Faith Lutheran Preschool eNews: Newsletter 4/8/15

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER
April 18th - Kid's Day at the Dena'ina Center, 10AM-4PM

THIS WEEK’S LITERACY EXPERIENCES
Morning Books
"Sparky" by Jenny Offill and Chris Appelhans
"Wolfie the Bunny" by Ame Dyckman
"Sick Simon" by Dan Krall

Afternoon Books
"Gaston" by Kelly DiPucchio

PLANNING & RECALL
This week we do a bean bag toss for planning time. The bean bag is tossed to each child when it is his or her turn to make work time plans.

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
In Music this week we combine our work with instruments over the past few weeks with literacy. We read one of our favorite books, "We're Going on a Bear Hunt", and add sound effects using everyday objects found in the classroom. For the swishy-swashy grass we use a broom, for the splash-splosh of the river we use a half empty water bottle, for the squelch-squerch of the mud we use a bottle of gel, for the hoo-woo of the wind we blow into the top of a water bottle, for the stumble-trip through the forest we use wooden spoons, and for the tip-top into the cave we tap our fingernails against a metal bowl. The children enjoy playing their instrument at the appropriate time in the story!

MOVEMENT
This week in movement we will be working on controlling our up and down movements through several games. Our games are called "Sleeping, Sleeping" and "Go to sleep". Both involve the children lying down and then getting up at a certain signal or alarm. Then they will go back to "sleep" again. These games will also exercise their listening skills.

SMALL GROUP TIME
This week during Small Group Time, we’re focusing on the Key Developmental Indicator (KDI): Alphabetic Knowledge. On Tuesday we spend some time forming the letters of our name and spelling our name using either Banagram tiles or a pencil to write the letters ourselves. On Wednesday we go outside to spray the shape of different letters using water and spray bottles. On Thursday we match wooden blocks with letters on them to the corresponding floor puzzle alphabet mat and on Friday we create words using letters stuck to can lids. We ask for word suggestions from the children and see if we can identify all the letters in each word.