HAPPY NEW YEAR!
In January, our concepts for the month are: Color-White/Black, Shape-Star and Number-6.
This week, during Jesus Time, the focus will be on Epiphany and the Visit of the Wise Men. The children learned that these men, Magi, followed a star to find Jesus. These men were very smart and they studied the stars; that's why they were called wise men.They traveled from the east by camel. The wanted to worship Jesus and bring him gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. I showed the class 3 special tin boxes filled with similar substances. We used our senses to look, smell and touch these gifts. As the week continues we will touch on King Herod and Joseph's dream to flee Bethlehem to Egypt. The words Epiphany, Magi, frankincense and myrrh are fun words to say.
Key Points:
1. Jesus is God's gift to us.
2. He forgives our sins.
3. These men brought gifts to worship Jesus.
4. We go to church to worship and honor him.
The Story: Matt. 2:1-12, Gifts For Baby Jesus
Soon many of the people who came to register in Bethlehem went home. Mary and Joseph moved into a house. One day they had visitors who came from far away in the east. These were wise men. They had followed a star to find the little Jesus. They bowed down and worshiped God's only son and gave him expensive gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. As we ended our Jesus Time the class shared stories about Christmas at their house. We talked about the different presents they gave and received. They all agreed, with a little reminder, that JESUS was their BEST Christmas gift.
These are the pictures from Friday, enjoy.
We have improved our cutting skills.
Play time with friends. It is so nice to see the children use their imaginations while playing with classmates. They are so creative!
I am a carpenter just like Joseph.
A mommy in the making.
We help each other work puzzles.
We got creative with the snowflake stamps and stamped a snowy day.
Match the stars by color.
We matched mittens by color.
The class used water colors to paint the Epiphany story.
Brrr it's cold outside so recess was held in the Commons.
The PDO class used a marker to trace a path through the maze. The goal was to show the Magi the way to where Jesus was staying.
The wise men arrived safely.
A-B-A pattern=star-Magi-star.
3 Magi
bringing gifts
to baby Jesus.
Books of the day.
Our Bible story
White play doh, stars, snowmen, camels, numbers and letter cutters were a big hit today.
I was pleased to hear descriptive words such as: white, cool, soft, squishy, big and little as the girls and boys worked the play doh making various shapes with the cutters.
May God bless your worship this weekend.
In closing the Bible story application for us is: We don't need a map or a star to find Jesus. We can find the way to Jesus by reading God's word in the Bible. It's the Bible that is our map and our star which leads us to Jesus. When we attend church and Children's message we bring our "gifts" of honor, praise and worship to our Lord and Savior Jesus.
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