Bible Stories: Jonah, Joseph & Coat of Many Colors, Thanksgiving – God Feeds His People, Birth of Jesus
Bible Reference: Exodus 16:1-31, I Samuel 3:1 – 21
Character Building Emphasis: Learning to Say Thank You
Memory Verse: “Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise”. Psalm 100:4
Language and Vocabulary:
- Vegetable naming, sorting, learning about the grocery store.
- Thanksgiving theme, sharing vocabulary.
- Cooking experiences.
- Colors – red, blue, yellow, orange, brown, and gold.
- Directional and positional concepts – up and down.
- Health habits/nutrition.
- Food groups.
- Manners – obedience, working together, thankfulness.
- Shape – Triangle.
- Letters – Hh, Ii, Jj
Skills:
Fine Motor:
Lacing, painting, cutting, coloring, play dough manipulation, stringing, tower building, making vertical lines and path tracing.
Gross Motor:
Games, jumping, ball handling, balance.
Premath:
One-to-one correspondence, calendar activities, sorting, numbers and numerals, tall and short, triangle.
Creative Dramatics:
Family roles, firefighters.
Perception:
Same and different, draw a person, puzzles, copying block, peg and bead designs, patterning.
Sensory Skills:
Introducing all five senses.