Western Wednesday!

Tuesday January 27, 2015

National Lutheran’s School Week is being celebrated this week at Zion where not only is it a great day to be a Bobcat, but it is great that we are able to attend a school where we are able to learn about Jesus and all his wonderful teachings.  Today was Western Wednesday and some of looked great in our Western Gear!

We were busy this week finishing up our studies on the number 6, the shape of a star, the color white and our mitten pattern.  Next week we will begin learning about a new number, shape, color, pattern and new Jesus Stories.  Our theme will continue about winter but we will be incorporating Valentine’s Day through out the month of February. 

We did talk more about snow and finished up our snowmen we started last week.  Be sure to check them out on our bulletin board by the classroom door.

We also during morning meeting are learning a new prayer to say before we head for snack and lunch it is called the Superman Prayer, it is to the theme song of “Superman”

Thank you, God for giving us food

Thank you, God for giving us food

For the friends that we meet,

For the food that we eat,

Thank you, God, for giving us food

Amen!

Ask your child if they remember any of the new prayer they learned.   

Enjoy reading about our day and viewing the pictures. 

Jesus Time: Today we learned about Jesus being baptized….

Mark 1:11

 And a voice came from heaven, "You are My Beloved Son; with you I am well pleased."

God Is Pleased

John the Baptist was a prophet who lived in the wilderness near Jerusalem. He ate grasshoppers and honey. His clothes were made of camel's hair, and he always wore a big leather belt. John was very wise. Many people came to hear him preach. He baptized them in the Jordan River. One day, Jesus came and asked John to baptize Him. John didn't want to because he knew whom Jesus was and that He was Holy. "You should baptize me," he said to Jesus. But Jesus said it was right for John to baptize Him. So John baptized Jesus in the river. When Jesus rose out of the water, the sky opened and the Spirit of God, like a dove, came down to Him. At the same time, a voice from heaven said, "You are my own dear Son. I am very pleased with you." Jesus invites us to be baptized, too. In Baptism, Jesus washes away our sins and makes us God's children.

During Center time we painted a picture of a white dove using blue construction paper, white glue and shaving cream.  It was a different way for us to paint today and we made some really pretty doves!  

Number:  Today we concluded our study of the number 6.  We practiced counting six fingers. We practiced clapping our hands 6 times, nodding our heads 6 times, stomping our feet six times, jumping up and down six times and rubbing our tummies six times.  We also counted six snowmen. 

Shape: We wrapped up our study of the star

Today we finger-painted a star that we will be hanging up in our classroom. 

Color:  We reviewed the color White.  During Morning Meeting we identified objects that could be white and put them on our color board.

Our center time we used white paint to paint a dove to remind us of God descending from Heaven to see Jesus when he was baptized.

We used white shaving cream and glue to make a beautiful dove and we also cut white paper today to make a snowstorm. 

Music and Movement: We had fun singing Jesus Loves Me, Twinkle Little Star, ABC’s.  We had fun singing Bringing Home a Baby Bumblebee, Clapping our Hands and the Wheels on the Bus.  We also practiced jumping and counting to 10 

Outside Time: We went to the commons for a bit to play it was too chilly and windy for us little ones to go outside today. 

Patterning:  We continued to work on our pattern of Red mittens and Blue Mittens.    

During center time we did a pattern of mittens and snowflakes with stamps.  We are really doing well with our pattering. 

Science and Sensory:  The sensory table was filled with a lot of brown rice. We had fun feeling the rice, picking up the rice, dumping and pouring the rice from scoops to buckets and back into the table. We are working really hard making sure the rice stays in the table.  This is the last week for the rice table!  It has been fun but it is time for us to move on to something new.   

We finished our snowmen today which led us during center time to put two eyes, a nose, a mouth, buttons, hats and scarfs on our snowmen.  They are all different and unique and look great! 

As a reminder many things will come home over the course of the month but some things will not as this will be put in your child’s portfolio that you will get at the end of the school year!

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Free Choice Play

We listened to music by the Vince Guilardi who wrote the musical score for the Peanut movies.  We enjoyed playing in the rice and working on our sharing skills this morning.  

. Enjoying a good book in the Buzz Chair!

. Lacing big buttons a great fine motor skill that we continue to work on through out the course of the year. 

Puzzles 

Puzzles are always offered to the students to do. I feel it is a great way to work on problem solving skills.  They are also a great activity to work on sitting in a chair . The puzzles get changed out every month and as the school year progress' the puzzles tend to become a little more challenging. 

. Block building is also happening quite a bit more often this semester which is what I love to see.  So many different things happening at once.  Next month the children will have the opportunity to look at a picture and copy that picture when building with blocks. 

. Morning Meeting

. We read this great book today to help us learn more about how to build a snowman.  Next week we will begin making our own book on how to build a snowman. 

Transition & Snack Time 

. Circle Time

We use this time to sing a few songs and read a book and work on our letter sounds.  We were running a bit behind today so we sang some songs and then headed to the commons to play 

. Commons Play

. Filling the Bird Feeder

We have two bird feeders outside two of our windows so we decided to fill one of them today with bird food to see if we could get any of our bird friends to visit us. If you have any old bird feeders you are not using we would love to have them to hang outside some of our other windows.  This activity allowed us to practice our scooping and pouring skills.

. After we came back from the commons we read this book about Bear not feeling well.  It allowed us to talk about what we feel like when we are not feeling well and what we like to have when we want to feel better. 

. Letter Sounds! 

. As we prepare to make our own snowman books we practiced making a snowman on our wipe off board by friends told me what I needed to make our snowman. They did an awesome job! 

Center Time

Snowmen Art 

Finishing our snowmen that we started last week.  Be sure to check out the bulletin board outside our classroom for our awesome snowmen! 

. Star Finger Painting

We had left over paint from our snowmen so we used it to make some beautiful stars

. Free Play

During center time we have an opportunity to continue exploring the classroom.  By this time in the day the children are more comfortable in the clasroom and I usually observe more imaginitive play and interactive play with each other. 

. Painting with Shaving Cream and Glue

I try through out the year to allow for many different painting experiences and how we paint.  I feel it allows us to see how it feels to paint with different things. Today it was sticky to paint with the shaving cream and glue.  We had some pretty doves when we were done. 

.Patterning

. This was interesting to watch both Jack and Avery wanted to draw on the easel but one wanted to wipe off their creation and the other didn't so the compromise was for us to draw a line down the middle with their names at top and they could each do what they wanted on their side.  

. Cutting With Scissors

. Music and Movement

. One Final Book for the day about a snowman

. Transition & Lunch Time

. An over all great day in Room C!  I look forward to seeing everyone next week as we begin to explore new toys, sensory table and themes!  Have a wonderful weekend.