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

Focus on Jesus is perfect for the month of December.  I want to make sure we are talking about the miracle and love of Christ during the magic of Santa and Christmas. Our house is full of imagination and magic during the Christmas season. Even though we do pretend Santa is real and leaves presents for good boys and girls we take more time talking about the reason we celebrate Christmas-that is Christ. The whole month of December our we will be learning about the letter J, candy canes, and the birth of Jesus.  Of course we are going to take a couple weeks off for the holidays to just enjoy the magic. Heads up a was a bad picture taker this week.  I didn't take my camera out as often as I usually do. Bible To introduce the story of Jesus I used the YouVersion Bible app for kids.    We listened to The First Christmas Gift.   It was awesome!  My kids loved it and I loved it.  It was very interactive and colorful.  The story was also shor...

Finally finding time to sit down and blog. I do have to say I am happy to be sitting down to write. I got home from my short wedding vacation and over the stomach flu so today is the day! Last week Monday: Stations:  Spring discovery station: We went for a walk on Sunday and the few things we collected along with the brochure I picked up were set out on a table with a magnifying glass to have a closer look.  Storyboard: No real theme for this one.  I let the kids pick out what they wanted to play with and they enjoyed playing pretend with all sorts of different things.  Once stations were set up I gave out stickers for good behavior the previous school day.  I tend to be too busy at the end of the day to remember or find time for rewards and have found that taking care of this in the morning works for me. This particular morning the kids chose tattoos for their reward.   Iron Man and Pinky Pie The first ...