Mrs. Horn's ELP Classroom Ministering to families in Jesus' love while embracing and enhacing each : Happy Thursday!

Thursday, March 03, 2016

Well the month of March is here and it is hard to believe that in three months this school year will be behind us and in the books. It was wonderful to see some of my friends at Church this past weekend. If you are looking for a church home we here at Zion would love to see you join us. We offer services Saturday at 5:00 and Sundays at 8:00 and 10:30. My family usually attends the 10:30 service if you want to join us you are always welcome! With the beginning of a new month we will start learning about the number 8, the shape of an oval, the color purple. This month we will finish up the alphabet with letters x-y- z and then will begin the journey of learning the letters of our name. Our Bible stories will lead us to Jesus Dying on the Cross-to save us from our sins. We will spend the month of March learning about St. Patrick’s Day, spring and Easter. Be sure to check out our hearts on the wall in our classroom this week, as we will start taking them down and decorating our classroom with something new and different.

IMPORTANT DATES

Calendars did come home today in your child’s folder please take a minute to look them over. Spring break will be at the end of this month.

We will be on Spring Break from Friday, March 25 through Sunday, April 03.

We have an early dismissal day on Wednesday, April 13 we will dismiss at 11:45. LUNCH WILL NOT BE DONE ON THIS DAY AT SCHOOL

Last Day of School for Parents Day Out will be Wednesday, May 25.

REMINDERS

Enrollment for ELP is still taking place for the 2016-2017 school year. I strongly urge you to register your child if you have not done so yet. We are starting to become full on certain days and if you want certain days for your child you need to do this soon. Please tell your friends and family of small children about Zion and if they are looking for a loving, caring environment for their child we are the place to come!

Outerwear, we did go outside today as we start to ease into the season of spring we are hoping to be able to spend time outside viewing all the wonderful things that GOD creates for us. So please make sure your child is dressed in appropriate clothing and footwear.

We do have snack @10:00 and lunch @ 12:00 everyday. Your child needs to have a drink and snack with their name labeled on them so we can clearly see it. Children need to have a cold lunch in a lunch box with their name clearly labeled on the outside. I have been having friends who don’t have drinks, snacks and sometimes nothing for lunch. These are not provided in our program so please make every effort to have these things for your child with their name labeled on them.

Diapers please check in with Mrs. Wegener to see how your child’s diaper and pull-up supply is good for the month of March. Please also make sure that your child has an extra change of clothes (pants, underwear, shirt socks and shoes) in their cubbies. I know some friends have had accidents or needed to change clothes this past month and just want to be sure everyone has what they need.

We are entering March meaning we only have three months of school left??????? Springtime seems to always become a very busy time of year with lots of things going on as well as wrapping up the school year. Please be sure to read blogs, emails and check your child’s folder on a daily basis. I will do my best to keep you informed of what is going on and please do no hesitate to ask questions about something.

Have a wonderful evening and stay warm!

Free Choice & Centers

Today we had a very laid back free choice and center time. All of my friends were playing so quietly and nicely that it was hard to tell them when it was time to clean up. When they were told to clean up they did a great job getting things put away and ready for Morning Meeting.

Letter X

This week we are learning about the letter X this letter is hard to come up with different words that start with X. We are nearing the end of our alphabet book and we have been exposed to all the letters in the alphabet which is all that we need. We will begin working on learning the letters to our first name after we finish with the letter Z. We will still review the letters of the Alphabet and our books will becoming home at the end of the school year.

NUMBER 8

Today we were introduced to the number 8 and we stamped 8 shamrocks onto the number 8. with purple ink. We practiced counting 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 and saying the word shamrock.

St. Patrick's Day Bingo Dauber

Today we practiced our fine motor skills with decorating a leprechaun for St. Patricks Day.

Patterning

This is something we have been working on all year and will continue to do so through out the rest of the year. Simple A-B patterning we work on it during our morning meeting and then through out center work during each month. Today we used a green shamrock and a purple Easter egg to make a pattern.

Morning Meeting

Happy Thursday!

Today we put a Leprechaun on our calendar. This month we will be talking about St. Patrick's Day and Easter during our morning meeting.

POOR Mr. Weather Frog is dressed for a dreary cold day.

Our Studies Board for the month of March

Our Color for the month of March is Purple to go along with the season of Easter.

Our pattern for the month of March is pot of gold and rainbows.

Letter X is our letter of the week and singing our ABC's

Snack Time!

Jesus Time

Today we learned of one of the great miracles of Jesus when he Calmed the Storms. Jesus told the winds and the waves to STOP and they listened and Jesus followers were amazed at what he did. After we read the story and sang a few Bible songs we watched a short video of Jesus Calming the Storm

Commons Time

We went to the commons today to play and had a lots of fun playing with friends. We also went for a walk around the school and even got to go in the library to listen to a story what a special treat that was for us.

Circle Time

After our adventures in the main school we came back to our classroom and read a book about colors and the different colors we can make mixing the colors together. We also began learning and hearing a new flannel board story about 5 Little Leprechauns.

Music and Movement

We had fun singing and dancing and hearing a few St. Patrick's Day Songs.

Shamrock Number Matching Game

We had fun matching different numbers that were on shamrocks. This activity allowed us to work on our number recognition and our matching skills. I was super impressed by how well some of my friends know their numbers!