Week 23 - 5th Week of January
Items Needed: Bible
Sandpaper Numbers:
Sandpaper Letters: f
Book: My "F" Book
Worksheets: f, Hook Characters, Mazes
CD: Hide 'Em in Your Heart Vol. 1
Activity: Musical Instruments, different types of paper, and glue, Children's Safety Scissors, Ingredients for baking goods to give away
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
Verse: 2 Corinthians 9:7b - God loves a cheerful giver.
Bible Song: “Do to Others” - Steve Green – Hide Them in Your Heart Vol 1
Information: 12 Months of Year (Author Unknown)
Tune of: “Twelve Little Indians”
January, February, March, and April,
May, June, July, and August,
September, October, November, December.
There are 12 months in a year.
Math: 5 Senses - Hearing
Number: Continue writing numbers 0-5
Letter: f
f - (Shepherd's) staff with two 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 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 letters with playdoh snakes or pipecleaners and writing on yellow lines with green and red dots.
Use the Hook Characters worksheet to show the progression of the letters and numbers
• 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
• 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 (/h/ word)
Language: Discuss with your child what part of the body we use to hear. Talk about the different sounds that you hear right now.
Craft: Scrunch Paper Collage. Give the children different types of paper to scrunch up and glue to construction paper. (tissue paper, Kleenex, writing paper, wax paper, foil, construction paper)
Music: March to the beat of a drum. Beat on a drum slow and then fast. Have your children move according to the beat.
Idea from Tripod
Activity: Discuss the different voices that you have – whisper (library voice), talking (inside voice), yelling (outside voice), singing, humming. Discuss opposites: high/low, loud/soft using musical instruments
- Have 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 in the kitchen during meal preparation.
• 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.
• View & read:
Veggie Tales - Are You My Neighbor? 
The Berenstain Bears Love Their Neighbors
• 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 a 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 letter.
• Visual Perception Skill:
Mazes
• 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.
