Week 27 - 4th Week of February

Items Needed:  Bible 
Sandpaper Numbers: 21
Sandpaper Letters:  Zz
Book:  My X, Y, Z Book, The Berenstain Bears Forget Their Manners, Tad's Glad-Sad-Mad, Glad Day, Big Thoughts for Little People, God I Need to Talk to You About Disrespect

Worksheets:  Zz, 21, First and Last Name, Dot to Dot
Activities:  Basketball, Children's Safety Scissors, construction paper
Letter Z Activity, Number 21 Poster
        
Character Trait:  Respect
Definition:  Being kind, treat other people the way that you want to be treated
Opposite:  Not polite, rude
Big Thoughts for Little People:  Letter P

Bible Story:  Paul & Silas in Jail – respectful to the jailer
Scripture:  Acts 16:24 - 34
The New Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes:  pg 189
The Beginner's Bible:  pg 500
My Story Bible: 

Verse:  I Peter 2:17 - Show proper respect to everyone.
Tune:  “Old McDonald”
1st Peter 2:17, show proper respect
Show proper respect to everyone
1st Peter 2:17
With a thank you here, and a please there
Excuse me, Excuse me, yes mama, yes sir
Show proper respect to everyone
1st Peter 2:17

Bible Song:  B-I-B-L-E (Traditional)
The B-I-B-L-E (make book with hands)
Yes, that’s the book for me (nod “yes”)
I stand alone on the Word of God (pretend to stand firm)
The B-I-B-L-E
Bible (shout)

Information:  First and Last Name 

Math:  Sequencing - Story

Number:  21

Letter:  Zz
Tune:  “Farmer in the Dell”
Z says /z/
Z says /z/
Zero, zip, no sin at all
Z says /z/

Ideas: 
• Sequencing
Read a story – talk about the order of events

• Do a Dot to Dot Worksheet 1-21 (sequencing numbers) and A-H (sequencing letters)

• My Young Child Character Education Story - read online for free or print.  Be sure to do the discussion and activities for each book.
Silly Lilly Remembers Her Manners
Gilbert the Goat Learns Respect
Gilbert Goes Visiting

• Work on your child writing their first and last name - using a capital letter on the first letter only.  If needed, create worksheets using downloadable font or customized worksheets

• The "Who and How" Chart - This would be a great family activity to help children focus on respect.  From Value Parenting (Reprinted with Permission)

Set up a chart like the one illustrated below.  Using the left-hand column, ask children to list the categories of people and things that deserve respect. As you list them one at a time, discuss how respect for that person or thing can be effectively given. (E.g., for "Mother": by "answering respectfully," "by obeying her," "showing appreciation for what she does," "opening door," "holding her chair," etc. For "Nature": by "preserving and protecting," "clearing and cultivating," etc. For "Self": by "avoiding self-criticism," "thinking about positive attributes," etc.) Keep the list building as long as you can keep children's interest.

                                 Respect Chart
                       WHO                          HOW
                     Mommy                   Obey Her
                                                  Talk Respectfully
                     Nature
                     Self

• Read:
 The Berenstain Bears Forget Their Manners
Tad's Glad-Sad-Mad, Glad Day by John Fornof - This is a simple book to teach the Golden Rule.
  God I Need to Talk to You About Disrespect by Dan Carr

• Fine Motor Skills:
Have your child cut around shapes that you have drawn on construction paper.  Draw an oval, rectangle, heart and diamond using thick lines.  Check out Teaching How to Use Scissors for ideas.  

• Gross Motor Skills: 
Play basketball with rolled up socks or a soft ball and a box or laundry basket

• Visual Perception Skill:
Dot to Dot

• 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.

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