Blog Letter X

Hi everyone,
Our letter this week is X and we will be drawing the children s arm and hand and gluing q tips to make an x ray. Our color is grey and our shape is

diamond

We will be using craft sticks to make x marks the spot and gluing them into our journal.

Our bible verse is: Fear not for I am with you Isaiah 41:10

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We will be using grey paper and paper plates and grey crayons to make grey bats to hang in the classroom.

We will be using play dough and putting it down on the letter x to learn out to make and X.

We will be using the sand box during  center time and the children will be digging for diamonds.

We will be doing puzzles and stringing beads and lacing cards.

Our Star Student is: Harper A: please bring 16 snacks from the approved snack list.and a show and tell everyday.

There is still room for parents to sign up for our Halloween Party on Oct 30th , we need stickers, snacks and drinks and volunteers for craft stations and snack and story station and some one to man the bouncy slide.

As always, Thank you for allowing us in sharing in your child's education.

We are also in need of paper towels and baby wipes. Thanks!!

Oct 14th -16 Review week

Our field trip to Mayse Farms has been canceled due to rainy weather, but the kids wont miss out, thanks to two great Directors and a few phone calls our field trip as been changed to Pump It Up.  Parents are welcomed to join us. Buses leave at 8:30 am and will return by 11:30 am. I sent everyone an email with the voucher to sign and send back to Stephanie. If you have not done so please do, and I will have extra ones in the classroom if you still need one to sign.
NO BACKPACKS are needed.  But please send a lunch with your child if they are full day.

We will be reviewing this week, the letter M, N and Z. The shapes: square and triangle.
The colors: yellow,green,and black.
We will be making a shape collage using triangles and squares

We will be using a potato masher and yellow paper and black paint to make bumble bees which make the z sound.
We will be starting to make our Halloween crafts by using toilet paper rolls and wrapping them with paper towels and two googly eyes to make a classroom full of mummies.
Our full day students in the afternoon will be making a scary ( not too scary) picture on black construction paper using googly eyes and twigs that we will collect from outside and white paper at the bottom and a yellow moon or white moon.

Our star student is: Connor please bring snacks from the approved snack list and enough for 16 students.  Don't forget a share and tell each day. Please note since we will be on a field trip on Tuesday, please allow Connor to bring two show and tells on Wednesday.

On Day 7 God rested and we had the children draw what they thought God looked like when he rested!  

This week in chapel we will be talking about  how Jesus walks on water

and our bible verse is: Do not fear, only believe. Mark 5:36

Our Halloween Party is scheduled for Thursday Oct 30th from 9:00 to 10:00 in the gym.  We are asking for parents to help with each of the stations and also sign up to bring the following items:

Halloween stickers, Little Debbie Halloween snack cakes and Capri Suns.

There will be a sign up sheet posted on our door  if you are able to help. 

As a;ways. Thank You for sharing your child with us! We love watching them grow and learn.

I also wanted to let you know that the week of  Oct 21-23 there will be a sub for me, my mother was recently diagnosed with Lobular Carcinoma, which is a form of breast cancer.  She is scheduled to have surgery on Oct 22 so I am going to travel to Jacksonville Fla. to be with her and my youngest sister.

Lynn Davidson who is a former pre school teacher here at Home For Your Heart School.  Will be there on Tuesday and Wednesday and on Thursday Sarah Guse will be the sub and she too has worked at the school.  If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to call me, or text me 912-674-8288.

I will be back for our Halloween festivities.

Oct 7-9 Letter Z

This week we will be learning about the letter Z and the color black and the square 

We will painting our hand prints and magically turning them into Zebra's by drawing stripes with black crayons, using black yarn for a mane and black pipe cleaners for a curly tail.

We will also be using zip loc bags filled with black paint and making z's and practice zipping a variety of items.

We will be making Sally Square 

 and we will also be learning the Zacchaeus song for our journal. And gluing in a coloring page to go along with the song.

Zacchaeus was a wee little man, A wee little man was he.(using both hands, make it look like you are showing the size of a very small man.)
He climbed up in the sycamore tree, the Savior for to see.(using both hands act as though you are climbing up a tree)
And when the Savior passed that way, He looked up in the tree,(using you fingers, make it look as though someone is walking.)
And he said, "Zacchaeus, you come down from there;
For I'm going to your house today, for I'm going to your house today."(Start clapping your hands when singing this verse.)

In the afternoon we will be making Zinnias from cupcake liners and green paper for the stems and leaves.

We will also be finger painting with black paint and cutting out zig zag lines and gluing them on our finger painted paper to make zig zag masterpieces.

Our Star Student this week is Bryson: please bring snacks from the approved list and enough for 16 students and please bring in a show and tell every day.

October tuition is now due at this time,as well as our field trip permission slips and monies. If you plan on attending our field trip you may meet us there or follow the bus as we will be leaving promptly at 8:30 am. Please dont be late. You may pay at the gate when you arrive.  

Halloween Party Oct 30 we need several volunteers to help.

October 26th is our Mission Moment: We will be singing at the 9:30 and 10:50 services.  

Here are some photos from last weeks Animal Encounters

note the giant hamster said one of the kids 

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touching a really big snake  they all were so brave !

and our bird nests that we worked very hard on.

As always, Thank You for sharing your children with us! 

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.