Monday, September 23, 2013

Fable Day: Tortoise & the Hare

Virtue: Be Wise/Be Humble/Be Positive
Habit/Motto: Slow & steady wins the race/Try, Try, Try Again/Focus on the End Result
Verse: "By small and simple things are great things brought to pass." (Alma 37:6)

Song/Finger Play: 
Little Bunny Foo-Foo (finger play)
Tim the Tiny Turtle (finger play)

Yoga Pose: Turtle, Frog (pretend it's bunny), Tree (where bunny napped)

Craft/Activity: choose depending on age--listed easy to complex
A) Group Race (emphasizing they importance to all finish, not competition) and make homemade award medals
B) Cloth Origami (bunny made out of a rag)
C) Read You Are Special

Share: Have an awards ceremony with everyone getting a medal and say something nice about each child.

Snacks: 
Make turtles: PB, chocolate and pretzels
Carrots (all bunnies love them)

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Letter: T or R
Words: tortoise, turtle, track, tree, two; race, run, rabbit
Number: two
Shape: circle (turtle shell)
Season: spring, summer, autumn

*focus on thumbs up for "positive" focus (which can look like a turtle with the other hand as a shell over it)

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