I am Jesus Little Lamb

The students were able to do several activities this week. We were focusing on cleaning up in the classroom. The students have been struggling with cleaning up after themselves, but also putting the items back in the correct place. We are encouraging the students to make sure they clean up throughout their play time so that there is less to clean up later. They have been working hard to do this and continue to work together throughout the week. Each Tuesday, the students are able to have a visit from Pastor Chris Ewings. He bases his devotions on the bible story we are learning about during that week.

Morning Stories:
Fox in Socks by Dr. Suess
From Head to Toe by Eric Carle
The Very Noisy Night by Diana Hendry
A Perfectly Messed Up Story by Patrick McDonnell
Good Morning Little Polar Bear by Carol Votaw

The students enjoy pretending to be the Teacher.

Bible Time:
The students are focusing on Noah's Ark this week. They were able to learn more about Noah and his family. God provided them safety during a time of trouble. They took note of 1 Timothy 2:3,4 "God our Savior wants all men to be saved." During this lesson, the students were able to see a demonstration of the story from Pastor Ewings. They focused on the song 'Noah build an Arky Arky'

Pastor demonstrates Noah's Ark for the students.

Movement:

During movement this week, the students were able to focus on their ability to run. They were able to experiment by running with small steps, big steps, slow steps, and fast steps. By doing this, the students were able to gain more control over their bodies and get the cardio workout they needed to release some of their pent up energy. Especially this week, the weather has not been the great for running around outside. The students are able to focus on running inside during movement instead.

Music:

This week they are able to focus on long and short durations of sound. They were able to learn a new song, B-I-N-G-O while using handbells to demonstrate their knowledge of long and short notes in a song. They were able to also do this throughout other songs as a review. The previous songs are always able to be applied to the current task for the students. 

Small Group:

The Key Developmental Indicator (KDI) this week is: Classifying

Monday: The students were able to do a food sort. They were able to classifying each item into a certain group (dairy, fruits, vegetables, bread). They were also able to do an activity with a pie which had the students sorting by color using tweezers.

Tuesday: They were asked to do something very similar. The students were taking dried noodles that were colored and sorting them into separate containers based on their color. The challenge they had was using a tweezers to move the noodle from the dish to a container.

Wednesday: The students were again sorting by color. This time with dinosaurs. They focused specifically on the colors red, yellow and blue. The students Were able to place the dinosaurs into a triangle separated into three parts for each color. 

Thursday: They were able to sort buttons. They were able to do this independently. The students had to decide if they wanted to sort by color, size, shape, or number of holes in the button. They were able to decide that on their own.

Friday: The students had to decide whether items were soft or hard using their hands. They were able to place the hard items on one table, and the soft items on another. During this activity the students were able to explore the classroom and bring back items they thought were hard or soft.

Afternoon Table Time:

Monday (Math): The students were able to use number and shapes stamps to create patterns.

Tuesday (Fine Motor): They were able to review the use of tweezers with noodles, this time choosing how they wanted to sort their noodles.

Wednesday (Manipulatives): They were able to review their knowledge of the Alphabet. They students used bananagrams and magnetic letters to sort or spell.

Thursday (Art): The students were able to make hand prints for a project that will be displayed outside of our classroom. After making their hand print, students were able to finger paint.

Friday (Sensory Exploration): The students were able to play in the water table with icebergs floating around. They also had the option of floam.