Ideal for 18 months - 3 years |
CREATIVE ACTIVITIES |
SPECIAL TOYS & GAMES |
BIBLE |
LANGUAGE |
MONDAY |
Make an old fashioned Blanket Tent draping blankets over a table or some chairs. Talk about how you would go camping. |
Toy Wash & Swap |
Recite: "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." Genesis 1:1***** Read Pages 6 - 9 in Attention Getter: Wrap an empty box in gift wrap. Have the children open it. There's nothing in it, just like before God created the world there was nothing. |
Sign Language: Water
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Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Twinkle, twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are.
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Flash Cards and/or Felt Shapes:
Creation
Letters: A, B
Number: 1, 2
Color: Red
Shape: Circle |
TUESDAY |
Use 2 toilet paper rolls and a string to make Binoculars. Use them to explore outside. |
Leaf Rubbings: Gather leaves. Place a piece of paper on top and rub with crayon. Print this week's memory verse on the paper. |
WEDNESDAY |
Teach this God Made Me lesson and activities. |
Use a globe to illistrate and talk about how God made the whole world and everything in it. |
THURSDAY |
Go on a Hike to collect nature items. Make a Nature Collage by putting leaves, sticks, small rocks, dirt, etc. on clear contact paper. Cover with another sheet of clear contact paper. |
Go Fishing: Play with a toy fishing set. You can do this inside or outside. Fish in a dish pan of water or with no water. |
FRIDAY |
Pretend Camp: Have the children bring sleeping bags (or use large pillow cases), sit in a circle around a block campfire, hold flashlights and sing songs, eat smores, etc. |
Outdoors, explore an Ice Chest or two (or dish tubs) filled with ice and water and water bottles. |
SNACKS & ALTERNATE ACTIVITIES
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Snacks
Smores
Trail Mix Graham Crackers Fish Crackers Pretzel Sticks |
Take a picture of each child pretending to be sleep, cut it out and glue it inside a clipart sleeping bag. |
Use wooden log blocks to build a Cabin. |
Shadow Puppets: Darken the room and let the children expermint using a flashlight creating shadow puppets. |
Make this Plants of the Bible Wreath. |