Week 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, The Jesus Book
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, 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 Me (Traditional) - 100 Hymns & Praise Song for Kids Disc 2 #21
Jesus loves me! This I know,
For the Bible tells me so;
Little ones to Him belong,
They are weak but He is strong.
Chorus:
Yes, Jesus loves me!
Yes, Jesus loves me!
Yes, Jesus loves me!
The Bible tells me so.
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
Name: Write child's name on 1 1/2" Blank Tracing Line Worksheet with yellow lines, green and red dots as a guide.
Comprehension Questions:
Tell me what happened in this story.
Which one of Jesus' disciples wasn't a friend to Jesus?
Why did Jesus have to die on the cross?
What makes this a happy story?
Book of the Week:
Ideas:
• The Little Red Hen 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
- Entire Lesson Plan with comprehension questions and activities
• Jesus' Death and Resurrection Preschool Bible Story Activities & Color Sheets:
- Coloring page - Jesus is Alive, Jesus is Crucified
- Jesus Loves Me Activities
- Create a "Jesus is Alive" Egg Holder
- Food: Make Hot Cross Buns, Create gift bags of jelly beans along with the Jelly Bean Poem to give away
- Jesus is King
Using a premade crown, ask the child to identify the object that you have on your head or in your hands. "Who would wear a crown? What does a king do? Jesus would be a great king. He's kind and fair, and He loves us all very much. Many people wanted Jesus to become a king on earth. The people wanted Jesus to lead an army and take over the country and fight the Romans. But Jesus said no. Jesus preached peace because He knew God wanted Him to be the King of Heaven not earth. Even though He could have been king, Jesus chose to die for us so we could be forgiven." Make a paper crown as a reminder that Jesus loved us enough to die on the cross and He is now the King of Heaven.
- Collection of ABCJLM Easter Ideas - Make an Easter story dessert and more ideas
- View:
- Read: 
pages 32-33 - He went to the cross.
page 59 - When was Jesus raised from the dead? (turn back to pages 50-53 to view a Bible time line)
page 74 - Where did Jesus die on a cross?
page 86 - Why did Jesus die on a cross for me?
• 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.
• 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:
Play Simon Says using different gross motor movements and activities
