Ships and Sailors

Ships and Sailors is a game that has turned into a favorite at the Heiskell School!  Ms. Boyd, our wonderful second grade teacher told me about the game last year and it was not until this month that I have really introduced the game to all of the children! 

Ships and sailors is a fast paced, thrilling game where there is much starting and stopping as well as a need for keen listening skills.  If the students are in the "CAPTAINS COMING" position, they are not allowed to move for any of the commands until the "caller" says "AT EASE!"

When in the "at ease" position, students follow each command given which include...
Meet someone/Greet someone consisting of two souls,
Row your boat - consisting of three souls sitting criss cross apple sauce one behind another,
Eat together - consisting of four souls sitting down "eatting" together,
Star Fish - consisting of five souls laying down with their head on the ground with all their feet together in the middle!  Sometimes there are six in a starfish and the one soul that the caller see's lay down the last is out.

There is also the call for "Hit the deck" which has everyone lay down on the "boat",
Dead Fish is when they flop onto their back and stick their tongue out and they must freeze,
Alive Fish is when they can wiggle on their backs,
Ships is when they run to a designated wall and Sailors is the other designated wall!

This game can be played with two people, but having a group of people makes the game more exciting! 
Maybe you can play with your family! 
Remember, when the captains coming, you can not move UNTIL they say, "At Ease!"

Do You Want To Know The Truth...???

Truth obviously is found in the Word of God, but it is also found by measuring distances and sizes. 
If I want to tell you the truth about how tall I am, I would measure myself and tell you five feet, ten and a half inches.  If I want to tell you how many ounces are in a cup, we know that the answer is eight ounces are in a cup.  If you want to know how much sugar is in a twelve ounce can of coke, keep reading... 

On the coke can label, it states that it contains thirty-nine grams.  If you empty out thirty-nine packets of sugar that have one gram each, you will see that it ALMOST fills a one-eight cup container.

The truth is, when you drink a soda, its like putting an eight of a cup of sugar in a can with some other crazy ingredients and putting it in our body, which belongs to God! 

Jelly has nearly sixteen grams in one or two tablespoons...
Measure it out with your children with gram packets of sugar and be amazed!