Week 23 - 5th Week of January

Items Needed: Bible
Tactile Letter: f
Books: My "F" Book, Frog and Toad Together
Worksheets: f, Hook Characters, Mazes, 1 1/2" tracing paper, Teaching Emotions, Make a House
CD: 100 Hymns & Praise Song for Kids
Activities: Hearing activities (see below), Children's Safety Scissors, shapes drawn on construction paper, play dough or pipe cleaners,
Video: Veggie Tales - Are You My Neighbor?
Letter F Activity

Character Trait: Servant
Definition: One who helps others while having a happy heart; humble; willing to do jobs that need to be done
Opposite: Self-centered; “me” first; lazy

Bible Story: Jesus Washes the Disciples Feet
Scripture: John 13:3-30
The Beginner's Bible: pg 437
Through the Bible in Felt: pg 219

Verse: Colossians 3:23 - Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord.

Bible Song: God is So Good - 100 Hymns & Praise Song for Kids Disc 1 #29
God is so good,
God is so good,
God is so good,
He’s so good to me!

Optional verses (make up your own):
God cares for me...
God answers prayers...
I love Him so...

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 being a servant to others?
How could you serve the people in your family?

Book of the Week:
Frog and Toad Together

Ideas:
• Frog and Toad Together Book of the Week Ideas:
- Frog Activities and Crafts - #1 and #2

• Jesus Washes the Disciples Feet Preschool Bible Story Activities & Color Sheets:
- Coloring Sheet - Washing Feet, Jesus Washing Feet, One Disciple's Feet
- Make bath salts or bubble bath to give away. Add a Bible verse to each one.
- Make aprons out of paper or purchase ones to decorate.

• Character Education - Servant Activities:
- Jesus is King and yet He still served. Discuss a servant's heart.
- 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.
- 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.
- Serving One Another in Love craft
- Who Serves You? - Discuss who serves you and send thank you cards to that person expressing thankfulness for their servant's heart.
- View: Veggie Tales - Are You My Neighbor?

• 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.

• Phonics - Remember to focus on the phonetic sound of each letter as your child is writing the characters. Read more...

• 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?

• 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 or cut along triangles to make a house. Check out Teaching How to Use Scissors for ideas.