Using Our Bodies To Glorify God

     It is easy to see that after last week's theme of God making each of us special that this week should be focused on our health and hygiene. The bible quotes kind of explain why we need to teach good health and hygiene not only because it is the socially acceptable norm (and most certainly should be) but because our bodies are not our own. They are God's. We need to keep up healthy lifestyles to be able to glorify God at our best for as long as He wants us to here on earth.

"Do you not realise that your bodies are members of Christ's body"

1st Corinthians 6:15 (the first part)~

"Do you not realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you and whom you received from God? You are not your own property, then; you have been bought at a price. So use your body for the glory of God."
~1st Corinthians 19-20~

     Along with this theme we worked on introducing the letter Bb as well as the concept of small, smaller, and smallest.

Monday - hygiene routines/uppercase B
Books: "My B Soundbox" by Jane Belk Moncure
 "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom"
 Our picture Dictionary, the Bb.                         words
Songs: Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
The B-I-B-L-E

Activities:
B coloring sheet
Free play with duplo blocks
Sensory - bubble play
Zoo day- went searching for the animals that start with b. We found bongos, bats, birds, polar bear, boa constrictor, and others.

Tuesday - Healthy eating and exercise/small/smaller/smallest
Books: Barnyard Dance by Sandra Boynton
The Ark That Noah Built by Melody Carlson
Our picture dictionary - b words
Songs: Apples and Bananas
 Knees Up Mother Brown (a Raffi song).
Activities:
Tactile- Pom pom sorting into piles of small, smaller, and smallest
Chalk play- made different sized shapes to help differentiate small, smaller, and smallest
Helped bake homemade mixed berry muffins
Gross motor skills- played outside throwing/kicking an assortment of different sized balls.
Also worked on the small, smaller, smallest activity work sheet.

Wednesday: Germs/importance of handwashing and covering our mouths when we cough or sneeze/lowercase b
Books: How to Potty Train Your Monster by
Kelly DiPucchio
Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle
Picture dictionary the Bb words

Songs: Five Little Monkeys Jumping On The Bed
Smelly Germs (to the tune of Where.              Is Thumbkin)
 Smelly germs, smelly germs
 all around, all around
 wash them all away
 flush them down the drain
goodbye germs, goodbye germs

Activities:
Free foam block play.
Shaving cream germ activity- put a little shaving cream on your hands as a visual for germs and then proceed to explain how germs spread when we do not wash hands. Do this by first showing how the shaving cream will spread from one hand to the other... shake your child's hand to show how those same germs will then stick on their hands... touch a couple toys and say look how my germs have stuck to the toy. Eventually ask them to think of a way to clean away the germs... after they figure out the answer is washing their hands then go altogether to wash the shaving cream/germs to help them visual the germs being washed off.
Practice how to cover mouths when they cough and sneeze to help keep germs from spreading everywhere.
Lower case b activity
Play 5 little monkeys... we allow kids to jump on our guest bed with shoes off as we do not have a headboard for them to break. This option is not for everyone, but they can still pretend on the floor.

Thursday: Bath Time/ straight lines/scissor day
Books: Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems
There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Bat by Lucille Colandro

Songs: The Wheels On the Bus
The Bathtime Song by Raffi

Activities:
Bubble bath pool water play.
Shaving cream play to practice drawing straight lines in as well as for drawing
small, smaller, and smallest shapes in.
Work on fine motor skills while practicing with safety scissors

Friday- Teeth care/ review of Bb

Books: Bear's New Friend by Karma Wilson. and Jane Chapmann
Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do                    You See?
Picture Dictionary -Bb words

Songs/rhymes: Teddy Bear Teddy Bear
Brush Your Teeth song by Raffi

Activities:
Wooden block free play.
Actually work on brushing teeth. Tooth painting project- take a yellow piece of paper. Draw a tooth shape on it. Have the child paint it white like he/she is brushing it clean.
Bubble play

Additional dvd's to use as needed:
Veggie Tales Madame Blueberry
 Daniel the Tiger: Daniel Tries A                      New Food episode
 Beauty and the Beast

Other songs we used:
I'm Bringing Home A Baby Bumble Bee
 B-I-N-G-O
Baby Beluga -A Raffi Song
Baby Mine- From the movie Dumbo

Additional activity I ended up not fitting in..
Water balloon fun