Blog for September 10-14, 2018

This week we are talking about the letter Mm and marshmallows!

Table activities this week include drawing on marshmallows, sorting marshmallows by color and size, painting with marshmallows, stacking marshmallows and playing with marshmallow playdough.

The KDIs of the week are-
Observing: Children observe the materials and processes in their environment.- This week we will be looking at marshmallows with all 5 senses. Observing what happens as you make it warm, freeze it and heat it up in the microwave. 

Classifying: Children classify materials, actions, people, and events. - This week we are classifying by size and color and even when we build a tower, we are classifying building material- what makes a good foundation.

Small group activities this week include- building with marshmallows and toothpicks, observing with our 5 senses and adding an Mm is for marshmallow page to our journals.

Jesus Time- Our story this week is the flood. We reviewed creation, how God made everything perfect. Adam and Eve chose to not follow God, their children wander farther away from God and a relationship with Him, their children farther yet, and so it went, until only one family was left that had a relationship with God. That was Noah's family. God told them to build a huge ark to carry them and at least two of every kind of animal and keep them safe while he destroyed the world in a flood. It rained for 40 days and nights, covering the world with water to the tops of the mountains. Then it stopped and for 150 more days, Noah and his family and the animals waited for the waters to dry up. When they finally did, the first thing Noah did when he left the ark was to build an altar. He thanked God for keeping he and his family safe during the flood. God placed a rainbow in the sky as a sign of the promise that He would never again destroy the earth with a flood again. 

Books of the week - "The Marshmallow Incident" by Judi and Ron Barrett, "If You Give a Moose a Muffin" by Laura Joffe Numeroff and "Groovy Joe Ice Cream and Dinosaurs" by Eric Litwin.

A reminder that this Wednesday is the Preschool Parent meeting- learn more about our K-8 school, finish up any remaining paperwork and get your sign in code for the Ipad. It is at 6:30 pm, should be over by 7. If you cannot attend, just shoot me an email and I will let you know if you have any paperwork outstanding and your code for the Ipad.

Field trip papers due this week for next Wednesday's field trip to Plymouth Orchards!!

Have a fun filled week!
Mrs. Schneck