We spent a lot of time this week talking about obedience. Our verse was “Obey your mommy and daddy in all things” Colossians 3:20. Brooklyn learned this verse quickly and even put it into practice many times this week. I taught her the song “O-B-E-D-I-E-N-C-E,” and even our Bible lesson on Friday was about obedience. We also had a big snow/ice storm this week and celebrated Valentine’s Day on Friday. Because of this, we skipped a day of school time to make Valentine cards and play in the snow.
On Monday we talked about the two different sounds that the letter O can make. We did a little math activity with our Octopus O craft. Before gluing it together, I gave Brooklyn eight strips of paper which had the numbers 1-8 on the back. I asked Brooklyn to choose one, read the number on the back, then paint that amount of dots on the front. She used a q-tip and blue paint to add the dots, and one by one painted dots on each of the octopus’s tentacles. Once they dried, she glued the big O onto a piece of paper and then glued each tentacle onto the bottom of the O. She did this in order - from the tentacle with the least amount of dots to the one with the most amount of dots. She then added eyes and a mouth to complete her Octopus O. She also did her dot O picture and enjoyed cheerios for her snack.
On Tuesday, Brooklyn worked on her very cute owl craft. I gave her a large owl, two cupcake liners, two tinfoil circles, and two googly eyes. She glued them all together to make big owl eyes. Next, she glued feathers (which I cut out of orange and yellow tissue paper) all over the owl’s stomach. I had planned to do a big obstacle course for her movement activity, but because we started school time late, we ran out of time. We have a fun slide, tunnel, and pillows that we have used to make super fun obstacle courses in the past. It is such a fun way to use random things you already have to make something new for kids to explore. It is also a perfect way for them to get some energy out!
Wednesday was opposite day. We started by saying the “Open Shut Them” poem. We read a few books about Opposites and watched a video of an opposite song. Next, we played a little game where I would say a word and act it out and Brooklyn would have to say and do the opposite. We had lots of fun being loud and quiet, tall and short, awake and asleep, and going in and out, and over and under things. After our game, Brooklyn colored a few pages full of opposite pictures and words. She also worked on her cutting skills by cutting out the eight sets of opposite cards. After they were cut out, I divided the cards into two sets and let Brooklyn choose a card from one set and try to find it’s match/opposite from the other pile. She would then glue that set to a piece of paper and choose another card to match.
We skipped school on Thursday and had a snow day and made Valentines.
On Friday, we talked a lot more about obedience. We sang the obedience song many times before reading our Bible story. I read the story about the fishermen fishing all night and not catching any fish from John 21. I told her that even though they probably didn’t think it would work, the fishermen still obeyed Jesus and moved their net to the other side when He told them to. We talked about ways that she can obey mommy and daddy and also ways she can obey God (by doing what the Bible says). I printed out a page full of fish and another page with the fishermen in their boat. I let Brooklyn use her do-a-dot markers to color the fish and the fisherman page. Once everything was dry, I cut out the fish, and she glued them into the water. Next, I cut strips of brown paper that we used to form the net over the fish. Since the strips were narrow and hard to put glue on, I decided to make glue lines on the picture and let Brooklyn lay the strips of paper on the lines.
For details and instructions of these crafts and activities, please click to see my lesson plans. If you have more ideas for the letter O, please comment and share - I would love to hear them!!
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