AND THE WALLS CAME TUMBLIN' DOWN!
Today and Monday in music we sang "Joshua Fought The Battle of Jericho" (look below for lyrics!) and had fun building our very own walls of Jericho using Jenga blocks (and other building blocks for our younger children). What a blast!
As we sang, children marched around the rug in a circle, pretending to be the priests who blew the trumpets for 7 days in Jericho. After blowing our pretend trumpets (older children had small plastic cups with the bottoms cut off) and shouting, we had fun knocking our block towers down and starting all over again!
JOSHUA FOUGHT THE BATTLE OF JERICHO
Joshua fought the battle of Jericho,
Jericho, Jericho,
Joshua fought the battle of Jericho,
And the walls came tumbling down!
You may talk about your men of
Gideon,
You may talk about your men of Saul,
But there's none like good old Joshua
And the battle of Jericho!
QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR CHILD
1. Who fought the battle of Jericho? Joshua!
2. What happened when the priests blew their horns on the 7th day, and the people yelled loudly? The walls fell down!
3. Did you build a tower in music class? How tall was it? How many blocks did you use?