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Weekly Overview for
September wk 1
Bible
verse: Psalm 139:14 I praise you
because I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Manners/helping/personal
care subject of the week: Washing hands
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Monday
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HOLIDAY
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Dramatic
play area suggestions:
Child's
favorites: toys, blanket, pictures
Bulletin
board suggestions:
Back to
school themes
Apples
Pencils/crayons
Shapes
Readiness
3 sizes of
an object with "smaller" and "larger" items labeled
as such
Social
Studies
Pictures of
family and child
All about
me pages (book)
Pictorial
family tree
PLAN
AHEAD:
Need 4
paper boxes for October week 2 - ask for them at an office supply store
or copy center
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Tuesday
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Readiness
Skills (arithmetic)
Comparison
- bigger/smaller
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Bible Study
– craft
Ananias and
Sephira
Acts 5:1-10
Make piggy
bank
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Social
Studies
All About
me - book
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Wednesday
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Reading
Skills
Tracing
lines
Worksheet
#1
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Bible Study
– application
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Cooking
Sandwich
faces
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Thursday
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Readiness
Skills (physical)
Walking the line (heel to toe)
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Bible Study – use craft
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Science/Health
Touch box
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Friday
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Reading
skills
Tracing
Lines
Worksheet #2
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Bible Study
–
Read story and recite verse for sticker on chart
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Special
Activity
"Favorite activity" picture
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Tuesday
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Readiness Skills
(arithmetic)
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Bible Study
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Social Studies
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Activity:
Comparisons
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Activity:
Reading
story & craft
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Activity:
All about
me (starting the book)
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Purpose:
Distinguishing
"smaller" and "bigger"
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Purpose:
Enhancing
understanding of story
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Purpose:
Developing self awareness
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Setup:
Sets of 3
(bowls, cups, blocks…) in 3 different sizes
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Setup:
Bible
story: Ananias & Sephira (Acts 5:1-10)
Plastic
juice concentrate bottle (top big enough for coins to get through neck
and opening), pink paint, brush or sponge, 4 small corks or plastic
bottle caps (for pig's feet), craft knife (for parent), black paint or
marker, glue (hot glue gun ok if parent uses it)
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Setup:
Standard
piece of computer paper (or whatever size/color you choose. You will be
creating a book over next several days and will need papers to be all
same size), markers/crayons, tape measure, scale, mirror
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Directions:
Set out the
middle object from one set. Pull out the corresponding smaller item and
ask, "is this ___ bigger or smaller?" If they can't identify
it, give them the answer. Then pull out the largest item and ask,
"Is this one smaller or bigger?" Again, help as needed.
Continue with a few sets of objects until child can identify the
smaller and larger objects correctly.
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Directions:
Read
story.
Parent uses
craft knife to cut slit on one side of bottle (where child will put in
the money) Glue on four feet (corks or bottle caps). Let child paint
entire bottle, including top and feet, pink. Use marker or black
paint to add eyes, snout details, and a mouth if desired. A pipe
cleaner can be twisted around a pencil for a curly tail.
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Directions:
Have child
draw a self portrait (let them look in the
mirror). Remembering to leave a margin on the left side for later
binding, somewhere around the picture write the following
1) Child's name (only
first letter is capitalized)
2) "I weigh ___
pounds"
3) "I am ___ feet,
___ inches tall"
4) "My hair is
_____" (color)
5) "My eyes are ____
" (color)
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Wednesday
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Reading Skills
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Bible Study
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Cooking
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Activity:
Tracing
lines
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Activity:
Reading
story/application
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Activity:
Sandwich
faces
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Purpose:
Learning to follow (trace) lines
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Purpose:
Enhance understanding of story
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Purpose:
Experiencing cooking, enhancing a theme
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Setup:
Worksheet
#1, big pencil or crayon (if you laminate the worksheet child can use
dry erase marker)
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Setup:
Story
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Setup:
Bread
(bagels, English muffins, bread), spread like peanut butter or cream
cheese, "facial feature" toppings (raisins, shredded lettuce
or carrots, sliced red bell pepper, …)
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Directions:
Show child
how to follow the lines from left to right. Always start at the top
left of a page and work your way right and down. This is an important
skill as they start to read.
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Directions:
Tell child
that you are giving them three coins or bills for their piggy bank.
Count them out and lay them on the table. "1,2,3"
Pick them up and give two to the child to put in the bank - don't
mention that you are only giving them two. When they ask for the next
one say, "that's all. I only had two." They'll argue with
you. Give them the third one. Then talk about the story - how Ananias
and Sephira said they gave all their money to
the church but kept some back for themselves. What happened to them?
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Directions:
Help child
cover bread with the spread if this is not something they can do
themselves. Let them create a face with the toppings. Use this as a
time to discuss how many eyes we have, how many noses, curly or
straight hair,… Face picture does not have to
be of them so don't worry if you don't have the right color toppings.
It's just a face. Eat.
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Overview of
Curriculum Age 3 description
Age 3 skills
checklist
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