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This week’s theme for God’s Little Explorers is “G” is for Garden. We explored the story of Creation and Adam and Eve in the g-g-garden.
God’s Little Explorers Week 2
- Theme: ”G” is for Garden
- Bible Story: Creation & Adam and Eve in the garden
- Bible Verse: In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1
- Letter: G
- Shape: Square
Here are just a few activities we did:
The girls put thumbprints all over the lowercase g printable (included in the download shared below). Then, they used a marker to add a stem and leaves to make “flowers” for the g-g-garden.
We used seeds and index cards to make some simple addition facts.
We sorted poms poms by color from the Pom Pom Stuff-It Box.
The girls “investigated” seeds with a magnifying glass. Then we rolled up a few different types of seeds in a wet paper towel and stuck it in a small baggy. We put the baggy in a warm, dark place and left it for a few days. Well, really we forgot about it for almost six days!
Later, when we remembered the seeds, the girls were quite surprised and excited to see these sprouts!
Our big project for the week was making this “Creation Sticky Book.”
A few other ideas for our preschool Garden theme:
- Handprint flowers
- Pop bottle flowers
- Torn-paper flowers
- Fingerprint Flowers
- “Growing a Flower” song and actions
- Fruit flowers
Download the complete printable lesson plans for our God’s Little Explorers Week 2: Garden/Creation Unit.
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This week looks great too!
We just completed our X week. We had such a fun time with it! Thanks SO much for sharing this with us!!
I did get to add some pictures on my blog of what we’ve been doing this week.
I’m looking forward to next week. I’ve already printed out the lesson plans to get things ready! 🙂
Thank you so much!
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Thanks so much! So glad others are able to join me!
I just started using your lessons today. We are on lesson 1 since, I didn’t see it till you were halfway through lesson 1. This week I will be sharing on my blog (which I am starting to let it be public not private as it has always been. Just wanted to let you know why there are only 5 people following it, LOL) your lessons and sharing our pics of the different activities we do. At the end of each day, I will put up our daily pics and thoughts. I will be doing this every week. Feel free to stop by and look. Being a sahm of 5, these lessons will help guide me with teaching my little girls, as well as, it is something we can afford. The lesson I looked into for my little ones, were priced to high, or I didn’t really care for it, and we cant afford preschools that I liked in my area. Your lessons are great and I look forwards to the different lessons. Thank you so much for sharing this.
Thanks
Thanks, Sarah! Pick and choose and use what works best for your family! Blessings!
Love it! Thank you!
We just finished this week and I noticed that there was nothing to put on the treasure map this week? Did I just miss it?
I must have forgotten that–we did draw a flower and stick it up on the map!
I am so happy that you are so sharing of your curriculum! I am one who can follow a plan to a “T.” This was right up my alley and I thank God for you! I read your statements about the orphanage in India and you make me want to purchase 10 times for your cause! You are an amazing woman! I honor you dearly~
Thank you so much, Ebony! And please, you don’t have to follow the plans to a T! 😉 Just pick and choose and make it work for you kiddo!
Stacie, thank you for letting me know about my pin for this week not linking through to the page. I’ve deleted the defunct pin, and repinned the page.
Loved the garden theme this week! We included some gardening into our week, and even some apple picking (love it when timing works out!)
http://casualhomeschool.blogspot.com/2013/08/preschoolpre-k-week-2.html
Yay! We just did our annual apple-picking last week!
I can’t seem to find a link to the creation song. Any ideas?
The words are in the downloadable packet, and the tune is listed there, too! Hope that helps!
Hello. Like a previous query, I also haven’t been able to find the Creation song. I did a search in the downloadable packet for “Creation,” but never found the song.
I’m so sorry, but I just couldn’t find it in the downloadable packet. Do you mind sharing what page number it’s on? Thanks so much. We’re loving the curriculum!
You can’t really search the downloadable packet because of the file type it was originally. All of the printables go in order week by week starting on page 71, so the week 2 song is on 74. There is also a table of contents that can help you find section pages so that you are able to click through the curriculum page by page as necessary to find what you are looking for.
On August 18, 2021, I purchased God’s little explorers paying $40.00 for it. But it never finished the download, so I never got the curriculum. can you please send the download to me. thank you. My email address is [email protected]. Thank you so much. I don’t know what went wrong. can you please email me and let me know if you are going to email the download or return the $40.00.
I reactivated and resent the download link to your email address. If you don’t see it, you might check spam as yahoo is notorious for putting my emails into spam. Let me know if you don’t get it!
Hey there!
I received your curriculum with the homeschool omnibus & we are all set to start with letter “x” on Monday. I am SO EXCITED! I will be going through it with my 3.5 year old daughter during her two younger siblings naps. We are kind of using it as a home school trial to see if that might be where God is leading our family. I just absolutely love the thought of preschool curriculum revolving around the Bible. I love your creativity and thank you so much for the time and effort you put into it. And, THANK YOU for sharing it with moms like me!
You are so welcome! Thank you for your wonderful words! I hope you make some sweet memories with your little ones!
I am absolutely loving the curriculum. Thank you so much for putting this together and giving us all a chance to give our little ones the VERY BEST BIBLICAL start, and for not charging us $500 also (that’s a big one, by the way… 🙂 ) We love it. http://strassnerfamily.blogspot.com/2013/09/homeschool-week-2-roundup.html Here’s our G week – it was a blast!
Thanks so much for sharing your activities! It looks like you had a great time!
I am starting your curriculum next week with my preschooler. We are so excited and can’t wait. As someone who used to teach preschool (now I am a STAHM) this is a great curriculum and thanks for making it SOOOOO affordable! Being a STAHM makes things tight around here. I have been searching for a great Christian curriculum and yours is just as good as those $300 ones! I am so excited and can’t wait!
Stacie,
Thanks for putting so much time and energy into this! I’ve been working with my 3-yr-old. We’re finishing week 2. 🙂 She loves doing school time with mommy, although she often has her own ideas about the activities…and I try to follow her lead as often as I can! Didn’t ever think I’d be a homeschool mama, but for this year, it’s what fit our needs the best!
-Hannah
Yay! I am so glad it is fun for you–and so glad you are following your child’s lead. I never wanted it to be a “check-off the boxes” kind of curriculum-but one that is easily adapted to the needs of your family. Have a great year!
Hi Stacie- I recently purchased the full little explorers program and love it. Just curious what curriculum you use for homeschooling. I love your approach to learning and am a couple years off from homeschooling for kindergarten but just wanted some recommendations. Any ideas, suggestions, or lessons learned as far as any of the prepackaged curriculums?? Would love any thoughts or helpful suggestions you might have…
I’m on week 2 of your curriculum and love it!! Thank you! I just wanted to share a wonderful resource with you all! It’s called Seeds for Saplings. It’s a set of six albums going through children’s catechism questions. Whether or not you use them as catechism questions or not, the songs are simple and so great at helping my preschooler learn truth! And the best part is that they are free! http://songsforsaplings.thegospelcoalition.org
Thanks! We love those, too! And Seeds Family Worship is awesome, too!
I can’t seem to find the printable for the creation book (not the sticky book). Am I just missing it?
The Creation Book is the sticky book. In the purchased curriculum, there is a page for the sticky book. Hope that helps!
I’m currently deciding on which curriculum to use for my 4 year old this upcoming school year. It would be our first time”schooling”. Does this curriculum build on the previous lessons and get a little more challenging as it progresses?
It does build on previous lessons, but I would say that the “challenging” part would be dependent upon what activities you chose to include. The beauty of homeschooling is you know your child best and can tweak things to fit him/her. Sometimes that means moving slower…sometimes that looks like adding more!
I sent a email yesterday about purchasing God”s little explores. I was able to download it, but what I need to know is the book of creation part of it and are there Bible activities to go with the Bible stories. Because there was nothing but the cover page that had My book of creation in the download.
You need to click on the link in the lesson plan and it will take you to the activity on the website. There you will find how to make the book. It only has a cover page because each day has different items used to make it. Be sure to join the Facebook group (link in the purchase email) where you can also ask these type of questions and receive answers/feedback more quickly.