Thursdays with Ms. Jane

K-3 Thursday morning update: I’ve had the fun of spending each Thursday morning with your kids, working our way through the Old Testament, book by book. So far, we’ve covered Genesis through Ezra. For each book, we try to come up with a little theme that helps us remember what it’s about and we also talk about how each part of the Bible points to Jesus. This Thursday, as a special celebration before break, we’ll be doing a big review with some prizes. I’d really encourage your kids to be there right at 8:35 so they can be a part of the whole celebration. If you’re interested, these are our shortcuts for the books so far: Genesis – means the beginning. A book of lots of firsts Exodus – like an exit. The Israelites exited Egypt Leviticus – “Lev” reminds us of “live”—this book showed the Israelites how to live Numbers – remember the number 40—40 years in the desert Deuteronomy – we remember this as “Do—I’m outta here!” (sometimes you have to stretch it a little!). Moses told the people what to do because he was out of there! Joshua – obvious! Judges – obvious! Ruth – obvious! Although we did use the letters to remember the story: R – relatives (Naomi and her daughters-in-law), U – ugly life and circumstances, T – THE guy (Boaz!), H – happy ending I & II Samuel – obvious! I & II Kings – obvious! I & II Chronicles – chronicling is writing. This is the Israelites remembering their time of the kings Ezra – obvious—we talked about all the great prophets coming up! I don’t know about you, but I was well into adulthood before I really understood how the whole Bible fits together as one big story. Exciting to teach this to your kids at such a young age, and I’m really impressed at all they remember from week to week!