Week 27 - 4th Week of February

Items Needed:  Bible 
Sandpaper Numbers: 6, 9
Books:  My Six Book, My Nine Book, The Berenstain Bears Forget Their Manners, Tad's Glad-Sad-Mad, Glad Day, Big Thoughts for Little People, God, I Need to Talk to You About Disrespect, Town Mouse and Country Mouse

Worksheets:  Characters Worksheet, First and Last Name, Dot-to-Dot (1-21) & (A-H), 1 1/2" tracing paper 
Activities:  Basketball, Children's Safety Scissors, shapes drawn on construction paper, DLTK sequencing activities, play dough or pipe cleaners, Pragmatic Activity 
Number 6 Poster, Number 9 Poster
        
Character Trait:  Respect
Definition:  Being kind, treat other people the way that you want to be treated
Opposite:  Not polite, rude
Big Thoughts for Little People:  Letter P

Bible Story:  Paul & Silas in Jail – respect to the jailer
Scripture:  Acts 16:24-34
The New Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes:  pg 189
The Beginner's Bible:  pg 500
Through the Bible in Felt:  pg 251

Verse:  I Peter 2:17 - Show proper respect to everyone.
Tune:  “Old McDonald”
1st Peter 2:17, show proper respect
Show proper respect to everyone
1st Peter 2:17
With a thank you here, and a please there
Excuse me, excuse me, yes ma'am, yes sir
Show proper respect to everyone
1st Peter 2:17

Bible Song:  B-I-B-L-E (Traditional)
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:  Write first and last name on a blank sheet of paper

Math:  Sequencing - a story

Numbers:  6, 9
6   Make a loop and then a hoop!  Six!
9   Make a hoop and then a line.
     That’s the way to make a nine!

Book of the Week:
Town Mouse and Country Mouse

Ideas: 
• Book of the Week Ideas:
Author Jan Brett’s suggestions
Mouse activities and crafts - #1 & #2
Paper bag mouse puppet

• Sequencing
- Read a story – talk about the order of events
- DLTK sequencing activities

• Letter & Number Ideas:
Weeks 27 - 28 focus on the left over characters that don't really fit anywhere.  Start by creating the characters using play dough snakes or pipe cleaners 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 Characters Worksheet to show the similarities between the "6" and "9."  Be sure to say the Number Rhyme as the child creates each character.

• My Young Child Character Education Story - read online for free or print.  Be sure to do the discussion and activities for each book.
   - Silly Lilly Remembers Her Manners
   - Gilbert the Goat Learns Respect
   - Gilbert Goes Visiting

• Pragmatic Activity
Pragmatics is the study of language in a social setting.  Included in the 4 Year Curriculum are suggestions to help a child use language appropriately in social situations.  Select one or more of the example pages to discuss. 

• For the past two weeks, your child has been writing their first and last name - using a capital letter on the first letter only.  If ready, try giving them a blank sheet of paper to write their name.  This will prepare your child for writing their name on a card, craft, or other objects. 

• The "Who and How" Chart - This would be a great family activity to help children focus on respect.  From Value Parenting (reprinted with permission)

Set up a chart like the one illustrated below.  Using the left-hand column, ask children to list the categories of people and things that deserve respect. As you list them one at a time, discuss how respect for that person or thing can be effectively given. (E.g., for "Mother" - by "answering respectfully," "by obeying her," "showing appreciation for what she does," "opening door," "holding her chair," etc. For "Nature" - by "preserving and protecting," "clearing and cultivating," etc. For "Self" - by "avoiding self-criticism," "thinking about positive attributes," etc.) Keep the list building as long as you can keep children's interest.

                                 Respect Chart
                       WHO                          HOW
                     Mommy                   Obey Her
                                                  Talk Respectfully
                     Nature
                     Self

• Read:
 The Berenstain Bears Forget Their Manners
Tad's Glad-Sad-Mad, Glad Day by John Fornof - This is a simple book to teach the Golden Rule.
  God, I Need to Talk to You About Disrespect by Dan Carr

• Fine Motor Skills:
Have your child cut around shapes that you have drawn on construction paper.  Draw an oval, rectangle, heart and diamond using thick lines.  Check out Teaching How to Use Scissors for ideas.  

• Gross Motor Skills: 
Play basketball with rolled up socks or a soft ball and a box or laundry basket

• Visual Perception Skill:
Dot-to-Dot Worksheet 1-21 (sequencing numbers) and A-H (sequencing letters)

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