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Romans 12:12 Rejoice in the Lord always and again I say rejoice.

This unit is all about joy! We’re separating joy and happiness by understanding that happiness comes from circumstances and joy comes from God. Joy and happiness are often interchangeable but that’s how we will be distinguishing the difference. Having emotions like sadness and frustration are normal. They make us unhappy. But they can’t take our joy! This article from Faith Gateway gives some insight.

Joy Unit Jesus Session

• Sing for Joy
• Hopeful Joy
• Clap for Joy
• Joy in Trouble
• Healthy Joy
• Joy in Sharing Good News

Books on Joy can be found on the Story Graph.

Joy Unit Art Session

Because this unit lands in the Spring, we will be doing Springtime crafts with flowers and bugs. We will celebrate nature and God’s beautiful creation. Click on this site for a ton of great nature crafts for you to do with your littles.

In this Joy unit, we will celebrate nature. God created the Earth and set us in charge of it. What a great responsibility we have been given! For some ideas on how to explain and celebrate the importance of caring for God’s creation with your children, click here.

Joy Unit Music Session

Joy is a great unit to sing, clap, and dance. We review music antonyms and we learn some new things like the music alphabet (only 7 letters!) as well as the word for medium and the concepts of crescendo and decrescendo.

Joy Music

Here are some fun videos to keep the Joy theme going.