Unit 4A: OT women

9/23/07	Rahab & the fall of Jericho	Wall-bashing	Trumpets (or lanterns)	I Tim 1: 12-15
9/30/07	Ruth	Gleaning rice (chopsticks)	Ruth & Naomi coloring page	Isaiah 54:4-6
10/7/07	Deborah	ping-pong ball war	palm tree	Gal. 3: 26-29
10/14/07	Hannah	eating until provoked	"Samuel's" shirt (gift for Melissa)	Luke 18:1-7
10/21/07	Melissa's farewell (Acts 20)	capturing Melissa (London bridge)	farewell card	--
10/28/07	Abigail	filling baskets (throwing fruit)	sheep shearing	I Pet. 2: 18-23
11/4/07	Elisha & the widow's oil	confetti relay	oil jars	Jn. 6: 5-13
11/11/07	Elisha & the Shunamite woman	prophet in the corner pocket	craft houses	Gal. 6: 9-10
11/18/07	Esther (guest leader)	??	??	??
11/25/07	GC outdoor service/picnic	--	--	--
12/2/07	Athaliah, Jehoshebeath, & Joash	hide & seek with baby doll	crowns	II Chr. 24:1-2, 15-18
12/9/07	Proverbs 31 woman	loaded tray relay	yarn pictures	Rom 3: 19-24

The sheep shearing for Abigail's craft was one of my all-time favorites. Took me ages to make enough hairy sheep.

That was the week we discovered that one of our boys could neither throw (he's since learned! Way to go!) or use scissors. I'm very careful now about crafts that require cutting. I try to keep it to short, straight cuts that are easy to help him with.

Obviously our curriculum can't be replicated 100% because future groups will not have a volunteer leader happening to end her term of service right when we needed to make "a shirt for Samuel." And the way the timing worked out so we could switch to NT at Christmas—two years in a row now—was dictated at least as much by outside factors (e.g. poor attendance) as careful planning. I'm hoping that after we get more believers who begin to invite their friends, we can start the curriculum over with those parents doing most of the work using the materials available, while I work on new stuff for a different population such as multiply handicapped kids rather than our physically active autistic boys. I don't know how the dates will work out a second time through! God, it's up to You!