Pray & Ponder

write about what you are thinking and seeing and experiencing:

• print these journal response pages as a booklet

do some creative or playful things:

• here are some nature play ideas for littles
• play with colors and textures — and grow independence — as you do a little floral arranging

read with a buddy or by yourself:

• read aloud together The Vanderbeekers and the Hidden Garden by Karina Yan Glaser — a sweet chapter book about transformation
• read Lola Plants a Garden by Anna McQuinn as you follow a seed to flower story
• check out The Big Book of Blooms by Yuval Zommer with its beautiful illustrations and bits about botany

share what you have learned with someone else:

• teach this to someone using this guide

write about what you are thinking and seeing and experiencing:

• print these journal response pages as a booklet

do some creative or playful things:

• make some art like Eric Carle, inspired by his book The Tiny Seed
• grab a little bag of seeds and sort and classify them: How are they alike? How are they different? Use this site on seeds to help you understand more in depth.
• gather some fallen treasures to create nature sculptures
• do some sorting, predicting, and sprouting with seeds

read with a buddy or by yourself:

• read Seeds Move! by Robin Page
• read A Seed Is Sleepy by Dianna Hutts Aston
• read aloud together as a family as you huddle around The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

share what you have learned with someone else:

• teach this to someone using this guide

write about what you are thinking and seeing and experiencing:

• print these journal response pages as a booklet

do some creative or playful things:

• create a water-based sensory bin for younger kids
• check out these ideas for water play for older kids
• here are some wonderful ways to explore with watercolors
• quench your thirst with these infused water recipes
• have a "leaf race" — toss two leaves into a creek and watch them as they float to the finish line

read with a buddy or by yourself:

• soak in the glorious illustrations of Water Is Water: A Book About the Water Cycle by Miranda Paul
• gather your older elementary kids and read aloud together All Thirteen:The Incredible Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team by Christina Soontornvat

share what you have learned with someone else:

• teach this to someone using this guide

do some creative or playful things:

• mix some dirt and a little bit of water and paint with mud
• make "clean" mud dough
• make "mud muffins"
• play "Stuck in the Mud". It's just like freeze dance. Sort of. And it's played without mud. :)

read with a buddy or by yourself:

• read Mud by Mary Lyn Ray
• read A New Green Day by Antoinette Portis
• read Yucky Worms by Vivian French — then go dig in the mud for worms
• read Little Blue Truck with a Gospel perspective

write about what you are thinking and seeing and experiencing:

• print these journal response pages as a booklet

share what you have learned with someone else:

• teach this to someone using this guide

Wild Wondering With God — Episode 1 — Wind

do some artsy things:

gather sticks and string to make a wind chime

https://www.mudandbloom.com/blog/windchimes

make a wind sock

https://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Windsock-for-Children

paint with watercolors using a straw by dropping paint on the paper and blowing the paint with the straw instead of a brush

https://babbledabbledo.com/how-to-do-blow-painting-with-straws/

read with a buddy or by yourself:

read Christina Rossetti's poem, "Who Has Seen the Wind?"

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43197/who-has-seen-the-wind

read the picture book Hurry Up! A book about slowing down

https://www.amazon.com/Hurry-Up-Book-About-Slowing/dp/1534424970/ref=sr_1_2?crid=26T0PDVMIF7EC&dchild=1&keywords=hurry+up+a+book+about+slowing+down&qid=1624997282&sprefix=hurry+up+a+boo%2Caps%2C194&sr=8-2

read aloud together as a family as you huddle around The Wind in the Willows

https://www.amazon.com/Wind-Willows-Sterling-Illustrated-Classics/dp/1402782837/ref=sr_1_3?crid=MDM0SGADUDS4&dchild=1&keywords=wind+and+the+willows+book&qid=1624997359&sprefix=wind+and+the+willows%2Caps%2C171&sr=8-3

write about what you are thinking and seeing and experiencing:

print these journal response pages as a booklet

https://restorationarlington.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/journal_inside_pages_wind.pdf

share what you have learned with someone else:

teach this to someone using this guide

https://restorationarlington.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/parent_ww_wind_psalm46_genesis2_7_acts4_1_4.pdf

Season 4 of P&P starts next week! Enjoy this trailer, and don't forget to listen beginning next Friday, July 2!

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Today, we'll close out Season 3 of P&P with a look at the Book of Revelation.

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Today, we'll hear the story of Paul and the Thessalonians.

You can find the NIRV version of today's reading here.

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Today, we'll take a look at the book of Ephesians.

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Today, we'll talk about a disagreement between friends in Corinth.

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