Week 31 - 4th Week of March

Items Needed:  Bible 
Sandpaper Letters:  P, R
Books:  My "P" Book, My "R" Book, The Berenstain Bears and the In-Crowd
Worksheets:  Kick Characters, 1 1/2" tracing paper, Pattern Worksheets, Phone Number and Full Address
CD:   Hide 'Em in Your Heart Vol. 1
CD-Rom:  Charlie Church Mouse Kindergarten Cd-Rom
Games: Decks of cards
Activities:  Fruit Loops, lacing string, Legos, balloon, Block Activity, Cheerios, raisins, card to send, Easter candy, play dough or pipe cleaners, Easter ideas (see below), see-through container
Video:  Veggie Tales - Esther, The Girl Who Became Queen 
Letter P Activity, Letter R Activity
          
Character Trait:  Courage
Definition:  Bold and brave, making good choices even when others don’t
Opposite:  Scared

Bible Story:  Esther
Scripture:  Esther 1-10
The Beginner's Bible:  pg 240
Through the Bible Felt:  pg 145-148

Verse:  Psalms 56:3-4 - When I am afraid, I will trust in you, in God whose Word I praise.
 
Bible Song:  “When I am Afraid” - Steve Green – Hide 'Em in Your Heart Vol. 1 -  #5

Information:  Write phone number & address 

Math:  Patterns

Numbers:  0-14

Letters:  P, R
P - line and bubble
R - line, bubble, kick out

Ideas: 
• Pattern 
- Make various patterns with Legos.  Have your child tell you the pattern.  Switch and have the child make a tower and you tell them the pattern.
- Cookie Monster Pattern Computer Game
- At snack time, create a pattern with Cheerios and raisins.
- Using playing cards, create patterns
      - Skipbo or Uno – make a pattern with the numbers or colors
      - Dutch Blitz – boy/girl pattern
      - Regular Deck of Cards – Queen/King pattern
- Pattern Worksheets

• Have your child send a card to someone.  Practice writing short words.  Allow your child to assist in addressing the envelope - especially the return address.

• Letter & Number Ideas:
Weeks 31-32 focus on the kick characters - those characters that kick out from the center point.  Start by creating the characters using play dough snakes or pipe cleaners and move to writing the characters on 1 1/2" tracing paper with yellow lines and green and red dots as a guide.  Use the Kick Worksheet to show the similarities between the letters.  Be sure to say the Letter Formation Chant as the child creates each character.

- Show how an "R" is made by making a "P" and then "kicking out"

• Write Numbers (0-14)
Using 1 1/2" tracing paper have your child write their numbers (0-14).  Use yellow lines and green and red dots as a guide on numbers that are still a struggle.

• Write Phone Number and Address
Using 1 1/2" tracing paper have your child write their phone number and address.  Use yellow lines and green and red dots as a guide on numbers that are still a struggle.  Depending on the ability of your child, work on small sections at a time if needed. 

• Collection of ABCJLM Easter Ideas

• Place approx 20 pieces of Easter candy in a see-through container – Have your child estimate how many pieces there are.  Discuss what estimating means.  Count to see how close they were.

• Play the "Queen Esther" adventure and use the coloring sheets on the Charlie Church Mouse Kindergarten Cd-Rom.  Read more...

• View & Read
 Veggie Tales - Esther, The Girl Who Became Queen
  The Berenstain Bears and the In-Crowd

• Fine Motor Skills:
Pattern - Create AB pattern with Fruit Loops on a string to create an edible necklace

• Gross Motor Skills:
Balloon Fun - catch it, keep it afloat, bat it with both hands clasped together in one large "fist," bounce and catch the ball - always use both hands together

• Visual Perception Skill:
Block Activity

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