Week 22 - 4th Week of January

Items Needed: Bible
Sandpaper Letters: J, j
Books: My "J" Book, Touch and Feel Books, God, I Need to Talk to You About Whining, Food for Thought
Worksheets: J, j, Hook Characters, 1 1/2" tracing paper
CD: Music Machine - "Patience"
Activities: Taste and touch activities (see below), Peg Puzzle, stuffed animal or ball, Lacing, play dough or pipe cleaners, Bugles snacks
Video: Veggie Tales: Josh and the Big Wall
Letter J Activity

Character Trait: Patient
Definition: Waiting quietly and not whining
Opposite: Impatient, not waiting

Bible Story: Battle of Jericho
Scripture: Joshua 6
The New Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes: pg 134
The Beginner's Bible: pg 132
My Story Bible: pg 30-31
Through the Bible Felt: pg 81-82

Verse: Ephesians 4:2 - Be patient bearing with one another in love.

Bible Song: I’m in the Lord’s Army (Traditional)
I may never march in the infantry (march)
Ride in the cavalry (pretend you're riding a horse)
Shoot the artillery (clap hands together and move one hand into the air like a missile)
I may never fly o'er the enemy (fly like a bird)
But I'm in the Lord's army (point to self and then up to God)

I'm in the Lord's army, yes, sir! (salute)
I'm in the Lord's army, yes, sir!

I may never march in the Infantry
Ride in the cavalry
Shoot the artillery
I may never fly o'er the enemy
But I'm in the Lord's army, yes, sir!

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 – Touch, Taste

Numbers: Continue writing numbers 0-5

Letters: J, j
J - hook and a roof
j - hook and a dot

Comprehension Questions:
What were the army and priests supposed to do while they walked around the city walls?
How do you think the people felt walking around the walls? (tired, forgotten by God, silly)

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. If needed, create 3" characters using yellow lines and green and red dots as a transition to the tracing paper. 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.
- A Tree Grows

• Touch
- Place various household items in a bag or box. With their eyes closed or using a blindfold, have your child feel and identify each item (toothbrush, remote control, crayon, toy car, etc.)
- Different fabrics – go into a closet and feel different fabrics, discuss the feelings (coarse, soft, smooth)
- In a large container, place rice, lima beans, and/or other dried foods to play in like you would a sandbox. This is an excellent sensory activity that can be done inside with especially when the weather doesn't allow for being outside.

Read any Touch and Feel Books.

• Taste
- Language: What part of the body do we use to taste things? Discuss the mouth and the tongue.
- Create "My favorite food collage" - Give your child a paper plate or draw a circle on a piece of paper. Allow the child to look through old magazines or grocery ads and cut out pictures of favorite foods to glue on the plate.
- Using different items in your refrigerator and pantry, taste and discuss how some items don’t taste very good by themselves but how each is very important when making cookies, bread, casseroles, etc. (flour, lemon juice, sugar, salad dressing, etc.) (Idea from Let's Learn About Magnificent Me)
- Draw letters and numbers on a cookie sheet using pudding.
- Make sugar cookies using shape, letter, or number cookie cutters.
- Have your child close their eyes or use a blindfold and guess what they are eating without looking.
- Using the same main ingredient, eat several different things and discuss the differences - applesauce, apple butter, dried apples, apple pie, apple cake, etc. Also eat different varieties of food - grapes, bread products, apples. (Idea from Let's Learn About Magnificent Me)
- This is a good time to discuss with your child that there are things that are okay to eat and things that are not okay. It is also important to ask Mommy or Daddy for permission to eat anything given to you by a stranger.

Read Food for Thought - Learn about shapes, colors, numbers, opposites and letters all through amazing and fun food creations

• Additional Verses for “I’m in the Lord’s Army”
(Cowboy style - very slow)
I may never march in the infantry (walk bow-legged)
Ride in the cavalry (ride a horse)
Shoot the artillery (draw fingers from hips)
I may never fly over the enemy (fly like a bird)
But I'm in the Lord's army, Yee-ha! (pretend to lasso something)
I'm in the Lord's army, Yee-ha!
I'm in the Lord's army, Yee-ha!

(Indian style - very quiet)
I may never march in the infantry (tiptoe)
Ride in the cavalry (ride a horse)
Shoot the artillery (shoot bow and arrow)
I may fly over the enemy
but I'm in the Lord's army (do Indian call and put hand to mouth)
I'm in the Lord's army (Indian call)
I'm in the Lord's army (Indian call)

• Eat Bugles snacks while listening to the story of Joshua. Remind your child that the horns were played as the people marched around the walls. (Idea from Shining Star Magazine)

• 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, Listen, & Read:
Veggie Tales: Josh and the Big Wall
Music Machine - "Patience" Song - Personally, I can't say the word "patience" without thinking of Herbert the Snail!
God I Need to Talk to You About Whining God, I Need to Talk to You About Whining