Today's class, led by Mrs. Willis, was focused on getting to know each other. Since the lesson for today was God's creation of everything, we each did a drawing of something in God's creation that began with the first letter of our names. Then, we played a little game that required each person to say his name and what he or she had drawn, as well as the name and the "creation" drawing of each other person. It was a great way to begin to remember all the kids and their names. ("Mrs. Willis drew a whale, Conor drew a crocodile, Sarah drew a softball, Teddy drew trees, Rex drew his name, Mrs. Turner drew a tree, Cate drew a carnival, Madeline drew a monkey, Meghan drew her name, Sami drew ?, Mrs. Wilson drew a wiffle ball, Penelope drew a platypus, Chris drew a cat, Sean drew a seal, Mark drew a mountain, Jack drew ?, Michael drew ?, and Mr. Tobin drew a TV." Apologies to Sami, Jack, and Michael--I remembered almost everyone!)
We asked one of the children to take the collection for the day, then we stood and sang the doxology and said the Lord's prayer.
Ms. Sullivan came in to say hello to the class and take a class picture. She also took individual pictures of Mrs. Willis, Mrs. Turner, Mrs. Wilson, and Mr. Tobin. Mrs. Mandracchia and Mr. Henderson, you're next!
Next, we turned to Psalms 23 and 148. Memorizing Psalm 23 was our collective project last year, and some of the children remembered quite a bit of the psalm. Psalm 148 was a song of praise and thanks for God's creation. Each of the children took turns reading a verse from the psalms.
At this point, we ran out of time and dismissed everyone to the annual picnic.
Next week, Mrs. Turner leads the class with Mr. Tobin assisting.
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