Noah: Trusting in God's Rainbows

This week we started our October theme which is the story of Noah.  There are many great stories in the Bible to share with your little one, so we are starting the year off with Noah for a few reasons: 1.) Many of our little ones may have received something Noah-ish or ark-ish when they were born and 2.) Who doesn't love Animals & Rainbows!

We have also added a Bible verse to "memorize" in sign language - which is a language that many of our parents are already communicating with their little ones.  Our Bible verse is "Praise the Lord" from Psalm 150:1.  We sign it by holding our palms out in front of our head and shaking our hands ("praise") and then making an 'L' with our right hand, placing it on our left shoulder and then tracing it across our body to our right hip - sort of like you're putting on a seat belt (the grown-up kind.  Dont' try signing a 5-point harness : )  ("Lord")  We practiced it many times during the class and it was fun to do!

Our craft this week was making a stick puppet of rain clouds on one side and a rainbow on the other, glue-sticked to a foam stick (I used these instead of Popsicle sticks, even though they were floppy, because they seemed a bit safer, but primarily because I saw them in the $1 bin at Target : )

Here is the rain side:

And here is the rainbow side!:

 

We used our 'puppets' when we sang songs today about rainbows and rain and Noah.
Our parent topic was to talk about what our favorite Bibles stories or other stories that have fed us spiritually in our lives.  The responses ranged from Loaves and fishes to Job to Miriam and baby  Moses.  All our parents have their own special way to share their favorite Bible story - and what it means to them - with their little ones.  This parent topic was to get their thoughts flowing on how they want to do it.

We read "The Beginner's Bible: Noah and the Ark" - a board book by Kelly Pulley published by Zonderkidz.  I chose it because it was a simple but well-written retelling of the story with simple illustrations.  The Beginner's Bible publishes many early readers and a toddler bible with a latch and a handle that they can carry around (as you may know, toddlers love to carry things around).  During this month, we will read many more re-tellings of this story from different perspectives, so this is just one of many.

That's is for this week!
Blessings,
Ruth Hanley of Mustard Seeds