April week 4 day 3

Here is the prep for April week 4 day 3:
1. Print off the flower garden coloring page.
2. Gather red, orange, purple, and yellow crayons or markers.
3. Check out the letter T scrapbook pages and decide which you'd like to do.
Tt is for Tree
Tt is for Tower
Tt is for Tractor
4. Gather materials for you letter T page.
5. Gather straight objects like pencils or popsicle sticks to practice making the letter T.

**I'm thinking of making a Tt is for Tulips page. If I figured it out before the week is over, I'll post a picture. :)

April week 4 day 2

Here is the prep for April week 4 day 2:
1. Check out the directions for the tulip art project.
2. Gather white construction paper, paint, food coloring, glass, water, and carnation.

April week 4 day 1

This week we will be learning about flowers. We'll learn the four main parts of a flowering plant and what they do. We'll also work on counting and following directions. The letter of the week is T (because I missed it, oops!!)

Here are the supply and book lists for April week 4.

Here is the prep for April week 4 day 1:
1. Print off the parts of a flower worksheet.
2. Gather crayons, scissors, and glue.

April week 3 day 3

Here is the prep for April week 3 day 3:

1. Look at the Easter Object lesson and decide what you want to focus on and put in your eggs.
2. Gather your materials and fill your eggs.
3. Check out the Easter cupcakes.
4. Gather cupcake ingredients, frosting, wafer cookies, and edible grass.
5. Look at the example for the Easter egg color sort.
6. Using crayons or markers, mark the inside of your egg carton to match your plastic colored eggs.

April week 3 day 2

Prep for April week 3 day 2:
1. Check out the Ww is for watermelon scrapbook page.
2. Cut up your watermelon so it is ready to eat.
3. Gather your green and pink construction paper, scissors, and glue.
4. Gather your real or play food fruits and veggies.

April week 3 day 1

For April week 3 we will be focusing on fruits and vegetables. Then on day three, there are some Easter lessons. We'll continue to work on gentleness as the fruit of the spirit. We'll also practice sorting by color and comparing. The letter of the week is Ww for watermelon.

Here are the supply and book lists for April week 3.

And here is the prep for April week 3 day 1:

1. Print out the fruit and veggie clip art. Depending on your child's cutting skills, you can cut the pictures out before hand or have your child help during the activity. Perfect cutting isn't required, just enough to seperate the foods.

2. Divide your large sheet of white construction paper into six somewhat equal sections. With matching markers, label each section with a color word: red, blue, yellow, purple, green, and orange. So in one section write the word "red" in red marker, in the next write "blue" in blue marker, and so on.

3. Gather your clip art pictures, your label paper, scissors, and glue.


The action rhyme for fruits of the spirit had to be made really small to fit on the lesson plan, so I'll put it here too.

Fruits of the Spirit – God Helps Me Be Gentle Action Rhyme
Just watch the gardener and you'll see (Form circles with hands, and place over eyes)
How gentle he is with his tree. (Pat one hand with the other)
The branches that are broken, he will fix. (Hold out arm, then let hand bend at wrist)
He gives strength and love to the little sticks. (Hold up index finger in front of you)
God is gentle with me - I'm so glad! (Point to yourself)
His Spirit comforts me when I'm sad. (Make sad face)
He gives me his love every day! (Hug yourself.)
He always hears me when I pray. (Place hand around ear.)
God helps me be gentle too. (Point to yourself.)
If you ask him, he'll help you. (Point to a neighbor.)
With gentle hands, I'll help others. (Hold hands out in front of you)
Jesus likes us to love one another. (Hug somebody.)
God helps me be gentle and meek. (Point to yourself.)
He helps me use soft words to speak. (Point to mouth.)
He helps me not fight or blame others. (Put fists up in front of you.)
He helps me to love each and every brother. (Hug somebody different)

*You might want to learn a little bit each day instead of all at once.

April week 2 day 3

Here is the prep for April week 2 day 3:

1. Check out the different Vv scrapbook pages and chose your favorite.
Vv is for vegetables 1
Vv is for vegetables 2
Vv is for vase

2. Gather construction paper, crayons, scissors, and glue for Vv page.

3. Gather teddy bears or doll and any accessories desired (diapers, bottles, diapers, comb, etc)for the fruits of the spirit lesson.

I added the fruits of the spirit lesson for day 3 to the link, but if you already printed out day 3's lesson plan, then you can just read it here:

Fruits of the Spirit - Let's Pretend We're Gentle Mommies and Daddies

Show your child how to treat his bear or doll gently, ex., comb their hair gently, change diapers carefully, gently rock them to sleep, sing to them, dress them gently, feed them gently, burp them gently, pat them and comfort them when they cry, put band-aids on their boo-boos gently, etc. While you do this activity, emphasize the lesson concepts that God treats us gently, and he likes it when we treat others gently. Then have your child practice being gentle like mommy.

April week 2 day 2

Here is the prep for April week 2 day 2:
1. Print the "How Do Plants Grow?" number sheet.
2. Print the "How Do Plants Grow?" sequencing cards in black and white.
3. If desired print out colored sequencing cards and an extra number sheet. Mount on cardboard and laminate for repeated use.
4. Gather crayons, scissors, and glue.
5. Gather several objects from around your home and yard that are plants or are made from plants. Examples include cotton clothing, paper, apple, bread, flower, wood furniture, wooden spoon or bowl, paper money, book, and wooden blocks.

April week 2 day 1

This week we will be learning about plants: how they grow, the different kinds, and how we use them. We'll be practicing sequencing and counting. The letter of the week is Vv for vegetables (or vase).

Here is the supply and book list for April week 2. The word wall words are the same for the whole month.

Prep for April week 2 day 1:
1. Print off the "How Do Plants Grow?" book. There are four pages each with its own link. I found when I printed them, that if I selected the pages option and only printed page 2 from each link that I didn't get the extra page that prints on default. Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4
2. Cut the pages apart and staple into a book.

April week 1 day 3

Here is the lesson prep for April week 1 day 3:

1. Look at no time for flash cards and totally tots to decided which U is for umbrella page you want to do.
2. Gather construction paper, scissors, glue, and umbrella if you have one.
3. Read the fruits of the spirit lesson for week 1.
4. Gather play dough, ball, and drum sticks.

April week 1 day 2

Sorry about the public/private issue with the google docs. Hopefully they are all working now. Please let me know if they aren't.

Okay here is the prep for week 1 day 2:
1. Print out the seed sprout house worksheet.
2. Cut a piece of black construction paper to fit inside your sandwich sized ziplock bag.
3. Gather worksheet, cut paper, crayons, scissors, tape or staples, and popcorn kernels.
4. Look around your yard to see if there are any dandelions growing.

April week 1 day 1

Thanks to an amazing husband, I now have the lesson plans on google docs! Yay! So here are the lessons and worksheets for April week 1 and the.

week 1 day 1
week 1 day 2
week 1 day 3

clip art for April chant
sorting worksheet
week 1 supply and book list

This week we will be learning about seeds, how they spread, and what they need to grow. We'll also be working on sorting and counting. Our letter of the week is Uu for umbrella.

Day one prep:

1. Print clip art for April chant. Optional: Put the pictures on cardstock and pop sickle sticks.

2. Print sorting worksheet. You can use this to sort (instead of cups) or just at the end to glue.

3. Gather seeds for sorting, cups for sorting, glue, flower seed for planting, dirt, and plastic cup for planting. Optional: If you plan on eating seeds, gather those too.

clip art for April

These are some pictures that go along with a chant we're learning for April. If you want, you can put them on cardstock and then on sticks to use when teaching the chant. Hopefully I'll get google docs figured out soon. :)

April week 1 supply and book lists

I'm having some trouble making everything into a google doc. I blame being pregnant. :) Anyway, I'll get it figured out, but I wanted everyone to have the supply list and book list for next week, so I'll just copy and paste them here.


Supply list for April week 1 (seeds, Uu)

2-5 different kinds of seeds (big enough that your child can pick them up)
empty egg carton or some empty cups or bowls for sorting seeds into
dirt or soil
plastic cup
a few giant sunflower seeds for planting
(any flower seed will work, but bigger is best)
a few popcorn kernels
sandwich size ziplock bag for each child (it needs to zip, not tie)
black construction paper
glue
scissors
various construction paper for letter U umbrella craft
**optional: some seeds for eating (like sunflower seeds), pop sickle sticks

Book list for April week a (seeds, Uu)

Recommended for supplementing activities:
The Tiny Seed by Eric Carl
From Seed to Dandelion by Ellen Weiss

Other good seed book ideas:
From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons
From Seed to Dandelion by Jan Kottke
The Seed the Squirrel Dropped by Haris Petie
The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
Stories for All Seasons by Eric Carl

**None of these books are really necessary to complete the lessons,
but try to find something on how seeds spread and how they grow.