For those of you keeping score, Levi is now saying: Dad-dy (with a definite vocal stop between the two middle Ds, and he says it all day long), zebra, duck (though we can't tell if he's actually saying "duck" or "quack"), baby, car. He has been heard to say, more than once but not regularly: blue, grandma, bye-bye. And once in a blue moon, when he really wants something or when prompted, he does, finally, at last, say mama.
This week's Bible story was that of Naaman the leper, from 2 Kings 5 . Short version: the prophet Elisha tells Naaman to wash in the Jordan River seven times, and after a bit of moaning and groaning, he does and is healed. I modified this craft , which I found through our preschool curriculum . We didn't have any blue plastic cups, so first we painted styrofoam cups. Owen had no interest in painting, and as he was playing happily by himself, I saw no reason to make him participate. Painting the outside of cups is actually really easy. Just stick your non-dominant hand inside the cup! I googled "man outline" and searched until I found a workable face, then printed it twice. Levi had the rare treat of using a marker to put red dots ("leprosy") all over the face. Painstakingly drawing leprous sores on Naaman's ear. Then I taped Naaman's face (one clean side, one spotted side) to a popsicle stick (which I just now realized y...
Comments
Post a Comment