Our KDI of the week is reading- Children read for pleasure and information. We have previously learned the terms fiction and non-fiction. We will read mostly for pleasure this week and one factual book about penguins for information!
Table Activities- Our table activities for the week include a Tacky playdough mat, creating Olympics medals like Tacky's team won at the Winter Olympics, creating a penguin, a penguin sensory bin, Tacky coloring pages, picking up tiny penguin erasers with tongs and putting them in ice cube trays, and penguin paper dolls.
Small Group Activities- Our small group activities include matching upper and lower case letters, acting out some Helen Lester stories, making Hawaiian shirts, and learning to draw a simple penguin (following directions).
Large Group Activities- We will take the time to act out some Tacky stories as a large group!
Books of the Week- A variety of books authored by Helen Lester, illustrated by Lynn Munsinger.
Bible Story- With only three weeks until Easter, we are going to begin Holy Week this week with Jesus entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. Jesus had just visited with Mary and Martha after he had raised their brother, Lazarus, from the dead. Because of this and his increasing following, the religious leaders of that day wanted to get rid of him. Soon, many people of the Jewish faith would be making their way to Jerusalem to celebrate Passover. Jesus and his disciples were going to celebrate Passover in Jerusalem also. Many people were there who had heard about Lazarus being raised from the dead and they wanted to see Jesus. Jesus instructed his disciples to get a young donkey from a certain place, just to use to enter Jerusalem. They did just as he said. As Jesus and the disciples came into the city, a huge crowd had gathered and they began to shout, "Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna to the Son of David!" They waved palm branches and took off their coats and laid them on the road. They praised Jesus and cheered him on. Those palm branches meant victory!! Hosanna means "Oh, Save!" Jesus was being cheered on as the Savior! But many of those cheering on thought he was going to start a revolution and save them from Rome, not die on a cross to save them from their sins. Just five days later, this same crowd is shouting "Crucify Him!".
When the religious leaders saw how embarrassing this was for them, they told Jesus to tell his followers to quiet down. He said if he told them to be quiet, the very rocks would shout out!
I pray that we are always ready to shout our Hosannas!! to a God who saves us!
Pictures from box week-
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