Theme: Getting To Know You and Safety
Bible Stories: Various Bible stories to coordinate with the letter of the week
Bible Reference: 2 Kings 22:1-23:25; 2 Chronicles 34; various others
Character Building Emphasis: Learning To Become Friends With Others
Memory Verse: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”
Genesis 1:1
Language and Vocabulary:
1. Classroom orientation
2. Cooking experiences and vocabulary
3. Safety rules – inside and outside
4. Name recognition and manuscript writing
5. Dealing with emotions and feelings
6. Colors – review all
7. Shapes – review all
8. Letters – Aa, Bb,Cc
9. Friendship, responsibility and helping
10. Opposites, letter recognition, critical thinking activities, following directions, phonemic awareness, auditory discrimination, visual discrimination and classification
Fine Motor:
Cutting, gluing bead stringing, coloring, play dough manipulation, copying peg and block designs, puzzles
Gross Motor:
Moving body in space, ball handling, simple games
Premath:
One-to-one correspondence, calendar activities, graphing and sorting
Creative Dramatics:
School and self awareness
Attending Skills:
Following directions, movement in songs, games, finger plays, listening to stories and tapes
Sensory Skills:
Review all five senses