I've Got the Joy!

Thank you so much to all of you who came to church on Sunday! The students that were able to attend sounded beautiful! It is such a blessing to be able to have the students show what they have been learning these past few weeks.

Morning Stories:

Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds

The Pout Pout Fish and the Deep Deep Dark by Deborah Diesen

Pigeon Wants a Puppy by Mo Willems

The very hungry caterpillar by Eric Carle

The Dot by Peter Reynolds

Bible Time (One in Christ Curriculum):

This week the focus has been on Jacob's Troubles. Throughout all the twists and turns in Jacob's life, God's love and forgiveness remained constant. God promised to be with Jacob during his journey. Jacob's life was anchored in God's promise. He was thankful that God was present in his life. By God's grace, Jacob was able to rest assure that he would be safe and loved all the days of his life. God promises the same thing for us! Even though we make mistakes in our lives, God will be there for us. He will continue to keep us close to Him and safe in His arms. As it says in our passage for the week from Joshua 1:9, "God is with you wherever you go." We can rest assured that this promises are true for us as well. The students have been able to learn a new song this week, I've got the joy joy joy joy down in my heart! They enjoy being able to sing these words easily after the first day and preform the actions.

Movement Time (SPARK Curriculum):

The students have been working on galloping this week. They have enjoyed being able start their movement sessions with different warm up activity songs. They are able to listen to the songs and follow instructions. They have played several different games helping to implement the concept of galloping. It can be difficult for students to learn this concept. They will continue to practice galloping throughout the year.

Music Time (Sing and Make Music Curriculum):

In music time this week, the students have been learning about keeping a steady beat. In order to help them better understand this concept while singing their songs, they have been using egg shakers! They have enjoyed singing Seesaw Margery Daw and Hickery Dickery Dock! They can use the shakers throughout the lessons to keep a steady beat. They have also used clapping this week to help them keep a steady beat while singing various songs.

Small Group Time (HighScope Curriculum):

The KDI (Key Developmental Indicator) for this week is classifying. They have also been working on the letter E. The students do a mixture of activities to relate to the KDI and the letter of the week.

Monday- The students were able to take various shapes with different colors and create an upper and lower case letter E.

Tuesday- They were able to go on an egg hunt in the classroom. Once they found the eggs, the students had to classify the eggs by color. They were able to place the egg on the proper colored square on the carpet.

Wednesday- Students were able to classify shapes by size (big and small) and color (red, green, yellow, blue).

Thursday- The students had to classify items by their size (long and short) using our rulers! They were able to place them into separate groups.

Friday- They were able to create the earth using different shapes of green and blue tissue squares.

Planning and Recall Time (HighScope Curriculum):

The students were able to do a microphone interview this week. They were able to take turns using the microphone and share what their plan was for work time. At the end of work time, the students were able to use the microphones again to talk about what they did during work time.

Sensory Table:

This week, we have lentils and dinosaurs in the sensory table. The students are able to play and create different scenarios for the dinosaurs while using the sensory table.

Afternoon Table Activities:

After rest time, the students are able to choose from various activities at the tables, snack time or using the sensory table.

Monday(Math)- white boards to trace and write numbers, numbered popsicles and connectors.

Tuesday(Fine Motor)- bead with numbered cards and pipecleaners.

Wednesday(Manipulatives): tracing numbers and letters to create words.

Thursday(Art&Literacy): finger painting letters.

Friday(Sensory): playdoh

The Alaska Zoo visited us last Friday! They brought in flying squirrels.