Week 19 - Overlap Week of December/January

Items Needed: Bible
Sandpaper Letters: c, a, d
Books:   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, 1 1/2" tracing paper, Lowercase "c" Characters
CD:  Hide 'Em in Your Heart Vol. 1
CD-Rom: Charlie Church Mouse Kindergarten CD-Rom
Activities: Ingredients for homemade bread, Weather Bears 1 or Weather Bears 2, new calendar, Lacing, play dough or pipe cleaners, Pragmatic Activity, God Will Provide activity (see below)
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 others 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 Beginner's Bible: pg 271
My Story Bible: pg 46-47
Through the Bible Felt: pg 127

Verse: Luke 6:31 - Do to others as you would have them do to 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: 4 Seasons – Fall & Winter

Letters: c, a, d
c - curve around
a - curve and down
d - curve and line

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

• Fall
Months – September, October, November
Holidays – Halloween, Thanksgiving, family birthdays
Weather - Cool
Clothing – Jackets, long sleeve, jeans
Plants – The trees' 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 off 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

• God Will Provide
Materials: spoon, bag of rice emptied into an oversized bowl, several small containers approximately the same size (Prior to doing the lesson, check to see exactly how many containers it will take to hold all of the rice. Use one less than needed for the lesson.)
Lesson: "Look at all of these empty bowls. We have a lot of people to feed. But, we only have one large bowl of rice to distribute. Do you think we will have enough? Will God provide for us? How many spoonfuls of rice do you think it will take to fill one container? Let's count and see. (Fill another container or two while counting. Continue to fill while talking.) We are really using up the rice. Are you afraid that we will run out? Remember how we discussed whether God would provide for us? Sometimes we worry even though we know that nothing is impossible for God. (Finish filling) We have filled all of the containers and everyone will have food to eat. But look! We have food left over. God did provide. The woman in our Bible story didn't think that there would be enough flour and oil for her to make food for her and her son. She was afraid that they would run out. Let's read the story from the Bible and see what happened."

• Free Online 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.

• Play the "Elijah and the Jars of Oil" adventure and use the coloring sheets on the Charlie Church Mouse Kindergarten Cd-Rom. Read more...

• Pragmatic Activity
Pragmatics is the study of language in a social setting. Included in the 4 Year Curriculum are suggestions to help a child use language appropriately in social situations. Select one or more of the example pages to discuss.

• 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 God, I Need to Talk to You About Bullying by Dan Carr