Week 23 - 5th Week of January
Items Needed: Bible
Sandpaper Letter: f
Books: My "F" Book
Worksheets: f, Hook Characters, Mazes, 1 1/2" tracing paper, Teaching Emotions
CD: Hide 'Em in Your Heart Vol. 1
Activities: Hearing activities (see below), Children's Safety Scissors, ingredients for baking goods to give away, Good Samaritan ideas (see below), shapes drawn on construction paper, play dough or pipe cleaners, poster board, happy face stickers
Video: Veggie Tales - Are You My Neighbor?
Letter F Activity
Character Trait: Goodness
Definition: Doing the right thing even when others aren't watching, showing love
Opposite: Self-centered, “me” first, being mean
Big Thoughts for Little People: Letter H
Bible Story: Good Samaritan
Scripture: Luke 10:25-37
The New Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes
The Beginner's Bible
My Story Bible: pg 92-93
Through the Bible Felt: pg 195
Verse: 2 Corinthians 9:7b - God loves a cheerful giver.
Bible Song: “Do to Others” - Steve Green – Hide 'Em in Your Heart Vol. 1 - #2
Poem: Seven Days (Author unknown)
Tune: “Are You Sleeping?” or “Where is Thumbkin?”
Seven days, seven days
In a week, in a week
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Saturday, That’s a week
Math: 5 Senses - Hearing
Numbers: Continue writing numbers 0-5
Letter: f
f - staff with arms
Comprehension Questions:
Tell me about the time that you helped someone.
How does it make you feel when you help someone?
How does it make God feel when you help someone?
If you can't see God, how can you tell that He is happy because of what you did and that He is smiling at you?
What are some examples of showing "goodness" to other?
Ideas:
• Letter & Number Ideas:
Weeks 22-23 focus on the "hook" characters. Start by creating the characters using play dough snakes or pipe cleaners for the bubbles 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 Hook Characters worksheet to show the progression of the letters and numbers. Be sure to say the Letter Formation Chant or Number Rhyme as the child creates each character.
• My Young Child Character Education Story - read online for free or print. Be sure to do the discussion and activities for each book.
- Ramon Sticks Up for Himself
• Happy Hands are Helping Hands (Author unknown)
Discuss with your child what it means to be a happy helper and ways he/she can help others. Trace each family member's hand on a piece of poster board. Add the title "Happy Hands are Helping Hands." Place the poster in a prominent place in your home. Each time a family member does something to help someone, place a happy face sticker on the poster.
• Phonics - Remember to focus on the phonetic sound of each letter as your child is writing the characters. Read more...
• Giving: With your child, make cookies or bread to give to a neighbor or friend. Have your child take it to the door and give it away. This is an excellent way to demonstrate to your child the concept of showing goodness to others.
• Hearing
- Discuss with your child what part of the body we use for hearing. Talk about the different sounds that you hear right now. If the weather is nice, sit outside and listen to the sounds around you.
- Craft: "Scrunch Paper Collage" - Give the children different items to scrunch up and glue to a piece of cardboard. (tissue paper, Kleenex, writing paper, wax paper, foil, construction paper) (Idea from Tripod)
- Music: March to various beats of a drum. Beat on a drum slowly and then fast. Have your children move according to the beat. When the drum stops, instruct the child to freeze. (Idea from Tripod)
- Discuss your different voices – whisper (library voice), talking (inside voice), yelling (outside voice), singing, humming. Discuss opposites: high/low, loud/soft using musical instruments.
- Have the child sit in the middle of the room blindfolded. Make sounds around the room. Have the child figure out where the sound is coming from and what the sound is. This is an activity that could be done while an adult is fixing a meal.
• Calendar Activity - Here is an activity that would be a great start to each day to reinforce numbers, days of the week, and months of the year.
• Teaching Emotions
Many children struggle understanding facial expressions and emotions. Using the faces worksheets, work on understanding various emotions that child see, read about, and feel. Various ideas are listed on the Teaching Emotions page. Incorporate this activity with the Bible story discussing:
- How do you think the man felt to have so many people walk by and not help him?
- How do you think the man felt when the Good Samaritan stopped to help him?
- How does it make you feel when someone is nice to you?
• View & read:
Veggie Tales - Are You My Neighbor? 
The Berenstain Bears Love Their Neighbors
• Good Samaritan Ideas:
- The Good Samaritan Story by Cullen's Abc's can give you some ideas of how to tell the story with puppets
- More Good Samaritan Ideas from Christian Preschool Printables
• Fine Motor Skills:
Have your child cut around shapes that you have drawn on construction paper. Draw an oval, triangle, square and star using thick lines. Check out Teaching How to Use Scissors for ideas.
• Gross Motor Skills:
Do a Memory Obstacle Course - If your child is ready, ask them to get both a number and a letter.
• Visual Perception Skill:
Mazes
