Fireflies

John and I are so thankful that our church has a Sunday School class for kids Megan's age!  The class is actually for children 18months-2 years so technically she could have started it last year already.  But we figured it was better for us to go to the Bible study during Education Hour and have Megan start this year.  Her class is called Fireflies because they are the littlest of lights.  We're hoping this will also be a good outlet for Megan to get comfortable around other children.

The structure of Megan's class reminds me a lot of her ECFE class we had her in last fall and the parents also stay by to help the kids.  They start by playing while waiting for all the kids to arrive.  Then they have circle time where the teacher reads a couple books, kids do some action poems, do a memory verse and sing some songs.  There are a lot of things that repeat from week to week which is good so the kids have more chances to catch on.  The parents also get handouts so we can practice with our kids at home throughout the week.  I've been working with Megan on this month's memory verse which is "Nothing can separate us from God's love. Romans 8:39".  She is so cute doing the actions in her own little way.  Now I just wish she would do it with the other kids at class!

After circle time all the kids wash their hands and sit at the table for a snack.  Both times Megan has asked for more food.  They probably think we don't feed her!  Finally, there is an art project or picture to color before class is over.

The topic for this month is God made us and everything and he loves us very much.  Last week the teacher read the parable about the shepherd who has 100 sheep, loses one and leaves the 99 to look for the lost lamb.  The children looked around the room for lost lambs and then colored picture of a lamb and even glued on cotton balls!  John likes helping Megan with the art projects and she was so proud of what she made!

One funny story about her Sunday School... The morning of her first class I was trying to get her excited about it even at home and kept telling her that she was going to school right after church!  I kept telling her that she was a big girl since she got to go to school now.  Well, as we were leaving I could tell something was wrong and she had something she needed to get off her chest.  She whispered to me, "So when do we ride the yellow bus!"  When we were going to church the next week she seemed satisfied with the answer that she needs to be bigger before she can ride the bus.  Whew!