Remembrance Day can be a challenging concept for our littlest, so this week we took it down to their level; kindness, peacefulness, and gentleness became our focus. How have others made our world peaceful? How can we thank them? How can we be the hands of Jesus? Our focus this week was peace.
As we often do, literacy introduced these topics:
Together we read the book I Call My Hand Gentle.
Then we traced and decorated our hands, reflecting on when our hands are gentle.
Please enjoy this little slide show of how gentle our hands can be!
We also took time to read The Peace Book by Todd Parr. He is an author we all enjoy!
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As a class, we made a book together about when we feel peace, inspired by Mr. Parr's book!
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| Peace is ... playing my iPad, when I pet my dog, playing the guitar, and reading in bed. |
We spent some quiet time creating some beautiful "stained glass windows" that can be hung at home during the fall break as a reminder to pray for all peacemakers.
Today, we gathered as a school community to pray, remember, and express gratitude for all those who have worked and are currently working for peace.
What a meaningful week. Hopefully the boys and girls are able to look at the poppies on their collars with a little more understanding and a lot more gratitude.
May we all use our hands for gentleness and peace, as we are Christ's hands here on earth.
What a meaningful week. Hopefully the boys and girls are able to look at the poppies on their collars with a little more understanding and a lot more gratitude.
May we all use our hands for gentleness and peace, as we are Christ's hands here on earth.
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