Week 31 - 4th Week of March
Items Needed: Bible
Tactile Letters: P, R
Books: My "P" Book
Worksheets: P, R, Kick Characters, 1 1/2" tracing paper, Pattern Worksheets, Phone Number and Full Address, My Purple Book, Phone Number, Address
CD: Hide 'Em in Your Heart Vol. 1, 100 Hymns & Praise Song for Kids
CD-Rom: Charlie Church Mouse Kindergarten
Games: Decks of cards
Activities: Fruit Loops, lacing string, Legos
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
Through the Bible in Felt: pg 145-148
Verse: Psalms 56:3-4 - When I am afraid, I will trust in you, in God whose Word I praise.
Steve Green – Hide 'Em in Your Heart Vol. 1 - #5
Bible Song: He's Got the Whole World in His Hands (Traditional) - 100 Hymns & Praise Song for Kids Disc 2, #2
He's got the whole world in His hands (3x)
The whole world in His hands.
Create your own verses:
He's got our family...
He's got the mountains and the rivers...
He's got the fish and the birds...
Information: Write phone number & address
Math: Patterns
Numbers: 0-14
Letters: P, R
P - line and bubble
R - line, bubble, kick out
Comprehension Questions:
Name the people in the Bible story.
Who was Esther?
Who did Esther save?
How did Esther have courage?
Esther had courage to do what God wanted her to do. What do you need courage to do?
Book of the Week:
Ideas:
• What Do People Do All Day Book of the Week Ideas:
- Discuss what occupation your child may want to do when he/she grows up
- Take a field trip to various workplaces to view different careers
- Community helpers activities
• Esther Preschool Bible Story Activities & Color Sheets:
- Esther means "star" - Make Cinnamon-Sugar Tortilla Stars. Using a star-shaped cookie cutter, cut stars out of a flour tortilla. Spread margarine on the stars. Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Bake approx 10 minutes in 350 degree oven until crisp.
- Coloring Sheets - Assortment, Esther Becomes Queen
- Make a crown - Idea #1
- Play the "Queen Esther" adventure and use the coloring sheets on the Charlie Church Mouse Kindergarten CD-Rom. Read more...
- View:
- This is a wonderful time to focus on little girls being God's Princesses and boys being Warrior Princes. Here are two wonderful books:
• Character Education - Courage Activities:
- Coloring Sheets: When I am Afraid Coloring Page, Ps 56:3
• 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
• Phone Number and Address
- 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.
- Writing and Coloring Sheets - Phone Number, 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
• My Color Books - My Purple Book - View suggestions...
• 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.
• Jesus is Always with Me
Have the child choose five things in the room to bring to you. Place the items in a small area on the floor and place a small blanket over the items.
Ask the child:
- Can the objects be seen?
- Are the objects still there even though they can't be seen?
- How do you know that the objects are still there?
Remove the blanket. Tell the child: "Just like our memory verse says, 'When I am afraid, I will trust in you' because Jesus is always with us even though we can't see Him."
With the objects gathered, turn this activity into a memory game. Without the child watching, remove one object. Have the child figure out which object is missing. For greater difficulty, remove more than one object or add similar items.
Read:
• 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
