Elephant Crossing: First day of school

Today was the first day back at Bible study and Liam's first trip to the nursery. Although his aunt and our good friend work in that room. So other than new surroundings he still has familiar faces! My mom and our friend work together in the 3,4 and 5 year old room. We always start our day with free play. This gives the kids an opportunity to get to know one another and socialize with friends they haven't seen in a while. This also gives us time to individually work with a child on a special project if we have one planned. Today we made our place mats for snack time. A few kids at a time sat at the table and colored and dot painted on a piece of construction paper. I'll print their picture and add it and then cover it with clear shelf liner to make it water proof.

The kids love eating off of their place mats and it helps them recognize their names in the process. It's a win win! The parent's meetings ran short today so we had to cut our day a bit short. Usually after free play the children sit on the carpet for story time and then we do a craft. Today's lesson was "God made the world" God said "Let there be light." I folded a piece of paper in half and they glued bits of black paper to make dark. On the inside I wrote God said "Let there be light." on the left side and the kids glued yellow bits of paper to make light. I forgot to take a picture. After craft the children ate a snack while I set up a light hunting game. I wish I had taken a picture of this too. I'll get better at remembering these things. I made a large tent and put cut out stars and suns all around. We turned out the lights and passed out flashlights. The kids loved searching for the stars and suns in the dark! I only wish we had had more time!

Wednesdays are going to be long days. I will work at church in the morning then baby-sit from 3-7. Little Liam will stay with grandma and Terry will pick him up after work.

Here are the pictures of the train rug process I promised. It's not finished yet but it is on my schedule for Monday! Enjoy!