Last week was vacation Bible School. Our theme was Son Rock Kid's Camp, and many of our classrooms were set up as campsites. All week long, we studied about Peter's relationship with Jesus so we could better understand how we are
accepted by Jesus,
protected by Jesus, and
saved by Jesus.
Both the 3rd grade girls and the kindergarten girls were on the ORANGE Team this year, and I had my usual post as the kindergarten girls teacher, so for the first time ever we were not a "divided house" for our VBS color teams. Usually we are all on different teams, cheering for different colors, and looking like a rainbow everywhere we go. Here is Emma holding up an Orange Team sign. Thank you to Miss Sommer who made some cool posters for our kids!!
One of the way our colored teams earned points throughout the week was by bringing in non-perishable food items to stock our church's giving pantry. The girls are organizing the items brought in by the Orange Team. On Wednesday, 458 new food items were brought in, this was so many that they were able to take the request for more items out of the church bulletin. It was an awesome opportunity for the kids to be a blessing to those in need.
Still sorting...I wish she had this same propensity to organize her toys and books at home :-)
Emma was very excited to share some of her toys (beach umbrella, princess tents, stuffed animals) for the decor in our classroom. She was so proud that it was "her" room and that all the kids liked playing with her stuff.
Bekah by the "campfire" in our room.
Emma LOVED the flannel storyboard I used each day to tell the story. She loved all the paper cutouts of Jesus, Peter, the fishing boat etc. The benefit of being the teacher's child is that she got to keep all the materials when we were done. We don't have a flannel board at home, but a towel over the back of a chair or the art easel does the job.
Emma and Gabby enjoying time in the chapel.
Alyssa cheering with some of the 3rd grade girls holding up signs we made at home.
She proved to be quite the energetic cheerleader, this was her permanent stance all week!
Halle, Leyla (peeking from behind), and Emma with the forest friends puppets they made. Emma and Leyla chose raccoons and Halle's was a skunk that she insisted was a baby tiger.
Enjoying her first ever Root Beer Float. After seeing how much she liked it, I know we'll have to make these at home sometime.
We ran into Ka'iulani's class in the hallway, and all of Emma's friends circled around her to say hi and give out hugs.
Pastor Dennis closed each session of VBS with a short message that related to our classroom lessons for the day. I don't often get to hear Pastor Dennis' messages (because he's the children's pastor and I'm never in children's church) and hearing him this week reminded me what a great kid's pastor he is. He always engages the kids in the message with cool yoyo tricks, juggling, using puppets, bringing in his dog, Cashew, riding a unicycle, and the list could go on and on. He and his wife, Ms. Candi do such a great job with children's ministries and make outreaches like VBS possible!
One of the teen helpers for our classroom, Ms. Jennie with Emma and Halle. The are singing "One Way."
Alyssa singing and dancing with her friend, Cassie.
The kindergarten class singing.
Color Team totals for the week. We were in 2nd place for the week ~ GO ORANGE!!
The captain of the winning RED Team, getting whip creamed by Pastor Dennis and Candi for his great efforts in leading his team to victory.
Both the 3rd grade girls and the kindergarten girls were on the ORANGE Team this year, and I had my usual post as the kindergarten girls teacher, so for the first time ever we were not a "divided house" for our VBS color teams. Usually we are all on different teams, cheering for different colors, and looking like a rainbow everywhere we go. Here is Emma holding up an Orange Team sign. Thank you to Miss Sommer who made some cool posters for our kids!!
One of the way our colored teams earned points throughout the week was by bringing in non-perishable food items to stock our church's giving pantry. The girls are organizing the items brought in by the Orange Team. On Wednesday, 458 new food items were brought in, this was so many that they were able to take the request for more items out of the church bulletin. It was an awesome opportunity for the kids to be a blessing to those in need.
Still sorting...I wish she had this same propensity to organize her toys and books at home :-)
Emma was very excited to share some of her toys (beach umbrella, princess tents, stuffed animals) for the decor in our classroom. She was so proud that it was "her" room and that all the kids liked playing with her stuff.
Bekah by the "campfire" in our room.
Emma LOVED the flannel storyboard I used each day to tell the story. She loved all the paper cutouts of Jesus, Peter, the fishing boat etc. The benefit of being the teacher's child is that she got to keep all the materials when we were done. We don't have a flannel board at home, but a towel over the back of a chair or the art easel does the job.
Emma and Gabby enjoying time in the chapel.
Alyssa cheering with some of the 3rd grade girls holding up signs we made at home.
She proved to be quite the energetic cheerleader, this was her permanent stance all week!
Halle, Leyla (peeking from behind), and Emma with the forest friends puppets they made. Emma and Leyla chose raccoons and Halle's was a skunk that she insisted was a baby tiger.
Enjoying her first ever Root Beer Float. After seeing how much she liked it, I know we'll have to make these at home sometime.
We ran into Ka'iulani's class in the hallway, and all of Emma's friends circled around her to say hi and give out hugs.
Pastor Dennis closed each session of VBS with a short message that related to our classroom lessons for the day. I don't often get to hear Pastor Dennis' messages (because he's the children's pastor and I'm never in children's church) and hearing him this week reminded me what a great kid's pastor he is. He always engages the kids in the message with cool yoyo tricks, juggling, using puppets, bringing in his dog, Cashew, riding a unicycle, and the list could go on and on. He and his wife, Ms. Candi do such a great job with children's ministries and make outreaches like VBS possible!
One of the teen helpers for our classroom, Ms. Jennie with Emma and Halle. The are singing "One Way."
Alyssa singing and dancing with her friend, Cassie.
The kindergarten class singing.
Color Team totals for the week. We were in 2nd place for the week ~ GO ORANGE!!
The captain of the winning RED Team, getting whip creamed by Pastor Dennis and Candi for his great efforts in leading his team to victory.
2 comments:
VBS is such a great program for kids!! Cristian is very excited for ours the first week of August! how fun that the girls were on the same team this year :)
Cristian will have a blast, and I agree it is such a great program for the kids!
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