To start off our second day of Joy School
I set up the pieces of a future marble chase.
One of my students had no idea what we
were building, but when we finished
she squealed with excitement and it was delightful!
In the beginning they all just sat back and watched,
but it didn't take them long to jump into the 'chase.'
We also made a marble chase out of
a wooden set I have.
Much harder to make and keep together,
but more rewarding when it actually works!
The marble run grew taller and taller.
After our morning play time,
we moved right into Circle Time.
This year I have incorporated our Bible Time
at the end of our Circle Time.
Our lesson today was the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden.
I read the Bible story to the children and
then brought out my new felt Bible characters to enhance the lesson.
Each child wanted to take a turn in putting an apple in Eve's hand!
Here are Adam and Eve 'hiding' from God.
We talked about how we never have to hide from God,
He knows us, sees us no matter where we are and forgives us
because He loves us so much.
Here they are coming out from hiding and
confessing their sin to God.
Here is the Angel, sent by God, to guard the Garden,
and Adam and Eve leaving.
The children each wanted a turn placing the angel down
onto the felt board.
And of course the flaming sword was all to much to resist
they each took a turn putting it into the angel's hand.
"A is for apple, a,a,a.'
After our wonderful Bible time
we went to the table to do our Bible craft.
I encourage each child to take their time and
color within the lines.
It was a busy morning and time for a much needed
snack break.
This week I allowed them a fifteen minute play time
outside after snack.
They ran, shouted, squealed, and laughed.
When they came back in they were ready for
our CLIFFORD magazine!
I love how excited they all get when they see me pull out
the Clifford magazine.
We read all about apples- of course!
Our task was to see how many foam apples
we could pile on top of Clifford's head.
Next we reviewed our vowel sounds
in preparation for reading!
Today's vowel was Uu.
I really am so proud of these little guys.
I am pouring into them
the months of the year, days of the week,
colors, shapes, the alphabet, Bible stories,
vowel sounds, a thematic unit on apples,etc.
and they are following my lead very well.
This is going to be a great year!
