Substituting church school

I admit it.  I have never been good fitting in with someone else*s curriculum.  But here we are.  Second grade.  Joshua.  One book at a time.

They covered the Pentateuch

With the second graders last week.

45 minutes.

The whole Torah.

Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy.

The whole shebang.

It blows my mind.

This week I am the substitute.

How do I follow the Torah

In 45 minutes,

When the Creation story alone

Would take me weeks:

One Sunday for each of six days,

One Sunday to rest and bake cookies.

I have determined this Sunday

Is Joshua.

One book at a time for me.

Perhaps we will march around the classroom table

As Jericho

Seven times

Blow our noisemakers on time seven.

Perhaps we will watch

Josh and the Big Wall

Instead.

But still:

One book at a time.

Next week they can pick up

With Judges.

I hope that Ruth

Gets her own week.

Please tell me that there is at least a week

For Ruth.