and count the apples on the tree.  Continue to point and count items you find throughout the day.

• Fine Motor Skill:
Place Fruit Loops on a string to create an edible necklace

• Gross Motor Skill:
Balloon Fun - catch it, keep it afloat, bat it with both hands clasped together in one large "fist", bounce or catch the ball - always use both hands together

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