Autumn :: Purposeful days
The mornings are starting to be a little chilly around here and our schedule is growing full. In the midst of the day to day living I really desire to be purposeful about my time with our kiddos, as moments become hours, hours become days, and days slip by faster than you can say happy birthday! Jude is almost 3, with an excitement for cars, trains, the outdoors, and baby animals. (He cuddled a small plastic dolphin he named ‘Joey the baby dolphin’ to sleep last night and walked out of his room with it this morning!!:) He also has a growing curiosity about letters and numbers, so this month I’m starting some ABC activities- fun and simple little games and books. I’ll focus on one letter a month. I found a great book that goes through the alphabet with a scripture and little story/lesson for each letter that we have started using- the book is called My ABC Bible Verses by Susan Hunt. The devotions are a little over Jude’s head so I just make up one that goes with the verse. The first one is ‘A soft answer turns away wrath’ and I can’t tell you how appropriate that has been for Jude, who is learning not to scream ‘NO’ at people (especially me!) when he gets upset. I’ve also been using the library to check out books on leaves, seeds, China (Jude loves looking at the pictures of the dragon costumes and children) and ABC books. My Mum, who is a kindergarten teacher, (and an amazing one might I add!) has some great ideas for fun letter activities that I’ll share as we do them.
Resources:
