Week 6 - Overlap Week of September/October

Items Needed: Bible
Sandpaper Letters: V, W
CD: The Ultimate Bible Song Collection for Kids
Books: Inside, Outside, Upside Down, God, I Need to Talk to Your About Paying Attention, From Head to Toe, Mrs. Rosey Posey and the Hidden Treasure
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, fruit roll up, brown paper bag, brown watercolor paint
Letter V Activity, Letter W 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: Little King Josiah
Scripture: II Kings 22-23
The New Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes: pg 200-201
The Beginner's Bible: pg 235-239
Through the Bible in Felt: pg 135

Verse: Proverbs 19:20 - Listen to advice and accept instruction, and in the end you will be wise.

Bible Song: B-I-B-L-E (Traditional) - The Ultimate Bible Song Collection for Kids
The B-I-B-L-E (make book with hands)
Yes, that’s the book for me (nod “yes”)
I stand alone on the Word of God (pretend to stand firm)
The B-I-B-L-E
Bible! (shout)

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

Comprehension Questions:
How old was King Josiah?
How old are you?
Do you think in a few years you could be king of a whole country?
What did Josiah find?
Why was Josiah happy about finding the Bible?
Who was Josiah attentive to? (He listened to what God wanted him to do.)
Why is it important to read and learn the Bible?

Book of the Week:
From Head to Toe

Ideas:
• From Head to Toe Book of the Week Ideas:
- Ideas from the Eric Carle website
- Animal crafts and activities

• Little King Josiah Preschool Bible Story Activities & Color Sheets:
- Crafts:
Scroll Make a Bible Scroll Craft - Cut a brown paper bag into a long rectangle. Scrunch the paper up. Smooth it out (using a rolling pin is fun). Continue to scrunch and smooth the paper several times until wrinkles cover much of the paper. For the final time, smooth the paper out and paint with brown watercolor. Let dry.  Curl the ends of the paper around a pencil and tightly roll to create the scroll effect. If the rectangle is cut extremely long, you may also wrap and glue the paper around paper towel rolls. Write a verse or thought on the scroll to match the Bible story.

- Ideas:
    Discuss how King Josiah was attentive to what God wanted Him to do.
    Discuss the importance of reading and learning the Bible.
    Play Hide-and-Seek looking for a Bible or the scroll craft. Whenever the Bible or scroll is found, sing The B-I-B-L-E song. (Idea adapted from Mission Arlington)
    Eat fruit roll-ups as snacks like scrolls.
Read: Mrs. Rosey Posey and the Hidden Treasure  - Part of the "I Can Read with Help" series, learn the value of God's Word.
- Click for more Little King Josiah ideas...

• Character Education - Attentive Activities:
- Play Simon Says
- Play “I Spy” Spatial - Teach the child to pay attention to his/her surroundings.
“I spy something between the two lamps."
“I spy something that is in front of the blue chair.”
- Hidden Object Worksheet or other Visual Perception Worksheets
- Read: God I Need to Talk to You About Paying Attention God, I Need to Talk to Your About Paying Attention by Dan Carr

• 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.

• Spatial:
- Place a stuffed animal or rubber ducky (while taking a bath) in relationship to your body using spatial words
- Read: Berenstain Bears: Inside, Outside, Upside Down

• 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