I am Story Hour Coordinator at a Christian gift and book store and love my time with the kids! I decided to put together a spring story hour to celebrate the season. Our typical story hour consists of a bible story along with two other stories, songs with actions, and a craft to coincide with the bible story. There really is no spring bible story, but I wanted to celebrate the season with the kids and show them how we are like God's plants and need to be fed by God's word. I picked up packages with 6 gladiola bulbs per pack from the Dollar Store and made up these little packets with this simple poem.
I couldn't find a Christian kid's song to go with our celebration of spring, so I decided to come up with my own. What kid doesn't know the song,"Let it Go", from Frozen! I put these words to the refrain from the song.
Let us grow, let us grow
Let us grow in God's holy word.
Let us grow, let us grow
Grow to love him more and more!
I want to share what God has to say,
His Son died for me
So I can live in heav'n one day!
His Son died for me
So I can live in heav'n one day!
Our craft was inspired by something I saw on the Food Network by the Pioneer Woman. http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ree-drummond/ice-cream-flower-pot-desserts-recipe.html I have a limited budget so I used paper cups instead of clay pots and Dollar Store flowers instead of fresh flowers.
