This week’s lesson was a super fun one for our little ones! The focus was on God’s promises, so we started by talking about a promise that we had learnt a couple of weeks before. We remember that God had made a promise to Noah to save him and his family from the flood and we saw […]

It's Saturday and I am officially on Spring Break!!! I don't like that it is so early, but I am so glad for a break! I'm linking up with Joanne to share how I survived the day before Spring Break with sixth graders. This past week, we were all wired, teachers mostly! We had benchmarks to keep our students focused! It worked for the most part. I knew Friday I would have to be creative or go crazy. I purchased this game during the big sale at the end of February. I have seen many out there, this is the BEST!!!! source This game comes with the option of using one quadrant or all four. I made all the boards and they were magically laminated in a days notice. (That never happens!) I lucked out that the aide who laminates had some extra time. As I was at home tossing and turning at 5am one morning, I started thinking, "How is this Battleship game going to work?" I don't have enough dry erase markers, I need erasers (socks in my guess), students need different colors, etc... I started panicking. Then, I thought, they can just write it down, we can use x's and o's for hits and misses. I finally just got out of bed and started my day. Am I the only teacher who brainstorms in her bed? Friday comes, first period, I explain and it all goes well! I played with a student, we had so much fun! Second period, I played again with a student, it was still fun. Third period, I didn't want to play, I had reached my fun-o-meter . So, I made a group of three. It worked! I was surprised, but they totally got it. Some of the kids didn't though. I needed to be up and moving around. In retrospect, I should have done this class with quadrant one only. But, the challenge was good for them too. My afternoon classes went beautifully. It was a little loud, but heck, they were playing a game, that's to be expected. My afternoon classes also came up with a solution for the folders falling. They used our privacy folders. I thought it was pretty smart of them to pull them out! This is how my board looked for game two. I marked all the misses and hits I guessed. This is how one of my boards looked for my ships. I only had to mark when they hit my ships. The beauty of teaching math is, it can fun. Games are PERFECT for math. Students were practicing ordered pairs. They were engaged! I was hoping for a walk through. But of course, glad it didn't happen. Plus, it was a great way to keep sane the Friday before Spring Break!!!

Jonah and the big Fish. FREE preschool Bible lesson. Printable includes games and activities, worksheets, coloring pages, craft, story and much more.

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UN TABLEAU DE VASARELY (en moyenne section) Du temps, des mots. Carrés, cercles (ou ronds), traits (lignes ou rayures). Les élèves parlent. Puis c'est le moment de se mettre au travail. Les élèves vont en premier lieu "remplir la feuille à dessin" de rayures. Nous ne devons plus voir le blanc de la feuille. Des morceaux de papiers de différentes tailles sont donnés, on les aide (ou pas) à coller correctement en leur expliquant qu'il ne faut pas dépasser le bord de la feuille. Quand la feuille est totalement remplie de collages, nous passons à la seconde partie du travail. Il va falloir disposer puis coller trois carrés (extraits de l'œuvre de Vasarély) et trois cercles sur ce premier collage. Il faudra éviter l'amoncellement des formes. On en profite pour parler de lignes verticales ou horizontales pour le positionnement des cercles. Même s'ils ne retiennent pas les mots, ils saisissent l'idée. Pour exposer les travaux des enfants, Jacqueline les a présentés sur de grandes feuilles Canson noires ou rouges (bon, en fait, nous n'avions pas suffisamment de noires!!!) Et notre aventure du côté de Vasarély se termine!!! Quelques documents pour travailler ce tableau: Il va falloir penser à Noël!!!! (Oui, déjà... Pour être sûre que tout soit bouclé bien avant le dernier jour de classe de l'année 2010. Que le temps passe vite...) POUR VOIR TOUT LE TRAVAIL DE LA CLASSE, CLIQUEZ ICI.

Make a Sunday School Lesson on how the Four Friends Helped memorable and fun with these activities, crafts, and more. Great for elemetnary age kids.

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* Last Saturday our family attended the 2014 student art showcase at the California State University, Los Angeles. Our daughter Natalie has been taking art classes over there, as part of the Gifted/Talented Program that she is part of. Sponsored by LAUSD, his program is a wonderful opportunity for children in the public school system to be consistently exposed to […]

Kids Beginning Hand Building - No Experience Necessary Step inside our artist's studio and leave with your very own porcelain pieces! In this month long course, students will learn basic handbuilding techniques such as pinch pots, coil building, and slab construction using high quality porcelain. Using these methods you will create at least 3 unique pieces, which you decorate and glaze during the last class. Students typically create homeware, tableware, and sculptural pieces, but if you have your own idea for a project you want to work on, our instructors are happy to help you create it! Class sizes are small -- up to 6 students learn from 2 instructors, meaning you will get lots of support and instruction from our talented artists.  This is a kids class -- intended for students 5-12 years old. We also offer adult classes, which can be found here Price includes 4 classes, instruction, materials, shelf space, bisque and glaze firing, and access to porcelain clay. This course includes 4 classes. After the final glaze class, pieces will be fired and ready for pick up within a week. We will reach out to schedule your preferred class dates once the pack is purchased. Reach out to us at [email protected] for questions about our classes. Our calendars are flexible and we would be happy to arrange meeting times that work with your schedule.

1) Welcome: 2) Songs: Start the Story Hour with the learning our names song. Go around the circle or table and introduce each child. Here is a cute little song to reinforce the idea of stars in the sky: (sing like Twinkle Twinkle) Twinkle twinkle little star, How I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the night. Twinkle twinkle little star, How I wonder what you are. Twinkle twinkle little star How I wonder what you are God has put you in the sky And sometimes I wonder why But it’s good t shine up there You remind me of God's Care. 3) Prayer... Ask God to work the Holy Spirit in our hearts to give us the faith to move mountains. 4) Theme: Remind the children of the theme of the unit: God works among his covenant people to prepare the world for the Savior. Hebrews 12:1&2 “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us… look to Jesus.” Today we are going to hear a story about Abraham. Abraham and his wife Sarah had no children, but God promised to make their descendants as many as the stars in the sky. How would God do this? Abraham had to trust in God. 5) Bible Story: Today’s Story is "Abraham" . Read pages 33-38 (R 37-42) from the Read and Learn Bible (Scholastic). 6) Text: Today’s Text is: Genesis 15:5 "...Look towards the heaven, and number the starts, if you are able to number them... So shall your descendants be." 7) Crafts: Number the stars... Here is a simple craft that small children love to do. Give each child a sheet of black or dark blue constructions paper for the "sky." Provide lots of star stickers and allow the kids to put as many stars in the sky as they like. Then, challenge the children to count the stars! Or you can use the coloring page below, and do the same idea... lots and lots of stars. Most dollar stores sell packs of about 500 star stickers in gold, silver, red and blue. Worth every penny. If you have a star punch, you could punch out stars from colored paper, for some variety. 8) Closing Prayer... say the Lord's Prayer together with the children. 9) Going Home: Sing the closing together. Then, check to see if all the children have collected their crafts and coloring sheets before they go home. Say goodbye and tell them that you enjoyed learning about God together and were happy to have them today! You were, weren’t you? 10) Optional Coloring Pages: check out www.coloring.ws/abraham.htm for some free coloring pages

Need some fun, active learning activities for teaching prepositions in Kindergarten, first grade, or second grade? This post has 5 ideas to get you started!

I was just thinking October is coming soon, the month of the Holy Rosary- maybe I should make a new rosary craft. And then I realized I have A LOT of rosary printables on my website. I did not realize I had made so many, and maybe you didn’t realize it either, so here they …

The first day of school is right around the corner! Welcome your students with these super cute back to school favor chip bags. I absolutely LOVE custom chip bags. They are truly unique for special occasions and I always get tons of compliments whenever I make them. This custom chip bag would make for the...

Ruth meets Boaz and remains faithful to her mother-in-law. God blessed Ruth’s faithful heart. Children's Bible lesson and craft.

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The Red Sea preschool Bible lesson. Learn about God making a way. Games, Crafts, Activities, songs, lesson, worksheets and more.

Zacchaeus is a real-life example of the power that Jesus has to change our hearts. The goal in this lesson is for the children to feel the darkness and ugliness of sin, and then experience the joy and miracle of forgiveness when Zacchaeus meets Jesus! Bible Truth: Jesus has the power to forgives my sin. Bible Story: Jesus changes Zacchaeus' heart. Bible Study: Luke 19:1-10; I Corinthians 5:7 teach cha-ching! To tell the story of Zacchaeus "hands-on" style gather up these items: children's picture Bible, or flannel graph scenery and characters a small bag or coin pouch loose change a cut-out of a black heart and a white heart Peak your class's interest in your lesson by shaking the bag, and letting them guess what is inside. They will probably easily guess that you have money in your bag! Pass out a coin for each child to hold throughout the lesson. (Remind them that they should never put coins in their mouths!) Read the story of Zacchaeus from a children's picture Bible, or tell it in your own words with visuals, such as flannel graph. Introduce Zacchaeus as a short man, who was a tax collector. His job was to collect money that people had to pay to the king. But Zacchaeus took more money from people than he was supposed to. If someone was supposed to pay one coin to the king, Zaccahaeus made them pay two coins, and he would keep one of the coins for himself. That is called stealing. Zacchaeus was rich and had lots of money, but nobody wanted to be his friend because he stole money from them. He had a dark sinful heart. Hold up the dark heart as you describe Zacchaeus' dark and sinful heart. Go on to tell the rest of the story of Zacchaeus meeting Jesus, as you show pictures from the children's Bible or manipulate flannel graph characters. At the conclusion of the story, talk about how amazing it is that Jesus changed Zacchaeus' heart! He used to be a man that stole people's money, but now he gives his money away to people! Jesus did a miracle! Only Jesus has the power to take a dirty, sinful heart and give us a new clean heart! Zacchaeus repented, he turned away from his sin, and followed Jesus! Hold up the white heart as you describe how Jesus changed Zacchaeus' heart. Lead the class in a prayer, asking Jesus to forgive their sin, and change their hearts so they can follow Jesus like Zacchaeus. After you pray, collect the coins from the children. Tell them that they are giving the money back just like Zacchaeus did after he repented. sing Zacchaeus (was a wee little man) is a Sunday School classic, and the perfect song to reinforce the story they just heard. Be sure to do some actions with the song! The Repent Song is the same song we learned along with the story of John the Baptist, so it's great review and repetition. Follow the link for the lyrics and actions. The Bath Song is a great song about how Jesus washes away our sin with "super soap." The "call back" format makes it really easy to sing along! craft color & paste Here is a coloring sheet from Sermons 4 Kids of Jesus talking to Zacchaeus in the tree. Cut pieces of green paper, or green tissue paper into leaves for the children to glue onto the tree. zacchaeus meets Jesus A good craft is one that helps children retell the story that they learned. This craft does exactly that! You will need: this print out in (black & white) or (color) card stock scissors hole punch yarn green tissue paper glue clear tape crayons (optional) To prepare, print the print out page onto card stock. Cut on the dotted line, and cut out Zacchaeus. Punch a hole at the top and bottom of the tree. Cut out approximately 1" x 1" squares of green tissue paper. Cut yarn into 16" lengths. In class, provide glue for the children to attach the squares of tissue paper to the tree as leaves. Lace the yarn throught the holes and tie it behind the tree. If using the black and white version, provide crayons for the children to color Jesus and Zacchaeus. Tip: Tie the yarn near the top of the page, and attach Zacchaeus to the bottom of the page. It is easier for the kids, if you let them glue on the leaves before you add the yarn. Use clear tape to attach Zacchaeus to the yarn. Tip: Set the clear tape under the yarn, sticky side up, and then press Zacchaeus onto the tape. Move Zacchaeus up and down the tree to retell the story! up and down the tree For this craft you will need: this tree pattern this Zacchaeus pattern green construction paper jumbo craft sticks yarn scissors hole punch crayons glue tape To prepare, cut out the top, leaf portion of the tree pattern, and use it to trace onto green construction paper. Cut out tree and Zacchaeus figures. Punch a hole near the top of the trees. Cut yarn into approximately 7" lengths. In class, provide crayons for the children to color Zacchaeus, and the jumbo craft stick. Help them attach the tree to the craft stick with glue. Tape Zacchaeus to the yarn, thread the yarn through the hole in the tree, and tie the yarn off in the back to move Zacchaeus up and down the tree. Find more ideas and for teaching your child at home about Zacchaeus and his encounter with Jesus, here!

These chalk pastel sunflowers are so colorful and beautiful! Kids will learn easy chalk pastel techniques to create this fun sunflower art project!

Do you have an educational post that is about your child and you would like to share? It can be a craft, a lesson, sport etc. that your child learned this week. You do not have to be a homeschooler to LINK up below – happy to have you join us! Then come back every Friday and continue to […]

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This Jitter Juice recipe is perfect for the first day of school! Pair it with the fun back to school book, "First Day Jitters."

RESOURCES FOR LESSON: Bible Verses: Genesis 12; 15; 17 Foundational Truth: God is Covenant Keeper Memory Verse : You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things” Revelation 4:11a (same as the previous week) B

It's Super Organizing Saturday once again! I have come to love these mornings this Spring...not too hot outside, a little chilly....not miss...

Ladies and Gentleman... we officially have the first week down in the books!! And what an AMAZING week it was!! #BestFirstWeekEver!! My kiddos are just awesome. We learned a lot and laughed a lot! My own children also had a great week (aside from a quick bout of a stomach bug that kept one home for a day!). My oldest, Drew, started 1st grade. My middle, Quinn, started Kindergarten. And my toddler twins, Addy and Chase, began two-mornings-a-week preschool. Additionally, Mr. Musings from the Middle School (my husband Dennis), started a new school year, too! Phew!! My head is spinning! Anyway, I hope everyone is having a great weekend and recovering from this busy time of year. This post is mainly a pictorial of some of the goings on in my classroom this week. As we settle into our routine, I'll be back with more "meaty" posts (and hopefully some new videos, too!). One of my favorite activities from the week was this Growth Mindset lesson that I adapted from here. Basically, the kids had to create the image on top using just a piece of paper and scissors. It was NOT easy... but that's exactly the point! As the kids worked, I wrote down some of the comments I heard. Things like, "this is impossible," and "I give up!" After I let them struggle for a while, I brought them back together and discussed the activity with them. It was eye-opening to see their words. They all agreed that their attitude was too negative so of course they would never have been successful. Then we read the Growth Mindset posters hanging in our room and discussed what each one meant. I closed with this video from Khan Academy. It was a fun and powerful lesson. One of the BEST purchases I made from TpT for this school year is the Icebreakers that Rock bundle from Cult of Pedagogy. This product contains three PowerPoint activities that allow students to talk to each other in an easy, comfortable way. What is great about these is that you can use them as one, big activity, or you can break them up, showing just a few slides here and there, as "brain breaks" through out the day. That is how I used them. So, on the first day, I did a big "Find Someone Who" activity with them. This allowed all the kids to learn each other's names. Next, I assigned them all their lockers and we practiced opening the combination locks (super-stressful for these first time locker users)! After that, we did a few slides from Icebreakers that Rock. Then, we went over the syllabus. Next, a few more Icebreakers that Rock slides. After that, I handed out and went over all the paperwork that had to go home and be signed (oh, the paperwork!!!). Then, a few more slides right before lunch. And then a few more right after lunch. Next up, a tour of the building. Then a few more slides before trying our lockers again. Finally, another slide right before dismissal. It was the perfect break/filler/attention-getter/distraction to use throughout the day... actually, I used the slides throughout the whole week! Run to TpT and pick this product up today! Totally worth every penny. (Some of the slides can be done silently. I LOVED these slides!!) Of course, we had to number our notebooks to get ready for ELA next week. I always tell kids that this is the easiest, most difficult task that we do all year :) I really the love smell of a Mr. Sketch anchor poster in the morning! This year, I'm starting with Reading Nonfiction: Notice and Note Stances, Signposts, and Strategies. My thinking is that it will really help with getting started with Article of the Week. Here is one of several of the posters I'll be using to teach these strategies. I'm jumping on the #ObserveMe bandwagon! Read more about it here. I'll keep you updated on how this goes throughout the year! Okay... that is enough for now! The beach is calling my name... nothing beats September here at the Jersey Shore! Hope the back-to-school season is treating you well! I'd love to hear how your school year is going so far. Happy Teaching!!

God used Elijah to remind His people of how powerful He is and how important it is to follow Him. These free activities are about the prophet Elijah.