Big Energy-Little Learners...Can I do it all?

Cain and Abel There was no verse to memorize for this story.  It also was not in my children's bible.  I did find a video on  YouTube  that explained the story well. The message: God Made Families and My Brothers Keeper We focused more on God made families and made puppets of our family. I asked the kids to act out their favorite family moment. I added the message about a pure heart vs. a black heart.  This idea came to me when we started our review on the white board. I first wrote both their names on the top of the board.  We talked briefly about who's kids they were and the order they were born.  Not really the important part of the story but will help with remembering. Under each name we used magnets to display their jobs. Cain: Gardner Abel: Shepard Then we talked about their offering to God. Who wanted to give God their best? Who wanted to keep their best? During this I drew a heart under each name. I colored in Cain's...

Sorting Stickers As I mentioned before I went to the dollar store to buy some things in preparation for the upcoming week of preschool with our focus being on Easter and Eggs. I found a package of Easter mini boxes and the foam stickers.  I placed 1 of each style of sticker on a box in different colors.  This way the kids could sort by design and color. Instead of putting them in the designated boxes Spencer wanted to line them up.  He has a thing with lining things up. This activity kept them occupied for quite some time.  I did not end up doing 'preschool' on Friday because my little dragons were restless.  I could not get them to pay attention or sit still.  Instead of butting heads with them and having them breathing fire I decided to take note of the behavior in accordance to their activities the rest of the week and their responses. Monday and Tuesday we had very busy, full, productive days.  Both kids were excited a...