January 30th - School Choice Movie Night and Ice Cream Social; 7:00pm-8:30pm
February 12,13,16 - No Preschool; Teacher's Conference and President's Day
THIS WEEK’S LITERACY EXPERIENCES
Morning Books
"Little Owl Lost" by Chris Haughton
"Not a Box" by Antoinette Portis
"Mr. Tiger Goes Wild" by Peter Brown
Afternoon Books
"Silly Doggy" by Adam Stower
PLANNING & RECALL
This week we used a variety of objects from each interest area in the classroom to represent the different locations in which children could plan to play. If they picked a small block from the basket, it meant they wanted to play in the block area at work time.
BIBLE LESSON
A man named King Nebuchadnezzar made a rule in his land that all people must bow down and worship a golden statue. Three Israelite believers named Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refused to worship the statue. They knew it was a sin to bow down to the statue and they continued to worship the one true God. When this was reported to the king, it made him very angry and he threw the men into a fiery furnace. Before long, the king noticed that there was a fourth person in the furnace with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He was seeing the angel that God sent to protect his three faithful men in the furnace. After calling the men out and realizing that not even a hair on their heads was singed, he made the decree that anyone who said anything against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego would be put to death.
Just like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, we should also keep God as the most important thing in our lives - placing him above any earthly blessing, friends, or family. He has forgiven our sins through Jesus and wants us to worship and serve him alone. We ask God to give us strength to do this!
Bible verse: Psalm 56:11a "In God I trust, I will not be afraid."
Bible song: "Surely It Is God Who Saves Me"
MUSIC
This week in Music we are focusing on how sounds are made. We will be discovering that often you need more than one component to make a sound. We will also be exploring different objects (both musical instruments and regular items found around the classroom). In doing so, we will find out that musical instruments are not the only items that create sounds. Comparing the sounds that items make, whether they are high or low, will also be a part of our musical awareness for the week.
MOVEMENT
We open movement time this week with the old familiar song "Popcorn Calling Me". We then transition to working with beanbags again as we try to move our bodies in front of, behind, and next to our beanbags as they sit on the floor. We then leap over the beanbags forwards and backwards and straddle it between our legs. We play a game called "Switcheroo" where we walk around the room with the beanbag balancing on our backs. When the teacher shouts "switcheroo!" the children find a partner and switch beanbags. We end movement time with the song "Balance It On My Head", as it challenges us to tiptoe, skip, walk, or dance around the room while balancing the beanbag on our heads.
SMALL GROUP TIME
This week during Small Group Time, we’re focusing on the Key Developmental Indicators (KDI): Art and Body Awareness. On Tuesday we use markers to color on coffee filters and watch what happens when we spray water on them. On Wednesday and Thursday we use large pieces of paper to trace the shape of our bodies and work on decorating them with a variety of materials. On Friday, we combine aspects of art and body awareness as we use play dough to create human shapes, even adding Mr. Potato head pieces to make them more realistic.
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