Today we are thankful for Megan and JJ! Happy half birthday to Megan and JJ!!
As you know, one of our favorite activities lately during free choice time is the magna-tiles. The more the children play with the magna tiles, the more they work together to build large structures. Cooperation and working together are valuable social skills that will benefit the children throughout their lives!
As we celebrate National Lutheran School's Week, we are thankful for so many things about our school! Lutheran schools not only provide a great education, but we have the opportunity to talk about Jesus whenever we want!
Here at Zion learning about Jesus is not limited to Jesus time. We learn about showing Jesus' love when we solve problems between friends. We learn about Jesus' desires for us when we discuss our choices. We learn about Jesus' forgiveness when we forgive someone for hurting our feelings. We learn about Jesus' power when we learn about our world. We are able to learn about Jesus and His precious gift of salvation all through the school day!
The friends also worked together in the block center today!
Look at some of the structures we created!
Ethan checked the radar and gave us the five day forecast!
As we continue in our weather project, one of the friends told a story about a time she was in a tornado. The other friends discussed time when they were in tornados too. We discussed the different parts of the tornado, and we learned that tornados have strong wind!
"Oh yeah! I remember the wind shook my house!"
"Mom said we had to go to the basement because the wind was super strong."
"The wind blew down a tree by my house!"
We then discussed some items in the classroom that could blow away if we blew on them. We predicted which items would blow away and which ones would not. Before predicting, one of our friends said, "Well if there was tornado wind, all of it would blow away!"
We tested our predictions, and all of our predictions were correct!
It is important to attach new information to children's prior experiences. This creates a brain synapse that connects the new information to the prior experiences making the new information more meaningful and more readily retained.
During small group time we made windsocks to hang outside to observe the wind.
We also tested our own 'wind' further. The children each had a special tornado straw which they used to test if classroom items would move when the children blew on them. The children predicted what would happen to each one, and tested their prediction. Allowing the children an active role in the scientific process can help to foster the love of learning!
Furthermore, the children are exploring concepts such as cause and effect and heavy and light!
"I'm gonna' try this name tag! (Child blows on name tag) Oh- it just wiggles."
"This didn't move because it was too heavy."
"Nope-too heavy."
We also danced and ran on the blue carpet during small group time!
Happy Pajama Day!!
Indoor recess fun!
During Jesus time we learned about the feeding of the 5,000. I tried to feed all of the friends a small piece of chocolate, kind of like how Jesus fed so many people with two loaves of bread and one fish, but we quickly learned that I am not Jesus. My food did not 'grow' in quantity as Jesus' did. Only Jesus can make the food multiply. We thanked Jesus for providing for our needs! Through His death and resurrection, Jesus provides for our greatest need- the need for a Savior.
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