December 23

Day 23 - Joseph

Matthew 1:18-25

December 22

Day 22 - Mary and the Angel

Luke 1:26-38

December 21

Day 21 - Baptism

(water drop)

Luke 1:5-17; Matthew 3:1-6

December 20

Day 20 - Son of Righteousness

Malachi 3:1-5; 4:1-6

December 19

Day 19 - Waiting on the Lord

(watchtower)

Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4

December 18

Day 18 - Jonah

Jonah 1:1-4:11

This is one of K's favorite story from the Bible. We read it almost every day for a month or two this summer.

Only 1 week left until Christmas!!!!

December 17

Day 17 - Exile

2 Chronicles 36:11-21; Jeremiah 31:31-34

December 16

Day 16 - Wise and just king

Isaiah 8:11-9:7

December 15

Day 15 - Isaiah

(hot coal)

Isaiah 6:1-13

December 14

Day 14 - Elijah & prophets of Baal

(alter with fire burning)

1 Kings 18:17-39

December 13

Day 13 - David (lyre or harp)

1 Samuel 16:1-23; 2 Samuel 5:1-5, 7:1-17

December 12

Day 12 - Ten Commandments

Exodus 19:16-20-20:20

December 11

Day 11 - Passover

Exodus 12:1-39

December 5

Day 5 - Promise to Abraham

Genesis 12:1-7; 15:1-6

(Dark sky with stars)

"Look up at the heavens and count the stars - if indeed you can count them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be." Genesis 15:5

December 7

Day 7 - Abraham & Isaac

Genesis 22:1-19

December 6

Day 6 - Sodom & Gomorrah

Genesis 18 & 19

To keep K's attention, I didn't read the entire chapters, but (some of) the parts that talked about Sodom & Gomorrah.

December 4

Day 4 - Tower of Babel (language book)

Genesis 11:1-9

December 3

Day 3 - The flood

Genesis 6:11-22; 7:17-8:3; 9:8-17

It's only day 3 and K is really starting to enjoy the countdown and looks forward to the new ornament and story every day.

He had punched out day 3 before I was even out of bed. :-)

December 2

DAY 2 - The Fall of Adam & Eve

Verse(s): Genesis 2:4-3:13

Countdown to Christmas

K and I made ornaments for a Jesse Tree last year as a way to keep Christ in Christmas and learn the real meaning of the Christmas.

Since we made decorations for our Jesse Tree last year, I wasn't sure how I would be able to incorporate a hands on learning experience this year and still use the ornaments we had from last year. So, here's what I did. K and I made an Advent calendar from cardboard, styrofoam cups, and card stock. Each day, he gets to punch the day out to find the ornament he made from last year. Not only do we get to reuse the ornaments, retell the Bible verses, but he gets to tear something up while counting down to Jesus' birthday. It's perfect!

Since I didn't think to take a picture of all the ornaments before I hot glued them into the cups, I'll post a picture of each ornament they day we hang them . Here's the one for today:

DAY 1 - Creation - Verse(s): Genesis 1