Go Dog, Go...and Some Other Stuff

Today we kicked off the week with calendar time and Bible time. We talked about the new month, and established that October is fun for two reasons...Halloween (Jack gave us an excellent play-by-play of what happens when you go trick-or-treating!) and Annabelle's birthday is in October!

Next we read the story of Joseph and his Brothers in our kid's Bible. And I put the pieces on the felt board as we retold the story...next time the kids will try putting the pieces up. I was worried the kids were gonna be totally lost with this story, but they followed right along and were able to answer all the questions I asked.

 

Then we danced to our Hide 'Em in Your Heart verse, Romans 12:21. And we marched to the song "I'm in the Lord's Army", which was a big hit!

 

 

Then we talked about the letter "c" and the number "3". The kids took turns tracing the tactile letters and number, and we recited the rhymes to help us remember how to make the shapes. I think the rhymes are really helping to reinforce the letters and numbers.

 

This led us into the story of Goldilicks and the Three Bears. The kids LOVED this one....don't laugh at my "daddy bear face"...

 

Then it was time for snack. We enjoyed "puppy chow" while we read Go Dog, Go!

 

 

Doc found his snack especially delicious (big surprise there!)

 

Puppy Chow

 

Ingredients:

1 box rice chex

1 stick butter (1/2 cup)

1 cup peanut butter

1 bag (12 oz) chocolate chips

1 bag powdered sugar

 

Method:

Melt butter, peanut butter, and chocolate chips.

Stir in chex until coated evenly.

Pour some powdered sugar into a gallon-size ziplock.

Add some coated chex. Seal and shake until coated with sugar.

Repeat until all chex are covered in sugar.

 

After snack, it was time for our puppet craft.

 

 

 

To wrap up our day, the kids rolled cars around a giant road just like the dogs in Go Dog, Go. This was definitely a hit for the boys!

 

 

 

Crash!!