Helping is an important topic for me. I feel like if we all work together, we make the world a better place. Even little children can help their parents. This week we had fun with this theme.
Opening Song
Wiggle Song
Literacy Activity: Letter D
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Sign Language: Help, I love you
Book: Mrs Mc Nosh Hangs up Her Wash by Sarah Weeks
Feltboard: Mrs. McNosh Hangs Up Her Wash Feltboard
I don’t usually pay for feltboards, but this one was so good and the items were so specific, it would be hard to duplicate. I handed out one item to each child and retold the story so they could bring them up and place it on the board.
Book: People Who Help in My Neighborhood by Janet Preus
Song: Helping Hands by NuBeat Music
This song is from a Christian album, but I couldn’t find any easy songs for children about this topic. There isn’t any religion in it, it is all about helping. I could only find it here:
https://www.nubeat.org/abhmmol.html
When I see someone fall down
I will lift them up.
If they’re lying on the ground
I’ll use my helping hands.
Chorus:
Helping hands helping one another.
I’ll do all I can with my helping hands.
If my Mommy is the cook
And the baby’s crying,
I will read to him a book
And use my helping hands.
Chorus:
Helping hands helping one another.
I’ll do all I can with my helping hands.
If my Daddy is alone
Working in the garden,
I will help him weed and hoe
With my helping hands.
[Repeat second chorus]
Hands should never hurt or fight
Or make someone unhappy.
Do some good and make things right
With your helping hands.
Chorus:
Helping hands helping one another.
Let’s do all we can with our helping hands.
[Repeat]
Oh, let’s do all we can with our helping hands.
Oh, let’s do all we can with our helping hands!
Book: Toad on the Road: Mama and Me by Stephen Shaskan
Closing Song
Craft: Helping Stations
This week instead of a craft we had helping stations:
Food/ Grocery shopping
Delivering the mail
Hanging the wash
Taking care of the baby
Sorting socks feltboard
Coloring sheet of helpers
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