Birds of Bethlehem

Our sister school partnership with St. Paul's Preschool is alive with feathers and color!!! This year I gave the preschool the book the Birds of Bethlehem and asked if they would have their children make birds to go along with the story. They will be used in devotions and Sunday School in Rwanda. The kids had such fun and asked that our kids in Rwanda make birds that I will bring back.

The Birds of Bethlehem is a quiet, simple story told by pairs of birds who witness the Nativity scene in Bethlehem. Each different colored pair of birds is filled with wonder as something unusual is happening in town. The green birds saw a long line of people, the yellow birds saw the inn was full and the blue birds saw a man and his wife being led to a stable. Other birds hear the angels singing. Finally all the birds fly to the stable to see the new baby that has been born...baby Jesus.

What a wonderful time the children will have reading aloud this story and taking the role of the birds to announce the birth of Jesus.