Mrs. Schenck's Blog

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Luke 2: 41-50

Every year Jesus' parents went to Jerusalem to celebrate Passover. When Jesus was 12, they went as usual. When Mary and Joseph started home, they didn't see Jesus, they thought he was with friends. Late in the day they realized He wasn't with any of their friends. Mary and Joseph were very worried and hurried back to Jerusalem, looking for Him all along the way. They were afraid they had lost Jesus.

When Mary and Joseph found Jesus, He was in the Temple-a place where God's people went to worship. Twelve-year-old Jesus was talking with some teachers just like He was one of them. He asked them questions, and He answered theirs. His mother had a question too. "Son why did You stay behind?  We were worried about You." Jesus said, "You should have known I must be where My Father's work is!"

What did we learn:
1. A Temple is like a church.
2. Jesus grew bigger, stronger and smarter every day, He grew in love and knowledge for God daily.
3. We grow too; bigger, stronger, smarter and in love and knowledge for our Lord and Savior.

Questions to ask your child.
1. Where was the family going?
2. How did they get there?
3. What did they do there?
4. What happened?
5. Where did they find Jesus?

We asked God to help our faith and love for Jesus grow stronger each and every day. We thanked God for the Bible and for all those who help us learn about Him.

Activities this week:
Acting out the Bible Story
Songs and finger plays about the Bible Story
Finding winter pictures in the room
Matching like colored gloves
Using markers to color a winter picture
Snowy Day art
Shape lacing cards
Bible story crafts
Cutting a wreath
Sensory table with beans and white items
Star beanbag toss
Books
Play doh
Filling circles with foam circles/dabbers
Finding white in the room
Large motor skill movement A-B-A patterning/outdoor play
Mitten painting
Hide and Seek Jesus

Songs

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Come and Go with Me

Come and go with me to my Father's
house,
To my Father's house (X2)
Come and go with me to my Father's
house
Where there's joy, joy, joy.

We Love

We love (clap, clap) because God first loved us (repeat)
We love (clap, clap) (repeat)
We love (clap, clap) because God-first-loved-us
( Substitute, We grow because God helps us grow)

Come and Listen
( tune of, Are You Sleeping)

Come and Listen, Come and Listen
To God's word, To God's word
Come and Grow in God's love, Come and Grow in God's love
Hear His word, Hear His word

Vs. 2
Read your Bible, Read your Bible
Pray every day, Pray every day
And you'll grow in the Lord
Amen, Amen

Jesus Love Me

Jesus loves me this I know
For the Bible tells me so
Little ones to him belong
They are weak but he is strong

Yes Jesus loves me
Yes Jesus loves me
Yes Jesus loves me for the Bible tells me so

We are still singing, Soon and Very Soon; the class Loves this song.

Finger plays:

In the beginning God made me so small
(hold hands close to floor)
But now I am growing up, up, oh so tall
(Raise hands higher, on tiptoe stretch to ceiling)
Taller, Taller, Taller


I am growing (clap, clap) (repeat)
In God's love (clap, clap) (repeat)
Everyday I'm growing (clap, clap) (repeat)
Thank you God (clap, clap) (repeat)


Here is the church
Here is the steeple
Open up the door
And see all the people.


Friday Photos:

Our Winter Art Display located in the classroom.

We enjoyed exploring in the sensory table.

Playtime.

This week we learned to lace.

We made a snowman.

We stamped snowflakes.

We used crayons to color a picture of Jesus teaching in the temple.

Magnetic board fun, as the girls created snowmen.

Enjoying a book.

Matching gloves according to color.

Our Jesus board.

We watched the Bible story online.

Time to look at books.

Recess in the Commons.

This is our art work for National Lutheran Schools Week-NLSW. It is on display this weekend in the Welcome Center (back of church).

Books that were read to the girls and boys today.

She found Jesus. I hid a picture of 12yr. old Jesus. The children took turns looking for Him. We discussed how Mary and Joseph felt when they couldn't find Jesus. We compared that to how our parents might feel if they couldn't find us.

He found Him too.

We enjoyed creating seasonal items with play doh.

That is how we ended the week.