Week 12 - 2nd Week of November
Items Needed: Bible
Sandpaper Numbers:
Sandpaper Letters: Y, y
Sorting: Objects of different color
Book: The Berenstain Bears Get the Gimmies
Worksheets: Y, y, Home Phone Number, Dot to Dot, Sorting Worksheets, Angled Line Characters #2
Activity: Thank you cards or items to make them, construction paper, colors or paints, Toy phones, Lacing
Video: Veggie Tales - Madame Blueberry
Letter Y Activity
Character Trait: Thankful
Definition: Being grateful and telling someone about it, appreciating
Opposite: Complaining, ungrateful
Big Thoughts for Little People: Letter A
Bible Story: Ten Lepers
Scripture: Luke 17: 11-19
The New Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes
The Beginner's Bible
My Story Bible:
Verse: Psalms 136:1 - Give thanks to the Lord for He is good.
Bible Song: Thank you Lord for Saving My Soul (Traditional)
Thank you, Lord, for saving my soul,
Thank you, Lord, for making me whole;
Thank you, Lord, for giving to me
Thy great salvation so rich and free.
Information: Writing Home Phone Number and Learning how to dial the phone and correctly answer it
Math: Sorting by weight, length, and size
Letter: Yy
Yy - Down, Down, all of the way down
Ideas:
• Letter & Number Ideas:
Weeks 10-12 focus on the second group of "angled-line letters".
Start by creating the letters with short and long popsicle stickers or legos and writing on yellow lines with green and red dots.
Use the Angled Line Characters #2 worksheet to show the progression of the letters and numbers
• Have your child send out Thank You Cards to let people know that they are thankful for their friendship. The child can practice writing their first and last name at the closing.
• Make Handprint Turkeys (example on November) - construction paper, colors or paints - Either draw around your child's hand and allow them to color or paint the hand. You may want to begin the Handprint and Footprint Calendar for a great Christmas gift.
• "10 Little Lepers" Song - (Sung to the tune of "Five Little Ducks")
Ten little lepers got healed that day.
But only one leper came back to say.
"Thank you, Jesus, for making me well
Many people I will tell."
Jesus asked, "Where are the nine?
I healed ten bodies and made them fine."
But only one came back to me
Remember God gives to all graciously.
• Phone etiquette
Answer the phone by saying, “Hello, this is _____”
Practice by calling Grandma or Grandpa explaining that the purpose is to learn phone etiquette.
Practice using play phones.
• Talk about the meaning of Thanksgiving. Discuss how the pilgrims were thankful to God for the harvest they had received.
• Sorting – Line up stuffed animals or dolls in order by size, sort train track pieces
- Sorting Worksheets
• View or Read:
• Fine Motor Skills:
Do a Dot to Dot Worksheet with Numbers 1-9 – remind your child how they are doing the same thing that they did last week with the numbers on the floor; the difference is that they are using their pencil and not hopping.
• Gross Motor Skills:
Do a Memory Obstacle Course
• Visual Perception Skill:
Lacing
• 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.
