Week 8 - 3rd Week of October

Items Needed:  Bible 
Sandpaper Numbers:
Sandpaper Letters:  N, M
Book:  The Berenstain Bears and the Golden Rule
Video:  Veggie Tales:  God Wants Me to Forgive Them?
Worksheets:  N, M, Last Name, Angled Line Characters #1
Craft:  Variety of pencils with good erasers, Yarn, Wiggly eyes, Glue, Felt
Activity:  Play Doh, balloon or large stuffed animal, Dot to Dot, toys to move spatially, pencils of different shape and sizes with a good eraser, yarn, very small wiggly eyes, glue, felt

Character Trait:  Forgive
Definition:  Treating someone as thought they never hurt you, not holding a grudge, not blaming them
Opposite:  Bitter, getting even

Bible Story:  Joseph Towards His Brothers
Scripture:  Genesis 37 - 50
The New Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes:  pg 58-74
The Beginner's Bible:  pg 71, 78, 86
My Story Bible: pg 18-19

Verse:  Ephesians 4:32b - Forgiving each other, just as in Christ, God forgave you.

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

Information:  Last Name - Writing

Math:  Spatial - On, off     Before, After     First, Middle, Last    Top, Middle, Bottom

Letter:  N, M
N - Down, cross, down
M - Down, criss, cross, down

Ideas:
• Letter & Number Ideas:
Weeks 5-9 focus on "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 #1 worksheet to show the progression of the letters and numbers

• Discuss daily activities using spatial words.  (ie.  What did we do before lunch?  Where is the last place we visited today?)

• 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.

• Read & View: 
  The Berenstain Bears and the Golden Rule
  Veggie Tales:  God Wants Me to Forgive Them?

• Fine Motor Skill:
Play Doh - Hide coins or small items in the playdough and have your child find the item - Encourage your child to use their index finger instead of thumb

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

• Visual Perception Skill:
Dot to Dot

• 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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