Blog for the week of September 11-15, 2017

Week two is off to a great start!

We are looking at and listening for the letter Mm this week as we play with, build with, paint with marshmallows!

Our table activities for the week include- using tweezers to pick up little marshmallows and put them into ice cube trays, sorting marshmallows by size, shape and color, painting with marshmallows, playing with marshmallow playdoh and seeing how high a tower we can build with marshmallows.

We will also be building with marshmallows and toothpicks, making our name with marshmallows, examining marshmallows with all five senses and adding an "Mm is for marshmallow" page in our journal.

Some of the KDIs we are looking at this week are-

Fine-motor skills: Children demonstrate dexterity and hand-eye coordination in using their small muscles. - Using tweezers, poking toothpicks into marshmallows, coloring and drawing all get our fine motor skills going.

Observing: Children observe the materials and processes in their environment.- Observing with all 5 senses, how does it feel, taste, smell, look and sound!

Classifying: Children classify materials, actions, people, and events. - We are sorting or classifying by shape, size and color.

Our Word of God story for the week is about Adam and Eve and the first sin. God created a beautiful world and placed Adam and Eve in a beautiful garden where all their needs were provided for! They had all the food they could eat, no weeds grew. They had work to do, but it was a pleasure. God had placed two trees in the middle of the garden, The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil and the Tree of Life. God told Adam and Eve not to eat from those trees. This was a way that they could show their love for God, by doing what he asked them to do. Satan, in the form of a snake, came and tempted Adam and Eve to eat, and they did. 
God removed them from the garden so they wouldn't eat from the Tree of Life and live forever in sin. He told them life would be hard for them from now on, but He also promised a Savior who would come, live a perfect life and die an innocent death for all our sins.


An informational slip went home today about the field trip next Wednesday to Plymouth Orchards and Cider Mill. We will meet at the Orchard at 9:15 and you are free to stay as long as you like! Please return the slip whether you are going or not, so I have an accurate number and know if we still need to wait for someone for the hay ride!

We have had alot of interest in our four year old preschool this year! We are presently full. We have discussed the possibility of adding an afternoon session. It would go from 12noon-3pm. I will be sending out a Survey Monkey to see how many would be interested in an afternoon session. This in no way would make you obligated to be part of an afternoon class. Just seeing what interest is out there!

Thanks!

Have a terrific week!
Mrs. Schneck