Today, we celebrated the 100th day of school! That one hundred days has gone by quickly. We had a mini-celebration by making a snack of 100 hundred things to be eaten at home. We had marshmallows, m+ms, skittles, cheerios, candy hearts, cheez-it, gold fish crackers, fruit loops, and gummy bears! 10 of each item was put into a bag for a fun 100 day snack mix. I'm sure it will be delicious! : ) A book was made about the hundred days and different things about 100. For example:
"If I had a hundred dollars, I would go to Arizona" Bridget
"If I had a hundred dollars, I would buy a Mustang!" Matthew
"If I had a hundred dollars, I would share it will my family!" Ethan
It's funny to see how far they think $100 would actually go! : )
They also had to draw a picture of themselves a 100 years from now, list 100 things they would want to have and 100 hundred things they would not like to have! We had a great day celebrating!
Tomorrow is the feast day of Our Lady of Lourdes. We have been discussing what happened to St. Bernadette in the town of Lourdes, France. In 1858, in the grotto of Massabielle, near Lourdes in southern France, Our Lady appeared 18 times to Bernadette Soubirous, a young peasant girl. The first appearance of Mary was on February 11th!
She revealed herself as the Immaculate Conception, asked that a chapel be built on the site of the vision, and told the girl to drink from a fountain in the grotto.
No fountain was to be seen, but when Bernadette dug at a spot designated by the apparition, a spring began to flow. The water from this still flowing spring has shown remarkable healing power, though it contains no curative property that science can identify.
Lourdes has become the most famous modern shrine of Our Lady.
We watched a live video feed of what was happening at the grotto currently. We noticed a lot of people kneeling to pray and touching the walls of the grotto. A statue of Mary can be seen where Bernadette saw her during the sightings. We also talked about the many miracles that happened when people have touched the water. There was a woman who was carried to the water by stretcher and after she touched the water, she was able to walk back unaided! So amazing! God is so good! Here is the website where you can see live video feed from Lourdes:
http://lourdes-radio.com/player_live/player_live_en/player-token_en.php
We have made our own grottos resembling the same one St. Bernadette saw Mary at. We will be taking these home soon after we show them off in the hallway!
Reading Month: I am interested in having mystery readers come into our classroom and read a story. Please email me or let me know if you are interested so I can schedule you. We are willing to work around your schedule. The kids would love to hear you read in their class! : )
Check out pictures from February on our shutterfly website!
