All About Me

As our "All About Me" theme for September comes to a close, I thought I would fill you in on what your child has been learning about his month. We have gone through different body parts each day and talked about how God created those parts to do special things. It worked out nicely that the first bible lessons were about Creation. The kids learned over and over again "GOD LOVES ME!" and created them special and wonderful. I already mentioned we talked about our hands and made painted hand prints (they are so cute!), and our listening ears where we made music shakers. These are the other body parts we talked about:

Hands - this time talking about the importance of hand washing. I made a paper plate face mask and cut a hole for the mouth. I filled a spray bottle with water and then showed the kids what happens when we sneeze or cough without covering our mouths. The kids giggled when they got wet, but I think they really got the point! I then showed them how to properly wash their hands. They got lots of practice since I put soap, cloths and baby dolls in the water table.

They also made a really fun craft with germs: we traced around their hand to make a hand print and then your child used a stamp pad to put fingerprints all over their hand drawing. This symbolized germs on our hands and the importance of washing them well.


Teeth - We talked about how we have bacteria on our teeth that like to eat the food we have eaten so that causes holes in our teeth called cavities. We prevent cavities by brushing our teeth well. We practiced with our fingers the proper way to brush our teeth. We had real dentist x-rays and teeth molds at the science center for the children to examine and explore which was really exciting. I had also made a poster of "Tommy Tooth" that I hung on the wall. I drew Tommy on dry erase poster board with a permanent marker. The children colored on Tommy's teeth with dry erase markers and then brushed his teeth with real tooth brushes to make the marks disappear. The kids got a kick out of Tommy Tooth! Everyone took a turn drawing on his teeth and then brushing them.


Eyes - I showed the children pictures of sunsets, beautiful flowers, mountains, trees and waterfalls and we talked about how God created all these things. He also created our wonderful eyes to see all the beauty He has created. I put quite a few really cool "I Spy" books in the Library that came complete with magnifying glasses. At the art table we colored a picture of our eyes to match our actual eye color. The children also got to practice their cutting and gluing skills by cutting pictures out of magazines and gluing it into the "What Do I See?" section of the page.



Feet - God gave us feet so when can go where He calls us. "He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths." Isaiah 2:3 Teaching the children about our feet tied in really well to beginning our bible teaching about Abraham. God called Abraham to a new land, so he packed up his house, his family, and all his animals and walked to the new land. We also did feet tracings and then decorated them with glitter and foamy shapes...we all have very beautiful feet. As an area of interest, the house was swapped out of our dramatic play area and I set up a Shoe Store. The children have loved trying on all the different kinds of shoes, buying and selling using a cash register and money and using the shoe polisher.



Our Bodies - Sadly I was sick this day, but Teacher Michelle said my lesson plans were a hit with the kids! They talked about how we should take care of these amazing bodies God gave us: lots of exercise and playing games with our friends, eating fruits and vegetables and healthy foods, brushing our teeth, taking a bath regularly and getting lots of sleep. They sang the song "Head and Shoulders Knees and Toes". The kids got to do an interesting science project where they stepped on the scale and weighed themselves and the teacher recorded their weight. They were also measured for how tall they were. The teacher made them guess how long they thought they were on a piece of yarn and then she measured and cut the piece of yarn to their height. Their height surprised them! I heard this center was a big hit and ALL of the kids made it through. All the results were recorded in their "All About Me" book.


Heart - Tomorrow is the last day of our theme. The perfect way to end is talking about our happy heart and how we love one another. We will also talk about (as we always do) how God loves us. They will do a craft for hiding God's word in our hearts like Deut 11:18 tells us. We are also going to do a fun activity where we paint vinegar over tissue paper heart cut outs... the results are really cool! I'll also have a heart memory game set up in the puzzle area for kids to play with one of the adults.





September has been a really fun month of learning our body parts and how amazing they are. God is such a creative God!