Early Childhood Education

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Learning Respect
Birth-3
You are an important influence on the children in your care. Your children will learn by your example what respect looks like, your tone of voice, the smile on your lips and in your eyes, when responding to their needs or to their friend’s need. When your children hear you say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ they will mimic your actions and act in a polite and respectful way, too! Be sure to reinforce your children’s natural displays of politeness and respect. Be intentional “thank you for saying ‘please’ for …. Or ‘thank you’ for … Your children will see that you notice and that they are appreciated.
Learning Objectives

Repetition helps make your baby feel safe and learning increases. Bringing out a special hand puppet and sing and tickle ‘Hello my little friend’ at the beginning of your activity each time signals to your infants that play-time is about to begin.

Standards

Songs

Good Morning #1
Prayer Song #18
I Open My Bible Carefully #28
Jesus Loves Me #102
Wholly Wholly Lamb #171
I’ll Take Turns #276
I’ll Share My Only One #27
Sabbath School is Over #46 (word change at end of lesson)
Little Voices Praise Him Songbook Review and Herald Publishing Association

Rhyme

Nursery Rhyme Tune

Bingo (Be kind to each other)
I Like to Help My Family


Supplies Needed

Place supplies in your ‘Play-Time’ basket. Spread out a small rug to define your ‘Play-Time’ area and give the children a place for sitting. When you sit on carpet with babies put the basket to your side out of reach of babies.

Black felt Bibles (pattern in the back)

  • Your own Bible
  • Colorful see-through scarves
  • Soft trucks, soft dolls, soft animals
  • Rattles and Shakers (Amazon.com: Musical Toys HRP-6005 Mini Orchestra Shaker)
  • Little lamb softies

Suggested Play-Time conversation

Say ‘hello’ to each baby while smiling and looking into their eyes say: “Hello my little friend! It makes me happy to see you today!” Get close enough so that they see the joy on your face. Sing: Good Morning and tickle or snuggle each child with puppet. Give each baby a little felt Bible. “The Bible tells us that Jesus loves us sooo much! Sing: I Open My Bible Carefully and The Bible is for Me! As you put the Bibles in the basket or have the children put their bible in the basket, immediately hand out the scarves … gently wave them as you hand them to the children. Sing: Jesus Loves Me! Wave the scarf back into the basket and hand the little soft lambs to the children. I can be kind to the soft little lamb … You can help take care of the little lambs too! Sing: I’ll Take Turns. Allow time for children to exploring their little lambs gently talk about being kind to the little lambs. Bring out the soft trucks, dolls or your choice of safe toys and put away lambs or leave the lambs as options with the other toys. We can be kind to each other by sharing our toys. Say: Let’s share toys with each other … (child’s name) here is a little doll for you … Thank you for being kind! Say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ as you play with the children. Sing: I’ll Share my Only One. ‘Thank you’ for being kind to one another! Scoop up the toys and hand out rattles and shakers. Sing: Be Kind to each other to the tune of Bingo. ‘Thank you’ for being kind to one another. Say: ‘Please’ help me clean up our play area. Help children clap their hands as you say: ‘I like to help my family, I like to help my family, I like to help my family, I loooove my family! sing: Play-time is Over while picking up the toys and waving Good-bye. Good bye little toys, Good bye soft carpet, Good bye my little friends! Thank you Jesus for my little friends!

Tune: B I N G O (Be Kind to Each Other)
Be kind to each other
Be kind to each other
Be kind to each other
This makes Jesus (mommy, grandma, grandpa, daddy, teacher) happy!

Chant: I Like to Help My Family
I like to help my family,
I like to help my family,
I like to help my family,
I loooove my family! (clap your hands and finish by saying ‘yea!’)

Play-time is Over
Our happy play-time is over; and we are cleaning up!
Good-bye, good-bye
put all the toys away
Good-by, good-bye
Be always kind and true

(Wave good-by to the toys “bye-bye toys, bye-bye soft carpet…)