Kk is for kitten

This week we are listening to and looking for the letter Kk.

Table activities include threading buttons on pipe cleaners, playdough mat cats, Pete the Cat slime, making cat faces, cat coloring pages and making kitten toys.

Small group activities include coloring a cat with Craypas (oil pastels) and learning to blend colors, painting  a wooden cat and adding Kk is for kitten to our journals.

KDIs for the week are-

Phonological awareness: Children identify distinct sounds in spoken language.- Kk and Cc can make the same sound, even though they are different letters.

 Art: Children express and represent what they observe, think, imagine, and feel through two- and three-dimensional art.- This week we use different media to make art.

Sense of competence: Children feel they are competent.- We are trying to build this more and more as we encourage independence.

Jesus Time- This week we hear the story of Jesus healing the ten lepers. Leprosy was a devastating illness in Jesus' day. You were separated from your family and friends because of the danger of contagion. Ten men cried out to Jesus for healing and he had compassion on them and sent them to show themselves to the priest to show that they were cured. As they ran to the priest, one turned around to go back. He sought out Jesus to thank him for the miracle of being healed. Jesus asked, "Weren't there ten men that I healed?" 
How often we forget to thank God for the miracles he does for us every day! Remember to thank Him!!

Books of the Week- "Pete the Cat and his Four Groovy Buttons" by Eric Litwin, "Millions of Cats" by Wanda Gag and "Cat's Colors" by Jane Cabrera.

Unfortunately, our field trip for this month did not work out due to scheduling conflicts. We will see if we can get a cat visitor sometime this month!

Have a great week!

Mrs. Schneck