Daniel is in the Bible!

It is always a joy to see kids learn to read. We spend so much time doing fingerspelling of names and trying to help our young children (and older ones too) connect the manual language with print. Developing literacy skills starts from the moment a child comes to ESD.

I was teaching a group of 5 boys, Kristian, Kevin, Marcos, Daniel and B.J. We had spent so much time on names and they were beginning to recognize each others name - pick it out of a sentence, circle it, spell it on their own hands, write it on paper. So one morning before school, one of the boys was paging through a Bible (I love to see kids WANT to read God's Word) and came upon the book of Daniel.

Oh you could not imagine the excitement that erupted. MISS HOKE! DANIEL in IN the BIBLE! The finder had to run to show Daniel of course and then the other boys were so excited to see his name in print, in the Bible no less! They went in search of their names and I helped them to locate Marcos in a Spanish Bible. That was a sweet morning as they continued through their Bibles picking out words they knew. I pray that they will always desire to read God's Word.