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 4 - This was our semester "Breakfast and Bingo" class! It's the highlight of the class for sure. Each semester I find a bingo board on Pinterest to use and print them off. We start with breakfast where I supply sausage balls, muffins, donut holes, fruit, milk and juice. Then we play bingo the rest of the hour!
Week 5 - After fighting sickness in our house, I was not mentally prepared for planning our co-op HA! So we had our first ever "game day". Everyone could bring in board games and play with friends. It went surprisingly well as in no one was left out and everyone played games the entire hour.
Sometimes when planning a class, it is always good to have an "easy" idea for either a substitute or for weeks that just are busy!
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