Week 17 - 3rd Week of December

Items Needed:  Bible 
Sandpaper Numbers:  8
Sandpaper Letters:  Ll
Name:  Sandpaper Letters in name 
Book:  My "L" Book, My Eight Book, We're Going on a Bear Hunt, The Little House  
CD:  100 Hymns & Praise Song for Kids
Worksheets:  Diagonal Lines Worksheet
Activity:  Number and/or letter flashcards, crayons, paper, sandpaper letters and numbers, stuffed animal or ball, coloring sheets (links below), Dry erase board & Marker, Book of the Week Activities, index cards or flashcards
Video:  Veggie Tales:  “Where’s God When I am Scared?”, Veggie Tales:  Saint Nicholas

Letter L Activity, Number 8 Poster
  
Bible Story:  Daniel in the Lion’s Den
Scripture:  Daniel 6
The New Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes:  pg 236
The Beginner's Bible:  pg 251
My Story Bible: pg 56-57

Verse:  Luke 1:37 - Nothing is Impossible for God.
Tune:  “London Bridges”
For nothing is impossible with God
Impossible with God
Impossible with God
For nothing is impossible with God
Luke 1:37

Bible Song:  My God is So Big (Traditional) - 100 Hymns & Praise Song for Kids Disc 2, #29
Chorus:
My God is so big (move hands out from each other at sides)
So strong and so mighty (make muscles with up with both arms, and then down)
There’s nothing my God cannot do.  (shake head “no” and cross arms in front of body”
For you.  (point at other person)
Repeat Chorus

Verse:
The mountains are His, (make mountains with arms above head)
The valleys are His, (make valleys with arms at waist)
The stars are His handiwork too – oo – oo (Hold hands above head and make “stars” with fingers)
Repeat Chorus

Poem:  Going on a "Lion" Hunt - Have child repeat each verse after you.
Traditional

Refrain:
We're going on a lion hunt. (march in place)
We're not afraid. (shake head ‘no’)
We're going to catch a big one! (Spread arms open wide.)
But look! (look with hands)
What's that ahead?  (Place your hand above your eyes as though you were looking far away.)
Uh-oh.
There's mud ahead!
Can't go over it. (move hand “over”)
Can't go under it. (move hand “under”)
Can't go around it. (move hand “around”)
Better go through it. (Make sloshing sounds and move hands and feet as if wading through mud.)
Refrain
Uh-oh.
There's a lake ahead.
Can't go over it. (move hand “over”)
Can't go under it. (move hand “under”)
Can't go around it. (move hand “around”)
Better swim through it. (Make swimming motions.)
Refrain
Uh-oh.
There's a gate ahead.
Can't go over it. (move hand “over”)
Can't go under it. (move hand “under”)
Can't go around it. (move hand “around”)
Better go through it. (Gesture as if you open a gate, walk through, and close it.)
Refrain
Uh-oh.
There's tall grass ahead.
Can't go over it. (move hand “over”)
Can't go under it. (move hand “under”)
Can't go around it. (move hand “around”)
We'd better crawl through it. (Crawl around, moving your hands to push the grass out of your way.)
Refrain
Uh-oh.
There's a cave ahead.
Can't go over it. (move hand “over”)
Can't go under it. (move hand “under”)
Can't go around it. (move hand “around”)
Guess we'll have to walk into it.  (Tip toe quietly.)
Look to the left.  Look to the right.
Look Up. Look Down.
I think I see some big eyes!  (Place fingers to form circles around eyes.)
I think it's a LION!  (Throw arms back and make scared faces.)
Run out of the cave!
Crawl through the grass!
Open the gate!
Swim across the lake!
Wade through the mud!
Run into the house!
Close the door!
Run up the front stairs!
Crawl under your bed!
Whew!  We made it!  (Wipe forehead.)
And we weren't afraid!  (Shake head 'No.')

Number:  8
Make an ‘S’ but do not wait.   Go back up and close the gate.

Letter:  l
Tune:  “Farmer in the Dell”
L says /l/
L says /l/
Daniel in the Lion’s Den
L says /l/

Name:  Trace letters in name with finger on sandpaper letters or over letters drawn on a dry erase board

Book of the Week:
  The Little House

Ideas:
• Book of the Week Ideas:
Over emphasize the /l/ in the word "Little"
Talk about the emotions the "house" feels - happy, sad, etc. 
It is our responsibility to take care of what God has given us. 
Discuss how things change over time and with the seasons.

• When saying the /l/ sound – show your child how their tongue should move

• Play “Go Fish” with number or letter flashcards (could use sandpaper letters and numbers)
"Do you have a letter that says /f/?"
"Do you have the number 7?"
“Do you have the letter “l”?"

• Using index cards or flashcards, put the letters in order from a-l and A-L and numbers 0-8.

• Prewriting Worksheets
This week will focus on drawing diagonal lines.  Print off the Diagonal Lines Worksheet or create your own.

• View & Read: 
Veggie Tales:  “Where’s God When I am Scared?”
Veggie Tales:  Saint Nicholas
We're Going on a Bear Hunt - substitute the word "lion" to match the Bible story.

• Bible Story 
Daniel in the Lion's Den Coloring Sheet
We're Going on a Bear Hunt Printable Story Pattern to help with the sequence

• Christmas Coloring Sheets:
Manger
Wise Men

• Collection of Christmas Ideas from ABC Jesus Loves Me

• Fine Motor Skills:
Make crayon rubbings - Using the sandpaper letters and numbers, place a piece of paper over the sandpaper and have your child color.  They will have the surprise of a letter or number when they finish.

• Gross Motor Skills:
Play catch with a balloon, beach ball, or stuffed animal

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