Items Needed:
Colors: Purple, Blue
Worksheets: Me Poster, Square Poster, Boy and Girl Puzzle
Books: Bible, My First Body Board Book
Activities: Thanksgiving Ideas, Play Dough, pretzel sticks, mini marshmallows, flashlight, yarn, large piece of paper, paper towels, stapler
Objectives:
Bible Theme: Thank You, God, for Making Me
Lesson: My Body
Bible Story: I am Wonderfully Made
Scripture: Psalms 139:1-19
Read and Share Toddler Bible: pg 190-191
Verse: Psalms 139:14 - You made me in an amazing and wonderful way.
Tune: Deep and Wide
You made me, You made me (Point up, point to self)
In an amazing, wonderful way (Wave arms in the air)
You made me, You made me
In an amazing, wonderful way
You said, in the Psalms (Point up, place hands together to form a book)
139 verse 14
You made me, You made me
In an amazing, wonderful way
Bible Song: O Be Careful - YouTube
O be careful little eyes what you see (point to eyes)
O be careful little eyes what you see
For the Father up above (point up for Jesus)
Is looking down in love (put hand to eyes and look down)
O be careful little eyes what you see
Additional Verses:
…little hands what you do
…little feet where you go
…little ears what you hear
…little mouth what you say
…little mind what you think
Poem: I Have Ten Fingers (Adapted from unknown source)
Tune: The Farmer in the Dell
I have 10 fingers (hold up fingers)
They all belong to me (point to self with 10 fingers)
I can make them do great things (thumbs up)
Would you like to see? (point to eyes)
I can shut them tight (make a fist)
I can open them up wide (spread fingers wide)
Put them close together (place fingers together with palms in the air)
I can make them all go hide (place hands behind your back)
I can make them jump up high (hands in the air)
I can make them jump down low (hands on the floor)
Fold them oh so quietly (clasp hands together)
And hold them just so (place hands in lap)
Colors: Purple, Blue
Letters: L-P
Numbers: 1-4
Shape: Square
Information: First, middle, and last name
Self-care and Manners: Undress self and name clothing
Book of the Week: 
Suggested Activities:
• Book of the Week:
- While looking at the book, have the child find the parts mentioned on his/her own body.
- Point to a picture in the book and have the child name it.
• Thank You, God, for Making Me Preschool Bible Story Activities & Coloring Sheets:
- Crafts:
"Thank You, God, for Making Me" Book: On a piece of construction paper, attach a picture of the child. Add the title "God Made _____" with the child's name.
"Thank You, God, for Making Me" Book: Cut out the Me Poster, and place on a piece of construction paper. Add yarn hair, facial features, clothes, etc to the silhouette. Add the child's name.
Have the child lay on a large piece of paper. Draw around the child. Add a face. Glue on hair using yarn. Lay clothes on the silhouette or draw on the clothes. Ask the child to point to different parts of his/her body on the silhouette.
- "God Made Me" Poem
Here are my fingers, here are my toes
Here are my knees, here is my nose
Here are my feet that help me walk around
Here is my mouth that can make sound
Here are my ears, my shoulders, my belly
Here is my tongue that eats grape jelly
Here is my hair that is crazy you see
Here is my smile that God gave me!
- Do you Know Who Made the World? (Thank you, Connie, for this idea.)
Tune: "Mary Had a Little Lamb" or "Do You Know the Muffin Man"
Do you know who made me (child's name),
made me (child's name), made me (child's name)?
Do you know who made me (child's name)?
It was God who made me (child's name)?
- God Made Me (Adapted from Unknown Original Source)
Tune: This Old Man (sing at a slower tempo than normal to allow the child to point to the body parts mentioned in the song)
God made me, God made me,
Thank You, God, for making me.
With my eyes, and ears,
a nose, and a mouth.
Thank You, God, for making me.
(Additional verse: With my head, my shoulders, my knees, and toes.)
• Square Activities:
- Use pretzel sticks and mini marshmallows to make squares. Poke the ends of the pretzels into the marshmallows to hold the pretzels together.
- Fat Square - Print two Square Posters. Color and cut out. Staple 3/4 of the way around and stuff with paper towels. Staple the rest of the way.
- Sing the Square Song.
• Color Activities:
- Shine a flashlight on purple and blue objects around the house. Depending on the development of the child, it may be best to do a single color at a time.
• 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.
• Thanksgiving Ideas from ABCJLM
• Fine Motor Skill:
Play with Play Dough
• Gross Motor Skill:
Log roll on the ground or down a hill outside.
