Letter A

"A gentle answer turns away anger."

Proverbs 15:1

For the letter A, I chose Proverbs 15:1. I paraphrased a little bit to make it something David could say and understand. The NIV version says "A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger." He doesn't quite understand wrath, but he definitely gets what it means to be angry. We talked about how we need to use gentle kind words with each other so we don't make each other angry. When he used a sassy tone, talked back or yelled at me, we were quick to find our Bible verse on the fridge and talk about the importance of gentle words. I pointed out that he didn't use gentle words and it made me angry. It turned each and every defiant moment into a teachable one.

Apples are sort of the only way to go when talking about the letter A so we made apple prints on our paper. I cut the apple in half and let him pick out the seeds. We talked about the really neat star/flower hiding in the middle of our apple and then we pulled out the paint. I was using pretty thin paper and didn't want giant globs of paint on it so I let him paint the apple with a brush instead of dipping the apple in paint. He was so thrilled. He really had a good time with this one and we got our ABC's off to a good start.