Joyful Weeks 6-7, Our Co-Op

 We always start the same each week: 

1) This semester I am sharing a short devotional around the idea of why we memorize scripture.  I'm taking my thoughts from HERE.  There are 10 Biblical reasons to memorize scripture so I'm sharing one each week. 

2) We then do our Joyful Bucket.  Each student has to name one thing that brought them joy throughout the week.  Sometimes this is hard.  I try to help them understand that their item doesn't have to be a "thing" - something they did or experienced - but rather even something simple they saw that brought them true joy. They also get to chose something out of our treat bucket. 

3) We review our scripture memorization.  We spend the semester memorizing scripture that we then share at presentation night. 

What changes each week are our activities. 

Week 6

This was our crafty week.  Each semester I like to find a simple craft that the teens can do - I call it our return to Kindergarten week.  I found this fun idea HERE.  Their finger paintings turned out great! 

Week 7

This week we took time to take our "Jumping for Joy" Photo that I use in our slide show.  Then we played a favorite game called Whomp-It.  They get to hit each other with a blow up bat - which I think is why they love it so much.  :-) 

The great thing about this co-op class is that the teens really just want to be together and hang out.  While I feel like sometimes I should more things they all tell me that they like what we do.  Ultimately that is all that matters.  It has been suggested that I teach this class two hours next semester so that there is room for more students (15 is the class size limit).  I haven't decided if that is a good option yet or not.  We shall see!