Morning. I was struggling with a alliterated Sunday daily title. I just kept thinking "snow". I took the dog out a bit ago and saw some snow flakes in the flashlight beam. It isn't snowing now, but it was a reminder of what is to come.
Up early, need to blow the leaves off the driveway and deck today!
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We had our annual Picnic in the Park yesterday. A fund-raiser,
with lots of games and treats for the kiddies. Totally exhausted today, thank goodness someone else (who lives close to the church) volunteered to do the flowers.
I stepped up our of my comfort zone, and got one of those temporary tattoos. Its gold colored, and goes around my left wrist. Temporary is the word - its already wearing off. Hopefully it will last through the coronation this afternoon for our Royal Court - I'm the Coordinator/Director.
I just steam cleaned the carpet in the basement. It was stained from when I had my furnace serviced. They technician did not put any protective covering down and tracked grease/dirt in on my almost new berber including the stairs. Looks good now, appears all the dirt came up. I pretreated it the other day and I am sure that helped. It's great doing projects like that early in the day, I feel so productive, enough that if I lazed around the rest of the day I may not feel guilty.
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Got groceries bought and put up. One load of laundry in dryer, running a cleaning cycle in washer. Next is unloading and reloading dishwasher. Leaves really aren't bad but I have so many acorns! Dern squirrels better get busy! The theater close to Hilton Head is playing The Shining at 2, we will probably go see that.
Mom and dad left about 3 this morning going to Talladega for the race.
Caitlyn is going to church and then out with friends.
It's just me and the boys today.
Not much to do.
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Morning. I was struggling with a alliterated Sunday daily title. I just kept thinking "snow". I took the dog out a bit ago and saw some snow flakes in the flashlight beam. :no: It isn't snowing now, but it was a reminder of what is to come.
Up early, need to blow the leaves off the driveway and deck today!
SNOW???
Shut up!
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A flock of flirting flamingos is pure, passionate, pink pandemonium-a frenetic flamingle-mangle-a discordant discotheque of delirious dancing, flamboyant feathers, and flamingo lingo.
Splendid Sundau morning! The sun is shining but the winds are howling.
Between Friday and yesterday, I did something to my calves. They hurt all around. I put muscle patches on them last night.
My Halloween costume is almost all ready to go. DH just needs khaki/cargo pants for his. We found a hard weave safari hat at a thrift store and he decided to be either a safari adventurer or that head guy from Jurassic park.
If I can make it up and down the stairs, I will be organizing the freezers and taking inventory. We need to do a Sams Club run this week but I won't go without a list.
I also need to make my drunken fruit for Halloween.
Pina Colada bites - pineapple chunks soaked in coconut rum
Peaches and Cream - peach slices soaked in whipped vodka
Orange Creamsicle - mandarin oranges soaked in vanilla vodka
Splendid Sundau morning! The sun is shining but the winds are howling.
Between Friday and yesterday, I did something to my calves. They hurt all around. I put muscle patches on them last night.
My Halloween costume is almost all ready to go. DH just needs khaki/cargo pants for his. We found a hard weave safari hat at a thrift store and he decided to be either a safari adventurer or that head guy from Jurassic park.
If I can make it up and down the stairs, I will be organizing the freezers and taking inventory. We need to do a Sams Club run this week but I won't go without a list.
I also need to make my drunken fruit for Halloween. Pina Colada bites - pineapple chunks soaked in coconut rum Peaches and Cream - peach slices soaked in whipped vodka Orange Creamsicle - mandarin oranges soaked in vanilla vodka
What kind of fruit do you use? Fresh, frozen, canned? How long do you soak it? We need details here
Splendid Sundau morning! The sun is shining but the winds are howling.
Between Friday and yesterday, I did something to my calves. They hurt all around. I put muscle patches on them last night.
My Halloween costume is almost all ready to go. DH just needs khaki/cargo pants for his. We found a hard weave safari hat at a thrift store and he decided to be either a safari adventurer or that head guy from Jurassic park.
If I can make it up and down the stairs, I will be organizing the freezers and taking inventory. We need to do a Sams Club run this week but I won't go without a list.
I also need to make my drunken fruit for Halloween. Pina Colada bites - pineapple chunks soaked in coconut rum Peaches and Cream - peach slices soaked in whipped vodka Orange Creamsicle - mandarin oranges soaked in vanilla vodka
What kind of fruit do you use? Fresh, frozen, canned? How long do you soak it? We need details here
Actually, we need an invite to the party!
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Everyone is welcome. It is actually for the parents who ToT with their kids. Neighbor does Jell-O shots.
It is real simple. Take any fruit, I use canned. Drain the liquid, I get in juice, not syrup. Cover with alcohol. Let sit for up to a month. 2-3 days is minimum. A week is good.
Everyone is welcome. It is actually for the parents who ToT with their kids. Neighbor does Jell-O shots.
It is real simple. Take any fruit, I use canned. Drain the liquid, I get in juice, not syrup. Cover with alcohol. Let sit for up to a month. 2-3 days is minimum. A week is good.
I sort of played hooky from church today, I didn't go to the service but I went to Sunday school.
I am having such a hard time with my class, it's a new class to me, it's only two kids, a boy and a girl. The boy is (I apologize for this) a mouthy little brat who has no manners, and the girl clearly wants nothing to do with me, won't talk to me or make eye contact unless she absolutely has to. I don't know what to do to win them over! So I am just trying to get through each class and hope they get SOMETHING out of it.
But anyway. I have to go to the grocery store today too, otherwise we are just watching Nascar and football and I'm glazing my pottery.
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Was it a bad day?
Or was it a bad five minutes that you milked all day?
I'm sorry you are having a tough time with your class vette. I've had a few difficult kids and I know how frustrating it can be. I've put them in time out and sometimes I would tell the kids to lay their heads on the table. You may already be doing this when you say your Prayers add them to your Prayers and Pray for . The girl may be feeling uncomfortable being the only girl in the class, I wouldn't take it personal. I had one girl who I had in my class for a few years and she is just now talking to me.
I sort of played hooky from church today, I didn't go to the service but I went to Sunday school.
I am having such a hard time with my class, it's a new class to me, it's only two kids, a boy and a girl. The boy is (I apologize for this) a mouthy little brat who has no manners, and the girl clearly wants nothing to do with me, won't talk to me or make eye contact unless she absolutely has to. I don't know what to do to win them over! So I am just trying to get through each class and hope they get SOMETHING out of it.
But anyway. I have to go to the grocery store today too, otherwise we are just watching Nascar and football and I'm glazing my pottery.
They are little, right? Like preschool.
I taught 3-4 years olds, I have some suggestions if you would like.
Do you have PowerPoint on your laptop?
My kids loved when I put corresponding pictures on the lap top and played it as I read the information.
Make a sock puppet or two to help teach.
Are you able to make crafts during class?
Do things that let's them get up and move. A music time with active songs work great.
I had a couple kids who could read just a little and the others were beginning to recognize words. So I would give them words and when I came to that word in the story, they said it.
We also would have fun day now and then, play bible games.
Hope it helps.
My best advice, don't take anything personally and remember the class is over in 20-30 minutes.
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A flock of flirting flamingos is pure, passionate, pink pandemonium-a frenetic flamingle-mangle-a discordant discotheque of delirious dancing, flamboyant feathers, and flamingo lingo.
I sort of played hooky from church today, I didn't go to the service but I went to Sunday school.
I am having such a hard time with my class, it's a new class to me, it's only two kids, a boy and a girl. The boy is (I apologize for this) a mouthy little brat who has no manners, and the girl clearly wants nothing to do with me, won't talk to me or make eye contact unless she absolutely has to. I don't know what to do to win them over! So I am just trying to get through each class and hope they get SOMETHING out of it.
But anyway. I have to go to the grocery store today too, otherwise we are just watching Nascar and football and I'm glazing my pottery.
They are little, right? Like preschool.
I taught 3-4 years olds, I have some suggestions if you would like.
Do you have PowerPoint on your laptop?
My kids loved when I put corresponding pictures on the lap top and played it as I read the information.
Make a sock puppet or two to help teach.
Are you able to make crafts during class?
Do things that let's them get up and move. A music time with active songs work great.
I had a couple kids who could read just a little and the others were beginning to recognize words. So I would give them words and when I came to that word in the story, they said it.
We also would have fun day now and then, play bible games.
Hope it helps.
My best advice, don't take anything personally and remember the class is over in 20-30 minutes.
No actually they are older, like 6th grade. I'm more used to teaching the younger age groups, this is my first time teaching older kids. So I feel like my craft/ song ideas are a little juvenile for them, and I'm sure that's part of the problem
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Was it a bad day?
Or was it a bad five minutes that you milked all day?
No actually they are older, like 6th grade. I'm more used to teaching the younger age groups, this is my first time teaching older kids. So I feel like my craft/ song ideas are a little juvenile for them, and I'm sure that's part of the problem
6th grade is the worst. Think back to when you were that age and what was going through your mind. Take lessons from that.
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No actually they are older, like 6th grade. I'm more used to teaching the younger age groups, this is my first time teaching older kids. So I feel like my craft/ song ideas are a little juvenile for them, and I'm sure that's part of the problem
Oh.
Ok.
Well, let me think.
At that age, they should be ready for a little more in depth learning.
What do 6th graders deal with in their lives?
Are you able to create your own lessons or are you given what to teach?
It's hard with just 2 students, maybe ask them to invite a friend. Girls vs guys, the winner gets to pick a treat or class outing.
Work on verse memorization.
Give a verse or portion to learn, have a contest.
Ask them what they want to learn, have a suggestion box.
6th graders are how old? Is there a service in the church they could help do? Hand out bulitins, help give out visitor cards, the church workers of tomorrow are learning how today.
The PowerPoint lessons would still work.
Play "how does this apply" with you lessons.
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A flock of flirting flamingos is pure, passionate, pink pandemonium-a frenetic flamingle-mangle-a discordant discotheque of delirious dancing, flamboyant feathers, and flamingo lingo.
I just finished two handwork projects for DW's birthday, which is coming up this week. I made her a needle felted wall hanging with some custom batting I had carded through a shop on Etsy. I highly recommend Wildethyme Art:
They have made me custom yarn and battings that are simply gorgeous. Plus they always mail them with a little satchel of dried lavender and the fibers smell delicious.
I also made her a throw pillow from a wool sweater I accidentally washed and dried (and hence shrunk). I used some custom spun yarn from the same shop to weave the top of the pillow and used my sad little shrunken sweater as the back. Here are pictures of the yarn they made me, from their Etsy shop. These are their stock photos but honestly, the yarn they spun for me looks just like it.
No actually they are older, like 6th grade. I'm more used to teaching the younger age groups, this is my first time teaching older kids. So I feel like my craft/ song ideas are a little juvenile for them, and I'm sure that's part of the problem
That is a tough age, to old for the cute fun stuff but not old enough to be a part of the youth group. One of our Sunday school teachers who teaches 6th grade brings a breakfast pizza every quarter and the kids seem to enjoy it. Maybe have a Bible drill where you give the a verse and they have a race to find the verse. Make a chart and whoever finds the most verses in the quarter receives a small prize. Challenge them to memorize bible verses. After the lesson ask them questions about what they heard.
No actually they are older, like 6th grade. I'm more used to teaching the younger age groups, this is my first time teaching older kids. So I feel like my craft/ song ideas are a little juvenile for them, and I'm sure that's part of the problem
That is a tough age, to old for the cute fun stuff but not old enough to be a part of the youth group. One of our Sunday school teachers who teaches 6th grade brings a breakfast pizza every quarter and the kids seem to enjoy it. Maybe have a Bible drill where you give the a verse and they have a race to find the verse. Make a chart and whoever finds the most verses in the quarter receives a small prize. Challenge them to memorize bible verses. After the lesson ask them questions about what they heard.
Great ideas. Also, how about some nature projects? Middle schoolers really like the earth sciences.
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Sometimes you're the windshield, and sometimes you're the bug.
A flock of flirting flamingos is pure, passionate, pink pandemonium-a frenetic flamingle-mangle-a discordant discotheque of delirious dancing, flamboyant feathers, and flamingo lingo.
No actually they are older, like 6th grade. I'm more used to teaching the younger age groups, this is my first time teaching older kids. So I feel like my craft/ song ideas are a little juvenile for them, and I'm sure that's part of the problem
That is a tough age, to old for the cute fun stuff but not old enough to be a part of the youth group. One of our Sunday school teachers who teaches 6th grade brings a breakfast pizza every quarter and the kids seem to enjoy it. Maybe have a Bible drill where you give the a verse and they have a race to find the verse. Make a chart and whoever finds the most verses in the quarter receives a small prize. Challenge them to memorize bible verses. After the lesson ask them questions about what they heard.
Those are great ideas. You could also try to get them to choose a service project, learn about what it means to "serve" others, and get them excited about helping people who need it. Christmas is coming - does your church do the shoeboxes?
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No actually they are older, like 6th grade. I'm more used to teaching the younger age groups, this is my first time teaching older kids. So I feel like my craft/ song ideas are a little juvenile for them, and I'm sure that's part of the problem
That is a tough age, to old for the cute fun stuff but not old enough to be a part of the youth group. One of our Sunday school teachers who teaches 6th grade brings a breakfast pizza every quarter and the kids seem to enjoy it. Maybe have a Bible drill where you give the a verse and they have a race to find the verse. Make a chart and whoever finds the most verses in the quarter receives a small prize. Challenge them to memorize bible verses. After the lesson ask them questions about what they heard.
Those are great ideas. You could also try to get them to choose a service project, learn about what it means to "serve" others, and get them excited about helping people who need it. Christmas is coming - does your church do the shoeboxes?
No, what are the shoeboxes? I'm new to this church so I'm still getting used to their ways.
SB, do my eyes deceive me or is that a coach??
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Was it a bad day?
Or was it a bad five minutes that you milked all day?
No actually they are older, like 6th grade. I'm more used to teaching the younger age groups, this is my first time teaching older kids. So I feel like my craft/ song ideas are a little juvenile for them, and I'm sure that's part of the problem
That is a tough age, to old for the cute fun stuff but not old enough to be a part of the youth group. One of our Sunday school teachers who teaches 6th grade brings a breakfast pizza every quarter and the kids seem to enjoy it. Maybe have a Bible drill where you give the a verse and they have a race to find the verse. Make a chart and whoever finds the most verses in the quarter receives a small prize. Challenge them to memorize bible verses. After the lesson ask them questions about what they heard.
Those are great ideas. You could also try to get them to choose a service project, learn about what it means to "serve" others, and get them excited about helping people who need it. Christmas is coming - does your church do the shoeboxes?
No, what are the shoeboxes? I'm new to this church so I'm still getting used to their ways.
SB, do my eyes deceive me or is that a coach??
Operation Christmas Child. You prepare shoeboxes with gifts to send around the world to underdeveloped countries. Our collection deadline is November 23rd here, so you'd have to get busy. Here's the link:
It isn't snowing now, but it was a reminder of what is to come.
