Advent - Week 1 {HOPE} - Sunday 11/29/2015

This year, is the first year, my family is doing anything with Advent and I am overjoyed and our children are too!! In the 1-subject notebook I discussed in a previous post (a.k.a. our Bible Journals)
the kids are not only keeping up with me in terms of the scripture (currently we are studying The Book of Numbers, following the ladies at www.womenlivingwell.com) but now we've dedicated several pages to celebrate Advent too!

If you are like me, and know very little about Advent, here is a GREAT resource I found, for adults, that explains Advent symbology as well as what is celebrated week by week is: https://www.catholiccompany.com/getfed/the-advent-wreath-tradition-meaning/

To celebrate the 1st week of Advent, where we light the candle of HOPE, which is also known as the "Prophet's Candle", reminding us that Jesus is coming...here are the resources I found, that helped me explain and foster the meaning of Advent with our Littles.

With this I have the kids write the words HOPE - FAITH - JOY - PEACE and write the bible verses above, and draw an illustration for what that scripture means to them. I'll post pictures of our kids' journals soon!

Then, the kids colored and cut/pasted their own Advent Calendar Tree (below) in their Bible Journals as well, each night we color the corresponding "day" and say a prayer together.
I got the Tree from: http://www.zephyrhillblog.com/2014/11/free-printables-and-coloring-pages-for-advent/