We had a different schedule today! We were able to attend chapel with the whole school this morning! We each brought a food item up to the altar for our Thanksgiving Food Drive. Thank you for all of the donations! I did not bring my camera to chapel, but there was a plethora of food for our drive!
The food donated goes to the Seminary here in St. Louis. It will be used to make Thanksgiving baskets for the Seminarians and also helps to shelve the Seminary food bank. My husband is currently attending the Seminary; as a member of the Seminary community, I can attest to what wonderful gifts the Thanksgiving baskets and food bank are to our family! Thank you!
During chapel we learned about counting all of our blessings, or gifts, that God has given us! We thanked God for all of His many blessings!
During morning meeting we practiced recognizing shapes as we played a fun tricky mouse game. In this game, the children close their eyes while the mouse hides in a shape 'house.' Each child has a turn guessing in which 'house' the mouse is hiding.
"Children who learn about shapes are building skills that will help them with reading, writing, and math. Learning about shapes also can help them understand other signs and symbols." (Shapes, 2013)
Because we were unable to play this morning, we played when we returned to the classroom from chapel. Mrs. Mudd helped us hang pictures of dogs and their trainers in the dog school. We investigated the pictures and talked about what we noticed about them.
The friends were careful to follow our rule: only two dogs allowed in the dog house.
Sammie and Jacob each made a badge identifying themselves as trainers.
We worked together to build in the block center. Blocks provide a great opportunity to practice conflict resolution, explore spatial relationships, and engage in creative thinking.
We worked hard to "break it up." This is a game that will help increase phonemic awareness. (To learn more about phonemic awareness, click HERE)
In the Break It Up game, the children work to break up the different phonemes, in the case of this game syllables, of a word. For example when the children see a picture of a table to Break It Up they would say, TA-BLE. This is a great game to play with your children in the car, waiting at the doctor office, or at the dinner table!
We had a shortened small group time today because of chapel. During small groups we used different shapes to make creations. The children practiced identifying the shapes and their properties as they created.
"Can you pass me a rectangle. It's the long one."
"This looks like a diamond but it only has three sides and a diamond has four."
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