Barefoot Books- LadyD: June 2014

Joy of Summer Reading

Elizabeth Dulemba's illustration is so inviting for summer fun and begs for creativity and embellishment. I purposefully created her book to touch the edge of the cloud because I believe stories can take a child anywhere and wow, what a journey of reading wonderful, exciting children's books over the summer!

Coloring Page Tuesdays

So, what do you do with your kids? I like to read picture books with my grandchildren in hopes that they will become good readers on their own. You know, parents have the power, the power to impact children, especially during the early years.

Did you know that 90% of a child’s brain is formed in the first 5 years of life? What happens during this time not only impacts their brain development at the moment, but how they learn and grow for the rest of their life. Children are born with almost all the neurons they will ever have. What changes is the wiring, which is based on experience and activity. By three months old baby’s brains are very active and between 4 and 9 their brain activity is actually twice as active as an adult brain. Incredible!

Reading Suggestions

I love it when my grandson asks, "Do pies grow on trees, YaYa?" There's soooo many good books out there but here's just a few that my kiddos like to hear, over and over.

Pie in the Sky
The Kissing Hand
The Rainbow Fish
Duck! Rabbit!
Little Quack (Classic Board Books)

What are you reading over the summer?

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“You can’t get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.” -- C. S. Lewis

Sunday School Music: Crushed

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I'll be introducing a new song to the children, ages 2-6 this Sunday. It's not new on the internet since Seeds Family Worship have many CDs available but it will be our first time doing it together. A fun upbeat song with some tricky rhythm and a fun one at that! Take a look at the easy chord chart with modulation.

CRUSHED

Psalm 34:18

Intro

[C G] [D G] [C G] D

C G D G

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

C G D G

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Verse:

C G D G

The Lord is close to the brokenhearted

C G D

And saves those who are crushed in spirit

C G D G

The Lord is close to the brokenhearted

C G D

Psalm 34:18

Chorus:

C G D G

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

C G D

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

C G D G

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

C G D

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Repeat Verse

Repeat Chorus

D A E A

The Lord is close to the brokenhearted

D A E

And saves those who are crushed in spirit

D A E A

The Lord is close to the brokenhearted

D A E

Psalm 34:18

D A E A

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

D A E

Psalm 34:18

Written by Jason Houser

Hand Gestures

I'm just using a few hand gestures because I want the emphasis to be on the word crushed.

The Lord = point to the sky

Brokenhearted = heart shape with hands and then open it

Crushed = shout out the word and jump

18 = jump

The Lord hears good people cry out to Him! Are you missing someone? Relinquish your sadness to God. He is near!
Crushed (Psalm 34:18)

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Be Kind (2 Timothy 2:24)

Barefoot Books-LadyD: Be Kind (Free Digital Photos)

There's a cute song you may be interested in for Sunday School. It's easy to play on the guitar or keyboard in the Key of C. It's called, Be Kind (2 Timothy 2:24) It sort of sounds like the tune, Skip To My Lou.

Be Kind Lyrics

Words and Music by Bernice Mario

Be kind, be kind to everyone
      G
Be kind, be kind to everyone.
      C
Be kind, be kind to everyone.
        G                       C
The Bible says, "Be kind."

C
Skip to a friend, skip back to your place.
G
Skip to a friend, skip back to your place
C
Turn around, put a smile on your face,
G                                  C
And sing with me, "Be kind."

If you want to play the right hand notes to get the melody down, then it goes like this:

C E    E C C E E G
Be kind, be kind to everyone
      D      D B     B   D D F
Be kind, be kind to everyone.
F   E      E   C    C   E   E G
Be kind, be kind to everyone.
E     D F   E        D   C
The Bible says, "Be kind."

E       E E C        C     E     E   E      G
Skip to a friend, skip back to your place.
D      D D B        B     D     D   D     F
Skip to a friend, skip back to your place
E       E      C   C   C E    E   E     G
Turn around, put a smile on your face,
C      D     F     E      D   C
And sing with me, "Be kind."

While the music is playing, you may want to have the children skip or perhaps interchange the words with "jump." I know my grandchildren sure do like to jump!

The song was produced in 2001 by Gospel Light from Shake It Up! (Little Kids Time)

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