Mara Joy
First Missing Tooth!
Well, last weekend’s excitment was the discovery that Mara had two loose teeth. And just a week later, here she is:
Change . . .
In church today, Mara’s class wrote (or in her case, drew) something that they do that they know they shouldn’t do. Next they wrote what they should do instead.
Mara is in a class of mostly boys, so some of the boys said they were going to draw a picture of hitting their brother.
Mara’s picture depicted … Continue reading
Ninety-seven, ninety-eight. . . ONE HUNDRED!
Yesterday, while Mara was reviewing her 1 – 20 cards, she decided to keep counting. . . and counting . . . and counting. . .
By the time she counted to “58, 59. . . SIXTY!” I could see the little wheels in her head spinning and it was obvious that counting “ten, twenty, thirty, … Continue reading
Lesson 2: Favorite Colors
Lesson 2 was on favorite colors.
The kids loved it. It was more like “activity time” than “school,” really. Maybe kindergarten is like that? (I actually don’t know, since I never went!)
The science activity was color mixing. I gave each of the kids a couple of clear glasses of water, and we got to experiment with … Continue reading
Day 2: Prince of Peace
Today’s Christmas passage was Isaiah 9:2-7. Mara understood more than Micah, but even for her (and me!) this passage was a little complicated.
We focused on the names of Christ and talked through the meanings of each and why He is called that:
Wonderful
Counselor
The Mighty God
The Everlasting Father
The Prince of Peace
When we got to the “Prince of … Continue reading