Today was our last day of school before Thanksgiving break begins and we and a busy a fun time in our classroom. Time is going really really fast and we are moving right along in our room. Just a reminder that there is NO SCHOOL ALL NEXT WEEK, THE ENTIRE SCHOOL CAMPUS IS OUT FOR THANKSGIVING BREAK. As a reminder we have changed how we are doing things in our classroom. So if you do not see a picture of your child doing some of the center activities they will be doing them on another day when they attend school. We had a really great day in our classroom today and we were super busy. This is our last week to for our studies on the number 4, the shape of a cross, the color brown. We finished up talking about all the things that we are thankful for during our Jesus time and are spending this week learning about the letter L. When we return to school after the Thanksgiving Break we will be turning our studies to the number 5, the shape of a triangle, the color green and learning about the Christmas Story.
Enjoy view our day in pictures and reading about all we are working on this week and a reminder for what we are truly thankful for this time of year. I am so thankful to be a part of all of your families lives and to work in the presence of your beautiful children. I am thankful for the smiles, laughter and amazement they bring to me each and every day. So thank you for allowing me into your child's world and letting me be the first step in a lifetime of education!
! Someone I am so truly thankful for is Mrs. Wegener. She is an awesome co-worker and she is what keeps us moving and grooving in our classroom. If it was not for her our classroom would not run as smoothly as it does. Not to mention her extremely positive outlook on life, her love for each and everyone of our little friends and the fun she has with all of us. She was ready to help us get our Turkey on today with her Turkey Hat (which almost of our little friends loved!). So thank you Mrs. Wegener for everything we all love you and wish you a Very Happy Thanksgiving and well deserved week off!
If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact me at hhorn@zionharvester.org. God's Blessings to you all this Thanksgiving Holiday.
Free Choice/First Round of Centers
Today our music selection was that of John Tesh it was different songs played by the piano. We did not have any play dough out this week, and it was very interesting to see what my friends did in the morning to play. It was a good way for us to work on exploring the classroom and playing with our friends more. Play dough will return from time to time when we come back from Thanksgiving Break. It has been an adjustment as so many of my friends do really love to play with it.
Today we did have the opportunity to paint on the art easel. We painted a large piece of paper green that when we come back will be turned into little Christmas trees that will help us decorate for the upcoming Christmas Season. Painting on the art easel is a lot of fun and helps us build up our arm strength as we have to keep our arm up as we move the paint brush up and down.
.We also had fun using the chalk on the art easel. The markers for the wipe off side have taken a break for a while as some of my friends have had a hard time using them the correct way. We have had a lot boundary testing going on in our room and this completely typical and normal!
Letter L
Today we worked in our alphabet books on the Letter L. We talked about different words that begin with the letter L, our picture in our book was of a Ladybug today.
Sensory Table
We continue to work on our scooping and pouring skills as we play with the white beans in our sensory table. This is a skill that we work on all year and we really enjoy playing in the sensory table.
Turkey Pattern
Today we worked on a pattern of red and orange to decorate a Turkey to help with our patterning skills. We also were able to work on color matching as we had to match the red dot to the red sticker and same for the color orange. We also were able to work on our fine motor skills as we had to peel the sticker of the paper and put it on the circle of the turkey feather. Some of us did not like the sticky feeling the stickers had but it was a great way to also incorporate our sensory skills into our center.
Pre-Writing Thanksgiving Page
Today we worked on tracing lines from end of the paper to the other. We used a crayon so we could apply more pressure to the paper and to work on better hand control. This activity is to help students get ready to enter preschool where they will work the Handwriting Without Tears Curriculum.
Silly Reese!
I See Thanksgiving Book…
These books are coming home over the course of the week as well. This little book helped us with some more of the words we learned over the course of the month about Thanksgiving. I would read the sentence and then your child would have to find that picture and glue it on the page. It was and is a great way to work on increasing our vocabulary, pre-reading skills, speech and language and following directions. Take time this week and look at your child's book with them and talk about the different things that are on each page. I feel these little take home books are a great way to help a child feel like they are reading and they are able to look at them on their own and helps them learn how to turn the pages the correct way and to see the letters on the page.
Books and Puzzles Are So much Fun
Jesus Center
This month we talked about all the things that we are truly thankful for and we made a book to help us remember, we are thankful for our family and friends, our church and pastors and our home and food. Each page we did something different on and they will becoming home over the course of the week. We were able to today to work on our coloring and pre-writing skills as we colored the outside of our book. On the inside we got to use all different types of stamps to help us remember what we are thankful for.
November Cutting Activity
Today some of my friends practiced their cutting skills as they cut for different colors of paper and we matched them to the right feather to make a beautiful turkey. We were able to work on our cutting skills, fine motor skills as we had to pick up the pieces we had cut and glue them onto the right feather which helped us with our matching skills and color identification. We used Red, Orange, Yellow and Green paper. Be sure and check the hallway out this week for this fantastic looking turkeys!
Coloring
We had fun coloring pictures. Not everyone colored some of my friends really like to color so we worked really hard on those coloring skills today.
Morning Meeting
Happy Thursday!
Mr. Weather Frog is ready for a cold and windy day here at Zion.
.Our final day of the nubmer 4, the shape of a cross and the color brown
We counted 4 turkey feathers today.
Our Brown Board review for the month of November
Last day for our Pilgrim Hats and Turkey Pattern
The Letter L is what we learned about this week in our class
What a great way to remind us it does not matter how little we are we can always be a friend to someone.
Transition & Snack Time
This week is the last week for us to put our feathers on Mr. Turkey. When my friends names were called they put their feather on Mr. Turkey and helped identify the color of their feather. When your child's last day of attendance takes place this week they will bring home their feather they made along with their cubby name tag.
Jesus Time
We concluded our study of what we are thankful for today as we talked about we are thankful for our family, friends, homes with a roof to keep us warm and dry, our warm beds to sleep in and food to eat that is in our refrigerator. We also talked about how we are thankful for our church where we can go and pray to God and hear God speak to us and to hear the word of God from our pastors that we are so thankful for.
.Outside Time
Please remember to make sure your child has their winter coat, hat and gloves with them. We will try and go outside as much as we can. We were outside for about 25 minutes today. It was great to be able to get some fresh air and to play in the sunshine and burn off some energy!
Center Time Round 2
Thanksgiving Words
Today we worked on identifying and saying some of the words we have learned over the course of October and November. A series of different pictures were out in front of my friends and I would ask them to find the "Pilgrim Hat" and they would have to find the picture of the hat and then repeat the word to me and then we glued it on a piece of paper. This helped us with our learning of new words as well as our speech.
Counting 4 Turkeys
Today we made a counting book of 4 turkeys. Each page had a number on it and after we identified the number we counted and glued on that number of turkeys. These book will becoming home over the course of the week as well.
Donations!
I had a grandmother of a former student donate a few new toys to our classroom last week and so we were able to try them out today! We had a lot of fun playing with this ELMO that we were able to dress up in funny different clothes. I love donations if you are starting to think of cleaning out some of your child's old toys or things they don't play with any more before the holiday season. We will gladly take them off your hands just ask us!
Decorating A Gift Bag
Each child last week made a special Thanksgiving gift for their family. Today we decorated a bag for them to go home in. These will becoming home over the course of the week. We worked really hard on these gifts and I hope you enjoy them. Some of you that have had another child in my class may have one of these from your other child. I hope you enjoy them and if you are with us next year we will do something different to bless and thank our families with.
.More Coloring!
.Noodle Necklaces
Today we all made noodle necklaces and worked on our fine motor skills as we had to thread the colored noodles onto a piece of yarn. It was a great activity to work on our fine motor skills. If your child was not wearing their necklace check their backpack for them.
Music and Movement
We had time for a little music and movement after center time. We enjoyed signing and dancing to Five Days Old and The Wheels on the bus.
We ended our circle time together with a book about getting ready for Thanksgiving. A great way for us to end our time together before the holiday break!
After we prayed for lunch we had to wait for our name to be called and we took of our turkey feathers and found a Mickey Mouse to stand on.
Poor Mr. Turkey is done for the month of November and it is time to say Good-bye and get ready for the Christmas Holiday Season.
After our lunch time we found a place on the reading rug until it was time for us sing our goodbye song and get packed up to head home or to rest time. A great day was had by all in our class we worked and played hard. Have a wonderful evening.
