Class #3

Date: 5-17-09

Children: Sasha, Sienna, Sage, Anika, Mason, Aman, Isaiah

Adults: Britt, James, Aria, Julie, Alfie, Lisa, Patrick, Ericka, Colin (adults)

Topic/Activities:
- Inside descriptor words,
- virtues,
- talked at length about the different "inside/outside" words that describe Ferdinand.

Book: Ferdinand

Art Project: Card. Front was picture of child (printed the night before) where they glued "outside" descriptor words. Next page of card was contact paper where they stuck "inside" descriptor words and then surrounded these with strips of colored tissue paper.

It is always key to prepare an example before hand.

Class #2

Date: 4-19-09

Children: Sienna, Sage, Anika, Mason, Aman, Isaiah

Adults: Alfie, Lisa, Ericka, Colin (adults)

Topic/Activities:
- Started with prayers this time. This was the first time praying for some of them.
- God's immense, ever-present love for us
- God will always be there when we need him

Book: Runaway Bunny

Art Project: Made bunny masks out of plates and cotton balls

Class #1

Date: 3-29-09

Children: Sienna, Sage, Anika, Mason, Aman, Isaiah

Adults: Patrick, Lisa, Ericka, Britt, Colin

Topic/Activities:
- Introductory session
- Sang songs to learn each other’s names
- Talked about words we use to describe ourselves on the outside
- Then explored words we use to describe ourselves on the inside.
- We went around the circle and thought about what words we personally use to
describe ourselves on the inside. That word we used in the art project

Art Project: Made necklaces that with beads that had letters and spelled out the “inside” word (virtue) we picked for ourselves.