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Good Morning and Happy Tuesday! It's hard to believe that summer is almost over. Schools are back in session and Sunday school starts on September 8th. Summer sure did go by quickly.
I spent a few days last week cleaning and organizing my room. Yesterday with the help of Therese, I worked on getting all my displays and decorations up. I can officially say that my room is done!
After teaching for 15 years, I have decided to recycle my very first theme, The Lord is My Shephard. My little ones will be greeted by a door filled with cute little sheep with their names. They can look over the door and search for their name.
Every year, they are so excited to find their names. The older students that I have taught tend to stop by to see what this year's theme is. It's become a tradition in our hall.
I continued the theme on our classroom bulletin board.
I went really simple this year and purchased a pre-made bulletin board set. It came with Jesus, all the lambs, the fence, and bible verse posters. It was easy to put up and I can save it for another year!
For our prayer wall, I went with frogs. I actually found the package of frogs and logs at my local thrift store for $1.00. I couldn't find them online, but here is a similar set.
I made the lily pads out of construction paper. Each lily pad has the prayers were are learning this year: Sign of the Cross, Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be, and the Guardian Angel. As the students learn them, I place a sticker by the prayer to mark it off. At the end of the year, the students get a special goodie bag for all their hard work.
I added a new bulletin board to my wall this year... When Should I Pray?
This year I want to really encourage the children to pray more and rely on God for help. I think if we learn more about prayer this will help.
So far I have 11 students, I usually pick up at least 2 before the start of class, so it should be a good size this year, Last year, I had 6 students. This was difficult on days when half the class was sick. I'm excited to meet my new little sheep and help lead them to Jesus!
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