Anna is shading me!

We have a few kids who don't go home for term holidays.  On those days it is difficult for them to be left behind by their friends.  Emma is one of those kids.  He stays at the VOE during holidays.  

Today, after most of the kids left, he came up to me and just sat in my lap.  He was feeling left out.  So, I took him back to my cottage.  I needed a distraction for him.

We have some old tires behind the house that Brenda is going to paint and make flower planters.  I decided we could help her paint!

Anna and Emma loved it!

Emma did get frustrated at one point.

Here, in Uganda, coloring is called "shading".  I kept saying that he was painting, but Emma kept calling it shading.  One time, Anna painted Emma.  

He said, "Mama Jessica, Anna is shading me!  No, Anna.  Do not shade me.  Shade here!" and he pointed at the tire.  He was so serious I could not laugh.

Emma really acts as a big brother to 

Anna.  Loves her, protects her, aggravates her. . . 

Everything was going great until Anna fell onto the wet tire and got paint on her hand, then it all went blue. . . I mean bad.

Anna hates to have dirty hands!  Her entire body  can be dirty, but NOT THE HANDS.

She became obsessed.  

We went and washed the hands and within 30 second she touched the tire again.  We washed again.

Blue hands AGAIN.  Wash again.

Three washes later and so glad that is a disposable diaper!

Finally, we got back to business.

Then,  I decided the best way to finish the clean up was the water hose!  

Just like a big brother!

Field Day at VOE school!

We had field day at the VOE Primary School today.  

My job was to set up the Nursery stations.

We had a water station:

A bean bag toss station:

A bubble station:

And a chalk writing station:

Meanwhile, the older kids, 1st to 7th grade were divided into teams to have a netball (girls) and soccer (boys) tournament. Everyone that wanted to participate was put on a team.  We used donated fabric to differentiate the teams.

Christopher was the commentator.

Later, Christopher had some help with his commentary.

Learning about God's Creation

I have been teaching Anna a Bible verse for the month of April.  

A:  As for God, His way is perfect.  Psalm 18:30

B:  Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved.  Acts 16:31

We also pray each night and at meals. 

But I still felt like something was lacking.  I know she is only 2 1/2 but she is learning so much right now and so fast, I don't want to waste any time.

As I was preparing for this week's Bible study with my Kindergarteners, I realized that I could use my felt board pieces with her also!

So, we learned about Creation!  First, we talked about how God made the water and sky and clouds. 

Then we looked at fish and birds.  I let her put them on the board.  (As we were doing it, I realized it was a good sorting activity also!)

Then, we looked at animals and plants.  She loved putting all the animals on the board!

For some reason, this pig can fly!  All the other animals walked, but this one was flying!

Finally, we added the rainbow, sun and clouds because God made those too.  

Kids tell the story

We held our last Bible study of the term last Sunday.  Heather and I both had the same idea!

 We wanted the kids to tell the different stories we have been studying.  So, I got out the felt pieces and let them retell the stories and then we asked questions.

The entire process went very well  The older kids are really learning and absorbing the message.

We will begin again after Term I holidays.  

T is for. . .

Homeschool update:

We have learned CMA and now we go to T.

T is for table, tiger, train, teapot, and turtle.

We found some alphabet animal flashcards that someone brought as a donation.  Of all the cards, she loved the one that says O is for Owl.  We talk about it everyday!

(We love donations!  Visiting mission teams bring us things and we can always find a use for them!)

She can identify the colors red, blue, green, yellow, pink and black.  But, we are focusing on blue an red right now. So, we painted with blue and red.