Week 21 - 3rd Week of January

Items Needed: Bible
Sandpaper Numbers: 9
Sandpaper Letters: Oo
Name: Write the second letter in the child's name
Books: My "O" Book, My Nine Book, Are You My Mother?
CD: The Ultimate Bible Song Collection for Kids
Activities: Play Dough, finger jello, or cookie dough, large marshmallows, A-B-C and 1-2-3 Cutter Set, stuffed animal, Duplo Legos, rock, pile of sand, water, yellow, red, and green markers, bath toy, number flashcards
Letter O Activity, Number 9 Poster

Bible Story: Wise and the Foolish Man
Scripture: Matthew 7: 24-27
The New Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes: pg 272
My Story Bible: pg 82-85
Through the Bible Felt: pg 176-177

Verse: Psalms 85:8 - I will listen to what God says
Tune: “Mary Had a Little Lamb”
I will listen to what God says
What God says, what God says
I will listen to what God says
Psalms 85, verse 8

Bible Song: The Wise Man & the Foolish Man (Traditional) - The Ultimate Bible Song Collection for Kids
The wise man built his house upon the rock. (pound fist in hand ending strong on word “rock”) - 3x
And the rains came a-tumbling down! (shower rain down with fingers)

Chorus:
The rain came down, as the floods came up. (shower rain down with finger and then raise palms back up) - 3x
And the house on the rock stood firm! (make house with hands and hit fist to palm on word “rock”)

The foolish man built his house upon the sand. (pound fist in hand ending with palms moving out on “sand”) - 3x
And the rains came a-tumbling down! (shower rain down with fingers)

Chorus:
The rain came down, as the floods came up. (shower rain down with finger and then raise palms back up) - 3x
And the house on the sand went splat! (spread hands out)

So build your life on the Lord Jesus Christ. (pound fist in hand, point up for Jesus) - 3x
And the blessing will come down! (shower rain down with fingers)

Chorus:
The blessing will come down as the prayers go up. (shower rain down with fingers, raise prayer hands up.) - 3x
So build your life on the Lord! (pound fist in hand, point up for Jesus)

Poem: Pease Porridge Hot (Traditional)
Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold,
Pease porridge in the pot, nine days old;
Some like it hot, some like it cold,
Some like it in the pot, nine days old.

Number: 9
Make a hoop and then a line
That’s the way to make a nine

Math: Spatial
Beside, next to, between Behind, in back, in front

Letters: Oo
O - big curve and close
o - little curve and close

Name: Write the 2nd letter of your child's name. Use a yellow line with green (start) and red (stop) dots as a guides

Comprehension Questions:
How many builders were in the story?
Whose house fell down?
What does the word "foolish" mean?
Whose house did not fall?
Whose house was stronger? What made it stronger?
What does the word "wise" mean?
Give me an example of a wise decision.
Give me an example of a foolish decision.
What are blessings?

Book of the Week:
Are You My Mother Are You My Mother?

Ideas:
• Are You My Mother? Book of the Week Ideas:
- Worksheets and Book Questions
- Farm Animal Match

• Wise Man and the Foolish Man Preschool Bible Story Activities & Coloring Sheets:
- Coloring Sheets - Storm
- Create a house with large marshmallows. Create another house using Legos. Turn on a fan or hair dryer and see how the houses stand when the "wind" blows. Relate this to the Bible story.
- Get a rock and a pile of sand. Pour water on both and observe the difference. Here is an example.
- Make a house folding a piece of paper.

• Make marshmallow towers
Have the child draw a number from a stack of flashcards. Try to make a tower of marshmallows using that number of marshmallows.

• Point out to your child that your mouth makes an "o" shape when you say "oh"

• Spatial
- While in the bathtub, use a rubber ducky or bath toy to work on spatial relationships (i.e. Make the Ducky swim behind you.)
- Place a stuffed animal in relationship to your body using spatial words

• Name activity:
Be sure to read the Learning to Write page for suggestions in making the transition from tracing to writing letters. Only four weeks are devoted to working on individual letters in the child's name. Depending on how well your child is doing and how long his/her name is, you may want to double up on letters. Remember to only work on writing capital letters.
First Letter Follow this example with the second letter in your child's name. Write the capital letter in yellow and add the green (start) and red (stop) dots.

• Pease Podridge Hot
- Read the story Three Bears
- Coloring Sheet

• Fine Motor Skills:
Using play dough, finger jello, or cookie dough, make letter or number cut outs with number and letter cookie cutters