Mrs. Schenck's Blog

12-2

The Bible story:

Now Mary loved a man named Joseph. They were going to be married. One day Joseph had to take a trip to the city of Bethlehem. So Mary went with him. The city of Bethlehem was far away. Mary rode on the back of a donkey and Joseph walked beside them.

During Jesus Time we talked about Advent, the Hope candle and the Bible story. We learned that Joseph had to be counted. Since Mary was expecting a baby, she rode on a donkey. We now know that the donkey will make an appearance in more than one Bible story. Today we saw the donkey as tMary and Joseph traveled to Bethlehem. We will learn about another donkey when we hear the story of Palm Sunday.

This week's activities: Bow Toss
                                     Bow Matching
                                     Bible craft depicting Mary riding on a donkey
                                     Making and decorating a stocking
                                     Play doh
                                     Books
                                     Singing Christmas Carols/ playing bells
                                     Coloring groups of five
                                     Stamping triangles
                                     Tracing a large triangle
                                      Matching clothes pins to numerals

These are our pictures from today.

It is fun to work a puzzle.

Toys and friends, a great combo.

Mary, Joseph, and a donkey were stamped to reinforce our Bible story.

Bow matching.

We stamped green triangles.

Preparing our altar for Jesus Time.

We lit the 1st Advent candle, the candle of Hope.

We traced a triangle with a green marker.

I painted 5 balloons.

These are the book I read to the students today.

We decorated a stocking.

We had fun in the Commons.

We matched clothes pins to the number on the card.

Bow toss.

Fun with play doh.