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God’s Little Explorers Week 16
- Theme: ”n” is for Name
- Bible Story: Jesus Calls the Disciples
- Bible Verse: “…He called His disciples, and He chose from them twelve whom He also named apostles…” —Luke 6:13
- Letter: n
- Number: 10
Because this week’s theme is names, I didn’t include very many pictures (I try not to post the girls’ names on here, so that’s why)!
Here are a few activities we did this week:
Make the letter n in playdough. If you have letter-shaped cookie cutters, this is the perfect time to use them (I highly recommend having a set, because you can use them for all kinds of activities)!
If you don’t have any, just roll out the dough and form into the shape of a lower-case n.
While you have the play dough out, you can also try these play dough name puzzles.
This is an easy busy bag activity we did. Just put your child’s name on a notecard, cut the letters apart, and have them put it back together. You can find the complete instructions here.
Obviously this is not my daughter’s name, but I wrote hers with a marker and had her trace over it in a variety of colors for a rainbow name tracing activity.
Take time to write a letter to your child about how you picked his or her name and why they are special to you. I actually did this quite a while ago for my girls, but they still treasure those letters!
Making letter cookies is always fun–and they loved seeing their names in cookies (and making their dad’s name, too)!
Craft stick name puzzles are simple to make, and adding the letters of your child’s name on the bottom makes it easier to figure out how to put the puzzle back in order.
Other Ideas:
Resources:
- God’s Names (Children Desiring God)
- Chrysanthemum
- Wilton 101-Piece Cookie Cutter Set (our favorite set)
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Tara H says
Just said a prayer for you, Stacie!
Stacie Nelson says
Thanks, Tara!
Christy says
Thank you so much for God’s Little Explorers! It inspires me and helps me so much. We are a book-loving family, so I have been looking up extra books to go with the themes. I thought I’d share a few of the in the comments for others. Here is a list of books I found for letter N. Some of them are new favorites here at our house!
A Song for my Sister
By Simpson
Chuckling Ducklings
By Zenze
My Name is Elizabeth
By Dunklee
Don’t Call Me Sidney
By Sutton
My Name is Sangoel – great book about a refugee from Sudan; my son LOVES this
By Williams
Yoko Writes her Name
By Wells
Heart of a Tiger
By Arnold
I call My Grandma Nana
By Wolff
The Name Jar
By Choi
Mommy Doesn’t Know My Name
By Williams
Andy (that’s my name)
By DePaola