picture: a previous "take home project" of cinnamon heart ornaments
It's not every Sunday, but many Sundays I like to have the kids make something really cool that they can take home with them. After all, when the parents come pick the kids up from class and ask "what did you do?", they may get an answer like "nothing really". Kids rarely burst into an explanation of the story they heard or the cooperative game they played or the guided meditation they did. But if they made something, they have it in their hands, and they give it to their parents. If it's cool, they give it with excitement.
Today we made 2010 calendars. I have a binding machine, and it was easy to print out the calendar pages from Microsoft Publisher and bind them. I read Calendar to the kids, and then they drew pictures on each calendar page to represent that month of the year. It was a cool project, something they were happy to take home, and we had fun making it. Success!
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