Vv is for Valentines!

 

This week we are concentrating on the letter Vv for Valentines! We will listen and look for Vv and enjoy lots of Valentines activities!

The KDI of the week is building relationships-Children build relationships with other children and adults. Building on our KDI from last week, we continue to encourage positive relationships and the ability to work together towards a common goal!

Table Activities- This week's table activities include a Valentine sensory bin, Valentine playdough and slime, decorating foam hearts, beading with hearts, Valentine coloring pages, hole punch hearts and heart cookie cutter painting.

Small Group Activities- This week we will decorate a bag to collect our Valentines in, add Vv is for Valentine to our journal, pass out Valentines and have a little celebration and paint giant Valentine's hearts.

Large Group Activities- Hide and seek hearts outside and decorating a huge heart together will be our activities for this week.

Books of the Week- "The Biggest Valentine Ever" by Steve Kroll, "The 12 Days of Valentines" by Jenna Lettice and "Click, Clack, Moo, I Love You" by Doreen Cronin.

Bible Story- This week's Bible Story takes us back to the Sea of Galilee. We were there a couple weeks ago when Jesus helped Peter, James and John with a huge catch of fish! This time Jesus and all his disciples are on the boat. Jesus had spent all day preaching to a large crowd, telling parables and he and his disciples decided to go to the other side of the lake. Jesus had fallen asleep in the stern of the boat when a squall came over the boat and they were in danger of being sunk. 

The disciples tried everything to keep the boat afloat. Finally, they woke Jesus up, panicking, and said, "We are going to drown!" 

He got up, rebuked the wind and waves and everything calmed down.  "Where is your faith?" he asked his disciples. The disciples were stunned! Even the wind and the rain obeys Jesus! 

By this time the disciples had seen water turned into wine, many people healed and even a young man raised from the dead. They had heard Jesus preach and rebuke the Pharisees and scribes, seen nets full of fish and eyes full of relief and faith after sins are forgiven and bodies healed. They still had room to grow in faith. 

So do we! Read, study, learn more about Jesus and who He is and what He has done for you each day! Let Him be the first one you turn to when life gets stormy! The wind and waves, physical, emotional, spiritual are stilled by His calming Word! 

Pictures of some of our group work!