Play! Listen! Talk!

What are the kids in your class fascinated with? Today we had a visiting boy who only wanted to draw garbage cans! So we set aside the fish mural we had planned to make and got out paper and crayons and he drew brown, green and then blue garbage cans! I had a hard time thinking of how to connect garbage cans with the wonderful world God made! Garbage is the opposite of God’s magnificent creation!

Soon, however, the fascination with garbage cans turned to fascination with the "Cleanup Party" song—which is our favorite way this year to put away toys. I’m not sure how long this fascination will last, but I’m hoping it lasts a long time!

Best of all was the kids’ fascination with the Bible story. There’s nothing better than seeing kids respond with interest and curiosity to the stories from God’s Book. Often, but especially today when we had several first-time visitors, we say the words “The stories in this book are true! The words in this book are God’s messages to us. I love hearing the stories from the Bible, and I hope you do, too!”

I'll happily draw garbage cans or whatever it takes, if the relationship that is built leads a child to hear God's Word!