Ok, not the most creative title for this entry but I'm tired of being creative at the moment.  Today I impulsively decided to study some of the miracles of Jesus in preparation for Easter.  I grabbed my Tomie DePaola book The Miracles of Jesus off of the book shelf and read a few stories.  All three kids were totally fascinated and asked me to read more!  We read a few more of the stories and then I did some narration work with my oldest son (7).  For some crazy reason, I decided that the story where Jesus instructs the disciples to cast the nets (after a night of no fish) and the nets are suddenly overflowing with fish would make a good play.  So, instead of my plan for the day...we started making fish, nets and a boat.  I went over the components of a play such as the actors, set desginers, narrator, costume designer etc.  We discussed plots, setting, characters etc.  My oldest son then dictated to me (and I typed) the dialogue for the play.  It turned out to be about 5 lines with the narrator (me!) helping to explain the story.  Son (7) was Simon, son (5) was Jesus, daughter (3) was John & James and the baby was the fish (we taped some paper fish to her car seat thingy). We used a few props such a paper fish, a laundry basket and some pretend water.  The kids have been rehersing all day for their "performance" this evening.  My son (7) has been writing his little heart out-making notes and such.  He is practicing his handwriting without him even knowing it. So far, this has been a very creative and educational day.  In addition, we managed to do some math, spelling and history.  The baby has been very content and calm today which is the main reason that everyone has gotten so much done.  

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Posted by Daddy

The play was really enjoyable. All of the kids were involved and enthusiastic about their roles. The director had her act together. Such vision. A++

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