Eager Beavers Meeting January 27

​Eager Beavers Opening Ceremony
To start our meeting we do our Eager Beaver cheer, which includes our pledge.  Then we say opening prayer.

Meeting Themes: Sponge Art, Alphabet, Jesus' Star
The children completed various activities station-style to fulfill requirements for the Sponge Art chip.

• Make a sponge tower
• Sponge paint your name
• Sponge sorting

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Children also completed various activities to fulfill their Alphabet Fun chip.

• Read It, Build It, Write It - It being your name
• Letter Wheel
• Sight Words Spelling

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During our awards ceremony, for the last requirement for our Jesus' Star chip, we also reviewed Matthew 24:27 where it says Jesus will come from the East.  

​Awards Ceremony: Building a Dam
Today, Eager Beavers who completed all requirements for Toys and Jesus' Star chips were awarded those chips through a special ceremony.  We learn more about beavers from our beaver book.  Today, we learned about the special features of a beaver's body and how they swim.  When it's time to receive their chips, Eager Beavers pick up sticks to represent the work they have done for their chips, place them over our "water" rug to build a dam, cross the water and receive their chips.  Congratulations Eager Beavers for all your hard work!

​Closing Ceremony
For our closing ceremony, we always say our goodbye cheer which includes our Bible promise, Philippians 4:4.  Then we end with prayer.

Announcements

• Our next Eager Beaver meeting is Wednesday, February 3rd.  We will continue working on Alphabet and Sponge Art chips.  We may start the Manners chip.
• Meanwhile, Eager Beavers are encouraged to practice with their letter wheel to be able to identify all the letters on their wheel and to practice spelling/writing their name.
• We are going to the VA Museum of Fine Arts on Sunday February 7 at 2PM.  We will do a special art project in their studio and do a scavenger hunt in one of their galleries.  There is no charge for this event.