Week 15 - Overlap Weeks of November/December
Items Needed: Bible
Sandpaper Number: 3
Sandpaper Letters: b, B
Books: My "B" Book, My Three Book
Worksheets: b, B, 3, Bubble Characters, 1 1/2" tracing paper
CD: Hide 'Em in Your Heart Vol. 1
Activities: Stuffed animals, Block Activity, Christmas Countdown Chain (see below), modeling clay, boat making materials (see below), kitchen scales, popsicle sticks, play dough or pipe cleaners, Christmas ideas (see below), mail
Letter B Activity, Number 3 Poster
Character Trait: Self-Control
Definition: Making the right choice even if you don’t feel like it
Opposite: Anger, argue, throw a fit, whine, cry
Big Thoughts for Little People: Letter B
Bible Story: Adam and Eve Sinning (opposite)
Scripture: Genesis 3
The New Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes
The Beginner's Bible
Through the Bible Felt: pg 5-6
Verse: Philippians 4:13 - I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Bible Song: “I Can Do All Things” - Steve Green – Hide 'Em in Your Heart Vol. 1
Information: Address - sing song
Math: Opposites – Sink and Float
Number: 3
Around the tree, around the tree. That’s the way to make a three!
Letters: B, b
B - line, bubble, bubble
b - bat and a ball
Ideas:
• Letter & Number Ideas:
Weeks 15-16 focus on the bubble characters. Start by creating the characters using popsicle sticks for the straight lines and 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 Bubble 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
- Point out that writing a "3" is simply the second step in writing a "B"
• Discuss the mailing system and the importance of your address
- Walk to the mailbox
- Look at mail
- Look on a map (Google earth is really cool)
- Have your child send himself a letter
• Self-Control
- Role play daily situation about self-control using stuffed animals or toys – talk about what you may want to do vs. what you should do
- Discuss good choices & bad choices throughout the week
• Address
Just as with the phone number, it is important for a child to know their address. Once again, setting your address to a song will help a child remember these non-sense words. The "Muffin Man" works great - 3527 West Purple Road, West Purple Road, West Purple Road....That's where Fred lives.
• My Young Child Character Education Story - read online for free or print. Be sure to do the discussion and activities for each book.
-Sharing With My Friend
• Sink and Float
- Using household items – have your child predict whether an item will sink or float. Experiment with placing sinking items on floating items. Incorporate a kitchen scales as well to discuss weight. Encourage your child to find things throughout the week that they think will sink or float. (sponge, fork, clothes pin)
- Why Do Boats Float? (boat is a fun /b/ word) - (Idea from Wondertime Magazine May 2008 by Kevin Markey)
What floats a boat is its shape. Get some modeling clay and fill a sink with water. First roll the clay into a solid egg shape. Drop it in the water and watch it sink. Now shape the lump into a hollowed-out bowl and place it back into the water. If the shape is right, the clay will float. (Hint: The deeper you make the bowl – the more air it encloses – the better.)
- Make boats out of plastic baby food containers at Discover and Learn.
• Collection of ABCJLM Christmas Ideas
• Read
Me on the Map
- A wonderful book to help your child understand his/her address - Can be taken a step further by recreating the sequence starting with your child's room moving all of the way up to the world map
God I Need to Talk to You About My Bad Temper by Dan Carr
God Gave Us Christmas - A wonderful book that explains the true meaning of Christmas. Available at Christianbook.com or Amazon
• Fine Motor Skills:
Create a Christmas Countdown Chain
What you need: Christmas Color Construction Paper - cut into 1”x8” strips to make a total of 25 strips
Glue or stapler, Marker, Scissors
What to do: Decide what pattern of chain you would like to make. For example, ABA pattern of red, green, red.
Write the numbers (1-25) on the strips, alternating colors between numbers as decided on the pattern.
Link the colors together to form a chain using the glue or stapler.
Tear off a link each day (starting with the highest number).
Each day, count the links that are left.
• Gross Motor Skills:
Do a Memory Obstacle Course - Use letters and numbers
• Visual Perception Skill:
Block Activity
