Week 17 - 3rd Week of December
Items Needed: BibleSandpaper Number: 8
Sandpaper Letters: Ll
Name: Sandpaper Letters in child's name or a dry-erase board and marker
Books: 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, coloring sheets (links below)
Game: Go Fish
Activities: Ingredients to make a cake or cupcakes, colored candles, Book of the Week Activities, Going on a "Lion" Hunt, Bible story activities (see below), Christmas ideas (see below)
Videos: 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 236The Beginner's Bible: pg 251
My Story Bible: pg 56-57
Through the Bible Felt: pg 143-144
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
Number: 8
Make an ‘S’ but do not wait. Go back up and close the gate.
Letters: Ll
L - Line and leg
l - line
Name: Trace letters in name with finger on sandpaper letters or over letters drawn on a dry erase board
Comprehension Questions:
Why did the men not like Daniel?
Have you ever been jealous of someone else because they had something that you wanted?
Even though Daniel knew that he would be put in the den of lions, did he still prayed to God like he always had?
Book of the Week:
Ideas:
• The Little House 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.
• Daniel in the Lion's Den Preschool Bible Activities & Coloring Sheets:
- Coloring Sheets - In the Den, King and Daniel, Daniel and the Lion
- Make a Lion Paper Bag Puppet
- Combine the "Letter L" with the Bible story - Lion writing and coloring worksheets
- Lion Crafts and Activities
- View: 
- Read: 
- We're Going on a Bear Hunt Printable Story Pattern to help with the sequence
• When saying the /l/ sound – show your child how their tongue should hit the roof of their mouth.
• Play “Go Fish” with number or letter flashcards.
"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".
• Pre-writing Worksheets
This week will focus on drawing diagonal lines. Print off the Diagonal Lines Worksheet or create your own.
• View & Read: 
• Christmas Coloring Sheets:
Manger
Wise Men
• Collection of Christmas Ideas from ABCJLM
• Fine Motor Skills:
Make Jesus a chocolate birthday cake or cupcakes using the colors from the Wordless Book - Allow your child to unwrap butter sticks or separate cupcake wrappers. Let your child help frost the cake or cupcakes.
Christmas Cake
Chocolate cake and frosting represent the sin in our life
Red candle represents Christ's blood shed on the Cross
White candle stands for how Jesus washed away our sins
Green candle represents renewal and growth as you grow in your new life in Christ
Yellow candle stands for the golden streets of heaven
• Gross Motor Skills:
Jump in various directions and over small items.
