Faith Lutheran Preschool eNews: Newsletter 4/23/14

Important Dates to Remember:
May 2nd - "Are We There Yet?" School Musical at UAA Music Hall; 6:30PM

THIS WEEK’S LITERACY EXPERIENCES
Morning Books
"How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? " by Jane Yolen and Mark Teague
"Ernest the Moose Who Doesn't Fit" by Catherine Rayner
"The Odd Egg " by Emily Gravett

Afternoon Books
"Run, Dog! " by Cecile Boyer

PLANNING & RECALL
Planning time is important because it encourages children to articulate their ideas, choices, and decisions and promotes their self-confidence and sense of control. This week at planning and recall time children use plastic links or Unifix cubes to add to a chain when it is their turn to plan.

BIBLE LESSON
After Jesus had died that Friday afternoon, a man named Joseph asked Pilate if he could take Jesus' body down from the cross and bury it in a tomb he owned, which had never been used. Joseph believed in Jesus, loved him, and wanted to give him a proper burial. Jesus' body was prepared for burial in the tomb. Two days later, some women went to the place where Jesus was buried to add nice smelling spices to the body. As they neared the tomb, one of the women, Mary Magdalene, wondered how they would roll away the large stone blocking the entrance to the tomb. When they got there, they saw that the large rock had already been rolled away. Mary immediately ran to tell the disciples what she had seen. The other women went to the tomb, afraid of what they might find. Suddenly an angel appeared to them saying, "Don't be afraid! You are looking for Jesus. He is not here! He is alive! Now go quickly and tell his disciples." The women left, still afraid of all that had happened but excited to hear and tell the news of Jesus' resurrection from the dead.

We rejoice to hear our Savior rose from death - defeating sin, death, and the devil just as he said he would. His resurrection from the dead means that one day we too will rise from death to live eternally with him in heaven.
Bible verse: John 11:25 "I am the resurrection and the life."
Bible song: "I Know That My Redeemer Lives"

MUSIC
This week we learn about timbres (colors or sounds) in music. Different rhythm instruments produce various timbres such as jingle (rings), bang (boom), tap (click, clack), and shake (rattle, swish). In early encounters with rhythm instruments, the experience of sound is more important than rhythmic and melodic considerations. Children are very interested in the sounds instruments produces. The song we use to explore timbres is called "Ring and Ring the Jingle Bells".

MOVEMENT
In Movement Time we warm up to one of our favorite songs "Knees Up Mother Brown". Our work with the parachute gets a little more active this week as we add soft balls to the mix. We play a game called "Popcorn" to pretend the balls are popcorn kernels waiting to pop. We also pretend our parachute is a large umbrella that we get under to hide from the rain. We close movement time with the fitting song, "Popcorn Calling Me".

SMALL GROUP TIME
This week during Small Group Time, we’re focusing on the Key Developmental Indicator (KDI): Alphabetic Knowledge. Miss Lewis created a very cool tree in our classroom this past weekend and we'll be using that tree later in the week as we go through the story "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom". On Tuesday and Wednesday we decorate paper letters after reading the story. On Thursday we work on attaching the letters we created to our tree and on Friday we act out the story ourselves.