Week 6 - Overlap Week of September/October

Items Needed:  Bible 
Sandpaper Letters:  V, W
Books:  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, 1 1/2" tracing paper
Activities:  Balloon or beach ball, Block Activity, bath toys, stuffed animals, short and long popsicle sticks, Play Dough

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
Through the Bible Felt:  pg 96

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       Before, After        Behind, In back, In Front 

Letters:  V, W
V - big valley
W - big valley, valley

Ideas:
• Letter & Number Ideas:
Weeks 5-9 focus on "angled-line letters."  Start by creating the characters using short and long popsicle sticks and move to writing the characters on 1 1/2" tracing paper with yellow lines and green and red dots as a guide.  Use the Angled Line Characters #1 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.

V - looks like a valley.  Go online and find pictures of valleys
W - to help remember the letter "W", demonstrate how a "W" will hold water by drawing water lines in the "valleys"

• Name:
Last week the child reviewed tracing his or her name using sandpaper letters.  If the child is ready, place the child's name on 1 1/2" tracing paper.   View Learning to Write to decide the appropriate level of difficulty to start for your child. 

• Play “I Spy” Spatial
“I spy something between the two lamps."
“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

• 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 Dough.  Make "snakes" by rolling play dough and then form the play dough into letters and numbers already learned.

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

• Visual Perception Skill:
Block Activity

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