This week we are learning about Alaska! Today the mushers left Fairbanks to begin the 1000+ mile trek to Nome in the Iditarod! I am excited to share my love of Alaska and those dog teams with the preschoolers!
Table activities- Today we played with arctic animals in "snow", we made igloos, we will play in other Arctic sensory bins, color some Alaskan coloring pages and design some sled dogs.
Some KDIs we are concentrating on this week are-
Natural and physical world: Children gather knowledge about the natural and physical world.- We looked at and made some Northern Lights. We heard about Denali and Alaskan animals.
Geography: Children recognize and interpret features and locations in their environment.- We looked at mountains, talked about glaciers and lakes, rivers and meadows.
History: Children understand past, present, and future- We talked about and will learn more about how the dog sled became so important. How things are moved long distances today.
Jesus Time- This week we hear the story of the 10 Lepers. In Jesus' day, leprosy was a horrible disease. You were disfigured and ill, you had to leave your family and friends because leprosy was also contagious. You lost all that was near and dear to you. Imagine these 10 men, brought together because of this horrible disease and they hear rumors of someone who could cure it. This Jesus has healed the sick, raised people from the dead, fed thousands of people, blind see, deaf hear! We need to see him! They call to Jesus to help them. Jesus has compassion on them and tells them to go show themselves to the priest. The priest was the only one who could confirm that they were healed and able to go home. They ran, they knew they were being healed. They could go home! See their families! All ran to see the priest, all but one. One stopped, turned around and ran! Ran to Jesus! He threw himself at Jesus'feet and fell down in enormous gratitude for what had been given to him! Jesus helped him up and said, "Didn't I heal ten? Where are the other 9?" Wow!! How often do we forget to say thank you to our Lord? The sun rose today, I wake up in a warm house with clothes for my back, food for my belly and a car to spare my feet the walk! Thank you, Jesus!!
Books of the Week- "Granite" by Susan Butcher and David Monson, "Up on Denali" by Shelley Gill and Shannon Cartwright, "Alaska's 12 Days of Summer" also by Shelley Gill and Shannon Cartwright. We may read some other Alaska books this week too!
Next week Wednesday we have a field trip to the Leslie Nature Center in Ann Arbor. The cost is $5 each. An information and attendance slip will be coming home on Wednesday.
So let's go on our Alaskan journey for the week! If you are interested in sharing the Iditarod with your kids there are great websites to see the start on! My favorite musher is Dallas Seavey! My daughter took this picture four years ago, when he was just getting started. He's won four so far! The other pic is of the dogs, they love to run!!
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