I picked up
The Big Book of Animal Devotions last summer at the
MOPS Convention.What a great book! It's coming in handy as Dan and I teach children's church at our church this month. Let's take a look at one of the 250 Daily Readings about God's Amazing Creation.
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Recently, we did the porcupine. Each week, I give the kids a craft project to go with the animal. What else but tooth picks and a modeling compound would do the trick? |
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R11 has been helping us out and as always she takes a project to the next level. I love how she darkened the ends of the quills. |
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I9's porcupine |
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Each reading comes with a Bible verse and focuses on a character trait. This lesson was about how to recognize what NOT to get into. I was so tempted to share a bit of Hank the Cowdog, the original where Hank gets in a tangle with a porcupine he swears is a raccoon. I can just hear Slim now, "Hank when are ya gonna learn about porcupines?" Classic stuff there....that little porcupine belongs to J6. |
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Another fine porcupine from class. Everyone loves to color with marker on model magic. |
This has been a really good experience and I look forward to doing more with our kids at home. Instead of a craft for my oldest, I may choose a research project of some sort related to the animal. What I do know is that each week the kids are eager to find out which animal we'll be doing next!
2 comments:
Heather,
What a cool devotional. My daughter would love it. I am looking to purchase an Atlas, got any recomendations? BTW just joined the FIAR Forum and ordered my stuff. Soooo excited for our new school year. :)
Jocelyn
Heather,
Thank you so much for the review. I was thinking of purchasing this book after hearing you contemplate using it at church. And when I found out it was different than the copy I had but we really ours, I was really intrigued.
Rachel (FIAR)
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