Today we began our day playing with cardboard brick blocks.
First we sorted them by color,
and then examined them by eye to see which color had the most blocks.
Then we counted each pile of blocks.
There were 18 red blocks,
15 green blocks,
and 14 blue and 14 yellow blocks.
The red blocks won!!
Next, we sorted our blocks by shape.
We found triangles,
We found triangles,
arch shapes,
octagon shapes,
and rectangle shapes.
After all that work,
it was time to play!
We recreated the story of the Three Little Pigs-
I had to play the wolf!
I have three of the cutest little piggies ever!
My last idea, that I always played with my own children, was "store."
We made a "store" and placed items for sale on each shelf,
got play money and a register, of course, and began our playtime.
After a great time of creative and imaginative play
we had our morning routine of activities still to do and snack time!
We then moved happily into our Bible time.
Today's lesson was on the story of the Roman soldier
who believed Jesus could heal his servant.
We talked about how amazing the faith of this soldier was-
how he believed that Jesus just had to 'speak' the word of healing
and his servant would be healed.
We talked about how Jesus didn't have to go to the soldiers house,
or even have to touch the man for him to be healed.
Then I asked them if they could remember a time
in our past lessons where God simply 'spoke' and something happened.
They didn't remember at first, but when I said,
"God said, "Let..."
They shouted, "Let there be light!"
God simply 'spoke' and there was life!
I told them that Jesus lives inside them
and with faith they too can 'speak' healing!
They were amazed!
We painted,
we stamped the letter R and then
worked with mosaic squares to
fill in the Roman soldiers cape and the excited 'beams' around him!
It really was just a truly wonderful day!
