Ideal for
16 months -
2 1/2 years |
CREATIVE
ACTIVITIES |
SPECIAL TOYS & GAMES |
BIBLE |
LANGUAGE |
| MONDAY |
Make
out of the children's hands and cotton balls. |
Be Lambs: Get down on all fours. Introduce a ball to roll to each other while being lambs. |
Recite:
"Love one another." John 13:35***** Read
A Man Hunts for His Lost Sheep
page 112
Attention Getter: Tell this story while looking for toy or paper sheep around the classroom.
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Sign Language: Cup
From BabySignLanguage.com
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I Just Wanna Be A Sheep
I just wanna be a sheep
Baa, baa, baa, baa
I just wanna be a sheep
Baa, baa, baa, baa
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
I just wanna be a sheep
Baa, baa, baa, baa
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Planning Ideas.
Flash Cards and/or Felt Shapes:
Letters: M, N
Number: 8
Color: Pink
Shape: Heart |
| TUESDAY |
Make this Hearts Lamb Craft From First-School. |
For sensory experience have children Touch Wool mittens, sweater or yarn.
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| WEDNESDAY |
Teach all or some of this The Lost Sheep lesson and crafts. |
Turn the Dramatic Play Area into a Pasture: Green cloth or small rug for grass, Blue cloth for a river or lake, Stuffed sheep and lambs or take turns being lambs and shephers, Blocks to build a sheepfold, Crook, Shepherd’s clothes, etc. |
| THURSDAY |
Choose one or more ways to use these Scripture Sheep.
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Read Mary Had A Little Lamb |
| FRIDAY |
Make Abel the Shepherd. |
Play with Playdough and provide lamb cookie cutters, if available.
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| SNACKS & ALTERNATE ACTIVITIES |
| Snacks Animal Crackers Saltines Cookie-Cutter Sheep Kix Cereal Graham Crackers Cheerios |
 
Cookie-Cutter Sheep: Allow children to cut sheep shapes from white bread using a cookie cutter. Then, provide plastic knives for them to spread flavored softened cream cheese atop their sheep shapes. |
Heres's Mary Had A Little Lamb Nursery Rhyme Crafts & Baa, Baa Black Sheep Nursery Rhyme Crafts. |
Make this Lamb Paper Plate Craft. |
Print the Bible words, "Love one another." John 13:35, on color sheets and as many of the kids' art projects as possible. Repeat the words out loud as much as possible. Encourage the children to love one another throughout the day. |
