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Monday, September 30, 2013

The letter z, and the number 6, star shape and the color yellow

This week we will be learning about our letter Z and the sound that it makes!!  We will be building a zucchini race car and racing it with Mrs. April and Mrs. Nettie's class in the afternoon.  We will also be making Zucchini bread to eat for afternoon snack.
We will be making zebras and zippers and cutting with scissors on zig zag lines.
Our color will be yellow   and we will be gluing our glitter stars that we made last week to our night sky .
Our new unit is Dinosaurs, so we will be making dinosaurs from play dough and will be making a dinosaur using our hand prints.


We will be using sponges that are cut out in the shape of stars and using yellow paint to make a star picture.
We will be painting with yellow paint and using  zucchini pieces to see what it is like to paint with zucchini.
We will be teaching the children the song about Zaccheaus and doing an art project about the song.
 "Zacchaeus was a wee little man,
and a wee little man was he.
He climbed up in a sycamore tree
For the Lord he wanted to see.

And when the Savior passed that way
He looked up in the tree.
And said, 'Zacchaeus, you come down!
For I'm going to your house today!
For I'm going to your house today!'







Our bible verse this week is: 
"Zion hears and rejoices and the villages of Judah are glad because of your judgments, O Lord." Psalm 97:8
We are going to be doing Day 3 of creation for our 7 days of creation  book.
Day 3 is: God made the land and the plants. 
Our star student this week is: Drake  please bring a show and tell to share with the class and snacks from the approved snack list.
Tuition is due this week 
Our nests we made

 our glitter stars 

Letter N

Monday, September 23, 2013

This week is brought to you by the letter N the number 5, the color blue and the diamond

Katie and I hope that everyone had fun at our first Fall Family Picnic, so glad the weather co -operated with us.  Mrs. Stephanie found a small flip flop sandal type shoe, if your child has lost his or her shoe, please contact Mrs. Stephanie.

This week we will be learning the letter N and the number 5.
We will be making nests with blue birds using pom pom balls.
The kids will be gluing pieces of newspaper and numbers on the letter N
We will be making q tip diamonds
We will string blue noodles on yarn to make noodle necklaces. 
We will making a night sky picture using a moon and stars on black paper.
We will be making nets.
Our Bible Verse this week is Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.  Hebrews 11:1  




This week our star student is Delaney, please bring enough snacks for 16 children from our approved snack list.
Please return library books by Wednesday, so that your child can re check out a library book.

WE WILL BE SENDING HOMEWORK home this week, please do and return by Thursday=) 



Wednesday, September 11, 2013

We made ourselves

We gave the children yarn and scissors and had them cut yarn hair  and then we used a triangle piece of fabric for the dresses and made shorts for the boys and they drew on their noses and lips... each one is adorable and reflects their personality.

we love WATERMELON!!


our new week is the letter M

This week we will be learning about the letter M and the sound it makes; along with the number 4 and the color PINK.  The shape this week is a
heart!!







We will be making monsters from paper bags and gluing mustaches on the letter M along with Macaroni.
We will be practicing our writing skills with the letter M and the number 4.
Some of our other crafts will be making maraca's using plastic spoons and plastic Easter eggs and rice and taping them together and going on a Maraca's Marching parade.   
We will also be going around the school with Magnets to see what sticks to them and what doesn't.
We will be counting to 4 and using our cube blocks to build a tower with four blocks.
We start our new unit next week about feelings, we will be learning about being happy, sad, mad and learn a feeling song with actions.
Mrs. Nettie and Mrs. April's class will  be joining us in the afternoon and we will be painting with marbles by rolling them around we will be using pink paint. 

Our bible verse is:  "My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me." John 10:27
Don't forget that our family picnic is September 19th at 11 am.... please bring a lunch for your child and a blanket and join us on the lawn.  If you can not attend please send a lunch with your student and they can join Mrs. Katie and myself on our blanket. Half day pick up will still be at 11:30.

Star Student is: Cooper and September 24 is Delaney, please bring a snack from the approved snack list and we have 16 children 

Look at me... I am learning to hold my marker and write my name!!







Saturday, September 7, 2013

This week Mrs. Katie and I will be doing reviews of the letter A, V and W and the numbers 1,2,3 and the colors red, purple and white

Making Day 2 of Days of Creation
The air and the sea sea sea

This week Mrs. Katie and I will be reviewing the letters A, V, and W and the sounds that they make and we will be reviewing the numbers 1, 2, and 3. Our colors:  red,purple,and white.
Our shapes are: circle, triangle, and square.
We will be making  the letter W watermelon and using our pinkies as the seeds.  We will be making pictures of ourselves by using circles as our heads and yarn for hair that the children will be cutting themselves and triangle dresses made from fabric and squares as the shorts for the boys.
We will be squeezing playdoh to strengthen our hands.  We will be doing a modified letter search for our letters and the children will be using red, purple and white crayons to find the A, V and W.
We will be introducing a new center this week!! It is the listening station, where children will be listening and learning about The Little Red Hen.
We will also be using our crayons to do letter rubbing. We have BIG letters and will be laying a large sheet of paper on the floor and rubbing the letters A, V and W and the numbers 1, 2 and 3.
We will also be using our magnetic letters on the file cabinet to locate the letters and numbers.
In music class we are learning about Old McDonald and Bingo and Chapel time the Days of Creation: Day 1 God made LIGHT and on Day 2 God made the air and the sea sea sea. This week the children will be introduced to day 3 God made the plants and the animals
The children checked out library books and Mrs. June read them books about farm animals to go along with our Farm Animals Unit.
The children have learned the song Button Factory by Dr. Jean and Tootie Tot and also we have been going on bear hunts.
Our star Student for next week is: Ciana and for week of Sept 17th will be Cooper, please remember to bring in a snack from the approved snack list and we have 16 students.
If you have not turned in your September tuition and paper work and water bottle fee, please do so =)

September Birthdays
Drake
Leah
Zander
Happy Birthday to all!!

UP COMING EVENTS 

September 19th at 11 am  Fall Family Picnic 
Please join us on the lawn with a blanket and bring a picnic lunch and eat with your child.
Hope to see everyone there!

Thank You again with sharing your child with Katie and I, we are loving getting to know them and watching them grow!!