4 Mar, 2010
The Stories We Can Tell...
Area students celebrate Dr. Seuss's birthday
By LISA OLLIGES
DUQUESNE, MO. - It is a fundamental part of learning and kids spent Tuesday celebrating reading with a birthday party for Dr. Seuss, complete with special homemade party hats.
At Duquesne Elementary School there were cookies and punch for the kids, and reading done by the Cat in the Hat.
It is part of Read Across America, which is held on the birthday of Theodore Geisl, better known as Dr. Seuss.
Teachers say kids find Dr. Seuss books easy to read because of rhymes but more importantly, fun.
(Story provided by: http://www.koamtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=12072609 )
(Picture provided by: http://mrsdereksclass.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/dr_seuss_final.jpg )
By LISA OLLIGES
DUQUESNE, MO. - It is a fundamental part of learning and kids spent Tuesday celebrating reading with a birthday party for Dr. Seuss, complete with special homemade party hats.
At Duquesne Elementary School there were cookies and punch for the kids, and reading done by the Cat in the Hat.
It is part of Read Across America, which is held on the birthday of Theodore Geisl, better known as Dr. Seuss.
Teachers say kids find Dr. Seuss books easy to read because of rhymes but more importantly, fun.
(Story provided by: http://www.koamtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=12072609 )
(Picture provided by: http://mrsdereksclass.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/dr_seuss_final.jpg )
Deuteronomy 4:8-10 (New International Version)
8 And what other nation is so great as to have such righteous decrees and laws as this body of laws I am setting before you today?
9 Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them. 10Remember the day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, when he said to me, "Assemble the people before me to hear my words so that they may learn to revere me as long as they live in the land and may teach them to their children."
What does God's Story scripture teach us about learning God's Story?8 And what other nation is so great as to have such righteous decrees and laws as this body of laws I am setting before you today?
9 Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them. 10Remember the day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, when he said to me, "Assemble the people before me to hear my words so that they may learn to revere me as long as they live in the land and may teach them to their children."
Israel has justcompleted their time of wandering through the desert. They have defeated twogreat kings and are preparing to enter the Promised Land. Before they can enterGod has them pause for a moment, for a change in leadership, anda few reminders before they enter their new home.
God tells the wholenation, "You forgot me once before. That's why you spent so much time walking around. Don't do it again." Here in this little section of Deuteronomy, God is telling hispeople remembering His law is so important you need to teach it to yourchildren and your grandchildren, then they should do the same. This message wasso important that it needed passed down. They needed to share God's law as a family.
How can we connect today's God's Story scripture to our live?
It is doubtful thatyou are wrapping up your time wandering through a desert, but the importancethis puts on God's Story should tell us something. God wanted Israel to learnHis law and think about it, because it told the Israelites about Him. It showedthem His character and that He was a personal God who desired to connect withthem and provide for them a good life in the Promised Land.
The Bible serves thesame purpose for us. It is the best way to learn how much God loves us and howspecial we are to Him. God, through scripture, invites us into relationshipwith Him and teaches us how to love Him and other people.
The chance to know God should motivate us to not only read the Bible butto really know God's Story.
It is doubtful thatyou are wrapping up your time wandering through a desert, but the importancethis puts on God's Story should tell us something. God wanted Israel to learnHis law and think about it, because it told the Israelites about Him. It showedthem His character and that He was a personal God who desired to connect withthem and provide for them a good life in the Promised Land.
The Bible serves thesame purpose for us. It is the best way to learn how much God loves us and howspecial we are to Him. God, through scripture, invites us into relationshipwith Him and teaches us how to love Him and other people.
The chance to know God should motivate us to not only read the Bible butto really know God's Story.
How can we connect today's story, God's Story scripture, and our story to others?
A lot ofus learned how to read using Dr. Seuss books. As a kid, I loved "The Catin the Hat." For my siblings and me, the stories, rhymes,and illustrations taught us how to use the imagination that God had givenus. Seuss' stories were the beginning of a love for reading and stories for allof us. They were our introduction into the larger worldof literature.
God'sStory in scripture is an introduction into a something larger as well. It is astarting point for learning about God, and painting vivid pictures that teachus about His love for us. One of my students wanted to start reading the Biblemore, so he started in Joshua. He sent me a message a few days later, saying "Joshuahas really cool stories." My student's imagination was at work as he sawGod's work in Joshua. These stories left the student with a desire to read moreand learn more about Joshua's God. He has been reading every day since.
The Bibleis full of great stories that touch our hearts and engage our minds. As youspend time in God's Story, you will find many stories that engage all thesenses, stories that you can share with friends, that will pique their interestand, in the midst of enjoying those stories, they will meet a very real God wholoves them personally.
A lot ofus learned how to read using Dr. Seuss books. As a kid, I loved "The Catin the Hat." For my siblings and me, the stories, rhymes,and illustrations taught us how to use the imagination that God had givenus. Seuss' stories were the beginning of a love for reading and stories for allof us. They were our introduction into the larger worldof literature.
God'sStory in scripture is an introduction into a something larger as well. It is astarting point for learning about God, and painting vivid pictures that teachus about His love for us. One of my students wanted to start reading the Biblemore, so he started in Joshua. He sent me a message a few days later, saying "Joshuahas really cool stories." My student's imagination was at work as he sawGod's work in Joshua. These stories left the student with a desire to read moreand learn more about Joshua's God. He has been reading every day since.
The Bibleis full of great stories that touch our hearts and engage our minds. As youspend time in God's Story, you will find many stories that engage all thesenses, stories that you can share with friends, that will pique their interestand, in the midst of enjoying those stories, they will meet a very real God wholoves them personally.
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