Terrific Thursday

It was just this kind of day in our room!  We all did our very best work.  Everyone moved their pencil to the stars because we worked really hard. Isn't it nice to get a special recognition for staying on task or doing good? It just feels good to have someone say "way to go."  Below are some pictures from our day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

The theme for our week was about family and friends.  We talked about how we have to work hard to get to know others and how much fun it is to make a new friend.   One of the big rules in our class is "to have a friend - you have to be a friend."   We also talked about our families and how some are very big with lots of brothers and sisters and how some are very small.  It is so much fun to watch these little eyes open to the wonderful world around them.  (If you remember we started talking about this last week when we learned our song from the children in Tanzania.)  Our globe in our room shows us the many places people live and how amazing it is that God made everything.  Next week we have our very first lesson in Japanese.  We practiced saying "hello" and even tried this in Spanish & French.  The children think this is so much fun.  I love how accepting they are and how they pretty much see a friend in every child they meet.  The highlight of our day was learning to shake hands and introduce ourselves.  They could not stop giggling.

We ended our day with this little prayer pocket.  Each child received one in their bag.  In it you will find the names of our classmates and the little poem suggests that you take one name out each night at prayer time.  This little prayer can be about anything for this friend.  The children were so excited to get these and immediately asked if they could add other names and prayer requests.  I will be sure to send home extra sticks to each family next week for these special prayers. Happy Thursday!