Week 12 - 2nd Week of November
Items Needed: Bible
Tactile Letters: Y, y
Books: Old Hat New Hat
Worksheets: Y, y, Dot-to-Dot, Sorting Worksheets, Angled Line Characters #2, 1 1/2" tracing paper, Flower Sorting Pattern
Activities: Thank-you gifts, toy phones, Lacing, objects of different weight, length, and size to sort, Turkey Print (see below), Thanksgiving ideas (see below), kitchen scales, short and long popsicle sticks, 10 Lepers craft (see below), painter’s tape or sidewalk chalk
CD: Hide 'Em in Your Heart Vol. 2, The Ultimate Bible Song Collection for Kids
Video: Veggie Tales - Madame Blueberry
Letter Y Activity
Character Trait: Thankful
Definition: Being grateful and telling someone about it, appreciating
Opposite: Complaining, ungrateful
Big Thoughts for Little People: Letter A
Bible Story: Ten Lepers
Scripture: Luke 17:11-19
The New Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes
The Beginner's Bible
Through the Bible in Felt: pg 193
Verse: Psalms 118:1 - Give thanks to the Lord for He is good.
Steve Green - Hide 'Em in Your Heart Vol. 2 - #14
Bible Song: Thank You, Lord (Traditional) - The Ultimate Bible Song Collection for Kids
Thank You, Lord, for saving my soul
Thank You, Lord, for making me whole
Thank You, Lord, for giving to me
Thy great salvation so rich and free
(Sheet music)
Information: Correctly answer the phone
Math: Sorting by weight, length, and size
Letters: Y, y
Y - a little bit down, a little bit down, all the way down
y - a little bit down, all the way down
Comprehension Questions:
How many men did Jesus heal?
How many men thanked Jesus?
How do you think Jesus felt about the men who didn't say "thank you"?
Is there someone whom you need to say "thank you" to?
How can you thank Jesus today?
Book of the Week:
Ideas:
• Construction Countdown Book of the Week Ideas:
- Make you own construction sandbox either outdoors or with a large plastic container indoors
- Create your own construction zone using painter's tape to form roads
- Coloring Sheets
• 10 Lepers Preschool Bible Story Activities & Color Sheets:
- Coloring Sheet - Only One
- 10 Lepers Paper Doll Chain - Decorate only one (Idea from MSSScrafts.com)
- Have your child send out Thank-you gifts (cards or crafts) to let people know that they are thankful for their friendship. The child can practice writing their first and last name at the closing.
- 10 Lepers Craft (Adapted from Big Book of Christian Crafts)
Trace around the child's hand or paint and stamp a handprint. Show all 10 fingers for the first page and only one finger for the second page. Add the title "Jesus healed 10 men... ...but only 1 said "Thank You!" Luke 17:11-19"
• Song - 10 Little Lepers
Tune: Five Little Ducks
Ten little lepers got healed that day.
But only one leper came back to say.
"Thank you, Jesus, for making me well
Many people I will tell."
Jesus asked, "Where are the nine?
I healed ten bodies and made them fine."
But only one came back to me
Remember God gives to all graciously.
• Character Education - Thankful Activities:
- Thankful Box – Fill it full of things that you are thankful for. Add to it as the week goes by. At the end of the week, have a Thankful party.
- View:
• Letter & Number Ideas:
Weeks 10-12 focus on the second group of "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 #2 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.
• Thanksgiving
- Make Handprint Turkeys (example on November calendar) - construction paper, colors or paints - Either draw around your child's hand and allow them to color the inside or paint the hand and create a handprint. You may want to begin the Handprint and Footprint Calendar for a great Christmas gift.
- Talk about the meaning of Thanksgiving. Discuss how the pilgrims were thankful to God for the harvest they had received.
- ABCJLM Thanksgiving Ideas
• Phone etiquette
Using practice phones, demonstrate how to answer the phone
Answer the phone by saying, “Hello, this is _____”
Explain the importance of speaking clearing in the phone with a moderate volume
Ask a relative or friend to call to give the child extra practice
• Sorting
- Line up stuffed animals or dolls in order by size, sort train track pieces
- Sorting Worksheets
- Using a kitchen scales, weigh various items and sort in order of weight
- Print Flower Sorting Pattern and sort the flowers by size
- Read: 
- Read: 
• Fine Motor Skills:
Do a Dot-to-Dot Worksheet with numbers 1-9
• Gross Motor Skills:
Use pieces of painter’s tape or sidewalk chalk to make large letters on the ground. Have your child identify the letter and then let them walk, crawl, or hop around the edges. (Don’t use masking tape on the carpet – it will leave a residue)
• Visual Perception Skill:
Lacing
