Week 21 - 3rd Week of January
Items Needed: Bible
Sandpaper Letter: e
Books: My "E" Book, Big Thoughts for Little People, George and Martha, Mrs. Rosey Posey and the Yum-Yummy Birthday Cake
Worksheets: e, Lowercase "c" Characters, 1 1/2" tracing paper
CD: The Ultimate Bible Song Collection for Kids
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: Forgiveness
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: The Lost Sheep
Scripture: Luke 15:3-7
The New Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes: pg 306-307
The Beginner's Bible
My Story Bible: pg 96-97
Through the Bible in Felt: pg 202
Verse: Ephesians 4:32b - Forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you.
Tune: “Are You Sleeping?” or “Where is Thumbkin?”
Ephesians 4:32 (2x)
Forgiving one another (2x)
Just as God through Christ, has forgiven you
Ephesians 4:32, Forgiving one another
Bible Song: Fishers of Men (Traditional) - The Ultimate Bible Song Collection for Kids
I will make you fishers of men, fishers of men, fishers of men (pretend to cast fishing pole)
I will make you fishers of men if you follow me (move hand over opposite shoulder)
If you follow me, if you follow me
I will make you fishers of men if you follow me
Hear Christ calling “Come unto me”, “Come unto me”, “Come unto me” (Listen to ear, move hand over opposite shoulder)
Hear Christ calling “Come unto me. I will give you rest” (put hands to ear and “sleep”)
"I will give you rest, I will give you rest"
Hear Christ calling “Come unto me. I will give you rest”
Read your Bible, pray every day, pray every day, pray every day (make book, prayer hands)
Read your Bible, pray every day, then you’ll grow, grow, grow (bend down and get taller)
Then you’ll grow, grow, grow, then you’ll grow, grow, grow
Read your Bible, pray every day, then you’ll grow, grow, grow
Neglect your Bible, forget to pray, forget to pray, forget to pray (make book, prayer hands and shake head ‘no’)
Neglect your Bible, forget to pray then you’ll shrink, shrink, shrink (stand tall and “shrink” down)
Then you’ll shrink, shrink, shrink, then you’ll shrink, shrink, shrink
Neglect your Bible, forget to pray, then you’ll shrink, shrink, shrink
(Sheet Music for Fishers of Men)
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
Comprehension Questions:
How many sheep did the shepherd have?
How many sheep left the herd?
What did the shepherd do?
Jesus says that Heaven rejoices when one person asks God for forgiveness. Do you ever have to ask forgiveness?
Book of the Week:
• George and Martha Book of the Week Ideas:
- Use this book to discuss feelings. Print off the Teaching Emotions worksheets and use the faces to discuss how George and Martha feel.
- Activity Guide
• The Lost Sheep Preschool Bible Story Activities & Color Sheets:
- Coloring Sheets - Lamb & Shepherd, Carrying the Lamb, Lamb, Shepherd with Lambs
- Paper Bag Sheep - Directions and pattern
- Crafts: Handprint Lamb Craft, Lamb Paper Craft, Paper Roll Lamb, Cotton Ball Lamb, Lamb
• Character Education - Forgiveness Activities:
- 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
- Craft - God Is Our Eraser (reprinted with permission)
Materials: pencils of different shapes and sizes with a good eraser, yarn, very small wiggly eyes, glue, felt
Directions: Say “Look at all these pencils. They all are very different; short, tall, thin, fat - different sizes, shapes and colors. They all have one thing in common, though. They all have an eraser for when they make mistakes.” Compare the pencils to people. Tell children that people have an eraser too. God is our eraser. When we ask forgiveness, He takes away our sins, just like the eraser wipes away the pencils' mistakes. Let children create “pencil people” with the craft materials.
- View:
Veggie Tales: God Wants Me to Forgive Them?- Read:
Mrs. Rosey Posey and the Yum-Yummy Birthday Cake - Part of the "I Can Read with Help" series talks about forgiveness. • 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.).
• 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.
• 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
