A New Beginning (day 4)

Page 38 in "The Jesus Storybook Bible" begins the story of Noah's ark. To act it out we assigned roles of God and Noah. Then we found a large rubbermaid bowl with a lid to be the ark. "The animals" came and got on the ark (dolls and hotwheels.) When God closed the boat it began to rain. We all got in the blow up pool and used funnels to "rain" on the ark. After counting to 40, we continued the story, until the people and animals were able to get out of the boat.

the point? God takes care of his people

Creation continued (day 2)

There are so many activities to help review the story of God creating the world. Sometimes I like to read a story and do one activity one day. Then the next day we may act or draw the story to review it, and do another activity. Today we played in the water. I got to tell them about the world being covered in water and darkness before God separated the waters (sky) and made light. Aren't we glad God made the air so we don't have to be in water all the time!

The point? God is so super smart! Nothing takes him by surprise.

The Widow shares her food with Elijah (and gets her hair pulled)

We read the story of Elijah getting food from the widow today. When she shared her limited supply of oil and flour, she never ran out! Alyse enjoyed acting out the story and scooping the "oil." Of course, she never tires of playing in the water. Knox enjoyed playing in the water as well.