Faith Lutheran Preschool eNews: Newsletter 11/19/14

Important Dates to Remember:
November 20th - Picture day
November 23rd - Preschool students sing in church at Faith at 11:00AM
November 27th & 28th - Thanksgiving Break; No Preschool

Special Notes:

Another friendly reminder to work on those comfort kits and get them in to us as soon as possible!
Any food donations for the family in need in our Hispanic congregation may be brought in on Thursday, November 20th. Check your email for suggested donation items.
Non-perishable food donations for our Thanksgiving chapel service can be brought in on Wednesday, November 26th. Again, check your email for details.

THIS WEEK’S LITERACY EXPERIENCES
Morning Books
"Who Goes There?" by Karma Wilson
"Ugly Fish" by Kara LaReau
"Mary's Happy Christmas Day" by Kathleen Long Bostrom (we will be learning this story to recite at our Christmas service coming up on December 19th)

Afternoon Books
"Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site" by Sheri Duskey and Tom Lichtenheld

PLANNING & RECALL
This week at planning time, we turned the lights off and used a flashlight to shine on the area in which we wanted to work at Work Time. Part of supporting children at planning and recall time includes providing props or games which help maintain children's interests. Adults converse with children about work-time experiences - inviting children to talk about what they have done, commenting on their play, and asking open-ended questions.

BIBLE LESSON
The Israelites had been delivered from the hand of the Egyptians and were now on their way to the land that God promised to give them. However, after journeying for a while, the Israelites began to complain to Moses and Aaron. They were tired of walking and they were hungry. They said, "In Egypt, at least we had food. But you have brought us into this desert to die." The Lord knew his people were complaining and he showed his love for them by sending bread from heaven called manna, and small birds called quail in the evening. The Israelites were to gather as much as they needed for one day. Each day God provided for their needs, and the Israelites had plenty of food to eat. God also provides us our "daily bread" when he supplies things like food and drink, clothes, shelter and many other blessings in our earthly lives.

Bible verse: Psalm 50:15 "Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me."
Bible song: "May the Peace of God"

MUSIC
During music time, we typically learn new songs a capella (that means without musical accompaniment, and just using our voices). A great way to review old songs, is to put them to musical accompaniment. We've used Miss Wendland's speaker to listen to a few of our favorites including "Slippery Fish", "See Saw Margery Daw", "Skidamarink", and "The Wheels on the Bus". We also used music time this week to practice and solidify in our memories the songs we'll be singing for church this coming Sunday.

MOVEMENT
This week we warmed up with the song "Run and Walk". We practice running and walking in place, with a smile on our face. We also have a chance during portions of the song to run or walk around the area we use upstairs in the fellowship hall. We then use the balloons again but this time with homemade plate paddles. We try to balance the balloon on our paddle as we walk around the room, move the paddle above our head, down to the ground, and turn around. We finish movement time by using our paddles with the song "Keep It Up!"

SMALL GROUP TIME
This week during small group time, we’re focusing on the Key Developmental Indicator (KDI): Fine motor skills. Young children gain strength, flexibility, and hand-eye coordination as they manipulate objects. As children's hand strength and coordination improve, they grow increasingly adept at manipulating many age-appropriate materials such as scissors, pencils, markers, puzzles and other toys and gadgets.The more proficient and confident in their fine-motor abilities preschoolers become, the more eager they are to try new materials and use them in alternative ways. On Monday, teachers built on the children's recent interest in marbles by asking them to balance them on the heads of golf tees. On Tuesday, children manipulated small toothpicks and marshmallows to create sculptures. On Wednesday, children practiced using clothespins to pin paper mittens onto a clothesline. On Thursday, children created turkeys using playdough, inserting dry spaghetti noodles for the tail feathers and then placing beads on the noodles. On Friday, children thread pipe cleaners through the holes of strainers and colanders.