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About Me For ages: 3-4

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Edusense All About Me For ages: 3-4 Stacey van der Walt

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All About Me Recommended Schedule

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Week 1: All About Me Activity type

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Memory verse

Psalm 139:14

1.1

Discussion

Cover one of the listed discussion ideas

1.2

Sign Language word

Me

1.3

Gross motor coordination The shadow game

1.5

Fine motor coordination

A toy’s shadow, Finding yellow objects

1.8, 1.9

Mathematical concept forming

Short and long

1.13

Reading time

My shadow and I

1.17

Completed

Week 2: All About Me Activity type

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Location

Memory verse

Genesis 1:27

1.1

Discussion

Cover another discussion idea

1.2

Science experiment

My shadow

1.4

Gross motor coordination Tall and short

Completed

1.6

Fine motor coordination

Choose yellow, Mirror art 1.10, 1.11

Mathematical concept forming

Toothbrush painting

1.14

Reading time

Thematic book

Library

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All About Me

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Week 3: All About Me Activity type

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Location

Memory verse

Isaiah 45:12

1.1

Discussion

Cover one of the listed discussion ideas

1.2

Auditory perception

Guess the body part game

1.16

Gross motor coordination The body part game

1.7

Fine motor coordination

A Sweet face

1.12

Mathematical concept forming

Counting Beans

1.15

Reading time

Thematic book

Library

Completed

Your own activity ideas Activity type

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Location

Tried

Activities that the learner struggled with Activity type

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Location

Revised

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Shopping List Supplies General: Pen Whiteboard marker Marie biscuits Icing sugar Jellybeans Yellow paint* Scissors Crayons Paper Shape bucket Mirror Small toy Yellow objects Tray Toothbrush Thematic book

DIY Challenge Edible paint Materials: 

2 cups cold water

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1/2 cup cornstarch

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3 tablespoons sugar

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Food colouring

Directions: 1.

colouring) to the mix and whisk together on a stove over medium heat. Do this until the mixture

DIY Challenge: Cornstarch Sugar

Add everything (but the food

thickens.

2.

Food colouring

Once thickened, separate the mixture into smaller portions.

3.

Your own activities:

Add a different colour to each portion.

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Storage: 

For best results-use the paint immediately after it has cooled down.

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After completing this lesson the learner should be able to:        

name relevant body parts sign the word: me identify the colour yellow grasp concepts: short and tall grasp concepts of numbers: 1 and 2 identify the colour yellow create edible art identify a circle

Memory verse

Activity 1.1

1.1 Creation (Memory verse cut-outs)

A great way of helping a learner to memorise a verse is by reading it a few times. Then omitting a word for the learner to fill in. For example: “I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully _______. Psalm 139:14”

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I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Psalm 139:14 (NIV)

Additional thematic verses: Genesis 1:27, Isaiah 45:12

Discussion 1.2 My body (Mirror) 

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Let the learner stand in front of you. Kneel down to his level. Show him your ears, your eyes, your nose and your mouth. Touch these body parts and name them as you do.

Ask the learner to stand in front of a mirror and touch his own ears, eyes, nose and then his mouth. As you say “touch your ears,” touch your own ears, as you say “touch your eyes,” touch your own eyes. Do the same with your nose and mouth. Also mention the bigger parts of the body and what we use these for (hands, feet, legs, arms, chest etc).

Show the learner that there are parts of his body that can bend (knees, elbows, fingers, toes, wrists and ankles).

Activity 1.2 Looking at himself in a mirror helps the young learner become aware of his body. This is called “bodily awareness”.

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Activity 1.3

Sign language

The learner signs: me.

1.3 Saying me 

Age: 3-4

Instructions: Let the learner point to himself.

Origin as a sign: Indicating self.

Usage in a sentence: Speak to me.

Science and discovery 1.4 My shadow 

Go outside. Find a sunny spot to stand in. Let the learner look at his shadow. (In the morning it will be tall, in the afternoon short and just before sunset it will be tall again.) Mention the fact that the learner’s shadow isn't always the same length.

Gross motor coordination activities 1.5 The shadow game

Activity 1.5

Let the learner pretend to be your shadow and copy you as you:

A learner and parent play “The shadow game.”

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stretch your arms outwards turn in circles walk on your tiptoes walk on your heels plod heavily walk quietly

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stretch your arms upwards jump around on both legs

1.6 Tall and short 

Show the learner how to make his body tall (stand on your tiptoes) and short (sit on your haunches, bringing your arms in towards your body).

Adjustment: This activity can be done in front of a mirror.

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1.7 The body part game (The relevant printout, scissors) 

Cut out the pictures of different body parts.

Hold one of these pictures (of a hand, eye, nose, mouth, ear, knee, elbow or foot) up.

Let the learner touch the part of his body that is the same as the one on the picture.

Fine motor coordination activities

Age: 3-4

Activity 1.5-1.7 Gross motor coordination: the movements of the larger muscles of the body.

Accurate movements and effective control over the muscles are necessary for all knowledge and intellectual functions.

1.8 A toy’s shadow (Black crayon, paper, small toy) 

Place a small toy on a blank piece of paper. Hold the learner’s hand and trace around the “body” of the toy. When done, help the learner to colour the figure in with a black crayon. Cut the shape out. This is the toy’s shadow.

1.9 Finding yellow things (Yellow objects) 

Walk through your home with the learner. Show him some yellow objects (perhaps a yellow flower in a painting on the wall, a yellow curtain hanging in the kitchen or a yellow carpet in the hallway).

Activity 1.11 At ages 3-4 many learners are able to draw shapes and crosses as well as abstract shapes that represent people. They may begin to describe their drawings too.

1.10 Choose yellow (The shapes from the shape bucket) 

Place two shapes in front of the learner. One should be blue and the other one yellow. Ask him to point to the yellow one.

1.11 Mirror art (Mirror, whiteboard marker) 

Let the learner use a whiteboard marker to draw a picture on a mirror.

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1.12 A Sweet face (Marie biscuit, icing sugar, water, Jellybeans) 

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Show the learner a Marie biscuit.

Explain that it is round. Its shape is called a circle.

Mix a little bit of water with icing sugar to form a paste. It shouldn’t be too runny. Cover the surface of the biscuit with the icing sugar.

Let the learner place Jellybeans on it, creating a face.

The icing will act as glue, keeping the Jellybeans fixed to the surface of the biscuit. (Keep three Jellybeans for an upcoming activity.)

Mathematical concept forming activities 1.13 Short and long (Yellow play dough) 

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Use yellow play dough to make two worm-like figures. One should be long and one short.

Describe the differences between the two worms (“this one is short and the other one is long”). Ask the learner to pick the short one up and hand it to you, then do the same with the longer one.

Let him mix the two pieces of play dough together and make one very long worm. When done, ask him to count how many worms he has made (1).

1.14 Toothbrush painting (The relevant printout, tray, yellow paint, toothbrush) 

Age: 3-4

Activity 1.8-1.12 These activities focus on fine motor movements: the smooth, controlled and agile movements of the small muscles of the body (hands, wrists and fingers).

Activity 1.13 All children learn through active participation, by being involved in a practical way, and by attempting to do something themselves, particularly by using their hands.

Maria Montessori believed the process of learning had three parts: the brain, the senses and muscles. All these must co-operate for learning to take place.

Lesley Britton

Place yellow paint inside a tray. Let the learner dunk a toothbrush’s bristles into the paint. Show him how to move his fingers over the hairs on the brush and fling small paint

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droplets onto the picture of the circle.

Now ask the learner how many circles he has painted (1).

1.15 Counting Beans (Three Jellybeans) 

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Place three Jellybeans in front of the learner. Ask him to hand you one. Ask him to hand you another. Count how many you have (2). Ask him how many he has (1).

Hand all the Jellybeans back to the learner. Let him eat one. Count how many there are left (2). Let him eat another. Count how many there are left now(1). Let him eat the last one too. Explain that there are no more Jellybeans left.

Activity 1.16 Auditory perception: the way in which the brain interprets the message it receives through the ears.

Activity 1.17 Reading to the learner:

Auditory perception 1.16 Guess the body part game (The relevant printout-used in a previous activity) 

Age: 3-4

Place two pictures of body parts in front of the learner.

Describe one of the two body parts. For instance: “It is on your face. You use it to smell things with. An elephant has a long one. It is above your mouth”. Let the learner point to the correct picture (a nose). Do the same with the picture of the hand, eye, mouth, ear and foot.

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promotes his ability to pay attention, expands his vocabulary, develops language, introduces him to new words and concepts.

Poem time 1.17 My shadow and I Sometimes my shadow is short Sometimes my shadow is tall I do not understand this at all It follows me everywhere I go When I run fast and when I go slow When I stand still, it does so too It copies everything that I do Stacey van der Walt © Edusense All rights reserved. This document may only be used by bona-fide Edusense subscribers. www.edusense.co.za stacey@edusense.co.za

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Resources All About Me Printout for activity: 1.1

I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made.

Psalm 139:14 (NIV)

So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them.

Genesis 1:27 (NIV)

God said: “It is I who made the earth and created mankind on it.”

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All About Me Printout for activity: 1.7, 1.16

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All About Me Printout for activity: 1.14

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Record of Progress Progress Monitor

I can sign the word

me

Glue a picture of the learner completing an All About Me activity here.

I can name different body parts

I know the difference between short and tall

Activity description: I am able to identify a circle

Notes on the learner’s progress:

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Thematic Book Review

Book:

Book:

Author:

Author:

Stars:

Stars:

Your own activity ideas:

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