Our KDI of the week is History-Children understand past, present and future. This week we will read a story about a young boy imagining he is part of the first thanksgiving celebration long ago in Plymouth colony. Preschoolers don't really understand how time works yet, but they are working on it and can still learn information about the past and place it where it belongs as they gain understanding!
Table Activities- Table activities this week include dot painting, pattern blocks, a Thanksgiving sensory bin and invite to create a turkey.
Small Group- This week we will make a name turkey and add an "I am thankful for..." page to our journal.
Large Group- We'll have a little turkey trot in the field and play some games that were played at the first thanksgiving.
Book of the Week- This week we will read "Oh, What a Thanksgiving!" by Steven Kroll.
Bible Story- Our story this week is the story of Job. Job was a man who lived some time during the Old Testament period. He was a strong believer in God and God had richly blessed him! He had many children, animals, servants and was very wealthy. He worshipped God often, making sure he covered any sins he committed and even sacrificed for his children's unknown sins. Satan looked at Job and challenged God. "He only believes in you because you have blessed him so much! Take away his blessings and we'll see how much he believes!" God allowed Satan to strip Job of his blessings. In one awful day, his children, animals and servants were all destroyed. Job mourned, but continued to believe in God! Satan challenged God again-"Everything was taken, but he still has his health. If that was gone, he wouldn't believe." God allowed Satan to take Job's health. He was covered in sores and sat on a pile of ashes using a pottery shard to scrape at the sores on his skin. He still believed in God and knew that he would see God with his own eyes in his risen body even if he died. Some friends came and counseled Job- you must have sinned for God to do this to you! What did you do? Even Job's wife counseled him to curse God and die. Job refused to give up his faith, but he was struggling. Job began to question why this happened to him, he was a good, righteous man! He did not deserve this! God came and had a conversation with Job. Job questioned God and God answered him. Job loved and believed in God, but God is still God. He is the creator of all that is! Do we have any right to question what he does or why he does it? We have no ability to create or even to sustain life- God makes it happen! God doesn't love and save us because we are good, he loves and saves us because He is good. God restored Job after their conversation.
Job is a long, hard story, but the point I want the preschoolers to understand is that we deserve nothing. God blesses because of His glory and greatness. We can just thank Him for all the blessings he gives us and that He continues to be our God even when we are not showing thankfulness and love to Him for all he does.
Some pictures from our letters week-
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