Sept 30 -Oct 2

Before we get started with this weeks blog, Id thought we would share a few pictures.  Twister fun! 

 Mustache Day 

Prayers and birthday's at the pole.

This week will be learning about the letter N , the color green, and the shape 

 and our Day 6 of creation: God made animals and people. Genesis 1:24-27

We will be making neckties which we will be practicing our scissor skills by cutting the neckties out and putting stickers on them.

We will be gluing numbers on the letter N.   And we will be stringing noodles on to a piece of yarn to practice our fine motor skills.

We will also be making bird nests by using paper plates and painting them brown and then putting 3 birds in the nest.

Our star student this week is: Brooklyn  Please bring a snack from the approved snack list and enough for 16 students.

Our Field Trip permission slips will be going home this week.

October Tuition is due at this time.

Our Halloween party will be Oct 30th we will be doing all pre school classes from 9am to 10 am. We will be using the gym and we will be having a treat station, craft station, story station and game stations.  We will need some volunteers to help out at this time. Please contact us if you can help during this fun and special time.

As always, Thank You for sharing your child with us. 

Sept 23-25 Letter M

Mrs. Kerri and I hope you all enjoyed our fall family picnic and we are so proud of our little ones for bringing in their pennies to help with the feed my starving children mission.  

And Thank You Brady for the pie in the face!

Such a fun day!!

This week we will be learning about the letter M and the sound it makes.  We will be making Monsters by using straws and paint and googly eyes.

      We will be using some M and M's for some color and math fun!

We will be putting Day 4 of creation in our Journals:

Day 4:  God made the sun,moon and the stars. Genesis 1:14-19

We will be doing Day 5 of creation as well.

Day 5: God made the birds and fish Genesis 1:20-23

Our color is Yellow  and our shape is Triangle.

Our full day students will be making a sun flower by painting their paper plates yellow and using tea as the center of the flower.

And will be using their scissors to cut slits in the paper plate to make the petals.

We will be also playing the crazy game of Twister 

Our STAR STUDENT this week is Brady, please bring snacks from the approved snack list for 16 students.  Don't forget a show and tell every day!

IMPORTANT DATES 

Oct 14: Field Trip to Maize Farms  

Oct 30: Halloween Party  ( please allow your child to wear a bathroom friendly costume to school ) 

As always, Thank You so much for sharing your child with us!! 

Review Week Sept 16-18

We will be reviewing our letters A,V and W along with the circle,and triangle and Day one through three of creation.
Day 1 God made light
Day 2 God made the sky and the clouds
Day 3 God made the land and plants.
We will be reviewing our colors as well, purple,pink and white.
We have collected acorns in a jar and we will be allowing the children to estimate how many are in the jar. And we will be making a chart with their guesses.  Every one will get a prize for estimating.  We will also be using some of our acorns for painting with our review colors.So watch out for some acorn art!

We are turning our W's into wagons and using Popsicle sticks to make our letters.  In the afternoon we will be finger painting and using dry erase markers and boards and writing our letters.
Don't forget our Family Picnic on Thursday at 11:00 am 
Bring a blanket and a picnic lunch and enjoy having your lunch on the lawn with your child.

Our Star Student this week is Athena, please bring snacks for the week and a show and tell everyday. Use the approved snack list and there are 16 students. Please don't forget the star student bag!

Pre school and Pre K are collecting pennies to help FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN, we will have a class bucket that your child may put his or her pennies in.  The classes that collect the most, their teachers will get a pie in the face.... hope it is banana cream!!

September tuition is due at this time 
As always, Thank You for sharing your child with us!! 

Our letter for the week of Sept 9-12 is W

The kiddos had a lot of fun doing our first science experiment on Wednesday, Mrs. Nicki and Mrs. Stephanie even joined us for the fun.  We used baking soda and vinegar and made our volcano erupt.
This week we will be making two worm farms and Mrs. Brandy and Mrs. Courtney's class will be joining us and both classes will be using potting soil, coffee grounds, some lettuce or banana peels and worms, yes worms and we will be documenting them in our journals.

 We will be practicing our cutting skills by cutting out our triangles that we will be using to make triangle fish during our review week.

We will be planting watermelon seeds and playing in a water table and practicing our pouring skills and measuring.  We will be using measuring cups, spoons.

We will be using white dots or white stickers on our W's.

We are really focusing on our fine motor skills this week, and we will be stringing beads and using jumbo tweezers and picking up pom poms and putting them in a bowl.

We will be working on Day 3 of Creation: God made the land, trees and plants. 

Our Star Student is: Addyson, please bring snacks from the approved snack list and enough for 16 students and don't forget your show and tell.

September tuition is due at this time.

Don't forget about our FALL FAMILY PICNIC Sept 18th at 11:00 am  join us on the lawn and bring your lunch.

                                               Please return all library books by Wednesday so that your child can check out another book from Mrs. Ann.  There will be a green basket next to the door to put your child's book in.                         

Sept 2 Letter V, Pink and Circle

This week we will be learning about the letter V and the sound that it makes.  We will continue to learn about the circle and the color pink.

We will be joined by all of our other pre school friends on Wednesday after chapel to learn about volcano's and doing a science experiment by using baking soda, orange food coloring and vinegar by mixing these ingredients together we will make our own volcano erupt. 

 We will also make a volcano by using a paper plate and brown construction paper in the shape of a cone and use red, yellow and orange tissue paper as the lava.

We will be using toilet paper rolls and different colored paint to make circles and turn them into a caterpillar. 

We will also be making a self portrait but pretend we popped a bubble by using pink tissue paper, to represent a piece of bubble gum. 

We will be learning about Day Two in Chapel: God made the sky and clouds Genesis:1 6-8  we will be gluing blue paper and cotton balls in our journals.

We will be introducing the number 1 and use counting bears.

In the afternoon we will be playing some matching games and using a 4 scene picture sequence cards and place them in order.

We will be learning about dry erase boards and using them to practice writing our letters A and V and also practice holding our markers the correct way.

Our Star Student for Sept 9 is:  Addyson Woodruff, please bring snacks from the approved list and the star student bag will go home with your child on Thursday, they may bring in a show and tell.

September tuition is due at this time. 

As always Thank You for sharing your child with us, we enjoy watching them learn and grow. 

August 26- Letter A

Let the letter learning begin!! During the week we will learn about the letter A and the two sounds that it makes.

Our color this week is PURPLE and please allow your child to wear purple to school on Thursday.

Our shape is circle 

and we will be making a circle collage.

We will be gluing our Bible Verse: Genesis 1:3-5

God said,"Let there be light." in our journals. Along with the yellow and black paper that we ripped last week.

We  will be painting with purple paint in art center.

Also while in centers we will be making angels by using the capital letter A and glitter and coffee filters.

Get ready for some apple tasting, the children will be eating a red and green and yellow apples and then drawing which one is their  favorite in their journals.

We will be cooking this week as well, making some delicious homemade applesauce.  Please let us know immediately if your child has an allergy to apples or applesauce so we can make sure they do not eat them.  Thank You 

Our star student for Sept 2-4 will be Maelynn please bring enough snack from the approved snack list for 16 students and the star student bag will go home on Thursday and be returned on Tuesday with a show and tell.

August tuition is due at this time, if you have not done so.. please send in.  September tuition is due next week.

Have a great week and Thank You for sharing your child with us!! We are going to have a great year!! 

August 19th Our first blog post of the school year

Welcome to our blog, we hope you find this helpful and informative.

Our first week of school will be full of fun and activities that we hope your child will like and be excited to learn more.

We will learn how to quietly walk in the halls and catch a bubble.

We will go outside and learn how to be safe on our playground.

We will be reading  The Kissing Hand Book and doing some really cute crafts that go along with the book.

We will be using colorful counting bears and playing a matching game.

We will be working on our gross and fine motor skills by tearing up paper that we will be using next week for a project.

 we will be using scissors  and learning how to hold them correctly and practice open  shut them open shut them.

We will be using noodles and spoons and other items,and practicing our sensory skills.

Please remember to send in your paper work and emergency cards as soon as possible.

You can email me at Tracyhfyh@gmail.com  or send a private message on facebook.  If you have not added me please do so; so that I can add you to our private Home For Yourt Heart School page.

Tracy Garrett-Stefurak.

Thank You so much for sharing your child with Mrs. Kerri and myself, we look forward to watching your child grow with his or her faith in god.  And we hope that  we make your child's first experience with school a happy and enjoyable one through out the year.

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