The KDI of the week is Comprehension- Children understand language. As we talk about opposites this week, we'll experience language in multiple ways- for example, words with two meanings- the opposite of dark is light, the opposite of heavy is also light, same word, different meanings. We'll work on understanding as we use our senses to see and feel opposites!
Table Activities- This week table activities include soft and hard blocks, coloring with black crayons on white paper and white crayons on black paper, hot and cold bins, long/short dog, opposite coloring pages, sorting into big and small, long and short, matching opposite cards and happy/sad faces.
Small Group Activities- This week small group includes a day and night plate, using our scissors skills to cut long strips into short pieces, adding Oo is for opposite to our journals, and finding the opposite match.
Large Group Activities- This week will move in opposite ways- short steps, long steps, quiet steps, loud steps, etc.
Books of the Week- "Stop, Go, Yes, No" by Mike Twohy and "Marta, Big and Small" by Jen Arena
Bible Story- This week we are going back in time a little bit. Back to when Daniel was a young man, first brought into captivity by the Babylonian king, Nebuchadnezzar. Daniel and his friends, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, were all in training to be advisors for the government. They insisted on following God's rules for their diet and continued to worship the one true God. Nebuchadnezzar had a dream about a giant statue that he would set up and people would bow down and worship it. When ever the instruments played, everyone was to bow down. Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego refused. (We aren't sure where Daniel was during this story, but his actions during the lion's den show his faith.) Nebuchadnezzar gave them several chances to obey and when they continued to refuse, he was angry. The punishment was being thrown into a fiery furnace. King Nebuchadnezzar had the furnace heated 7 times hotter than usual. Guards bound the young men and threw them in. The heat was so intense, the guards died! But as Nebuchadnezzar watched the boys, something miraculous happened! They were no longer bound, they were walking around the furnace and there were 4 people in the furnace, not 3. The fourth person shone like the son of a god- it was the Son of God! Nebuchadnezzar called the boys out of the furnace. Not a hair was singed, they didn't even smell of smoke! Nebuchadnezzar commanded the people to worship the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, since clearly, their God was the only true God!
What other God saves like this? God saves by putting himself in the furnace with us, he put himself in this sinful world with us, took our sins on himself on the cross and will take us to be in heaven with him! So thankful for our God!
Some Thanksgiving pics-
When we asked the students what they were thankful for on Tuesday, many of them said "mom and dad" or "family". They are thankful for you!! So, even when there are rough days, they do love and appreciate you!
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