Four year old preschool for the week of September 19

Hi,

We are busy bodies this week. "Body" is our theme, so we are learning different parts of our bodies and moving them around to music. We had our bodies drawn around on Monday and we will decorate them on Wednesday.

The KDIs we are working on this week are-

Art- Children express and represent what they observe, think, imagine, and feel through two and three dimensional art. Wait and see what we think we look like when we draw ourselves!

Natural and Physical World- Children gather knowledge about the natural and physical world. One of our table activities this week is looking at things through a magnifying glass to see what they look like up close.

Gross Motor Skills- Children demonstrate strength, flexibility, balance and timing in using their large muscles. We stick our right hand in, wiggle all around, dance in a circle- all staying steady on our feet!

Our Jesus time this week focuses on the sad story of Cain and Abel, Adam and Eve's two sons. Cain and Abel both offer sacrifices to God. God finds Abel's acceptable, but Cain's is not because of the attitude of his heart. He kills Abel out of jealousy and anger. God still loves Cain and is ready to forgive him, but Cain is not sorry for what he did. God continues to be with us and wants us to be sorry for the things we do wrong. He is always there and waiting for us, he show his love for us by giving us his Son to pay for our sins!

Our books for the week are "Hand, Hand, Finger, Thumb" by Al Perkins, "Shake Your Sillies Out" by Raffi and "From Head to Toe" by Eric Carle.


We are planning a field trip for Tuesday, October 4th. The K-8 school has activity day which means the parking lot will be in use which will make preschool pickup impossible. Mrs. Dostal is the camp director for Camp Killarney in the Irish Hills. We would like to meet out there with whomever would like to come! Lots of nature to explore, lakes to play in, fishing and boats. I will be sending home a permission/ plan to attend slip next week! I will also be getting a list of field trips for the future to you then also!

Have a great week