4-25

Thanks be to God for the wonderful weather we experienced today. It was a super day to play and experience SPRING w/o cold temps and rain. We were able to play outdoors 2 times and enjoyed every minute of it.

The Bible story is the Lost Coin.

From Gateway Bible:

Luke 15:8-10 English Standard Version (ESV)

The Parable of the Lost Coin

⁸“Or what woman, having ten silver coins,^[a] if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it? ⁹And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.’ ¹⁰Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

Footnotes:

Luke 15:8 Greek ten drachmas; a drachma was a Greek coin approximately equal in value to a Roman denarius, worth about a day's wage for a laborer

The parable of the lost coin clearly indicates God’s true attitude towards sinners. He searches for us when we fall away from him.

Activities include:
Bible story coloring sheet/headband
Searching for the Lost Coin
Video of the story
Yellow chick painting
Flannel board magnetic letters and numbers
Wooden blocks, unifix cubes, bristle blocks and duplo blocks
Cutting strips of paper
Umbrellas in number order
# cube
A/B/A patterning by color
Recess outside
Mini trampoline
Books
Videos about buildings, Bible story Jim Gill
Experiencing an hour glass
Locating purple crosses in the room
Identifying rectangles.

Hopefully, as you view the blog with your child, the pics will aid your child in describing the day in full.

1st recess.

Classroom toys, table games, dramatic play and and various blocks were provided to stimulate conversing, thinking, pretending experiencing learning.

Duplo blocks.

Bristle blocks.

An hour glass.... develops patience, is calming, leads to conversation and understanding words such as gravity, full/empty, more/less, concept of time, etc.

Cutting paper. Over the year, we have cut paper and other things like ribbon, yarn an straws. The ELP students have improved quite a bit and actually seem to enjoy cutting; taking much pride in their work as they should. BRAVO FRIENDS!!!!!!

Block building.

Textured stampers were used to color a chick with yellow paint . Students love these textured tools.

Bible story: The Lost Coin. Many women wore their precious coins on their headscarves, as a way to keep the coins safe. The children have 9 coins on their headband to remind them of the lost coin and that when we fall away from Jesus he will look for us and bring us back to him.