Promotion Sunday

Every Sunday morning I teach the 2A Sunday School class. It is usually the highlight of my week! I have sweet twos and love sharing Jesus' love with them. This week all the classes promoted. It made my teacher's heart sad to say goodbye to all my little friends, but welcoming the new group almost made up for it! I had six not-quite-twos. You could tell they weren't quite used to my way of doing things, with a very structured morning and a Bible lesson. My class that just left was getting the hang of all of our fingerplays and Bible songs, but these newbies just looked at me with big eyes that clearly thought, "Crazy lady, stop telling me to point to God's Word and show you my ten fingers!" We had a great morning though with almost no tears! I'm excited for a new year with these sweet little ones. Here's what we do during our lesson/music time:

1.) "Ten Fingers" Fingerplay:
       I have ten fingers that all belong to me. I can make them do things, would you like to see?
       I can close them up tight, I can open them up wide. 
       I can put them together, I can make them all hide.
      I can can make them jump high, I can make them jump low.
      I can fold them together quietly and hold them just so.
2.) I show them my Bible and say, "This is the Bible. It's full of God's Words. God's Word is true." Then each child points to our memory verse as I sing.
       (sing to the tune of "Here Go Round the Mulberry Bush")
       This is the way we point to God's Word, point to God's Word, point to God's Word.
       This is the way we point to God's Word, because God's Word is true.
3.) I show a mirror to each child and say, "God made (name) and God loves (name)!"
4.) I show the Bible story picture and ask them to point to something.
5.) I tell a short (60 second) Bible story.
6.) We sing two hymns and do our own actions. Some of our favorites are: God is so Good, Trust and Obey, I Have Decided to Follow Jesus, Jesus Loves Me, and My God is So Big
7.) I pray for each child by name.

Sometimes (like this morning) I'm just talking and singing to the class, but it doesn't take too long for them to do it with me! And after a while, they know what is coming and will start to do the next part of our routine if I don't start it fast enough. They are all so cute!