Happy Monday!
Just a reminder that school ends at 12:00 on Wednesday. There will be no school lunch program and no half day care. There is no school Thursday and Friday.
Mark your calendars! The Preschool and Kindergarten Christmas program is Sunday, December 14th at 4:00.
We really enjoyed looking at the geese so close to our classroom this morning!
Hunter and Brynne decided to see which seashell was heavier. They are learning how to use tools to answer their questions!
Our marble run structures are becoming more intricate.
Exploring and playing with the marble run provides an opportunity for the children to engage in problem solving.
"Hmm...I wonder why the marble just keeps dropping down straight without going through the slides?" We encourage the children to think through a solution and test it out. This is a valuable life skill!
Victoria also created an intricate structure with the blocks! She is learning about spatial relationships and engaging in problem solving skills!
Fun in the commons!
During morning meeting, we count to see how many friends are at school. Today we counted 13 friends. Some children wondered what 13 looks like, so we used our SMARTboard to practice writing the number 13.
We also learned a fun letter game. In this game, the children say the item shown in the picture and guess the first letter that they hear. They then move the item to reveal the letter!
We played the letter game during small group time. Just as each child is unique, so level of success for each child is unique. Success for some children is identifying the beginning sound of the word. Success for some children is identifying the beginning and ending sound of the word. Success for some children is identifying the hidden letter and the corresponding sound.
We also painted our own turkeys.
We practiced recognizing letters, numbers, and shapes, with a fun wiggle worm game!
Second free choice time
Brynne incorporated writing into our doctor office. She checked with everyone to see if they needed to visit the doctor, and wrote a list of the names of the friends who needed to see the doctor. This is a great way to engage in meaningful writing!
During Jesus time, we discussed things that we are thankful for. We also discussed that when things are going rough, we still have things to be thankful for- Jesus' love and forgiveness! No matter how bad things seem to get, Jesus will always love and forgive us- no matter what!!
