Week 8 - 3rd Week of October

Items Needed: Bible
Tactile Letters: N, M
Book: Hop on Pop, Mrs. Rosey Posey and the Yum-Yummy Birthday Cake, Big Thoughts for Little People
Video: Veggie Tales: God Wants Me to Forgive Them?
CD: The Ultimate Bible Song Collection for Kids
Worksheets: N, M, Last Name, Angled Line Characters #1, 1 1/2" tracing paper, Dot-to-Dot, Heart Template
Activities: Play Dough, God is Our Eraser Craft (see below), small items to hide in play dough, short and long popsicle sticks, Duplo Legos, flashlight, black pompoms

Character Trait: Forgiveness
Definition: Treating someone as though they never hurt you; not holding a grudge; not blaming them
Opposite: Bitter, getting even
Big Thoughts for Little People: Letter F

Bible Story: Joseph Forgives His Brothers
Scripture: Genesis 37-50
The New Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes: pg 58-74
The Beginner's Bible: pg 71, 78, 86
My Story Bible: pg 18-19
Through the Bible in Felt: pg 39-42

Verse: Ephesians 4:32b - Forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you.
Tune: “Are You Sleeping?” or “Where is Thumbkin?”
Ephesians 4:32 (2x)
Forgiving one another (2x)
Just as God through Christ, has forgiven you
Ephesians 4:32, Forgiving one another

Bible Song: Jesus Loves the Little Ones Like Me (Traditional) - The Ultimate Bible Song Collection for Kids
Jesus loves the little ones like me, me, me.
Jesus loves the little ones like me, me, me.
Little ones like me,
Sat upon his knee,
Jesus loves the little ones like me, me, me.

Jesus loves the little ones like you, you, you.
Jesus loves the little ones like you, you, you.
Little ones like you,
Saved you through, and through,
Jesus loves the little ones like you, you, you.

Information: Last name - tracing paper

Math: Spatial - On, off First, Middle, Last Top, Middle, Bottom

Letters: N, M
N - line and valley
M - line, valley, line

Comprehension Questions:
How many brothers did Joseph have?
How did Joseph's brothers feeling about him? (jealous)
How did Joseph's brothers treat him?
How do you think this made Joseph feel?
When Joseph's brothers needed him Joseph could have been really mean. What did Joseph choose to do instead? (Forgive them)

Book of the Week:
Hop on Pop

Ideas:
• Hop on Pop Book of the Week Ideas:
Use this book to further discuss spatial words
Coloring Sheet

• Joseph and His Brothers Preschool Bible Story Activities & Color Sheets:
- Coloring Sheet - Joseph Reveals Himself & Joseph Forgives His Brothers

• Character Education - Forgiveness Activities:
Sin and Forgiveness - Gather black pompoms and print off the Heart Template. Discuss that sin is the bad choices we make. Sin is like black spots on our heart. Take turns naming a sin that we struggle with (lying, stealing, having a bad attitude, etc.) and place a black pom-pom on the heart each time. Once the heart is covered with sin discuss how God is unable to look upon our sin. We need to ask God's forgiveness to remove the "yuck" on our heart. Remove a pompom one at a time while saying, "God please forgive me for ____." Once the pompoms are gathered, discuss how God removes our sin, forgives us, and turns our heart white as snow (Ps. 51:7).
- My Young Child Character Education Story - read online for free or print. Be sure to do the discussion and activities for each book.
- Rosa Learns Forgiveness
- Craft - God Is Our Eraser (reprinted with permission)
Materials: pencils of different shapes and sizes with a good eraser, yarn, very small wiggly eyes, glue, felt
Directions: Say “Look at all these pencils. They all are very different; short, tall, thin, fat - different sizes, shapes and colors. They all have one thing in common, though. They all have an eraser for when they make mistakes.” Compare the pencils to people. Tell children that people have an eraser too. God is our eraser. When we ask forgiveness, He takes away our sins, just like the eraser wipes away the pencils' mistakes. Let children create “pencil people” with the craft materials.
- View: Veggie Tales: God Wants Me to Forgive Them?
- Read:Mrs. Rosey Posey and the Yum-Yummy Birthday Cake - Part of the "I Can Read with Help" series talks about forgiveness.

• 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.

M - to help remember the letter "M", demonstrate how an "M" looks like two mountains

• Name:
Continue to have the child practice writing their name on 1 1/2" tracing paper. View Learning to Write to decide the appropriate level of difficulty to start for your child.

• Spatial:
- Discuss daily activities using spatial words. (i.e., What is the first thing you do when you get up in the morning? Where is the last place we visited today?)
-Stack three different colored Duplo Legos. Discuss which block color is the top, middle, and bottom.
-Have fun learning about on and off with a flashlight and a dark closet.

• Fine Motor Skill:
Play Dough - Hide coins or small items in the play dough and have your child find the item. Using their index finger, have your child find the items. Using their thumb is "cheating" and not working the weaker muscles.

• Gross Motor Skill:
Do a Memory Obstacle Course - Use letters and numbers

• Visual Perception Skill:
Dot-to-Dot