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

Bible The good Samaritan is our story focus this week which is a great story illustrating how to love your neighbor.  The fust couple days we read the story from the bible the next day I took out the magnets and we told the story on the board.  After the first reading the kids put a bandaid on a stuffed animal. They had to look after that animal all day,  be loving to the animal.  They even brought their animals to their other partents houses to continue looking after them.   All their idea.  Folders The folders had some nice love activities in them.    A couple weeks ago we read the kissing hand.  I included some activities from that book in their folder.   it's an adorable book about love and it is easy to find love activities with the book.  First thing in the folder were cards for The Dragons to make little love notes for people they loved.  I also put a station for...

This weeks activities review. Thursday we made fathers day cards.  I gave the kids some stencils and markers to use.  Earlier in the morning the boys did wax paper painting.   I used different patterns then the first time and placed the paint closer together hoping to see more of a design.  Liam asked for his paint to be in different shapes so he had a circle a square and triangle on his paper.  After the paint dried I cut the extra wax paper from around the sides and hung it up on the window.  You can't see in this picture but when the sun shines through you can see hand prints in the paint.  It looks really cool!  Friday we played stuck in the mud!   It started because Spencer found a toy wand under the couch and tapped me with and told me I was stuck.  I played along and the other kids caught on quickly and wanted to play.  We soon got very roudy and ended up taking the game off the couch a...