Tuesday, March 6, 2007
-We read a couple story books that we got at the library yesterday.
-The girls played grocery store.
-They listened to three stories on tape, also from the library.
-Muirgen played with the Barbies.
-We read a book from the library called 'Gregory the Terrible Eater' which is about a young goat whose diet is very poor in the eyes of his parents. We then made our own Gregory by drawing a goat on paper, which Astrid coloured in. We glued it to cardboard, cut out the mouth and attatched a plastic bag to the mouth to be his stomach.
The girls then went through food magazines and cut out pictures of different food, which they fed to the goat through the hole in his mouth.
This activity was part of a sort of mini unit we're doing on nutrition as March is nutrition awareness month.
-The girls went to Sparks and Cubbies clubs. Astrid has memorized enough verses to get her own vest to wear to club. Muirgen should be able to get hers next time. I must admit, I have misgivings about the organization that runs these clubs and how they are run. The style is very structured and disciplined. It seems quite militaristic. The kids learn a pledge of allegience to the Awana Flag and wear their little uniforms (the vests). The emphasis seems to be on a very different aspect of Christianity than what I feel is most important for the girls to learn about our faith. But anyway, they love going so much and the structure seems to induce good behaviour in the kids. The girls have been commenting that there is no time-out chair and that the kids don't seem to act up and get in trouble. I do feel it's good for them to practice memorization (a big thing at Awana). I also feel it's good for them to get used to different styles of authority and working with different groups of people. So they will probably continue going.
-The girls played grocery store.
-They listened to three stories on tape, also from the library.
-Muirgen played with the Barbies.
-We read a book from the library called 'Gregory the Terrible Eater' which is about a young goat whose diet is very poor in the eyes of his parents. We then made our own Gregory by drawing a goat on paper, which Astrid coloured in. We glued it to cardboard, cut out the mouth and attatched a plastic bag to the mouth to be his stomach.
The girls then went through food magazines and cut out pictures of different food, which they fed to the goat through the hole in his mouth.
This activity was part of a sort of mini unit we're doing on nutrition as March is nutrition awareness month. -The girls went to Sparks and Cubbies clubs. Astrid has memorized enough verses to get her own vest to wear to club. Muirgen should be able to get hers next time. I must admit, I have misgivings about the organization that runs these clubs and how they are run. The style is very structured and disciplined. It seems quite militaristic. The kids learn a pledge of allegience to the Awana Flag and wear their little uniforms (the vests). The emphasis seems to be on a very different aspect of Christianity than what I feel is most important for the girls to learn about our faith. But anyway, they love going so much and the structure seems to induce good behaviour in the kids. The girls have been commenting that there is no time-out chair and that the kids don't seem to act up and get in trouble. I do feel it's good for them to practice memorization (a big thing at Awana). I also feel it's good for them to get used to different styles of authority and working with different groups of people. So they will probably continue going.
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