The Bible story today comes from Matt. 2:13
Another Journey
After the wise men left, God sent an angel to Joseph in a dream. "Take Mary and the child and go to Egypt. King Herod wants to harm Jesus. Stay there until I tell you to come home." It was night but Joseph got up and took Mary and Jesus and headed for Egypt.
Matt. 2:19
Home at Last
The family stayed in Egypt until God told Joseph in another dream to take Mary and Joseph home. King Herod had died. He could never hurt them again. God had kept the family safe. They went home to live in Nazareth.
As a class we talked about how God keeps us safe. We discussed that God gives us parents to help us grow and learn just like Mary and Joseph provided for their son's growth and development. We learned that the gift of faith is a very important example of something parents instill in their children. We learned that we grow physically, mentally, and spiritually. We discussed ways that that we grow; how we change in appearance, and our ability to do more things. We talked about how we can be helpers at home.
Activities:
Directed and Free creative play with the toys (horse, blocks, workbench/tools, doll houses, shape sorter, kitchen/house/dolls, magnetic board, chalkboard and large vehicles)
Painting an outline of mittens
Matching mittens by color
Puzzles
Sensory table/scissors
Coloring stars with crayons
Stamping 6 snowflakes
Rolling a number cube and counting the dots
Sensory number cards
Large motor movement in Commons-balls, tunnels, running, jumping balls
Scooping and transferring cotton balls from container to container
Book nook
Practicing color, shape and number for the month
Songs and finger plays
Finger painting
Stamping stars
Making a white collage.
We ended the week on a positive note. See for yourself.
Let's play house together.
A puzzle or two a day.
Friends at play.
Giddy up.
Together we work puzzles.
Book Time.
I've got my purse.
We love to cut.
We used markers to color a picture of friends sledding.
We took our pointer and middle fingers skating in blue and purple paint.
We applied stickers to the circular areas of a little child dressed in winter clothing.
The class glued white things onto a colored square.
These collages are displayed on the January board.
We grow, and Jesus grew.
The start of our Bible story for this week.
Fun outside on a very pleasant day.
We played with magnetic numbers and snowmen.
I rolled the number cube.
I counted the dots.
I scooped cotton balls from one bowl to another.
Books I read to the class.
This is a song we are learning.
We identified the shape and color. I helped the class identify the letters that spell the word.
We talked about the words up and down. We found objects in the room that demonstrated these words.
This is a finger play that we are learning.
Hopefully each child will have a positive comment or two, to share we you about their day in PDO. Viewing the blog together is a great way to interact with your child about their day.
Blessing on this extended weekend.
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