Weeks 32 - 5th Week of March/1st Week of April
Items Needed: Bible
Sandpaper Numbers: 1, 4
Sandpaper Letters: Xx
Name: Write name on 1 1/2" Blank Tracing Line Worksheet with yellow lines, green and red dots
Books: My "X, Y, Z" Book, The Little Red Hen
CDs: Hide 'Em in Your Heart Vol. 1, 100 Hymns & Praise Song for Kids
Video: Veggie Tales - An Easter Carol
Activities: Children's Safety Scissors, Easter Activities, flashcards or index cards, Book of the Week Activities, shapes drawn on cardstock, dye Easter eggs, paper butterfly, cardboard tube, butterfly craft
Letter X Activities, Number 14 Poster
Bible Story: Jesus’ Death and Resurrection
Scripture: John 19
The New Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes
The Beginner's Bible
My Story Bible: pg 100-120
Through the Bible Felt: pg 225-229
Verse: I John 3:16 - This is how we know what love is; Jesus Christ laid down His life for us.
“This is How We Know” - Steve Green – Hide 'Em in Your Heart Vol. 1 - #3
Bible Song: Jesus Loves the Little Children (Traditional) - 100 Hymns & Praise Song for Kids Disc 2 #22
Jesus loves the little children
All the children of the world
Red and yellow, black and white
They are precious in His sight
Jesus loves the little children of the world.
Poem: Hot Cross Buns (Traditional)
Hot cross buns! Hot cross buns!
One a penny, two a penny
Hot cross buns
Number: 14
Math: AB Pattern – body percussion and movement
Letters: Xx
X - criss, cross
x - criss, cross
Tune: “Farmer in the Dell”
X says /ks/
X says /ks/
Jesus’ death X’ed out my sins
X says /ks/
Name: Write child's name on 1 1/2" Blank Tracing Line Worksheet with yellow lines, green and red dots as a guide.
Book of the Week:
Ideas:
• Book of the Week Ideas:
Make a loaf of bread
Act out the story using flannelgraph, puppets, or as a play
Online Story by Starfall.com
Fun story online by Gullah Tales
Activity and Crafts by First-School
A Weeks Activities around The Little Red Hen
Printables by Enchanted Learning
Craft Activities including puppets
Entire Lesson Plan with comprehension questions and activities
• Body Patterns:
Clap, stomp
Arms up, arms down
Jump, step
• Show the relationship between a “cross” and an “x”
• Using index cards or flashcards, put the letters in order from (a-x) and (A-X) and numbers (0-14).
• Dye Easter eggs and review colors, mixing colors
• Caterpillar to Butterfly - Use the change that a caterpillar goes through to explain the resurrection of Jesus. (Original source unknown)
Place a paper butterfly (a coffee filter butterfly works great) into a cardboard tube before the child sees it. Show the tube to the child while covering the sides of the tube with your fingers so he/she can't see the butterfly inside. Tell the child he/she needs to pretend the tube is a fat little caterpillar. Wrap your hands tightly around the tube. Say to the child, "The caterpillar wraps a cocoon around himself. Inside the cocoon it is very quiet and dark. The caterpillar stays there for a long time. That reminds me of the way Jesus stayed in the dark tomb for three days. Let's slowly count to three and remember how long Jesus was in the tomb. 1-2-3. When the caterpillar is ready, he pushes, stretches, and shakes off the cocoon." (Release the tube so the child can see the butterfly.) "And when he comes out, he looks different. Since butterflies have a new life after they come out of the cocoon, they can remind us that Jesus died for us and then rose again."
End the story by doing a butterfly craft.
• Watch
• Collection of ABCJLM Easter Ideas
• Fine Motor Skills:
Have your child cut around shapes that you have drawn on cardstock. Draw a circle, triangle, square and diamond using thick lines. Check out Teaching How to Use Scissors for ideas.
• Gross Motor Skills:
Do a Memory Obstacle Course - If your child is ready, ask them to get both a number and letter.
