Week 30 - 3rd Week of March

Items Needed:  Bible 
Sandpaper Letters:  r, n, m, h
Books:  My "R" Book, My "N" Book, My "M" Book, My "H" Book, The Berenstain Bears and the Truth, Big Thoughts for Little People, God, I Need to Talk to You about Lying, From Head to Toe
Worksheets:  Hump Characters, Visual Perception Worksheets, 1 1/2" tracing paper, Pattern Worksheets, Blank Tracing Line Worksheet
CD:  Hide 'Em in Your Heart Vol. 1   
Games:  Connect Four, Checkers, Battleship
Activities:  Different colored post-it notes, Children's Safety Scissors, two different kinds of crackers, shapes drawn on printer paper, play dough, pipe cleaners, St. Patrick's Day ideas (see below), small items to hide in play dough 
Letter R Activity, Letter N Activity, Letter M Activity, Letter H Activity
          
Character Trait:  Honesty
Definition:  Telling the whole truth
Opposite:  Lying, deceitful
Big Thoughts for Little People:  Letter L

Bible Story:  Ananias and Sapphira (Opposites)
Scripture:  Acts 5:1-11
The New Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes:  pg 366

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 'Em in Your Heart Vol. 1 - #11

Information:  Write phone number & address on tracing paper

Math:  Patterns

Numbers:  Write numbers 0-10

Letters:  r, n, m, h
r - down with an arm
n - down and hump
m - down, hump 1, hump 2
h - line and hump

Ideas: 
• Letter & Number Ideas:
Week 30 focuses on the hump characters - those characters that start with a line and then have one or two humps.  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 Hump Characters to show the similarities between the characters.  Be sure to say the  Letter Formation Chant or Number Rhyme as the child creates each character.

- Have the child practice writing the numbers 0-10 on the Blank Tracing Line Worksheet - use yellow lines, boxes, green and red dots as needed

• Patterns – Connect Four, Checkers, Different colored post-it notes
- Cookie Monster Pattern Computer Game
- Battleship - Allow your child to create patterns and count the pegs for a wonderful learning tool (Thank you, Shannon for sharing this idea.)
- Pattern Worksheets - free printable worksheets to work on pattern recognition
- At snack time, create a pattern using two different snacks.

• Write Numbers (0-10)
Using 1 1/2" tracing paper have your child write their numbers (0-10).  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. 

• St. Patrick's Day Activities - Use a shamrock to explain the Trinity - God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit

• 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
  The Berenstain Bears and the Truth by Stan and Jan Berenstain
 God, I Need to Talk to You about Lying by Dan Carr

• Fine Motor Skills:
Play dough - Hide coins or small items in the play dough or putty and have your child find the item - Encourage your child to not use their thumb but to use the weaker fingers instead.

• Gross Motor Skills:
Walk like an animal - have the kids come up with ideas but here are a few to get you started. 
  From Head to Toe by Eric Carle - This is a fun book to read along with this activity  
- Bear - on all fours
- Crab - side to side
- Turtle - creep
- Snake - slither on tummy
- Ostrich - hold one ankle up
- Frog - squat and jump
- Kangaroo or bunny - hop with both feet
- Horse - gallop
- Gorilla - bend your knees

• Visual Perception Skill:
Worksheets

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