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

The second half of the week was filled with yarn activities.  We had plenty of yarn cut up from the sensory activity so the yarn was ready to go.  The left over yarn that we didn't use for a craft is now a play item, spaghetti mostly, for the play kitchen. Bible To help incorporate and remember the bible verse The Dragons drew a picture of themselves with Jesus.   They did this on white paper. (color of the week.) Bible Verse:  Let the little children come to me       -Matthew 19:14 The Dragons enjoyed this activity a lot.  They were very excited to draw themselves with Jesus.  As they were drawing they told stories of what they would do with Jesus if he were here.  This was really nice to hear. :) This week our theme is 'you' because 'you' are special to Jesus.  Children are special to Jesus.  So we took some time to learn about ourselves.  Earlier in the week The Dragons made an all about me book to...

We are so close to the end of our curriculum I am looking forward to outdoor activities :). Our letter focus is y is for you. Bible Our new story is Jesus calls the childrrn. This weeks story is very short, only two pages so we aren't spending a lot of time reading, but this allows for us to have a lot of time for discussion.  To go with our theme of "you" we talked about how each child was special to Jesus. Then we took turns telling eachother how the other family members were special to us.  This is always a great building/positive activity.  I encouraged the Dragons to think of different things then what was already said.  Little Dragon has been copiying alot so it helped him come up with ideas. Doll Dragon has been assuming negative things when others are complimented,  this was a good activity to see that we are all special in different ways and it is good to appreciate others special qualities without feeling bad about yourself. I u...