Letter of the Day: Zz....Our last Class =(

Our very last day of school was today,

so I decided to take out some toys that

the children hadn't seen in a while...

brick blocks to make a store...

the Littlest Pet Shop...

wooden blocks and toy animals...and much, much more!

After some time of play I had them come to the table

to make a Father's Day craft.

I will not be with them in June,

but since they made something for Mother's Day

I thought, "We can't forget Daddy!"

Putting their feet in cold, squishy paint and hearing them

squeal is so sweet!

LOVE their little feet!

I had a warm bucket of water waiting for them.

They liked the warm water so much

that they didn't want to take their toes out of it!

Then came the decorating, creative side of the craft.

Gluing down the little foam pieces.

(Sometimes I use baby jars to store the glue in 

and q-tips to dip and rub the glue).

I thought this saying was just so true!

Finished!

Today, after we had our circle time

and snack time

we settled together for our Bible time.

We had to sit on the floor today 

because they covered my couch with toys!

and here we are!

(My son saw us and took this picture).

When I got to the part where Jesus tells Zacchaeus to come down

from the tree and that He wants to 

go to Zacchaeus' house,

I was just about to ask them,

"How would you like it if Jesus came to your house?"

When one of the little girls said,

"I would LOVE for Jesus to come to my house!"

Our very last Bible craft for the year.

I'm not sure they understand that today was the last day.

But I did. I teared up.

They were too busy to notice.

"Zacchaeus Zoomed home to be with Jesus."

Here he is having jumped down from the tree-

and zoomed home!

Thus ends a perfect day 

to a perfect year.

I love these children.

I love Joy School.

I love being a part of God's plan.

I am sad to see this year end,

but I do hope to have the opportunity to do it again next year!

Blessings to all -see you next week as I post the graduation!!

Letter of the Day: Yy

The year is almost over.  =(   

Next week is our very last class together before the graduation.

 I have loved this year so very much. 

It has been unique to other years in so many ways. 

My heart is overflowing with love for my students.

 I decided that today the children would make

 a Mother's day present as our opening time together.

First they needed to glue little hearts around the frame. 

(I poured liquid glue into cupcake wrappers and allow them to use 'q-tips' 

to dip into the glue and spread onto the surface of the item being glued).

Next, I painted their hands!

They giggled!

Then 'stamped' their hand next to a poem...

and done!

This poem is too sweet!

(Some wanted more hearts!)

I LOVE it!

I told the girls when your mommy comes later

 to hide the present behind your back

and say, "Happy Mother's Day!"

Well, at the end of the day,

my son came to me, 

with present behind his back,

and yelled, "Happy Mother's Day!"

The girls laughed! 

How precious is this class!!!

We had our Circle time together- they know so much!

Then snack and finally our Bible time.

Our lesson today was on the death and resurrection of Jesus.

All the children know the story of Jesus,

 but I have always appreciated our sharing time.

While I was teaching my son went to Annika and asked,

"Do you have Jesus in your heart?"

"Yup."

Then went to Madelyn,
"Do you have Jesus in your heart?"

"Yes."

Then he went over to my 21 month old, 

"Joy, do you have Jesus in your heart?"

"Yeah." (said with her binky in her mouth). 

I teared-up. 

These children know Jesus

and they love Him.

Afterwards we went to the table to do our Bible craft.

We worked with our pre-cut characters to recreate and 

talk over the resurrection story.

This is the BEST!