Ss is for superhero!

 

This week we tap into our super powers and explore how we handle our feelings and abilities!

The KDI of the week is Emotions- children recognize, label and regulate their feelings. This week we will look at our feelings and how we express them. If we are upset or angry, it is okay to have those feelings. How we act when we have those feelings is what is important.

Table Activities- This week we will have a superhero sensory bin, make superhero cuffs, use stickers  and paper to make a superhero scene, play with green hulk slime, superhero clay mats, matching superhero games and puzzles, superheroes and playdough and popsicle superheroes.

Small Group Activities- This week we'll decorate masks and capes, add Ss is for superhero to our journals and decorate our own superhero shield/frisbee.

Large Group Activities- We'll have a superhero obstacle course, run to the rescue races, role play in a box city and knock over cup towers with our shield/frisbees.

Books of the Week- "Even Superheroes Have Bad Days" by Shelly Becker, "Be a Star, Wonder Woman" and "Good Morning, Superman" by Michael Dahl.

Bible Story- Our story this week is Noah and the flood. Wow, Noah was a super hero! He stood up against evil and rescued his family through faith. By the time of Noah and his family, they were the only believers on earth. Everyone else had rejected God and gone their own way. God told Noah to build an ark. God gave Noah specific directions- what materials to use, how big to make it, etc. and Noah and his sons did what God said. This project took them a long time! People made fun of them. They weren't near water, why were they building a boat? Noah and his sons continued doing what God commanded. Eventually, the ark was finished and great quantities of food were stored. God sent the animals, at least two of every kind, to Noah to put on the ark. He then commanded Noah to get on the ark with his family. God shut the door behind Noah and kept him and his family safe. It rained on the earth for 40 days and nights. The earth was fully covered with water for 150 days. Finally, the ark came to rest on top of a mountain. There Noah waited for the waters to recede. He sent out doves and ravens to see if it was okay to leave the ark. When the dove returned with an olive leaf, he knew the time to leave the ark was close. When he sent out the dove and it did not return, he removed the cover from the ark and saw the ground was dry. God told Noah and his family it was time to leave the ark. Noah took some of the animals which he had on the ark and built an altar and sacrificed them to God to thank Him for taking care of them. God placed a rainbow in the sky as a promise that he would never again flood the earth and destroy it. Humans still did not listen to God, we still don't today. Yet, God extends our time of grace to see and know Him and believe in Him on this earth. We see God's judgement and law at work in this story, but we also see His grace. He saved Noah and his family and promises to send a Savior who will save us all!

Some pictures from our muddy week-