Use for: Primary Lesson, Family Home Evening, Sharing Time
Little LESSON LIFESAVER Activity
My hands can do many things! poster or coloring page
Sunbeam Lesson 17: I Am Thankful for My Hands
Click the following to find Sunbeam Lesson 17 – I Am Thankful for My Hands in the Primary 1 manual.
OBJECTIVE: Help children appreciate their hands and what they can do.
POSTER ACTIVITY – My Hands Can Do Many Things
1. Print or copy the activity poster to color.
2. Talk about the poster, saying, “My hands can do many things! Wave, play with my pet, paint, build, zip, bounce, clap, hold. These are my two hands. Aren’t they wonderful?”
• Have objects to play with (shown on the handout).
• Help children trace their hands onto the blank space (on the handout) or place poster paint on a sponge, then inside of hands to make a print of each hand (on the handout).
3. Talk about the Home Activity: “Help me understand how many things my hands can do. Let’s play catch, make cookies, pop bubbles, or enjoy a game of peek-a-boo!” If time permits, show children how to do these things.
THOUGHT TREAT: Hand cut-out cookie. Cut sugar cookie dough into hand shapes, then bake, frost, and top with jelly beans or tiny candy (for fingernails). Tell children, “Hands are special because they help us _______.” Have children name ways they use their hands and help (e.g., brush teeth, dress, play ball, wash face, play drums, eat, feed the pet, set the table, dust the blinds, shine mirror, tend baby). (Alternative—handprint in playdough.)
SING “Hinges” (Children’s Songbook, 277). During the song, have children move their wrists to show where their hands are hooked on. Sing “Eensy Weensy Spider”. Use fingers to show (like a) spider crawling up your arm. Sing “Five Little Ducks.” Use the whole hand, putting fingers down as ducks go away, then raising them up when five little ducks return. Open/close whole hand as mother and father ducks quack.
MORE SUNBEAM LESSON ACTIVITIES:
GO TO ANOTHER LESSON 17 ACTIVITY
Click HERE to find 17a CRAFT activity for this same lesson – Sunbeam Lesson 17: I Am Thankful for My Hands (shown below).
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Click HERE to find 18a CRAFT activity for the next Sunbeam 18: I Am Thankful for My Ears.
Click HERE to find 18b POSTER activity for the Sunbeam 18: I Am Thankful for My Ears.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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