Week 19 - Review - Overlap Week of December/January
Items Needed:
Numbers: 0 - 5, 7, 10
Letters: Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, E, F, G, H, Ii, Ll, M, N, Oo, p, Q, Tt, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz
Books: Because a Little Bug Went Ka-Choo!, Christmas Cookies, Guess How Much I Love You, Little Bear's Visit
Worksheets: First & Last Name, Phone number, Full Address, Choose the letters or numbers that need review, 1 1/2" tracing paper, Uppercase "C" Characters, Bubble Characters
Video: Veggie Tales: The Toy That Saved Christmas
Activities: Balloon, Parquetry Block Super Set, Gingerbread House Kit or supplies (see below), toy phones, Christmas ideas (see below)
Character Traits: Self-Control, Gentleness, Kindness, Love - Review Meaning
Information:
- First & last name
- Phone number
- How to dial the phone and correctly answer it
- Full address
Books of the Bible: Matthew - Colossians
Ideas:
• Play the “Opposites Game”
“I am going to say a word and I want you to say the opposite.”
Day/Night
Off/On
Over/Under
• Opposite Character Traits
Discuss various character traits learned during the past seventeen weeks. Focus on the positive and negative aspects of each.
• Dial 911
Continue to have your child practice dialing 911, tell the "dispatcher" their name, the emergency, and his/her address.
• Going on a Long Trip (Source unknown)
Have the child repeat each line after you.
We're going on a long trip (pretend to ride a camel)
Do you see that shining star? (point to the sky)
Saddle up your camels (pretend to ride a camel)
Because we are going very far (place hand at forehead to look off)
We're going on a long trip (pretend to ride a camel)
Look! The star is overhead (point to the sky)
I see the sweet, baby Jesus (pretend to rock a baby)
In the manger as His bed (place hands on side of head like asleep)
We've come from a long trip (pretend to ride a camel)
The star showed us the way (point to the sky)
To worship our true Savior (hands in prayer)
And, I'll praise Him every day (hands lifted in the air)
• Nativity Scene Guess Who (Source unknown)
Joseph - "I'm thinking of someone who was married to Mary."
Mary - "I'm thinking of someone who was chosen by God to have baby Jesus."
Shepherds - "I'm thinking of a group of men who heard the angels tell the Good News."
Baby - "I'm thinking of the most important reason to celebrate Christmas."
• View: 
• Collection of Christmas Activities and Ideas from ABCJLM
• Fine Motor Skills:
Make Gingerbread Houses (review shapes, sorting, and spatial relationships) - Purchase a Gingerbread House Kit or use instructions from Little Giraffes
• Gross Motor Skills:
Balloon Fun - keep it afloat, bat it with both hands clasped together in one large "fist", bounce and catch the balloon - always use both hands together
• Visual Perception Skill:
Block to Block
