Weeks 18 & 19 - Christmas - 4th Week of December & Overlap Week of December & January
Items Needed: Bible
Sandpaper Numbers: 0-8
Sandpaper Letters: Mm
Name: Sandpaper Letters in name
Book: My "M" Book
Worksheet: Circular Lines Worksheet
Game: Bingo Cards - 3 Year December Cards
Activity: Nativity pieces wrapped in a box, Knowing Jesus Activity Book, calendar, Dry erase board & Marker
Ingredients to make a chocolate birthday cake or cupcakes for Jesus and colored candles
Videos: Veggie Tales: The Toy That Saved Christmas
Letter M Activity, Number 8 Poster
Bible Story: Birth of Baby Jesus
Scripture: Luke 2
The New Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes
The Beginner's Bible
My Story Bible: pg 60-67
Verse: Isaiah 9:6 - For unto us a child is born, for unto us a son is given
Tune: “Mary Had Little Lamb”
For unto us a Child is born
Child is born, Child is born
For unto us a Son is given
Isaiah 9:6
Bible Song: Away in a Manger (Traditional)
Away in a manger,
no crib for a bed.
The little Lord Jesus
laid down His sweet head..
The stars in the sky
looked down where He lay.
The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay.
Poem: Mary had a Little Lamb (Traditional)
Mary had a Little Lamb
Little Lamb, Little Lamb
Mary had a Little Lamb
Its fleece was white as snow.
Number: 0-8
Letter: m – draw a line down and then make two humps
Tune: “Farmer in the Dell”
M says /m/
M says /m/
Mary and the Manger
M says /m/
Name: Write your child’s name on dry erase or chalkboard, have them trace over it.
Comprehension Questions:
Where did Mary lay baby Jesus?
What kind of noises would you hear in a barn?
If you had to sleep in a barn, where would you sleep?
Book of the Week:
Ideas:
• Book of the Week Ideas:
Emphasize the /m/ words in this book.
Talk about your favorite kind of cookie. Go make them and give to others.
Discuss cause and effect - The "if...then..." sequence. Take turns filling in the blank "If you_____, then I will _____."
Mouse Crafts
Mouse Coloring Pages
• Discuss how there is a Biblical meaning to “Mary Had a Little Lamb” as well.
Mary – Jesus’ Mother
Lamb – Jesus
White as snow – Jesus was without sin
• Play Bingo - review the letters "a-m" and number "0-8" by play a fun game of Bingo
• Prewriting Worksheets
This week will focus on drawing circular lines. Print off the Circular Lines Worksheet or create your own.
• Involve your child in filling out the New Year's calendar - Find the child's birthday, Holidays, other family birthdays, etc. Talk about the seasons, months, weeks, and days
• Knowing Jesus Activity Book
• Collection of Christmas Ideas from ABCJLM
• Nativity Memory Game (Reprinted by Permission)
Directions: Purchase or use a Nativity set with individual pieces. Place them on a table and have the children close their eyes. Remove one of the pieces and have the children see if they can figure out which piece is missing. After the missing piece is discovered, talk about its significance in the Nativity. For instance, if you take away a Shepherd, explain to the children how an angel appeared to the shepherds in the fields to tell of Jesus' birth.
• View & Read 
• 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:
Do a Memory Obstacle Course- Use various Christmas Decorations
