Week 30 - 3rd Week of March
Items Needed: Bible
Sandpaper Numbers: 23
Sandpaper Letters: Xx
Book: My X, Y, Z Book
Worksheets: Xx, 23, Visual Perception Worksheets
CD: Hide 'Em in Your Heart Vol. 1
Snack Food: Two different kinds of crackers
Activities: Connect Four
Letter X Activity, Number 23 Poster
Character Trait: Honest
Definition: Telling the whole truth
Opposite: Lying, deceitful
Big Thoughts for Little People: Letter L
Bible Story: Ananias and Sapphira (Opposites)
Scripture: Acts 4:32 – 5:11
The New Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes
The Beginner's Bible
My Story Bible:
Verse: Psalm 34:13 - Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking lies.
Bible Song: “Keep Your Tongue from Evil” – Steve Green – Hide Them in Your Heart Vol. 1
Information: Phone Number & Address
Math: Patterns
Number: 23
Letter: Xx
Tune: “Farmer in the Dell”
X says /ks/
X says /ks/
Jesus’ death X’ed out my sins
X says /ks/
Ideas:
• At snack time – give two different snacks and create a pattern
• Patterns – Connect Four, Checkers, Different colored post-it notes
Cookie Monster Pattern Computer Game
Battleship
• Practice writing your phone number. If needed, create worksheets using downloadable font or customized worksheets
• Have your child send a card to someone. Practicing writing short words. Allow your child to assist in addressing the envelope - especially the return address.
• Teaching True vs. Not True - Great family activities from Value Parenting (Reprinted with Permission)
Ask, "Do you know the difference between something that's true and something that's not true? Let's see if you do. I'll say something and you say, 'True' or 'Not true.'" Start with simple physical facts and move toward things relating to behavior, for example:
- The sky is green. (Kids say, "Not true.")
- (Point at foot) This is my foot. (Kids say, "True.")
- Ants are bigger than elephants.
- We see with our eyes.
- We hear with our nose.
- Milk comes from chickens.
- Take a cookie out of a jar and eat it. Then say, "I didn't eat the cookie."
- Drop a toy on the couch. Then say, "Yes, I left my toy on the couch."
Then say, "You really can tell the difference between true and not true, can't you? Do you know what it's called when someone says something that's not true? It's called a lie."
Now: "I'll say some more things and you say, 'Truth' if it's true and 'Lie' if it's not true."
- Pick up a dollar on the floor. Then say, "I didn't find a dollar."
- Give a bit of food to someone else. Then say, "No, I didn't eat all my food. I gave some of it to."
(Use more illustrations appropriate to your child or children.)
Then ask, "Why is telling the truth better than telling a lie?" (So that everyone knows what really happened; so the wrong person won't get blamed; so we can learn to do better, etc.)
• My Young Child Character Education Story - read online for free or print. Be sure to do the discussion and activities for each book.
Cory Learns About Honesty
Cory Learns to Tell the Truth
• Read 
• Fine Motor Skills:
Using safety scissors, have your child cut out shapes - heart, star, circle, and diamond - When cutting, remind the child that their dominant hand does the cutting while the other hand moves the paper. Watch that the elbows do not point out while cutting.
• Gross Motor Skills:
Do a Memory Obstacle Course - Use letters and numbers for memory
• Visual Perception Skill:
Worksheets
• Worksheets are listed as items needed for the 4 Year Old Curriculum. Check out the Learning to Write page to understand how to use these worksheets effectively.
