Welcome to a series I'm doing on Awana Cubbies! I hope you enjoy your time here. If you'd like, you can visit my previous posts, or dive right in!
Introduction
How I started down the Appleseed Trail
Bear Hugs 3-6: God is Creator
Bear Hugs 7-10: God's Word is Truth
Extra Cubbies Fun - Gingerbread Nativities
Bear Hugs 11-14 - God is Faithful
Bear Hug 15 - Story of Abraham
Bear Hug 16 - God is Mighty
Bear Hug 17 - Valentine's Day
This week was the last one for the 'God is Mighty' unit, and was basically a review of the previous three weeks, as well as the story of crossing the Red Sea. I basically followed what was suggested in the Cubbies handbook and we did the review portion of the lesson by using the picture cards, leaving out some key words to the story, and ringing a little bell instead. The kids would shout out the word that was missing! We had one little boy who really knew his stuff! A few of the others joined in, but many of the kids just didn't want to shout out answers at all. And that is ok. Each child is so different, and it is such a joy to see each one's own personality!
To add a bit of fun to the lesson, I made the 'red sea' using some blue tablecovers in the 'Awana Fair' bins, and some fish decorations that were made in previous years and that I used for the creation series for day 5. I really wanted to avoid using tacks in the walls, but tape doesn't stick to this type of plastic well at all, and they fell down within a few hours. Tacks it is! Hide those so the kids don't find them!
Had to make a little 'school' of fish. The tape held ok for the fish. I suppose it is because they aren't very heavy at all.
This is where we came in. I brought along my husband's freshly washed housecoat, grabbed a broom handle 'staff', and had Mr. P, one of the leaders, play the part of Moses. My other two leaders held up two more of the blue plastic sheets in front of the hallway, like a large door, barring the way through. Then, when 'Moses' raised his staff (with all the little Cubbies crowding around behind him), the 'water door' opened up, and they could follow him through! It was great fun! I ended up being Pharaoh and the army. When I tried to go through, the leaders with their 'water sheets' threw them on top of me (I had to work hard to not say 'I'm MELTING' and stuck with 'Oh NO' instead, as I 'drowned'). The kids loved it! Nothing like play acting and visuals to help the story come alive!
The previous week we had biscuits for snack, to represent the Passover bread that had no yeast. Some of the kids remembered that in the lesson, too. This week's snack was Teddy Grahams. We made a 'crossing the red sea' craft (picture to follow... when I take one of it) that was inspired by this pin. The teddy grahams crossed through on dry ground... into the Cubbies tummies!
I hope you are enjoying this little series on Cubbies. I can hardly believe we are down to the last two units already!
I've been pinning all sorts of fun things over in my Cubbies pinterest board... although it is branching into more Awana based and Sunday School based ideas as well. Feel free to check it out and enjoy some of the crafts and snacks with your own little ones!
Until next week! God bless!
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