Newsletter 2/10/15

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER
February 11th - Dog musher visits school; 10:30AM
February 12,13,16 - No Preschool; Teacher's Conference and President's Day
February 18th - Visit from an Alaska State Trooper; 10:30AM

THIS WEEK’S LITERACY EXPERIENCES
Morning Books
"Mostly Monsterly" by Tammi Sauer
"Have You Seen My New Blue Socks?" by Eve Bunting
"The Odd Egg" by Emily Gravett

Afternoon Books
"How Do Dinosaurs Eat their Food?" by Jane Yolen

PLANNING & RECALL
This week we use telephones to call each other and share our plans for Work Time.

BIBLE LESSON
God chose a man named John to tell the good news about who Jesus was and to prepare the people for Jesus' coming ministry on earth. He told people that they had sinned and that Jesus was the promised Savior who would come to take away that sin. As people repented of their sin, John baptized them in the Jordan River. 
One day, Jesus himself came to the Jordan River to be baptized by John. John was surprised by this and didn't want to baptize Jesus because he knew Jesus had never sinned. Even though Jesus didn't need to be baptized for the forgiveness of sins, his baptism was a part of the work he had to fulfill to save sinners from their sins. So John baptized Jesus in the river and as soon as he had been baptized, the heavens opened and the Holy Spirit came down in the form of dove to rest on Jesus. Then God the Father spoke from heaven saying, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased." Jesus was ready to do his important work of saving people from their sins.
Bible verse: Galatians 4:4 "When the time had fully come, God sent his Son."
Bible song: "Shine, Jesus, Shine!"

MUSIC 
We are using this short school week to finish our initial work with handbells. 

MOVEMENT
This week is a short week and on Wednesday we won't be doing all of our rotations of Music and Movement because we are having a visit from a dog musher. So we use the two days of Movement this week to review some of the skills we have learned with the bean bags over the past month and dance to some of our favorite movement songs such as "Tippy Toes", "We're Going On A Bear Hunt", and "Hula Mula". 

SMALL GROUP TIME
This week during Small Group Time, we’re focusing on the Key Developmental Indicators (KDI): Filling and Emptying. This KDI helps children begin to think about the concept of space and how different items take up different amounts of space. On Monday we fill up two toilet paper rolls of different sizes with a variety of objects. We can empty the tubes by either pulling out the items with tweezers, or pouring out the items by lifting the tube. On Tuesday we fill and empty water bottles using funnels and cups and eye droppers. On Wednesday we use spoons and scoops to fill different cups with beans.

Taking the animals and babies on the airplane.

Valentine's Day crafts

Making cupid kabobs