The KDI we are concentrating on this week is music- children express and represent what they observe, think, imagine and feel through music. We will listen to lullabies and other songs and think about what music calms us down and what music gives us energy.
Table Activities- This week children will have the opportunity to design their bed, decorate a teddy bear, make a night light cup, color some bedtime coloring sheets, make a mobile and explore a "Goodnight, Moon" sensory bin.
Small Group Activities- This week we will decorate a pillowcase with fabric markers, add a "Good Night" to our journal and make a bedtime snack and have a little pretend slumber party.
Pajama Day- Thursday wear your pjs to school!
Large Group Activities- We'll do some "Go to Sleep" yoga and have a pillow fight.
Books of the Week- "Good Night, Moon" by Margaret Wise Brown and "Hush, Little One" by Anita Reith Stons.
Bible Story- This week we will hear about Thomas. When Jesus disciples were all in the locked room the Sunday that Jesus rose from the dead, Thomas wasn't with them. The name Thomas or Didymus means twin, so perhaps he was warning his brother about the danger they may be in. We don't know why, but he wasn't there and so he didn't see Jesus.
When he rejoined the disciples, they all shared the wonderful news that Jesus had appeared to them, he was alive!! Thomas didn't believe it! He thought they were so filled with grief that their minds were playing tricks on them. Jesus couldn't be alive, they had seen him, dead.
He proclaimed that unless he saw his hands and feet, put his fingers in the nail marks and put his hand in his pierced side, he would not believe. The following Sunday, the disciples were back in the locked room. Jesus appeared to them again. He went straight to Thomas and said, "Put your fingers in the nail marks, put your hand in my side. Stop doubting and believe!"
Thomas fell to his knees and proclaimed, "My Lord and My God!"
Jesus told him that he was blessed because he saw and believed, but more blessed are those who believe without seeing!
That's us- we are more blessed- we have the entire Scripture and story at our fingertips. We can read about creation, the fall, the prophecies of a Savior, the birth of Jesus when the time had fully come, his perfect life, his death, his resurrection, ascension and the promise of His return. The apostles give us what to do while we wait- go and tell! May you feel the blessing of believing in your Savior and the life to come!
