Letter of the Day: Ss

Here we are in a new week

new things to play with

new things to learn.

Today we played and experimented with

the old fashion toy~

Lincoln Logs.

We worked altogether to build a log house.

Everyone wanted to have some part in

laying the roof down.

One child said that we needed to cover the

whole roof so the 'rain' wouldn't get in.

(Working with them is just too wonderful!)



Success!

Then each tried to make their own smaller creations.

After our morning play time

we gathered together for prayer.

We prayed for ourselves and for our dear friend Abby

who fractured her femur. We love you ABBY!!

We then reviewed all our shapes, colors,

numbers, alphabet, days of the week and months of the year.

It's amazing how far they have come from the beginning of the year.

In our Bible time

 we read how Saul hurt many Christians

and how his life was changed after he met Jesus.

We had a 'new' student join in today!

She wasn't quite able to keep up,

but it was fun watching her try!

We colored in Saul,
 (We were able to stick him to his donkey,

with the help of Velcro),

 on his way to Damascus.

Then we glued the cloud in the sky...

and colored in the 'bright light' that came upon Saul

as Jesus spoke to him.

 Saul fell off  his donkey,

and fell to the ground in fear.
He didn't even know who was talking to him!

We spoke about how we need to listen for God's voice.

God is always wanting to speak to us and
we need to be ready to listen.  

Then we danced during our Bible songs time.

We listened to a new song all about Saul who became know as Paul.

We finished our student rewards chart

and get ready for a new one!

If a child receives five stars for the day

they get to choose something from the rewards box!

(In all my years of teaching Joy School

not one child was refused a prize!)

God is always blessing us, His children,

so why not bless these little ones too!!! =D



Letter of the Day: Rr

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,

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!