Exploration Stations
My preschoolers LOVE our exploration stations for each of our Bible units. And I love that their play is purposeful and connects to what we are learning. I blogged in detail about exploration stations earlier, but here's a look at a few of our favs from our Christmas unit...Christmas Story Ornament Match:
Nativity Pretend Play:
Christmas Sensory Tub:
Building a stable for baby Jesus...
Bible Story Time
During our bible story time, we read used the Bible story visuals from my unit to tell our story.
We had a key word to listen to {angels for this lesson} and they made a halo on their head every time they heard "angel" during the story. I love adding in motions during story time to help our early listening skills! ;)
Retelling the Christmas Story
For this unit, we used the Who Am I? game from my unit to practice our retelling. I put a character from our lesson in a Christmas gift bag and read the clues from the correlating cards to my preschoolers. They had so much fun guessing who the Christmas character was and "opening presents" to find out if they were right! {This would be perfect for older kids like first graders to do with partners once they can read!}
Coloring
After our Bible time, we play games and finish our coloring {coloring is one of our exploration stations at the beginning of Sunday School}. I love setting aside some time for coloring in preschool because it's so important for practicing those fine motor skills and holding a pencil that are so important in handwriting! Since my class this year is almost all boys (!), I've started playing a short kids song during our coloring time to give them a goal for focusing on coloring. I start the song and they try to see if they can sit and color during the entire 2-3 minute song. This has worked WONDERS for my boys! They love listening to the music and singing along and I love watching their fine motor skills grow!
This week, we listened to Hark! The Harold Angels Sing! since our lesson was about the angels. They had a blast listening for our focus word and making their halos while we were coloring too!
And I can't wait to make these adorable ornaments this coming week as we learn about the birth of Jesus!
Check out all of these activities and much, much more in this 70 plus page Bible Unit!
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