Faith Lutheran Preschool eNews: Newsletter 2/5/14

Important Dates to Remember:
February 7 - School Art Fair; 6:30PM
February 15 - Preschool Open House for the community; 10AM-1PM
February 17 - No Preschool; President's Day

THIS WEEK’S LITERACY EXPERIENCES
Morning Books
"The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle
"Madeline" by Ludwig Bemelmans
"Pete the Cat Rocking in my School Shoes" by Eric Litwin

PLANNING & RECALL
This week during planning and recall time we use a planning board showing the different interest areas in the classroom. When their "letter" is drawn from a cup, then it is their turn to share their plan or to share what they did at work time. The children more experienced in the process are enjoying modeling planning time to our new students this week.

BIBLE LESSON
God had a plan for Moses' life. God planned to help his people, the Israelites, leave the land of Egypt, and he chose Moses to be their leader. One day as Moses was tending to some sheep out in the fields, he saw a burning bush. Then he heard a voice from the bush call his name. The voice said, "I am the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob." God informed Moses that he was the one chosen to lead God's people out of Egypt. Moses was afraid of the large task he was given and God continued to reassure Moses that he would be with him. He gave Moses the ability to perform miracles, which would prove to Pharaoh that Moses was sent by God. Moses' final fear was that he wouldn't know what to say. God told Moses that his brother Aaron would go with him and that God would give both of them the words to say. God chose Moses for the special and important task of freeing his people from Egypt. God gave Moses all the help he needed to perform his task. God also helps us as we go about our daily tasks, the most important of which is to share the good news that our sins have been forgiven by Jesus.

MUSIC
In music we face the challenge of creating different sounds to the song "Not One, but Two". The song encourages children to create sounds using their voices or parts of their bodies. The challenge comes in creating two sounds that are different from each other. Some of the concepts children learn include that two sounds can be different in a variety of ways: soft or loud, slow or fast, high or low, and sounds with different timbres

MOVEMENT
Movement time starts with the warm up song "Step on the Stones". Children pretend the carpet area is a large pond and the squares on it are stones we step on so our feet do not get wet. We walk around, finding the color of the stones that are called out and try to balance so we don't fall in the water. Movement time also include more work with the balls as we roll them to each other in a game of "Hot Potato". We end by working our bodies to movements like reaching, bending our knees into squats, bending at the waist, and turning our bodies in a circle.

SMALL GROUP TIME
This week during small group time, we’re focusing on the Key Developmental Indicator (KDI): Patterns. On Monday we creating patterns using a variety of bottle tops and caps. On Tuesday we used Lego patterning cards to create Lego patterns. We also use counting bears and order them in a variety of patterns, on Thursday we manipulate 2D colorful shapes into patterns, and on Friday we create our own patterns using materials from the classroom.