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God’s Little Explorers Week 9
- Theme: ”r” is for Rocks
- Bible Story: David and Goliath
- Bible Verse: “The battle is the Lord’s.” 1 Samuel 17:47
- Letter: r
- Number: 4
Here are a few activities we did:
Ha, ha…it was a little bright when I took this shot! The girls decorated “mean Goliath” faces on paper plates. Then, I measured up 9 feet and stuck the plate up there — I wanted them to get an idea of how tall Goliath was!
We took turns pretending to be Goliath (and standing up high on the island)! Using the pom poms from our Pom-Pom Stuff-It Box, we tried to “hit” Goliath in the head. I had this idea to put a loop of tape on the forehead of Goliath, but it didn’t work as well as I had hoped! If you were quite close and a good shot, it stuck. Otherwise…not so much.
We went on a rock hunt…
Then, we examined, sorted, and stacked the rocks in groups of five. We practiced counting by fives with active skip counting.
My youngest daughter actually had the Bible story at church this week, so they painted rocks!
We broke out the highlighters and searched for the letter R in the newspaper.
We also played a few outdoor number review games.
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Mrs. R. says
Thank you so much!
Stacie Nelson says
You’re welcome! Thanks for leaving a comment!!
Emily says
Just to add to the rock ideas.. we taped the face of Goliath to the front door or wall, a few ft off the ground. Then I put the Bible verse rocks on the floor on the other side of the room. When I said go, kiddo got the words, in order, and ran to Goliath and chucked it at his face. I would taunt like Goliath, like “you can’t get me!” And then when the word hit his face, I would say “ouch!” And then when the last word, “Lord’s ” hit his face, Goliath got pulled down. He loved it. Hehe.
Also, my husband nailed the Goliath face 9ft onto a tree (used a ladder) and kiddo through little rocks up to try and hit it. It was hard for him! Still hasn’t gotten it.. we left the face up the next day too as kiddo requested more time to Chuck rocks at him.
Thanks for all of your ideas and plans!
Stacie Nelson says
How fun!! Thank you for sharing your ideas!