Bb is for ball.

 

"Bb is for ball" is our theme this week. We will listen and look for the letter Bb and play and create with balls!

This week's KDI is Body Awareness- Children know about their bodies and how to navigate them in space. As we incorporate balls into our body movement, bouncing them, playing catch, dancing with them above below, next to and under body parts, we become aware of the space we use and move in.

Table Activities- This week's table activities include painting  by moving a little ball(marble) around, balancing balls on golf tees, threading pipe cleaners through wiffle balls, playing with pretend spaghetti and meatballs, pompom balls on sticky paper, balls in water, painting with cotton balls and bowling.

Small Group Activities- This week's small group activities include adding sticker gumballs to a gumball machine, making a ball out of model magic, adding Bb is for balls to our journal and making a picture out of balls.

Large Group Activities- This week we will play catch, put a ball on different body parts, bounce balls, balls in a parachute and ball free play.

Jesus Time- Our Jesus Time this week is the story of David and Goliath. Last week we heard the story of Samuel and his work for the Lord in the tabernacle with Eli. This week we hear how Samuel anoints David, a lowly shepherd, to be the second king of Israel. David is the youngest of the sons of Jesse. When Samuel arrives at the house, the older brothers all line up to be anointed, but Samuel passes them by. The youngest son, David, comes in from watching the flocks and surprisingly, he is the one chosen by God to be the next king. Saul is king at the moment and David remains a shepherd at this time. Saul chooses to go to war against the Philistines and David's older brothers join the army and go to war also. The Israelites are camped on one side of a valley and the Philistines are camped on the other side. Once a day, a huge Philistine, Goliath, 9 feet tall, comes into the valley to challenge the Israelites. He shouts up at their camp, daring one of them to come and fight him, he mocks their one and only God, he belittles them. The Israelites are terrified and hide in their tents every time Goliath comes out! During one of these challenges, David is visiting camp to bring supplies to his brothers. He cannot believe what he is hearing and seeing! This Philistine is mocking God and God's people and no one is standing up to him??!! He tells his brothers that he is going to fight Goliath. They mock and discourage him. Word comes to King Saul that a young shepherd boy is willing to take up the fight against Goliath and he calls David into his tent. Saul commends David for his willingness to fight and tries to talk him into at least wearing his armor to protect himself- I always wondered if Saul had ulterior motives for this, maybe making it look as if Saul himself were fighting Goliath. David refuses, he can't even move in Saul's armor! David tells Saul that he has protected his father's sheep from wolves, lions and bears with a slingshot and stone and he will use that weapon and his faith that God is with him to defeat Goliath. So David goes to meet Goliath, a boy and his sling and 5 smooth stones he has collected. Goliath comes to meet David with a Shield bearer, himself fully protected with armor, including a helmet and a sword, javelin and spear. Goliath laughs as he sees David, his voice booming and laughing, "Am I a dog, that you come at me with sticks?" David bravely says, "You come at me with sword, spear and javelin, but I come at you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, who you have defied!"  David takes one stone, puts it in his sling, winds it up, lets it go and the stone sinks deep into the temple of Goliath. Goliath falls and David takes Goliath's own sword and cuts off the giant's head (we'll leave that gory detail out of the story for preschool). The Philistines are astonished! They run and the Israelite army gives chase and thoroughly defeats their enemies! David is lauded for his heroic act! He gives credit to the one and only God of Israel. He defeated Goliath, he made the stone fly to its mark and defeat those who would mock God! God continues to defeat his enemies and the enemies of his people- sin, death and the devil. God is watching over us and giving us the victory in his name. We don't need to worry about this world and what is going on in it right now, though it is so hard not to be frustrated, worried, insecure and helpless. God is on our side and the real battle for our souls is already won! May God give you the confidence to feel victorious over our spiritual enemies!

Books of the Week- "Froggy Plays T-ball" by Jonathan London, "Snail Saves the Day" by John Stadler and "Franklin Plays the Game" by Paulette Bourgeois.

A reminder that book orders are due the end of this week on November 17th.

Have a winner of a week!

Here's some pictures from last week's ice cream fun!