Above is our Wednesday group kids in their cute costumes and our Tuesday group kids enjoying our special musical balloon time for our Halloween parties last week.  This week, our Bible story will focus on the "Wise Man Builds His House on the Rock.  I am planning to build a Lego house and place it on a rock and in the sand where it will crash as a part of the story illustration.  We will sing "The Wise and Foolish Man," (words below).   We will also sing "Jesus Loves Me," "Twinkle Star," "ABC Song," and "2 Little Eyes."  We wil also sing "Johnny Works with One Hammer" that we sang a couple weeks ago.  We will show four paper shapes: square, rectangle, triangle, and circle to make our own houses for our craft time.  For snack time, we will have Goldfish and a cheese slice.

During our opening time, we will continue painting the animals from "Brown Bear."  This week we will string paint the Blue Horse using craft sticks with pieces of yarn attached to resemble horse tails.  We will also build our own houses with wood blocks.  We will use our orange balloons this week again during our music and movement time.

Storytime this week is "This is the House that Jack Built" by Simms Taback and a fun story/song "I've Been Working on the Railroad,"
Have a blessed week!
Mrs. Shelly

THE WISE AND FOOLISH MAN
1. The wise man built his house upon the rock.
The wise man built his house upon the rock.
The wise man built his house upon the rock
And the rains came tumbling down.
(Chorus)
The rains came down and the floods came up.
The rains came down and the floods came up.
The rains came down and the floods came up.
And the house on the rock stood firm.
2. The foolish man built his house upon the sand.
The foolish man built his house upon the sand.
The foolish man built his house upon the sand,
And the rains came tumbling down.
(Chorus)
The rains came down and the floods came up.
The rains came down and the floods came up.
The rains came down and the floods came up,
And the house on the sand went SPLAT!

So, build your house on the Lord Jesus Christ.
So, build your house on the Lord Jesus Christ.
So, build your house on the Lord Jesus Christ.
Build your house on the Lord today!

This week, our Bible Lesson will be "Joseph and His Special Coat."  Along with this lesson, we will talk about our families and how God shows His love for us by giving us families that love and care for us.  Our craft this week is a foam picture frame that the children will decorate and place cartoon images for each member of their families.  The side of the frame was left open, and a real family photo may be slipped inside the frame at home.  Our songs this week include "I'm in the Lord's Army," and "Oops, there comes a smile" (a new tune we will try this week using a stuffed happy face clown and the back side of the clown's face is a sad face, words below), "5 Little Pumpkins," "God gave Families," and "Jesus Loves Me."  Our snack this week includes special Halloween treats families may bring in this week and 2nd birthday treats for Brecken on Wednesday.

Our opening time will include a special surprise of orange balloons during our music and movement time.  We will also continue painting our "Brown Bear" animals this week with yellow duck.  We will paint him yellow using sponges cut out to look like webbed duck feet.  We will also have our cameras ready to snap pictures of the children in their costumes.

Storytime this week includes a story/song "Ten in the Den" by John Butler about ten sleepy animals snuggling together and "the little one says, roll over, roll over.  So, they all roll over and (animal name) falls out."  "The Pumpkin Patch Parable" by Liz Curtis Higgs is a Christian story of a loving farmer who starts with a seed and ends with a beautifully lit pumpkin, showing how God's transforming love can fill each of our hearts with light and joy.

We are also anticipating the Thanksgiving season, and will trace the children's handprints this week for making turkey feathers in the coming weeks.

Have a wonderful week.  Our classes will run like normal this week, even as the older classes are on their conference schedule.
Mrs. Shelly

OOPS, THERE COMES A SMILE
Jesus takes a frown and turns it upside down, and
oops, there comes a smile.
When I'm very sad, Jesus makes me glad, and
oops, there comes a smile.
When I am downhearted and don't know what to do,
then the love of Jesus comes a shining through.
'Cause, Jesus takes a frown and turns it upside down, and
oops, there comes a smile.

GOD GAVE FAMILIES
(tune:  Are you Sleeping?)
God gave families (repeat)
Yes He did. (repeat)
God gave me my family. (repeat)
I thank Him. (repeat)

 

This week, our Bible story is "Peter & Paul & the Lame Man Healed."  We will sing a new song called "Silver & Gold Have I None" (the words are printed below).  We will also sing "Praise Him," "ABC Song," and "Itsy, Bitsy Spider."  We have felt pumpkins and a fence row to see as we do "Five Little Pumpkins" (words also below).  We will examine the parts of a pumpkin by opening one up to see the insides and removing the seeds.  We will use some of the seeds to decorate our paper plate pumpkins which the children will paint orange and add a stem, leaves, and some seeds.  We hope to hang our pumpkins from the ceiling very soon.

During our opening time, we will continue painting the animals from "Brown Bear" this week with the red bird.  We will use red feathers to paint the birds with red paint.  After we complete all the animals, we will compile each child's pictures into a book to take home.  At the end of the book, we would like to place a picture of each child's family into his/her book before we laminate and bind them together.  The picture would need to be no larger than a 4x6 and preferably have all the members of the child's family in it.  You may begin to bring these pictures in, and we will keep them until we are ready for them.

Storytime this week will include: "Grow a Pumpkin Pie," a fun story beginning with a pumpkin seed and ending with a pumpkin pie.  Also, "How Do Dinsaurs Say Goodnight?" a favorite with large pictures of dinosaurs.

Next week will be our Halloween celebration.  We will have balloons and special treats.  Families may volunteer to bring in special snacks for snack time.  The children are also welcome to wear their costume (the simpler the better) if they would like.  Please also bring regular clothing as we will remove the costumes during our diaper changes.

SILVER & GOLD HAVE I NONE

Peter and John went to pray.
They met a lame man on the way.
He asked for alms and held out his palms
and this is what Peter did say:
"Silver and gold have I none,
But such as I have give I thee.
In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth
Rise up and walk."
He went walking and leaping and praising God,
Walking and leaping and praising God.
"In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,
Rise up and walk."

FIVE LITTLE PUMPKINS

Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate.
The first one said, "My, it's getting late."
The second one said, "There's a chill in the air."
The third one said,"Fall is here."
The fourth one said, "Let's play and jump and run.
The fifth one said, "I'm ready for some fun!"
So whoosh went the wind that blew through the trees,
And the five little pumpkins were covered up with leaves.

Have a blessed week!
Mrs. Shelly

This week, our Bible story emphasis is "Noah and the Flood," and we will talk about how our hands can help and serve.  We will sing "Mr. Noah Built an Ark, Splish, Splash, Splish, Splash, Splish" which is the same tune as "Old McDonald had a Farm" with our felt animals going into an ark.  We will also sing "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" and "5 Little Ducks."  The following is a new song we will try this week called:

Johnny Works with One Hammer

Johnny works with one hammer,

One hammer, one hammer. (make hammering

  motion with right hand)

Johnny works with one hammer

Then he works with two.

Johnny works with two hammers . . .

  (motion with left and right hands)

Johnny works with three hammers . . .

  (motion with both hands and right foot)

Johnny works with four hammers . . .

  (motion with both hands and both feet)

Johnny works with five hammers . . . (motion

  with both hands and feet and with head)

Then he goes to bed.

For our art this week, we will paint Noah's ark brown and choose an animal pair to go in the ark.  For snack time, we will give each child an ingredient (Bunny Grahams, Cheerios, Goldfish, raisins, etc.) to add and stir into our snack bowl and then share.

During our opening time, we are starting a new project where the children will paint, color, stamp, etc. the different colored animals from the "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" book.  Over several weeks, when the animals are all finished, we will compile the pictures into special books they can bring home and maybe even read to you.  This week, along with our brown ark, we will start by painting brown bear using brown fake fur attached to clothes pins.

The children always enjoying playing "Sink or Float?" where we have a bag full of everydays items they will pick to place in a tub of water to see if the items sink or float.

Storytime this week includes "Big Red Barn," a Margaret Wise Brown story of rhythmic text about the cycle of a day on a farm, where a family of animals peacefully plays and sleeps.  Our second story is "Noah and the Mighty Ark" which retells our Bible story with beautiful pictures.

We are looking forward to a fun week.  God Bless!

Mrs. Shelly