Champion Christian Preschool

Unit: Animals and Pets

Suggested time frame: 2 weeks

Christian Integration: Balaam and the Donkey, The Lost Sheep, The Plagues of Egypt, Daniel and the Lion’s Den, David the Shepherd (Samuel chooses David as King)

Related Topics: Care of pets and animals, Habitats of animals, Insects, God’s Love, God made animals for our enjoyment

Suggested songs and finger plays: Mr. Noah Built an Ark, “Wee Sing Children’s songs and fingerplays”: Three Little Monkeys, Two Little Blackbirds, Little Green Frog, Five Little Fishes, Little Peter Rabbit, Animal Poem, Baby Bird, Pop! Goes the Weasel, Three Blue Pigeons, One Elephant Went Out to Play, Teddy Bear, All the Pretty Little Horses; “Wee Sing Sing-Alongs”: Rise and Shine, Why Shouldn’t My Goose, Frog Round, Sweetly Sings The Donkey; “Wee Sing Bible Songs”: Who Built the Ark?, See the Camel, Rise and Shine, Praise Him Praise Him, Thank You, God Bless, Isn’t He Wonderful, Standin’ in the Need of Prayer, He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands, Rejoice in the Lord Always;

Books: ZZZZZ, Who has a Bill, Where is it?, Incredible Little Monsters, A Butterfly is Born, Animals in Hiding, We Like Bugs, Busy as a Bee, Life in the Sea, Life in a Pond, Life in a Tree, Daniel and Lea the Lioness, Little Lizard, 101 Dalmations, Spinning a Web, Jonah and Waldo the Fish, The Bear that Wasn’t, Billions of Bugs, A Pinky is a Baby Mouse, In the Ocean, A Pocket of Pets, Frogs, I Wonder How Parrots Can Talk, Danny and the Dinosaur, Baby Beluga, Where is Baby Bear?, Butterfly express, Grover’s Book of Cute little Baby Animals, Zoo Books Animal Babies, Noah’s Ark, Alphabet Band, Ice-Cream Cows and Mitten Sheep, Dinosaurs in God’s World Long Ago, Have you Seen My Cat?, The Puppy Who Went to School, The Sesame Street Pet Show

Centers: Playdough (create different animals), Housekeeping (Create a pet shop, veterinarian clinic, pets in our home), Sand table (sand or ground for earth with animals added), Blocks (build homes for animals), Art (paint, draw, or color animals)

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Snack ideas: English Muffin Animals, Chocolate Cherry Bird Nests, Corn Cake Lions, Biscuit Sheep

Student objectives: 1. The student will state that God created the animals.

                                                2. The student will be able to identify animals.

                                                3. The student will be able to make several animal sounds.

                                                4. The student will be able to name some of the animal habitats.

                                                5. The student will be able to state how to properly take care of our pets.

Suggested activities:

1. reenact stories

2. pretend to be different animals

3. play animals charades (use picture cards)

4. make animal cut outs with playdough

5.Create a Grape Jelly Bird Feeder (S&C)

6.Allow children to bring in a gentle pet for Show and Share

7.What Animal if this? (GE)

8.Animal Backs (GE)

9.Guessing Game (GE)

10.In the Sea, In a tree (GE)

11.Turtles (GE)

12.Make a turtle out of a shoe box and tissue paper

13.What will my pet eat? (GE)

14.Animal Antics (GE)

Resources: The Beginner’s Bible (David C. Cook Publishing Company); The Beginner’s Bible Leader’s Guide (David C. Cook Publishing Company); Scripture Bites (Standard Publishing Company); The Giant Encyclopedia of Circle Time and Group Activities for Children 3 to 6 (Gryphon House, Inc.); Creative Bible Learning Story Telling (Standard Publishing Company); Wee Sing Bible Songs; Wee Sing Sing-alongs; Wee Sing Children’s Songs and Fingerplays.