Week 7 - 2nd Week of October

Items Needed:  Bible 
Sandpaper Numbers:  4
Sandpaper Letters:  Dd
Name:  Two set of the letters in your child's name to match  
Shape:  Ovals
Activity:  Peg Puzzles, large ball or beach ball, Hi Ho Cherry-O, Fingerpaint, five index cards
Snack:  Animal Crackers
Book:  My Four Book, My "d" Book, Berenstain Bears Go to Sunday School, Miss Spider's Tea Party: The Counting Book 
CD:  100 Hymns & Praise Song for Kids
Letter D Activity, Letter 4 Poster

Bible Story:  Noah’s Ark – Building Boat
Scripture:  Genesis 6 - 7
The New Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes:  pg 24, 26
The Beginner's Bible:  pg 26
My Story Bible: pg 10-11

Verse:  John 14:15 - If you love me, you will obey what I command.
Tune:  “Hot Cross Buns”
If you love me,
If you love me,
You will obey
what I command
John 14:15
John 14:15
You will obey
what I command

Bible Song:  Trust and Obey (Traditional) - 100 Hymns & Praise Song for Kids Disc 3 #19
Trust and obey. (march in place and then salute)
For there's no other way (cross arms in front of body)
to be happy in Jesus. (move fingers to make happy smile at mouth)
But to trust and obey.  (march in place and then salute)

Poem:  It’s Raining (Traditional)
It’s raining, it’s pouring
The old man is snoring
He went to bed with a bump on this head
And he couldn’t get up in the morning.

Shape:  Oval (like the number zero)

Number:  4
Down and over and down some more.  That’s the way to make a four!

Letter:  d
Tune:  Farmer in the Dell
D says /d/
D says /d/
Down and down the rain fell down
D says /d/

Name:  Match letters in your child's name - Write your child’s name on a piece of paper – have them find matching letters to place underneath each letter

Comprehension Question: 
What tools do you think Noah needed to make the ark?
How do you think Noah felt when the people laughed at him for following God?
Tell me about a time that you had trouble obeying. 

Book of the Week:
 Miss Spider's Tea Party: The Counting Book - This book is used again in the curriculum once numbers 1-12 are learned.
    
Ideas:
• Book of the Week Ideas:
Discuss how Miss Spider showed kindness to the other insects.
Also talk about the fear the other insects had for Miss Spider.  They just looked on the outside and not on her heart.
Have a tea party.
Make a spider web craft.

• Make sure your child does not add a vowel to the end of /d/ such as /duh/
  Writing a "d" - make a "c" and then add a line

• Play Hi Ho Cherry-O or use the spinner and name the numbers

• Ovals – Eggs & plastic Easter eggs, Oval Ritz crackers

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

• Count tires on bicycles, tricycles, cars

• Animal Cracker Round Up - Take a pile of animal crackers and choose two of each kind of animal just like Noah did

• Noah's Ark Ideas:
  Bible Story Sundays - crafts, games, activities 
  Monkey See Monkey Do - Noah's Ark Lapbook

• Read
 The Berenstain Bears Go to Sunday School (www.christianbook.com) or Amazon - In this book the Sunday School lesson is about Noah's Ark.

• Fine Motor Skills: 
Write various letters or numbers on pieces of paper.  Have your child trace over the letter or number with fingerpaint.

• Gross Motor Skill:
Using a large ball such as a beach ball, sit on the floor and roll or throw the ball back and forth

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