Week 6 - Overlap Week of September/October

Items Needed:  Bible 
Sandpaper Numbers:
Sandpaper Letters:  VW
Toys:  Farm animals of various kinds and sizes, rubber ducky or stuffed animal
Book:  Inside, Outside, Upside Down, God, I Need to Talk to Your About Paying Attention 
Worksheets:  V, W, Last Name, Hidden Object Worksheet, Angled Line Characters #1
Activity:  Weekly store ad, dice, basket of numbers, or spinner, balloon or beach ball, Block Activity

Character Trait:  Attentive
Definition:  Listen by keeping your hands in your lap, mouth closed, ears listening, eyes watching; focused
Opposite:  Distracted, busy, daydreaming

Bible Story:  Samuel Hears God Calling
Scripture:  I Samuel 3
The New Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes:  pg 152
The Beginner's Bible:  pg 160
My Story Bible: pg 36-37

Verse:  Psalms 85:8 - I will listen to what God says
Tune:  “Mary Had a Little Lamb”
I will listen to what God says
What God says, what God says
I will listen to what God says
Psalms 85, verse 8

Bible Song:   O Be Careful (Traditional)
O Be careful little eyes what you see. (point to eyes)
O Be careful little eyes what you see.
For the Father up above (point up for Jesus)
is looking down in love. (put hand to eyes and look down)
O be careful little eyes what you see.

Additional Verses:
…little hands what you do
…little feet where you go
…little ears what you hear
…little mouth what you say
…little mind what you think

Information:  Last Name – Tracing Paper

Math:  Spatial - Beside, Next To, Between; Top, Middle, Bottom; Before, After; First, Middle Last; Behind, In back, In Front

Letters:  V, W
V - Down, up
W - Down, up, down, up

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

• Play “I Spy” Spatial
“I spy something up high that is yellow…”
“I spy something that is in front of the blue chair.”

• Place a stuffed animal or rubber ducky (while taking a bath) in relationship to your body using spatial words

• Hidden Object Worksheet

• Sort farm animal pictures by type of animal. Sequence like animals from small to big.
Ask:  “Point to the (size) (animal).” Or “Show me the (size) animal that says (animal sound).”

• Read: 
Berenstein Bears:  Inside, Outside, Upside Down
God, I Need to Talk to Your About Paying Attention by Dan Carr

• Fine Motor Skill: 
Play with Play Doh.  Make "snakes" by rolling playdoh and then form the playdoh into letters and numbers already learned.

• Gross Motor Skill:
Practice jumping up to hit a balloon or beach ball

• Visual Perception Skill:
Block Activity

• 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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