August 25th, 2020

Had our end of summer teacher's meeting for Religious Education tonight to talk about all the upcoming changes for our 100% virtual school year starting at the beginning of October. I so immensely miss being here more often, and I'm definitely going to miss my classroom in the fall. :(

January 27th, 2020

January 13th, 2020

September 30th, 2019

Tonight we read about Adam, Eve, and the Garden of Eden! The kids loved the story, and were surprised to hear that snakes used to have legs that God took away! They each got to make their own cunning, trickster snake as well as an original sin apple! They all worked so hard and were very creative with their projects! It makes me so happy to see them eager to learn and create

PS, this little sweetheart got her stitches out this morning! She is doing just wonderfully and is feeling really good now that those annoying things are out. :) So happy to see her doing so well!

Also, look at the sweet gifts from the pups’ paternal grandparents! 🖤🎾

April 8th, 2019

Said goodbye to my kids tonight during the last day of class. :( I didn't expect to be so sad! I really got attached to those sweet little people! I know they will flourish next in their 4th grade class, but I will never forget the memories we made this past year together leaning about our amazing God. Until next year!

March 11th, 2019

Ugh, I am severely going to miss these munchkins after we say goodbye in April.

February 25th, 2019

Tonight in class I read the story of David and Goliath, with they all loved! To emphasize how big Goliath was, I taped a bunch of piece of paper together and stood them up against the wall. The kids could not believe how huge he was! They had fun comparing their sizes to it, and they definitely seemed to enjoy the fact that David was similar in size to them.

Later, we also read the Parable of the Sower. The kids had to draw pictures of what happened to each of the four types of seeds! We ended class by making a Lent prayers book. In it they listed an item/thing they wanted to give up, a bad habit they wanted to give up, and a good habit to take up. They all came up with so many great ideas! I am amazed so often by the grace, selflessness, and purity of these wonderful kids.

January 7th, 2019

Tonight I read the story of Moses from the book of Exodus to my kiddies. They had to draw pictures of each of the ten plagues, as you can see above. They all got very into the story and asked tons of questions! It absolutely warms my heart to see such young souls so engaged and excited about our God.

December 17th, 2018

The kiddies spoiled me with all kinds of Christmas gifts tonight. I'm still crying.

December 3rd, 2018

One of my sweet students gave me a wedding card tonight.

October 22nd, 2018

Yesterday my kids learned about the Tower of Babel & about Joseph!

After reading the story out of the Bible, we learned about the importance of language through a fun activity. The kids had to work together to line themselves up in a particular order--first with the ability to talk to each other, and then the second without. They all agreed that it was so much harder trying to communicate without being able to speak or write, and said that it must’ve been so much easier back when everyone in the world spoke the same language! After that each of them got to make their own miniature Tower of Babel.

In our next lesson, the kids had fun coloring a picture of Joseph’s coat of many colors and answering questions on a worksheet while I read the story aloud from the Bible. It was so encouraging to watch many of them put down their markers several times to look up and intently listen to what would happen next! As class was ending and we were packing up for the day, two of my boys even came up to me to ask more questions about the story. They told me that God must’ve been very proud of Joseph for forgiving his brothers after all the bad stuff they did to him!

I pray every day that I am making a difference in these kids’ lives, and little moments like those really make me feel like I do. ☺️💕

October 15th, 2018

I adore Monday nights with these kiddos.

October 1st, 2018

This week my kiddies learned about Adam & Eve and the Garden of Eden! They loved hearing the story read aloud from the Bible, as well as making their "original sin" apple cores and their cunning, trickster snakes. Teaching these sweet kids absolutely warms my heart! It makes me so proud to see them arriving to class eager to learn each week and to hear them answering all my questions correctly whenever we review our lessons. ☺️🍎🐍

September 10th, 2018

Had my first CCD class tonight and it was so much better than I could've ever imagined! My kids are absolutely darling. I had them fill out some questionnaires and this was one of the questions... I'm not crying, you're crying. :')