WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY!

Wednesday, November 05, 2014

It is November and our Wednesday class has turned a major corner!  This has been by far one of the best days that we have had this year and it was a great time for all of my friends!  It made my heart so happy to see how well they are all starting to do.  Their comfort level is coming up and they are learning the rules and routines, which is a big, help to all of them.  We will continue to take things slow and will add things in weekly and keeping working on building up our comfort level.  We started our studies of the number 4, the letter G, and the shape of a Cross-, the color Brown and learning about what we are all thankful for this month.  We also began our theme study of Thanksgiving.  Be sure to read below about what we did today!

Jesus Time: Today we talked about how thankful we are for our church. We talked 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. 

During our Outside Time we took a walk to the church and met Pastor Reitz.  We had fun seeing the church and why we are so thankful for such a beautiful place to worship our Lord and Savior. 

Number:  We started learning about the number 4 today. During our Morning Meeting we were introduced to 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. 

Center time led us to using stickers to place on the number 4 on some turkey feathers.  We

Shape:  We started our study of the shape of a cross today at Morning Meeting as well.  We learned that 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.  Hopefully we will be able to make trip to the church this month to find some crosses on the wall in the church.

During our center time we used a brown bingo dauber to trace the outline of the cross and as we walked to the Church we went on a “cross hunt” to find all the crosses we could in the church.

Letter: The letter “G” is the letter we are working on the next week or so.  Today we looked at what the letter G looks like and sounds like.  We heard some words that start with G as well such as, Giraffe, Goofy, and GO GO GO!!

We had the opportunity during center time to color a picture of a Giraffe that was in the shape of the letter G.  We practiced saying the letter G and the “G” sound.  Your child’s letter G coloring page should have come home in their red folder today.      

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. 

We did not paint with the color brown today but we did paint…we painted some very colorful pumpkins and then we finger painted on a big piece of paper that will be turned into turkey feathers to be displayed on our classroom door.  Be sure to look out for it!

Music and Movement: We sang our ABC’s; Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Jesus Loves Me. We practiced Jumping and Counting.  We Roared like Lions, Squeaked like a mouse. We practiced a new finger play call the Five Little Turkeys

Outside Time:  It was too wet outside today so we were unable to get outside and burn off some energy. We had the opportunity to play in another PDO Room for a bit and then we took a walk around the main school to scope out what all was going on up there Be sure to check out all the pictures and captions that go along with them.

Patterning:  We started a new pattern for the month of November it was introduced during Morning Meeting of orange and brown leaves.  We practiced saying the pattern and counting to 10.

During center time we used the brown and orange bingo daubers to make a pattern on the turkey feathers of a turkey. 

Science and Sensory:  We have had lots of fun fall things in our sensory table this past month and it will be in the sensory table next month.

Cutting:  Today we cut a pilgrim or and Indian and then we had to match the pieces up to make our person. 

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Free Choice Play 

Today we listened to a variety of Thanksgiving classical music.  It made for a very calming classroom and everyone enjoyed checking out the new room arrangement and the new toys that were brought into the classroom along with some furniture.  

Playing with Bristle Blocks. 

The trains were gone but replaced with an Airport!  

New Puzzles were introduced. 

Painting

We got messy today!  We finger painted on a big piece of paper that will be turned into turkey feathers.  This was a great sensory activity for my friends.  We also got to chose the colors we wanted to use.  This class loves to paint so we will be ramping up our painting in here! 

LOOK MRS.  HORN I AM TURNING GREEN! 

We were very busy creating 

PURPLE and GREEN HANDS!! 

I AM BECOMING A NINJA TURTLE!  

PINK PINK HANDS! 

I MIGHT BE MESSY BUT I HAD A GREAT TIME! 

Morning Meeting

MR. Weather Frog was ready for a chilly start to our day.   

Our new pattern for the month! 

Transition Time

Today we had to put a leaf with our name on it on the same color feather on our Turkey.  This activity allowed us to work on our listening skills, following directions, letter recognition, name recognition, color identification and matching.  

Snack Time

 Circle Time

They have finally decided to join me when we sing and dance and I could not be more excited! 

Our friend the turkey we do this exercise to help us with our colors and counting

 We read this book about silly animals in the alphabet.  

 Waiting patiently to play in the other PDO Classroom 

 We had fun exploring the different things in their sensory table 

I SEE YOU CARSON! 

 Getting ready for our Walk

They kept asking me all morning when we were going to go for a walk.  

First thing we saw in the hallways was a picture of a leaf done by a kindergartner

We counted three little pigs in the window of the door. 

We found a lot of owls on a fourth grade door and we made our own soft hooting noises 

We stopped and saw some neat fall painting done by second grade 

The yellow school bus is by far the most exciting thing they look forward to seeing each visit to the main school 

Walking to the church 

 When we entered the church we had to be very quiet and we started our quest for crosses 

We counted 7 crosses on this one wall walking up the stairs to the sanctuary 

We found two statues of Angels in the lobby of the church 

Our cross wall at the back of the sanctuary 

Sydney was excited that she found this cross at the front of the church 

Claire found one on the green banner 

Gavin found this one as we were leaving the sanctuary 

In the lobby we spotted this big cross on the wall 

Sydney found this one on the wall in a quiet area 

Claire spotted this one in the quiet area 

We met Pastor Reitz in the church office he was so kind to let us take up a few minutes of his time.  Thanks Pastor Reitz!  

Avery found this cross in the office of the church as we were leaving Pastor Reitz's office 

We spent a few minutes in the BOB CAT PIT on the elementary students playground. 

Center Time

We worked on learning the outline of a cross by using a brown bingo dauber 

Coloring a picture of the letter G 

Finding the number 4 in the Turkey's feather

Patterning with a Bingo Dauber to decorate a Turkey 

Practicing our Pre-Writing skills with tracing lines from one Thanksgiving Picture to another 

Cutting with Scissors

We made our own Pilgrim and Indian people today as we practice cutting and gluing.  

Playing with new toys in the classroom

As you can see we had an awesome day and I could not be more happy and proud of all my friends!