Week 19 - Overlap Week of December/January

Items Needed:  Bible 
Sandpaper Numbers:
Sandpaper Letters:  c, a, d
Book:   My 'a' Book, My 'c' Book, My 'd' Book, The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Teasing, Big Thoughts for Little People, God I Need to Talk to You About Bullying
Worksheets:  c, a, d
CD:  Hide 'Em in Your Heart Vol. 1 - #2
Activity:  Ingredients for Homemade Bread, Weather Bears 1 or Weather Bears 2, new calendar
Letter A Activity, Letter C Activity, Letter D Activity
        
Character Trait:  Kindness
Definition:  Being gentle, friendly, courteous, sharing without complaining, being generous, helping others in need, being sensitive to other's feelings
Opposite:  Mean, selfish, rude, hurtful
Big Thoughts for Little People:  Letter D

Bible Story:  Elijah & the Woman
Scripture:  I Kings 17: 8-16
The New Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes: 
The Beginner's Bible:  pg 271
My Story Bible: pg 46-47

Verse:  Luke 6:31 - Do to others as you would have them do to you

Bible Song:  “Do to others” – Steve Green – Hide Them in Your Heart Vol. 1 

Information:  Days of the Week - Seven Days (Author Unknown)
Tune: “Are You Sleeping?” or “Where is Thumbkin?”
Seven Day, Seven Days
In a week, in a week
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Saturday, That’s a week

Math:  4 Seasons – Fall & Winter

Letter:  c, a, d
c - circle
a - "c" the "a"
d - c and a line

Ideas:
• Letter & Number Ideas:
Weeks 19-21 focuse on the lowercase "c" characters  
Start by creating the letters with playdoh snakes or pipe cleaners and writing on yellow lines with green and red dots.
Use the Lowercase "c" Characters worksheet to show the progression of the letters and numbers

• Fall
Months – September, October, November
Holidays – Halloween, Thanksgiving, Family Birthdays
Weather - Cool
Clothing – Jackets, Long Sleeve, Jeans
Plants – The tree’s leaves turn colors and fall off, harvest apples
Animals – Migrate, collect food, hibernate

• Winter
Months – December, January, February
Holidays – Christmas, New Years, Valentine’s Day, Family Birthdays
Weather – Cold, Snow, Ice
Clothing – Winter Coats, Gloves, Hats, Sweaters
Plants – Trees are without leaves, plants are brown
Activities – Sledding, caroling, snowball fights

• Seasonal Activities - Weather Bears 1 or Weather Bears 2
Print out Paper Doll Bears that have different seasonal outfits to wear.  Weather Bear 2 also has calendars, dot-to-dots, and so much more!

• 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 to Be Fair

•  Computer Games
Elmo Gets Dressed for Fall - Help Elmo dress for Fall
Zoe & Seasons - mow, rake, shovel, water
Zoe's Silly Seasons - find everything wrong in the pictures

• 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. 

• Involve your child in filling out the New Year's calendar - Find the child's birthday, Holidays, other family birthdays, etc.  Talk about the seasons, months, weeks, and days

• Read: 
  The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Teasing
 God I Need to Talk to You About Bullying by Dan Carr

• Fine Motor Skills:
Make some homemade bread just as the woman would have done for Elijah

• Gross Motor Skills:
Do a Memory Obstacle Course - Use letters and numbers

• 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.

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