Week 26 -  Valentine's - 3rd Week of February

Items Needed:  Bible 
Sandpaper Numbers:  1
Sandpaper Letters:  Ss
Name:  Writing name with yellow line and green dot  
Book:  My "S" Book, Blueberries for Sal
Items to Sort by Shape - Silverware, match lids with pots or dishes, different crackers at snack time, Valentine’s Candy, Colorama game pieces
Activity:  Play-Doh, Valentine cards, Dot to Dot Worksheet (1-9), Book of the Week Activity, index cards or flashcards
Letter S Activity, Number 11 Poster
      
Bible Story:  Seeds - Good & Bad Soil
Scripture:  Matthew 13: 3-8
The New Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes:  pg 292
The Beginner's Bible:  
My Story Bible:   

Verse:  Psalm 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:  God Loves Kids 
Tune: “Three Blind Mice”
God loves kids (repeat 4x)
He loves me more than I can know (cross arms over chest, point to self, point to head)
I don’t know why He loves me so (shake head and shrug)
I guess I’ll never, ever know (cross hands in front)
Why God loves kids. (point up for God, cross arms over chest, point to self)

Poem:  Mary, Mary Quite Contrary
Mary, Mary quite contrary,
How does your garden grow?
With silver bells and cockle shells
And pretty maids all in a row.

Number:  11

Math:  Sort by shape – Circle and rectangle, etc.

Letter:  s
Tune:  “Farmer in the Dell”
S says /s/
S says /s/
Sow the seeds so they can grow
S says /s/

Name:  Writing name with yellow line and green dot only

Book of the Week:
  Blueberries for Sal

Ideas:
• Book of the Week Ideas:
Sal is a simple /s/ word
Discuss how the need for animals to prepare for winter and some people prepare by canning. 
Make blueberry pancakes or muffins.
Bear Matching Exercise
Berries Matching Exercise
Bear Activities
More Ideas

• Sort - Silverware, match lids with pots or dishes, different crackers at snack time, Valentine’s Candy
- Always have the child explain to you why they sorted the items in the chosen piles
-This is a good time to sort through your plastic container drawer in the kitchen.  Make sure that ever container has a lid.

• ABCJLM Valentine's Activities
Discuss the meaning of Valentine’s Day

• Write the letter "S" or "s" on 5 index cards.  Walk around the house to find items that start with "s".  Tape the cards to the item.  For a twist, tape the cards to items and have your child find the cards. 

• Matching – using Valentine cards that you received, cut the Valentine’s in half using different cutting patterns.  Have you child correctly match the Valentine’s. 

• Using index cards or flashcards, put the letters in order from a-s and A-s and numbers 0-11.

• Do a Dot to Dot Worksheet with Numbers 1-9 – remind your child how they are doing the same thing that they did last week with the numbers on the floor;  the difference is that they are using their pencil and not hopping. 

• Fine Motor Skills:
Using playdough, make a snake to form an “s”

• Gross Motor Skills:
Roll and throw a soft ball 

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