Happy Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day is here again and what I am most excited about is the wonderful opportunity we have to share love. Jesus shares with us that the most important thing we could ever do is to love God, to love others and to love ourselves. One day, someone asked Jesus what was the greatest commandment. His response...to love.

"'Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?' Jesus said to him, “ ‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.” Matthew 22:37-40

How are you demonstrating love today?

Focus on the Family offers a great "recipe" for Valentine's Day. I hope you enjoy.

Valentine´s Day: Show-and-tell

Mealtime Prayer: Thank God for the many ways He shows His love to you. Give examples.
Thank Him for the people who love you and for those you love.

Appetizer: Have each person tell the other family members one thing he or she loves
about each of them.

Main Course: Valentine’s Day is a special day to let others know we love them. What did
you do today to show your love for someone? What tells you you’re loved? What are other
ways that we can show our love for one another? (For example, ... give
breakfast in bed, clean the kitchen.)

Table Talk:
• How does God show that He loves us?
• Why do you think God wants us to love one another?
• How can children show love to their parents? How can parents show love to their
children?
• How can we show our love for God?

Vitamins and Minerals: “Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God.
Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God” (1 John 4:7).

The Hundredth Day of School

Hurray! We've made it to the Hundredth Day of School! WHA-HOO! We brought in a hundred things and we even aged to ONE HUNDRED YEARS OLD overnight. Oh what fun it was. We even went on a Hundredth Day Parade!

Paper Making

Have you ever made paper? Did you know there are three things that are needed for something to be considered paper? Well we learned a lot at the Robert C. Williams Paper Museum at Georgia Tech. Thanks to our paper guides Ms. Amanda and Mr. Juan for helping us to learn both the history of papermaking and how to make paper. We had a wonderful time as we looked at the history of papermaking from bark, to animal skin to our modern papers. (Ask your child what is the name of the Japanese paper about which we learned. (Hint...it starts with the letter "W") Answer below.)

If you've never gotten a chance to see the Paper Museum, check out our pictures! You may also check out their website: http://ipst.gatech.edu/amp/education/museum_virtual_tour.htm.

P.S. The answer is "Washi"