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Comments: I’m back on the blog ready to share last week’s activities! Life’s been a little hectic lately and I couldn’t seem to get into the routine of blogging. Mrs. Fesmire and her family have had a rough time of it with sickness these last few weeks. With four boys and a husband it takes awhile for these illnesses to get through her whole household. We’ve had some wonderful subs come in to help out but it is nice to have her back in the classroom. We hope and pray health is here to stay for her.
We finished all our VeggieTale characters by making a very brown Mr. Lunt and we water colored to make the last page in our color book. I can’t wait to show you the finished project.
We learned that Hannah, a woman the Bible talks about, was sad because she didn’t have any children. She prayed to God, asking Him for a child. God heard Hannah’s prayer and gave her a boy who she named Samuel. Hannah was so thankful for her son that she dedicated him to the Lord and when he was old enough he lived in the temple. He grew up to be a mighty prophet of God.
We too have been praying. Everyone was given the opportunity to talk to God. I have recorded them on the prayer wall in the hallway. Periodically I will add more of your child’s prayers to the wall. We know that we can talk to God anytime and anywhere and He will always hear our prayer. We added praying hands to the wall with painted hand prints to show how we sometimes pray. We recite the poem on top of the wall everyday before we thank God for our snack.
The kids loved to sing, Let us Pray. Here are the words:
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! Let us pray, let us pray everywhere and every way. Every moment of the day, it is the right time. For the Father above, He is listening with love and He wants to answer us so let us pray. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
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Just a reminder that this Wednesday, November 11, there will be no school because of Veteran’s Day.
We did everything in purple this week. One little boy who had no purple clothes made a purple hat to wear to school! I also saw a lot of purple clothes, pony tails and clips on the girls, even purple shoes. We had purple fruit snacks and purple grapes for snack. I love the creative ways you all think of to help reinforce the color of the week.
Our purple color page was made by gluing purple ovals onto a grape cluster shape. We will save them for our color books. We also made Larry Boy who is actually a cucumber turned super hero from VeggieTales! Many of us painted with purple at the easel too. We painted purple hand prints to make praying hands to remind us how much God loves to hear from us in prayer.
We have been learning about Joshua’s faith that God will do what He says He will do. Joshua led God’s people (Abraham’s children) to the promised land but when they got there they found a city with a huge wall surrounding it. Joshua didn’t know what to do so he prayed. God answered his prayer in a very unusual way. Joshua and all the people were told to walk around the city many times for seven days and on the last lap they blew their trumpets and shouted. At that very moment the walls of the city crumbled. We know that our God can even knock down that big wall because our God is great and strong and mighty so we sang our song, My God is So Great. You can read the story in the Bible by clicking here.
In our story this week, The Falling Leaves by Steve Metzer, we saw four fall colored trees; red, orange, yellow and even purple. The leaves on each tree were making plans on how they would float off the tree and where they would land once the wind picked up, but the wind had different ideas for them. They landed in a mud puddle. Only yellow leaf, who was willing to let the wind take charge of his flight to the ground, ended up on the ride of his life, viewing many parts of the world that he had never seen before and ending up on a beautiful, warm pond with a family of ducks. We compared that to how God wants us to let Him lead us and obey His commands rather than try to make our own way. What a great adventure we can all experience when we allow God to take charge of our lives!
You might have noticed our very empty hallway walls. Usually, by this time of year they are filled with pictures and children’s art work. We are anxiously waiting for the go ahead to fill them once again when the fresh paint has cured. Keep your eyes open to a hallway transformation!
Looking forward to Brown Week!
