November 28-29 – No Preschool (Thanksgiving Break)
THIS WEEK’S LITERACY EXPERIENCES
Morning Books
"Bark, George" Jules Feiffer
"Silly Tilly" Eileen Spinelli
"A Kitten Tale" Eric Rohmann
"The Adventures of Gary & Harry" Lisa Matsumoto
Afternoon Books
"Down by the Station" Jennifer Riggs Vetter
PLANNING & RECALL
By planning, children come to rely on their own capacities to make choices and decisions. According to research by psychologist Daniel Jordan, “children who grow up having no experience in setting their own objectives and pursuing the steps required to achieve them never become fully independent, responsible, and self-reliant human beings.” Planning time gives children opportunities to experience in concrete terms the relationship between their intentions and actions and the result of their actions. This week we drew letter links out of a bag when it was our turn to plan.
BIBLE LESSON
The world was forever changed from a state of perfection to a world of sin when Adam and Eve broke the command God gave them not to eat from the tree in the middle of the garden. Adam and Eve sinned but God still loved them and promised to send them a Savior. Life was difficult for Adam and Eve, but God continued to provide for them and give them blessings. God blessed them with children – Cain and Abel. Cain grew up to become a farmer and Abel took care of flocks of animals. One day Cain and Abel brought an offering to God as a way to show love and thanks to God. Cain brought some of his crops, and Abel brought the best of his animals to sacrifice as an offering. God was pleased with Abel’s gift since it was given with a heart full of love and faith in God. Cain’s offering was displeasing to God because he didn't give it with a joyful heart or a heart filled with faith. God showed his displeasure in Cain’s offering, which made Cain angry and led him to hate his brother Abel. Cain took Abel out into the field one day and killed him. God, who knows all things, saw what Cain did. The consequences of Cain’s sin were that he would have trouble growing his crops and would wander from place to place on the earth. Cain’s hard life would be a reminder to him that sin is wrong. Cain was a sinner and needed God’s help—the promise of a Savior to come. We too are sinners and need to be reminded of that. We also need the sweet reminder of God’s promise to us which was fulfilled in Jesus—who came to die in our place to take away all our sins so that we could be with him in heaven.
MUSIC
This week the children will continue to explore loud and soft sounds. In the song “This is What I Can Do”, children have the chance to follow loud and soft patterns made by a leader using different vocal or physical sounds with our bodies. In the song “Hey, Betty Martin”, loud and soft singing patterns are practiced as we make our singing volume match what the words say. When we sing the words “tip-toe, tip-toe” our voices become soft.
MOVEMENT
This week during Movement time, we reviewed the song “From Here to There.” We crawl like insects, fly like birds, jump like kangaroos, and tip-toe like mice. We've enjoyed using the whole classroom space for this song. Our second song this week is “Kuma San”. This is a song about a teddy bear. Kuma San is his Japanese name for Mr. Bear. With this song ribbons are introduced. Children have a chance to manipulate their ribbon wands as Kuma San tells us what to do—turn around, touch the ground, move your feet, keep the beat, jump up high, or touch the sky.
SMALL GROUP TIME
The KDI for this week’s small group activities is classifying. Young children love to explore the similarities and differences between objects. They enjoy making collections, sorting things into categories, and comparing their attributes. This week we classified shiny “gem” stones, sorted our play food, sorted colored tiles and plastic animals. Classifying helps children organize their lives. The more they learn the larger and more diverse the collections of things they categorize become.
AFTERNOON EXPERIENCES
After rest time, the children explore the KDI experimenting. Children are naturally curious about their world and experimenting with different hands-on materials helps them to make sense of it. In the process of experimenting, children observe cause-and-effect relationships. This week some of the things we will be experimenting with include mixing different paint colors, finding things that spin, discovering what absorbs water, creating sink or float buckets, and mixing colored water with eye droppers.
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