Morning Stories:
If you give a dog a donut by Laura Numeroff
Scaredy Squirrel Makes a Friend by Melanie Watt
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Ish by Peter Reynolds
Clark the Shark Time to Share by Bruce Hale
Bible Time:
During the week the students have been hearing about God giving the 10 commandments. Pastor Chris Ewings came in to talk to the students more about each of those commandments and what they mean. The students were able to practice singing I am Jesus Little Lamb - as well as learn a new song called My God is so Great! The students have enjoyed practicing the song for church on Sunday. They also enjoy learning new songs. By Wednesday the students are usually very familiar with the new material for the week. During the week the students have been focusing on Psalm 119:47, "I delight in your commands."
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| The students enjoyed a demonstration from Pastor Ewings last week on parting the Red Sea. |
Movement Time:
The students have been working on leaping this week. They are still review other movements too. They are able to do a warm up activity and stretching before focusing on the task during the week. This week we have even practiced doing our movements outside. The students have demonstrated their abilities despite the snow and heavy layers of clothing.
Music Time:
They have had the opportunity to have music inside of church this week. We have practiced walking to the front of church, lining up so we can see, and also singing the verses for our sing. The students have also been focusing on high and slow sounds. They are able to make the sounds while singing as well as distinguish if a note is high or if the note is low. We have been using the piano for the demonstration of these notes.
Small Group Time:
The KDI (Key Developmental Indicator from the SPARK curriculum) is Art. Children express and represent what they observe, think, imagine, and feel through two and three dimensional art. We have had a variety of activities this week. I am trying to get the students to create accurate representations each day. You will notice on their art I have been writing what they made. For example when a student was using paint to create a picture, I asked what the picture was. He responded with "I made a dino house!"
Monday: The students were able to use contact paper and tissue squares to create a type of stain glass window. You will find these located on our windows of the classroom.
Tuesday: They had the opportunity to paint with toothbrushes. They had the option of four different colors of paint (some even had glitter) to create a picture with.
Wednesday: The students used watercolor paints to create a representation of something. Another task this day was recognizing the first letter of their names - it was located on their picture. They had to find it before beginning.
Thursday: They had the chance to create pictures using balloons and paint. The students were using the balloons as their paint brushes throughout the activity.
Friday: They were able to do some finger painting. Again, we asked the students to tel us what they made a picture of.
Afternoon Story:
Franklin Goes Canoeing by Paulette Bourgeois
Afternoon Tables:
Monday (Math): using number cards and pipe cleaners to place a certain number of beads on each pipe cleaner. Students were also able to take a cup with a certain number of dots as well as the written number and place buttons inside.
Tuesday (Fine Motor): sewing and weaving cards with string, tweezers with pom poms and muffin trays to sort by color.
Wednesday (Manipulatives): fishing by number game, marble run, legos.
Thursday (Art): glitter glue art project, drawing and coloring on paper.
Friday (Sensory): Playdough
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| New sunglasses made an appearance in our Dramatic Play area this week! |
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