"My Heart Is Like A Zoo"

Discuss the characteristics of the animals as written in Michael Hall's book. Compare with the emotions of our heart.

Using construction paper, glue, and markers, create these animals which are primarily made out of heart shapes.

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Months & Chicken Soup

Read about months centered around chicken & rice soup. Uber cozy . Find rhyming words. Then create your own yummy chicken & rice soup.

Creamy Chicken & Rice Soup

Ingredients
2 (32-ounce) container chicken broth
2½ cups chopped cooked chicken
4 sliced carrots 
4 stalks sliced celery 
2 cups sliced fresh mushrooms 
2 chopped onions
3 heaping Tablespoon of minced garlic
Garlic salt or powder to taste
4 ounces cream cheese, cut in cubes
2 cups cooked rice
 
Directions;

In a 6-quart pot, combine broth, carrots, celery, mushrooms, onion, garlic, and garlic salt seasoning.

Bring to boil, then let simmer 45 minutes to 1 hour to soften veggies.

Stir in cream cheese, then chicken and rice. Cook for 10 minutes more or until all cream cheese is melted.

Months of the Year

Here is a link to Stevie Wonder singing "I Just Called To Say 'I Love You'". It's one of my favorite ways to teach months of the year and their festivities.

Pull out a calendar for a visual while listening and singing.

And with Valentines around the corner, make sure to emphasize the verbal & audible importance of saying, "I Love You!"

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Baby New Year & Father Time

Listen to this song about the times of day and the legacy that is always left for us. From Annie, Get Your Gun, "I Got the Sun In the Morning"

Contrast Father Time & Baby New Year: Leaving a Legacy - a gift handed down from the past

Clock: Numbers 1-12: Midnight is the beginning of a new day

Picture Credits:

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"Welcome To Our World"

Listen to "Welcome to Our World" sung by Chris Rice

Tears are falling, hearts are breaking:eyes, tears, heart
How we need to hear from God: ears
You've been promised, we've been waiting
Welcome Holy Child
Welcome Holy Child

Hope that you don't mind our manger
How I wish we would have known
But long-awaited Holy Stranger
Make Yourself at home
Please make Yourself at home

Bring Your peace into our violence
Bid our hungry souls be filled: hungry, souls
Word now breaking Heaven's silence: ear
Welcome to our world
Welcome to our world

Fragile finger sent to heal us: fingers
Tender brow prepared for thorn: brow
Tiny heart whose blood will save us: heart, blood
Unto us is born
Unto us is born

So wrap our injured flesh around You: skin
Breathe our air and walk our sod: breath
Rob our sin and make us holy
Perfect Son of God
Perfect Son of God
Welcome to our world

Experiences of Living:

Tears

Sound

Hunger

Healing

Pain

Blood

Feeling

Breath

Interactive Body Parts:

Eyes

Ears

Heart

Soul

Fingers

Brow

Skin

And with all your heart, soul, strength, and mind, WELCOME HIM into your life:

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Newborn King Nesting: December 20, 2013

Nativity Night

Here are two night time lullaby-ish Christmas carols: "Silent Night" & "O Little Town of Bethlehem" sung by Nat King Cole.

Focus on words of calm, peace, & stillness.

Talk about the color blue which represents mellow & quiet.

Hear are some blue tinted nativity pictures:

There are some beautiful examples and illustrations of night time and its happenings in Night's Nice by Barbara & Ed Emberley:

Luke 2:14 talks about Jesus coming as being peace on earth and good will towards people.

The contrast of Jesus being the bright light on that dark night is found in these lyrics from our two songs above:
 
Silent night, holy night
All is calm, all is bright 

Yet in thy dark streets shineth
The everlasting Light
The hopes and fears of all the years
Are met in thee tonight


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