Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Today was our last day of
PDO before the Thanksgiving holiday. We had
a lot of fun talking about all the fun things we can do or might do over the
holiday. We reviewed some of the “Thanksgiving”
words we have heard over the course of the month to help us prepare for this
day of thanks. We read books pertaining
to Thanksgiving. We had fun finger
painting on a large piece of paper; water coloring a picture of a turkey and
coloring a picture of a cornucopia. We
were joined the Preschool classes as they had a “Frozen Dance Party” in the
commons. We had fun in the commons later
in the day playing with our PDO friends.
We were treated to a special snack provided by Mrs. Horn of Vanilla
Cupcake Goldfish, a half of a banana and some grapes. We also enjoyed a juice box. We had fun playing and dancing with our
friends in our class. We had a really
great day and I look forward to seeing everyone after the holiday. Please enjoy reading about our day and
viewing the pictures.
Jesus Time: Today we
talked about how thankful we are for our church our home, our family and for
the food we love to eat. We reviewed about how the church is a place we can
always go to to feel welcomed and loved.
That Jesus is always there to listen to us. We also learned how thankful we are for the
two awesome pastors that we have at Zion, Pastor Mark Rouland and Pastor Jason
Reitz, Zion has been so very blessed to have such great Pastors help us learn
about the word of God. We talked also
about how thankful we are for the house we live in that keeps us safe, warm and
dry. We talked about how thankful we are
that when we walk inside the door of our home there is always someone there that
loves us. We talked about the important
people in our family and we looked at a picture of my family today and I told
them how important my family is to me. We
then talked about how thankful we are for the yummy food we have to eat and how
thankful we are to have a table in a warm house with family all around it and
food on it to fill our tummies with!
During our center time
we colored a picture of a cornucopia with crayons to help us remember how
thankful we are for the food we have to eat.
This should of come home with your child today.
Number: We continued
learning about the number 4 today. During our Morning Meeting we reviewed what
the number 4 looks like. We then
practice counting our 4 fingers, clapping 4 times, jumping up and down 4 times,
stomping our feet 4 times, rubbing our tummies 4 times.
Shape: We reviewed
our study of the shape of a cross at Morning Meeting as well. We reviewed we can make a cross with our
fingers and that it is made with two lines.
We talked about places we might see a cross.
Color: Brown is the color for November. During Morning Meeting we looked at what the
color brown looks like and identified some brown objects on our color board for
the month of November.
Music and Movement: We had another great day dancing and singing. We also sang our ABCs, Twinkle Twinkle Little
Star and Jesus loves Me. We really love the
Silly Dance Contest and the Wheels on the Bus, jumping and counting! We also practiced our Five Finger Play about
some silly Thanksgiving Turkeys! We are getting really good at singing Jesus
Loves me and will start learning Away in the Manger in the next couple of
weeks.
We also joined our
Preschool Friends in the commons today at about 8:45 till 9:15 for a “Frozen
Dance Party” we had fun listening to the music for the movie Frozen and dancing
with our friends. It was something out
of the ordinary and we are very gracious that we were able to join them for
this fun activity.
Outside Time: We did
not go outside today. But as a reminder PLEASE BE SURE TO PACK HAT AND GLOVES WITH YOUR CHILD FROM NOW
ON. ALSO, IF YOUR CHILD HAS MITTENS
THOSE ARE MUCH EASIER AND FASTER FOR US TO PUT ON THEN GLOVES THANK YOU!
Patterning: We continue our pattern for the month of
November. It is a little tricky at times but we are doing a great job with it. We practiced saying the pattern and counting
to 10.
Science and
Sensory: Last week for our fall items in
our Fall Sensory Table. We had fun
exploring it and can’t wait to see what will be in there next month!
Enjoy the pictures
from our day!
Water Color Painting of a Turkey as we listened to some classical music to the theme of Thanksgiving and Autumn. I truly believe in the power of music and notice a difference in the class when I do not have music playing. I also believe in exposing children to a variety of music.
. All my friends made a special Thanksgiving treat for their parents be sure to check your child's folder for this keepsake turkey!
Finger Painting
What a great way to be creative and work on our sensory skills. We have had a lot of fun painting and getting down right dirty. They have had a lot of fun finger painting and creating.
.Frozen Party
This movie has truly gripped the early childhood age. If you have not or child has not seen the movie it is worth seeing. It was amazing to see how many of the words my friends knew to all of the songs. They had a lot of fun dancing and singing and so did I!
.It was also a special treat for some of us to see our siblings during the dance party. Here is M.D. and his big sister Grace!
. Big Brother Evan and Little Sister Kate. It was fun to dance with people we knew!
. Morning Meeting
. Mr. Weather Frog was ready for the snow we got today!
. Today we said goodbye to the number 4 and the shape of a cross
. We said goodbye to the color brown
. We are thankful for our Church and Pastors Rouland and Reitz
. We are thankful for food
. We are thankful for our warm homes, with a roof and a bed to sleep in
. We are thankful for our families and that we know that we can always count on our families to be there for us.
. We read this book about how we started having the holiday of Thanksgiving.
Transition Time
Today was our last day to put our leaves on our Turkey Feathers. Wonder what we will see next month?
Snack Time
Circle Time
. We worked on our color identification and counting skills. What will Mrs. Horn be drawing next month during Circle Time?
Coloring
Coloring is a great way to work on prewriting skills, color identification as well as working on sitting at a table doing a quiet activity.
. Commons Time
. Music and Movement
. Transition Time
Special Treat
We had our very own Thanksgiving Feast it was a feast of goldfish, bananas and grapes with a splash of a carpi sun. This worked out great today for our early release day instead of doing lunch. It made the transition to going home much smoother and manageable!
Free Choice Play
We had a little time after our Special Treat for some time to explore and play in the classroom. we had fun playing with the toys and checking out the sensory table. New and different toys will be in our classroom next week as well as new books, puzzles and fine motor activities. The sensory table will also have something new and different to check out and explore with.
. Our final book of the day was about our favorite Red Dog Clifford and how he spent his Thanksgiving.
. As we head into the Thanksgiving Holiday let us remember to Give Thanks to the Lord for he is GOOD! It is often hard for us to remember this with all the bad things we hear and read on the news and social media. No matter what we need to remember that God has Plan for each one of us!
I give thanks to all of you and pray for many beautiful blessing on the Thanksgiving Holiday!
