Story-based Series of pre-literacy exercises using

The 4 Word Club uses interesting stories as the basis for choosing pre-literacy and pre-math activities. These can be used in a preschool, but also in clubs for older children who missed learning these skills earlier. 

The activities themselves are neutral, without any religious or spiritual component. In this series, the stories focus on the life of Jesus. Letter Games, FUNdament, Start Games, and Math Games can be found on Davar: Bridging to Literacy website (https://davar-education.eu/about-us/). Videos of games can be found at https://www.youtube.com/@davargames4017. 

 

Jesus as a Child

1.    Simeon & Anna
2.    Wise Men from the East
3.    Flight to Egypt
4.    12-year-old Jesus in the Temple

Luke 2:22-40 Simeon and Anna

Letter Game E3

 Looked forward = looking forward to something good that is going to happen:

• Cook or bake something; Look forward to the moment you can eat it. 

Letter Games B9.1 or 2: Letters DIY

OR Letter Game E3: Use a recipe

• Clean something and look forward to the time when everything is fresh. FUNdament 3.2, 4, or 8

Rescuer

• Start Games H2 Create a story in which someone needs to be rescued.

• FUNdament 10 Frozen tag. Once you are tagged, you “freeze” just as you were when you were tagged.  Someone who is not “it” can rescue you by touching and unfreezing you.

Everyday

• Sing a song with the days of the week

• Make a calendar

Old

• FUNdament 2.8 Talking to the old or young

• Invite an elderly woman to share what she has experienced or done in her life. Draw something about her story.

 

Matthew 25:1-13 Wise Men from the East

Wise

• Letter Games F1, Learn Something New

Cloud Game

• Letter Games A4, Drawing Dictation. Draw something that's true and things that are truly impossible. Do you know what's true? Are you wise?

East

• Start Games G2 Cloud Game

• Geography lesson: What are our neighboring countries (especially to the east)? Where is the east, possibly find using a compass?

Star

• Start Games G4, Shapes (video available)

• Crafts: Make stars in a way that fits the situation.

Gifts

• Explain and act out how to make something beautiful (gold jewelry, a beautiful gemstone, perfume).

• Start Games B4A, Can you spot the difference? Play the game as if everyone were holding a beautiful gift. (Video available.)

 

Matt. 2:13-23 - Flight to Egypt

Dream

• Everyone pretends to be asleep; you hear the sound of people sleeping.

• Start Games H4 Everyone tells what they dreamed, or might have dreamed.

Flight

• FUNdament 13.4 Tag, follow the leader

Road Game (Start Game G1)

• Letter Game B4:  Letters on the Street (take a trip to find letters)

Egypt

• Geography lesson: where is Egypt located?

• History lesson: hieroglyphs (you can also think of and draw your own hieroglyphs; others guess what your hieroglyph means)

Back

• Start Games G1 Road Game

• What do you need when traveling in the desert? (water, food, compass, blanket, camel/donkey, turban) Play: I'm going on a trip and I’m taking _____ with me.  All sit in a circle. The first person says, “I’m going on a trip and I’m taking X (one thing they would take on a trip). The second person says, “I’m going on a trip and I’m taking X and Y (adds one thing).” The third person says the first two things and adds something new, and so on, all around the circle.  Might want to say “We’re going on a trip and should take X with us.”

 

Luke 2:41-52 -- 12-year-old Jesus in the temple

Twelve

• Math Game 8: Hear your favorite number

• Math Game 6: How many fit?

Each

• Math Game 19: Darts without darts

• Fundamental 4.9: Dance

Between

• FUNdament Between  19.1; 19.2; 19.4

Go with

• FUNdament To the line 13.3

• Math Game 5: Run like crazy.