"L" Project Ideas

Some great ideas for the Letter "L"! I love all the creative projects they have on this blog, which is one I follow.

Mormon Messages: A Great Teaching Tool

I am so appreciate of the Church's efforts to use media to spread the good news and inspiration of the Gospel through the Mormon Messages videos. Every time my son or I sees a new video pop up on the home page of the LDS Church we excitedly sit down together and watch it together. It is a great opportunity for me to teach them principles via a medium that children (even more so nowadays it seems) seem to gravitate toward, since media is such a strong force in the world today. It is wonderful to see how we can use the internet to bless our families when it is used in ways such as this.

Reaching out to those in need

I just read a wonderful, personally timely article from the Sept 2009 Ensign. I was moved by a story found therein about Relief Society sisters who learned of the need to knit and sew baby caps for newborns in Jordan; iin the capital city of Amman there is a hospital that delivers 50 babies a day and after delivery the mothers and babies return their homes where there is no heating. Many of the babies suffer from diseases and die as result of a loss of body heat. My heart went out to these sweet babies and mothers and was touched by the women who chose through small acts of service to literally give life to vulnerable babies a world away.

The following quote from the article also made me stop and consider how I am currently approaching my life and "busyness" and missing opportunities to serve and love: "Sometimes reaching out is as easy as offering a sincere prayer, making a phone call, or writing a short note. If we are too busy to reach out to someone in need, then we are too busy."

Fall Theme

Letter "F"
Number 1

Topics:

• Trees
  
• Leaves (changing colors, falling)
  

Songs:

• Teasing Mister Crocodile (children held toy monkeys & crocodile while we sang & acted it out)
• Popcorn Popcorn
• Leaves are Falling All Around

Snacks:

• Raisins & Ritz crackers
• Ate apple slices & popcorn on a blanket outside
  

Books:

• Clifford & the apple tree
  
• Leave books from library

Activities:

• Threw paper leaves ("falling" around the room) while listening to "it's fall" from John McMutcheon's Four Seasons: Autumnsongs (from library). The kids loved this!

Craft:

• Acorn man
• Homemade tree with leaves
  

Books about Alligators

Alligator Boy by Cynthia Rylant
For Pete's Sake by Ellen Stoll Walsh
A Frog in the Bog by Karma Wilson
No Biting Louise by Margie Palatini
Gator by Randy Cecil

(List from Provo City Library at Academy Square Storytime)