Week 1 - 4th Week of August

Items Needed:  Bible 
Sandpaper Number:  0
Colors:  Black, White, Blue
Book:  God Gave Us You, You Are So Wonderful, Who Made the World?, Five Little Ducks  
Cooking:  Make cookies with black and white chocolate chips
CD:  100 Hymns & Praise Song for Kids
Activity:  Flashlight, blank sheets of paper & crayons, Ingredients for Homemade Ice cream (See below), Creation Workbook, sidewalk chalk, water in a bucket, sponge, Book of the Week Ideas (see below)
Number 0 Poster

Bible Story:  Creation Days 1-2
Scripture:  Genesis 1
The New Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes:  pg 14
The Beginner's Bible:  pg 7
My Story Bible: pg 8-9

Verse:  Genesis 1:1 - In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
Tune:  “Are You Sleeping”
In the beginning, (2x)
God created (2x)
the heavens and earth (2x)
Genesis 1:1 (2x)

Bible Song:  This is the Day (Traditional) - 100 Hymns & Praise Song for Kids Disc 3, #18
This is the Day (echo)
That the Lord has made (echo)
I will rejoice (echo)
And be glad in it (echo)
This is the day that the Lord has made
I will rejoice and be glad in it.
This is the Day (echo)
That the Lord has made (echo)
I will rejoice (echo)

Poem:  Seven Days (Author Unknown)
Tune: “Are You Sleeping?” or “Where is Thumbkin?”
Seven Day, Seven Days
In a week, in a week
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Saturday, That’s a week

Color:  Black, White, Blue

Number:  0
Around, around, around you go.  That’s the way to make zero!

Comprehension Questions:  Which day of creation did God create the day and night? 
Which day of creation did God create sky and water? 
What is your favorite activity to do during the day? 
What is your favorite activity to do during the night?
What is your favorite activity to do in the water? 
God created everything.  God gave us day and night.  Why do we need night time?
God created the sky and water.  Why is water important to us?

Book for the Week: 
  Five Little Ducks  

Ideas:
• Book of the Week Ideas:
Finger Play Actions:
    Number - show how many ducks on your fingers
    Over the hills - move hand in front of you like you are going up and down over hills
    Far away - move opposite hand in front of you in same motion
    Quack - move hand like a duck's beak saying "quack"
After reading the book several times, sing the song doing the actions by memory.  
As the book progresses, sing each verse in a "more sad" voice. 
Talk about the feeling of "sadness".  Show a "sad" face.  Talk about things that make us sad just like the Mommy Duck in the story.
Practice counting backwards from 5 to 1.
Flannelboard Printables - Print off the printables, back with flannel to create a fun way to tell the story.  Directions
Duck Coloring Sheet 
Duck Craft - Color and black and white template to print off
Five Little Ducks YouTube Video

• Numbers:
- Create a number book using the Number posters.  Each week color and add the appropriate number of stickers to the number poster.  At the end of the curriculum, a book will be created with number 0-15.
- Create an Apple Tree Book throughout the year.

• Calendar Activity - Here is an activity that would be a great start to each day to reinforce numbers, days of the week, and months of the year. 

• Colors:  Make cookies with black and white chocolate chips
While walking around the house, shine a flashlight on things that are “blue”

• Read
  God Gave Us You - a great book answering the question "Where did I come from?"
  You Are So Wonderful - a book about how God made each person unique
Who Made the World? - Part of the Little Blessings series, this book answers the questions that children have about the creation.

• Creation Activities:
- Creation Printables at Christian Preschool Printables - coloring sheets, games, craft projects, felt set, etc.
- Storytime and More ideas - including Creation Workbook 
- Bible School Sundays ideas

• Family Fun - Create a new family tradition of make homemade ice cream
 - Ice Cream in a Bag - Video Directions, Directions
 - Ice Cream in a Coffee Can - Directions

• Fine Motor Skill:
Write "My Family" on the bottom of a blank piece of paper.  Demonstrate how to draw your family.  Use simple shapes and explain what you are doing as you go.  Let your child tell you want to draw.  Your child will be drawing their family periodically throughout the curriculum.  This demonstration helps prepare them for this activity.  Later in the week, give your child a chance to draw his/her family.

• Gross Motor Skill:
Play "Put the Fire Out" - an fun outside activity that involves sidewalk chalk, water, and a sponge

Be sure to look over the Development Guide Between Ages 3 & 4 so that you are familiar with developmental milestones for your child's age.

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