Quail....What is Quail?

The children enjoyed gathering manna so much, I decided to spend a little more time with the quail that God provided for the Israelites. I used balloons to make 15 "quail". We used them for the children to "catch;" we tried to keep the quail in the air; and we divided into teams and used "quail holders" to put our quail into their houses. I also made a very simple quail pattern and helped the children make a quail as their take-home.

I also used the "Bingo" song for the quail and made letter cards for QUAIL as well. The children took turns pointing to these letters as we sang:

There was a food that God did give

And quail was its name o

Q-U-A-I-L, Q-U-A-I-L, Q-U-A-I-L,

And quail was its name o.

Gathering Manna

We are studying Exodus in my 4-year-old class. When we learned about how God provided the Israelites with manna, I had the children "gather" Frosted Flakes "manna" in little baskets I made with the diecut machine. I put the "manna" on pieces of green construction paper for each one to have his own area to gather from.

We also learned this song to help us remember: (Tune Bingo)

There was a food that God did give

And manna was its name o

M-A-N-N-A, M-A-N-N-A, M-A-N-N-A,

And manna was its name o.

The kids had trouble remembering the letters, and the kindergarten teacher in me saw an opportunity to let them practice letter recognition, so I made letter cards for each letter and one of the kids gets to point to the letters as we sing the song. They love it!!!