I am creating a Music Time Apron for myself with all of my props inside and this has definitely made the cut!
Itsy Bitsy Spider Puppets!
Tutorial Video:
Monday, July 11, 2016
Itsy Bitsy Spider
As fun as this song is with just the hand motions, sometimes you need to spice things up a bit!:)
Attention Getter #5
I'm back from Girl's Camp and ready for Nursery once again!
This next week I will be pulling out something a little different. SOME of you may not be ecstatic about this one but I am feeling the need in our group.
You remember the little guy I told you about who is struggling to come and loves cars? Well, the race track caught his attention but he'd only come in if his Dad was in there....meh.
I am going to try something else to catch his attention that hopefully he won't be able to resist!
READY??????
Race cars and shaving cream!
I will be bringing several old shirts/aprons (from the dollar store) for the kids to wear over their clothes. There will be a plastic tablecloth on the floor under the table to catch drips as well.
Shaving cream will be put in dots all over the table as well as the cars. I will be closing the curtain to the toy area as well so that kids don't take the cars over to that side. The kids will just run the cars through the shaving cream and all over the table.
Lesson 15-16
Lesson
15
“ I
will be Thankful”
Scripture:
“ D & C 59:7
“ Thou
shalt thank the Lord thy God in all things.”
Song:
“ I am glad for many things”, 2nd verse ONLY
Sing
this song while walking around in a circle as you do in Ring around
the Rosie.
Activity:
10
lepers finger play
Draw
faces on each of your finger. Tell the story of the 10 lepers using
your fingers. Have a child hold up a picture of Jesus and have your
fingers talk to him, coughing, making them seem sick to the kids.
When Jesus says, “I will make you better!” wiggle your fingers as
if they are running away, happily. Then curl them all up except for
one, bringing it back to Jesus to tell him thank you.
“Boo
Boo” Animals
Bring
a few stuffed animals to class with band aids on their bodies.
Explain the owies to the kids. Ex: Squishy the Hippo fell down and
scraped his knee. Can Jesus make it better? Have the stuffed animal
run over to the picture of Jesus. “Jesus says ALL BETTER!” and
take off the band aid. Put them in a basket once they are healed.
Have one of the animals come back saying THANK YOU THANK YOU!
Craft:
Jesus
Heals Leperacy
Coloring page of hurt child. Let children put band aids on the child in their picture.
Story
Hands
Trace their hands
and draw faces on each as you did when you told the story. Let them
color their hands. OR if you can find smiley face stickers at a store, let them put these on the fingertips.
Lesson
16
“
I will say I'm
sorry”
Scripture:
3rd
Nephi 12:24
“Go
thy way unto thy brother, and first be reconciled to thy brother, and
then come unto me with full purpose of heart, and I will receive
you.”
Song:
“I'm
trying to be like Jesus”
ONLY
that phrase!
Activity:
Story
of Nephi and the ship
Pretend
to be Nephi. Dress up as he did. Dramatize building the ship,
hammering the nails, carrying the wood from one side of the room to
the other, lifting the sails, etc. Let them walk and stand with you
as you act out these things. Act out Laman and Lemuel teasing him
saying “Neener Neener” while having both wide palms(fingers
stretched out) to each cheek, the thumb touching the cheeck and
wiggling hands back and forth in teasing motion. Pretend to cry.
Nephi's brothers were being mean. Then they said “I'm so sorry
Nephi! We'll help now!” Go back to working, humming and smiling.
Craft:
Popsicle
stick boat
Bring
glue, Popsicle sticks and paper and let them try to build an ark.
Glue sticks will work for this! It doesn't matter if it doesn't look
like a boat...they will be happy anyways! Imagination is a wonderful
thing!
Decorate
a hammer
Build
a hammer with popsicle sticks and toilet paper tubes. Let them
water-color them!
OR
Make hammers out of popsicle sticks and toilet paper tubes ahead of time. Let them water-color their hammers for the craft.
VIDEO to create them.
Lessons 25-26
Lesson
25
“ I
belong to the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints”
Scripture:
D & C 115:4
“ For
thus shall my church be called in the last days, even The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.”
Song:
“ I belong to the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints”
that
phrase only, singing while marching around the room banging pans,
shaking things, etc. OVER AND OVER! Don't stop for 3 minutes
straight! This is how they'll learn the song!
Activity:
Poster Board Church Giant Puzzle
Draw
a picture of a church building on one posterboard. Make it blocky!
Simple shapes!
Divide
your picture shapes into puzzle pieces (center square, triangle
steeple, rectangle sides, etc). Cut them apart. Trace these shapes
onto the 2nd poster board in the shape of the FINISHED
church buidling. Color and glue a picture of Jesus in the center.
Place stick on velcro pieces on the backs of the puzzle pieces for
the kids to match.
As
you teach, have the puzzle pieces on the floor and the kids try to
match the shapes and put it together.
Craft:
1)Church building snack
Same
concept of a gingerbread house. Since they are so young, use simple
items. Rolls that they can stick pretzels in for the steeple. Peanut
butter can be given (IF NO ALLERGIES) or frosting, anything for
dipping.
2) Finger Play
Here is the Church
See the tall, tall steeple
Now open the doors
and see all the people!
(Video coming)
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Lesson
26
“ I
will be baptized and be confirmed”
Scripture:
Matthew 3:16
“ And
Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water:
and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of
God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:”
Song:
“ Baptism” 1st verse ONLY
Activity:
Toy Baptizing
Bring
a few action figures/toys that look like people. Show one of the
action figures hitting another, biting, taking away his toy,
screaming, etc. When this happens, take a dry erase marker and give
it a “mark”. After a few times, say “EW! He's so dirty! He
needs Jesus to help him be clean! He needs to be baptized!”
Dip
him in the water (by immersion...all the way under) to wash him
clean. Let each of the children “baptize” their toy.
Craft:
1)Q-tip painting
Each
child gets a q-tip and SMALL Dixie cup with a SMALL amount of blue
paint. Let them dab the paint on the water portion of the coloring
page. USE OLD T-SHIRTS AS SMOCKS!
COLORING
PAGE:
2) CTR Bingo
CTR shield matching game
Print 2 per child. One for the template, the other for cutting out pieces and gluing on template. If you children are not old enough to cut, do it ahead of time and put in little bowls for each child.
Play the song on a CD while they do the craft! This will get it in their heads!
Nursery Lessons
Nursery lessons can seem extremely daunting.
It's hard to keep their attention.
They can't read.
The kids are antsy.
The key??
) 1 lesson lasts 2 weeks! There are only 28 lessons. This way you reinforce songs and concepts. They will not tire of seeing something familiar. These little ones usually observe the 1st time they see something and ready to participate.
2) Successful lessons focus on one idea or phrase that you want them to stick with. Ex: "I love to see the Temple", " I can be BAPTIZED!", etc.
3) Use a few different pieces to your lesson.
Scripture
Choose a SHORT one! Have someone hold a picture while you read it.
Song
Again, pick something SHORT and catchy. If needed, just use a portion of the song that gets your point across.
Activity
Something that they can use their hands with. A felt board, puppets....something that is more about application.
Craft
GET AWAY FROM COLORING EACH WEEK! You can still use the coloring page provided in each lesson but try to find different things for them to do with that page.
Ex: Q-tip painting, bingo dabbers, glue sticks with little items to glue, etc.
Stay tuned for ideas for lessons each week!!
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