This week we are talking about Hh and houses. Lots of different houses, not even all of them have four walls and a roof, some just have a roof!
Table activities this week include building and playing with houses, coloring or designing houses, making houses with playdough and popsicle sticks, making the three little pigs houses and making houses with styrofoam.
Our small group activities are making graham cracker houses, shape houses and adding the page Hh is for houses to our journals.
The books of the week are "The Three Little Pigs" illustrated by Paul Galdone, "Too Tall Houses" by Gianna Marino and "This is the House that Jack Built" illustrated and retold by Simms Taback.
The KDIs we are working on this week are-
Shapes: Children identify, name, and describe shapes. - What shapes do we see in houses? How can we put shapes together to make a house?
Book knowledge: Children demonstrate knowledge about books.- We recognize the patterns in books like "This is the House that Jack built" Like one student said, "Jack's on every page!"
Speaking: Children express themselves using language. - Our pre-planning activity let children express themselves as they chose their favorite room in the their house and told why it was their favorite!
Jesus Time- This is our last Old Testament story. This week we hear about Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, the three young men brave enough to stand up to a king.
Last week we heard the story of David and Goliath. David eventually became king and Israel went through a long list of kings, some good and some bad, many leading the Israelites away from God and to idol worship. After a time, God gave the Israelites a wake up call and the country of Babylon invaded and took Israel's brightest and best young people captive. The rest of the nation was scattered among other nations Babylon had conquered. King Nebuchadnezzer, Babylon's king, had a strict regimen he wanted his young captives to follow, including diet. When the Israelites informed the Babylonians that they followed their own dietary laws, they were upset. Over several weeks, the Israelites were given a chance to show that their way would work. By the end of the trial period, they were stronger and healthier than the rest of the captives. They gained the respect of the Babylonian government.
King Nebuchadnezzer then had a dream where he felt he was led to erect a giant gold statue for his subjects to worship. Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego refused. The punishment for not doing what the king asked you to was to be thrown into a blazing hot furnace. The king gave the young men one more chance. When they refused again, he ordered the furnace heated seven times hotter than normal. The boys were bound hand and foot and thrown into the furnace. The furnace was so hot that the guards who threw them in were instantly killed.
When King Nebuchadnezzer looked into the furnace, he couldn't believe his eyes, not only were the boys walking around unharmed, there was also a fourth man in the furnace who looked like the son of a god- he was the Son of The God!! Nebuchadnezzer called the boys out of the furnace and ordered his people to only worship Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego's God. Our God is a Mighty God!!
Please remember to sign up for the Christmas Service you are attending on December 17th-Christmas Service sign up
Also we are having Christmas Service practice this Saturday, December 9th from 9-11am. Just drop off your child at the church and we will practice the service, have a little snack and play a bit and probably practice walking in and out again.
See you then!!
Also Arts and Scraps at school field trip on Tuesday, December 19th- note coming home Wednesday!
On Tuesday, December 19th, Arts and Scraps is
coming to Peace with their Scrapmobile for an “AT SCHOOL FIELD TRIP”. Students will be able to make a project from
the mobile in preschool.
The Scrapmobile will be here from 10-11am. The three year
old class will have a regular morning until 10am. At that time, three yr old parents may return
to join us.
Four year students and their parents are also invited to
this event and will need to be present to help their child with their project.
The cost is $7 per student/kit. The payment is due by
Tuesday, December 12th.
We look forward to working
together!
My child, _________________, we be attending the Arts and
Scraps workshop. $7
_______________ Sibling $7 _____________ Parent helper Free
Mrs. Schneck
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