Week 21 - 3rd Week of January
Items Needed: Bible
Sandpaper Letter: e
Books: My "E" Book, The Berenstain Bears and the Golden Rule
Worksheets: e, Lowercase "c" Characters, 1 1/2" tracing paper
CD: Hide 'Em in Your Heart Vol. 1
CD-Rom: Charlie Church Mouse Kindergarten CD-Rom
Games: Pin the Tail on the Donkey
Activities: Various items to smell and feel, Play Dough, Finger Jello, cookie dough, A-B-C and 1-2-3 Cutter Set, blindfold, Block Activity
Videos: Veggie Tales: God Wants Me to Forgive Them?
Letter E Activity
Character Trait: Forgive
Definition: Treating someone as though they never hurt you, not holding a grudge, not blaming them
Opposite: Bitter, getting even
Big Thoughts for Little People: Letter F
Bible Story: Father of Prodigal Son
Scripture: Luke 15:11-32
The New Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes: pg 310, 312
The Beginner's Bible
My Story Bible: pg 98-99
Through the Bible Felt: pg 200-201
Verse: Ephesians 4:32b - Forgiving each other, just as in Christ, God forgave you.
Bible Song: “Do to Others” - Steve Green – Hide 'Em in Your Heart Vol. 1 - #2
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 – Sight & Smell
Numbers: Continue to write numbers 0-5.
Letter: e
e - dash and a curve
Ideas:
• Letter & Number Ideas:
Weeks 19-21 focus on the lowercase "c" 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 Lowercase "c" 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.
- The letter "e" is a hard character to create because it is the only one with a horizontal line in the middle of the guidelines. Start by drawing the middle line by itself.
• Discuss the sights and smells you would experience at different places that you visit – park, grocery store, restaurant, zoo, etc.
• Sight
Discuss: Talk with your child about the function of their eyes. Ask him/her to identify the job of the eyes. Explain that everyone has eyes. Some eyes are different colors and some are a different shape, but the function of the eyes is just the same.
Activities:
- Collect several items and place them in front of you. Have the child cover their eyes while you remove one of the objects. After uncovering their eyes, have them decide which item is missing. Start with a few items and gradually increase the difficulty. (Idea from Tripod)
- Blindfold your child seated on the floor. Place four or five objects in front of him. Ask for a particular object. Although he may be able to feel for the object, having similar objects makes it more difficult. Discuss that some people cannot see, and that we should be thankful for our eyesight.
- Play Pin the Tail on the Donkey
• Smell
Discuss: What part of our body do we use to smell? Talk about the nose and the job it performs. You may also wish to discuss how animals use their noses to find food. (Idea from Tripod)
Activity: Using different items in your refrigerator, pantry, and bathroom, discuss the smell using words like sour, sweet, etc. Have your child close her eyes or use a blindfold and guess the item that she smells (lemon juice, milk, applesauce, rubbing alcohol, mouthwash, etc.).
• My Young Child Character Education Story - read online for free or print. Be sure to do the discussion and activities for each book.
- Rosa Learns Forgiveness
• View & Read:
• 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.
• Play the "Prodigal Son" adventure and use the coloring sheets on the Charlie Church Mouse Kindergarten CD-Rom. Read more...
• Fine Motor Skills:
Using play dough, finger jello, or cookie dough, make letter or number cut outs with ABC/123 cookie cutters or roll the dough into ropes and snake it into the correct shape
• Gross Motor Skills:
Play "Simon Says" using different gross motor movements and activities
• Visual Perception Skill:
Block Activity
