Room B

March 24th

Welcome Back.  I hope you all enjoyed Spring Break last week.We had a great start to the last week of March.  Because of the cold morning we were only able to go out after lunch today.  We try to go outside everyday to play in the fresh air. Thank you to all for remembering to send coats, hats and gloves. Someday we will be able to put them away for good ;)

This week we will introduce the children to the Palm Sunday story-

The Triumphal Entry

Matthew 21

English Standard Version (ESV)

The Triumphal Entry

21 Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, ² saying to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me. ³ If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and he will send them at once.” ⁴ This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying,

⁵ “Say to the daughter of Zion,

‘Behold, your king is coming to you,

    humble, and mounted on a donkey,

    on a colt,^[a^] the foal of a beast of burden.’”

⁶ The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them. ⁷ They brought the donkey and the colt and put on them their cloaks, and he sat on them. ⁸ Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. ⁹ And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!” ¹⁰ And when he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, saying, “Who is this?” ¹¹ And the crowds said, “This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.

This story can also be found in Mark 11, Luke 19 and John 12.

Palm Sunday is an occasion for reflecting on the final week of Jesus' life. It is a time to prepare our hearts for the agony of His Passion and the joy of His Resurrection. 

Concepts Children Learn:

Palm Sunday is a special day because it was told long before it happened how Jesus  would ride a little donkey into Jerusalem. The people welcomed Jesus.

Jesus loves to hear our praise!

We can praise Jesus with our words and actions.

Songs:

Here Comes Jesus (Frere Jacques)

Here comes Jesus, Here comes Jesus

Let's Praise Him, Let's Praise Him

Wave our branches and sing

Hosanna to the king

Let's praise Jesus, Let's Praise Jesus

 Praise Him Praise Him

Praise Him, praise Him, all ye little children,

God is love, God is love;

Praise Him, praise Him, all ye little children,

God is love, God is love.

Love Him, love Him, all ye little children,

God is love, God is love;

Love Him, love Him, all ye little children,

God is love, God is love.

Thank Him, thank Him, all ye little children,

God is love, God is love;

Thank Him, thank Him, all ye little children,

God is love, God is love.

This being the final week of March we are wrapping up our study of yellow, #8, and rectangles. Next week we will begin a new study.

Hear are a few of the activities planned for this week:

*Many crafts making palms (cutting & gluing)

*Having a palm parade and shouting Hosanna!!

*Using ring paint brushes to decorate a chick

*Painting yellow pictures

*Sorting colored bears

*Learning a new math game with clothes pins

*Putting the finishing touches on our ABC quilt

*Learning about the letter W

*Using markers to color W coloring pages

Check out the fun we had today:

We had a little trouble with our camera running out a battery this morning. The pictures are only from early this morning. Sorry for the inconvenience.