Welcome back for another great week of school!
We will have our classroom Christmas parties Tuesday and Wednesday (December 16th and 17th) from 9:30-10:30. If you are able to to come and help either of these days, we would love to have you!
Also Sunday, December 14th at 4:00 is our preschool Christmas service. Please bring your child to the church basement at 3:45. You might want to arrive sooner to find a seat. However, please do not bring your child to the church basement until 3:45. We look forward to celebrating Jesus' birth together!!! If you have any questions, please let me know!!
As the children progress as writers, we continue to scaffold their skills and abilities. Success for some children is writing their full name. Success for some children is forming all of the letters in their name correctly. Success for some children is holding the pencil correctly. Success for some children is writing lower case letters. As you know, we celebrate each child's individual success!
Look at the team work the friends used to complete this puzzle!
We also acted out the story of Jesus' birth!
Fun in the commons :)
During small group time, we practiced sorting be various properties. Sorting is a foundational math skill that will benefit the children throughout their lives!
We also worked together to retell the story of Jesus' birth! We drew some of the people and animals in the story to make our own nativity scene in our classroom! Story re-tell promotes language development!
There are no pictures of the third center because we don't want to spoil the Christmas surprise! You will find out on Christmas! :)
Our stocking word of the day was stocking! The children enjoy guessing what the word is by using the context clues (picture). This promotes foundational literacy skills!
During second free choice, we opened up the gift making center!
We also continued to act out the story of Jesus' birth!
Some of the friends enjoyed exploring in the magnets. We described together what makes things magnetic. We determined that metal things are magnetic. :) It is important to capitalize on these child-initiated learning experiences. In such experiences, the child is intrinsically motivated to learn more. Intrinsic motivation will help the children become life-long learners!
During Jesus time, we learned about the angels telling the shepherds that Jesus is born! The shepherds ran to see Jesus! When they left, they told everyone about Jesus. We too can tell everyone about Jesus! He loves us so much that He died on the cross and rose again to save us from our sins! That is what Christmas is all about- the birth of our Savior!
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