Hi,
Sorry that I neglected the blog last week! I hope you all enjoyed your snow day!
Last week and this week, our focus has been on Christmas!
Last week for table activities in the morning, we used our fine motor skills to decorate paper gingerbread men, put pom pom decorations on Christmas trees, use Christmas play doh and make Christmas decorations. This week we will make Christmas tree suncatchers, dot paintings, cookie cutter stamp painting and using our scissors skills to cut out stars and put them together for a 3-D effect.
For small group we have done capitol and common letter recognition when we put "lights" on our tree, small motor fun making graham cracker houses, working on making patterns when we painted our lights and looking at the letter Jj for Jesus. Candy canes are shaped like Js too, when you turn them upside down.
Large group we have been dancing to Christmas music, balancing candy cane ornaments and tinsel and having our Christmas P.E..
Jesus Time has been focused on the story of Jesus birth, the shepherd's visit and the wise men's visit. Thank you so much for taking the time yesterday to give your children the privilege of sharing Jesus's story too! They did a great job!
Books of the week have been various Christmas Books. "Bright Star, Bright Star, What Do You See?" by Cassandre Maxwell, "Jesus is Born" by Gail Pawlitz and Sehee Jung, "No Tree for Christmas" by Marilyn Lashbrook, "Snowmen at Christmas" by Caralyn Buehner and "The Pine Tree Parable" by Liz Curtis Higgs.
Thank you so much for all the wonderful work you do with your children!! Have a blessed Christmas and a wonderful New Year!
In Celebration of Christ's Birth,
Mrs. Schneck and Mrs. Dostal
Monday, December 19, 2016
Monday, December 5, 2016
Peace Lutheran Preschool 4 year olds for the week of December 5
This week we are talking about the concept of our 5 senses. In table activities we felt and smelled holiday slime- green mint and red cinnamon. We tried to build with hard, soft and rough materials in the yellow room. We will have the chance to play with and hear jingle bells on Friday as well as paint with scented paint.
For small group activities, we tried tasting different things associated with Christmas- candy canes, chocolate kisses, oranges, cookies. We also tried to see if we could pull out of a pillowcase what our teacher asked us to by feel only. We will be making a sensory Christmas tree on Friday with things to feel, look at, smell and hear to decorate.
Some of the KDIs we are working on this week are-
Natural and physical world: Children gather knowledge about the natural and physical world.- Doing this through all our senses.
Tools and technology: Children explore and use tools and technology.- We will have an opportunity to really do this at the Outdoor Adventure Center.
Jesus Time- This week we are learning about the angel Gabriel coming to Mary and telling her that she would be Jesus' mother! How brave Mary was! And how brave we can be too, when God asks us to do work for Him, He will give us what we need to accomplish that work!
Books for the Week- "Little Bunny Follows His Nose" by Katherine Howard and "The Sweet Smells of Christmas" by Patricia Scarry.
Your children have been memorizing a speaking part and a song for the Christmas service. Please sign up for what service you would like to attend at the following link. I will also have a paper sign up at school if you would prefer.
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0c45afa72fa3fe3-christmas
We will also be drawing names on Friday. Please bring the gift, $5 limit, to school on Wednesday, December 21st.
See you Wednesday at the Outdoor Adventure Center at 10am! Should be fun!!
Have a terrific week!
Mrs. Schneck and Mrs. Dostal
For small group activities, we tried tasting different things associated with Christmas- candy canes, chocolate kisses, oranges, cookies. We also tried to see if we could pull out of a pillowcase what our teacher asked us to by feel only. We will be making a sensory Christmas tree on Friday with things to feel, look at, smell and hear to decorate.
Some of the KDIs we are working on this week are-
Natural and physical world: Children gather knowledge about the natural and physical world.- Doing this through all our senses.
Tools and technology: Children explore and use tools and technology.- We will have an opportunity to really do this at the Outdoor Adventure Center.
Jesus Time- This week we are learning about the angel Gabriel coming to Mary and telling her that she would be Jesus' mother! How brave Mary was! And how brave we can be too, when God asks us to do work for Him, He will give us what we need to accomplish that work!
Books for the Week- "Little Bunny Follows His Nose" by Katherine Howard and "The Sweet Smells of Christmas" by Patricia Scarry.
Your children have been memorizing a speaking part and a song for the Christmas service. Please sign up for what service you would like to attend at the following link. I will also have a paper sign up at school if you would prefer.
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0c45afa72fa3fe3-christmas
We will also be drawing names on Friday. Please bring the gift, $5 limit, to school on Wednesday, December 21st.
See you Wednesday at the Outdoor Adventure Center at 10am! Should be fun!!
Have a terrific week!
Mrs. Schneck and Mrs. Dostal
Monday, November 28, 2016
Four year old preschool for the week of November 28th
8, 9, 10- Ready or not, here I come!
We played Hide and Seek today as we begin our week of looking for things! We are listening and looking at the letter Ll for look. We will learn to look all week!
Some of the KDIs we are hitting on this week are-
Sense of competence: Children feel they are competent.- Hats, gloves or mittens, boots and zipping up our coats, give us time and we can do it. My rule of trying is they try once for every year old they are, so 4 year olds try 4 times, etc. Many times they get it on the first or second try! One of my college professors sayings was, "Nothing succeeds like success." Once they master it, they are ready to take on other challenges!
Observing: Children observe the materials and processes in their environment.- We are looking at everything this week.
Tools and technology: Children explore and use tools and technology.- We are talking about things that help us see like binoculars, telescope, glasses. How can we use those tools?
Jesus Time- This week we are hearing the story of the Three Men in the Fiery Furnace. King Nebuchadnezzer demands that the young men from Israel bow down to his false idol. When they refuse, he has them thrown into a fiery furnace. God delivers them in a miraculous way and the King sees the power of the King of Kings!!
Books of the Week- "How to Hide an Octopus" by Ruth Heller and "The Runaway Bunny" by Margaret Wise Brown.
Next week is our field trip to the Outdoor Adventure Center on Wednesday, December 7 at 10am. Please return the attendance slip by this Friday.
Have a great week!
Mrs. Schneck
We played Hide and Seek today as we begin our week of looking for things! We are listening and looking at the letter Ll for look. We will learn to look all week!
Some of the KDIs we are hitting on this week are-
Sense of competence: Children feel they are competent.- Hats, gloves or mittens, boots and zipping up our coats, give us time and we can do it. My rule of trying is they try once for every year old they are, so 4 year olds try 4 times, etc. Many times they get it on the first or second try! One of my college professors sayings was, "Nothing succeeds like success." Once they master it, they are ready to take on other challenges!
Observing: Children observe the materials and processes in their environment.- We are looking at everything this week.
Tools and technology: Children explore and use tools and technology.- We are talking about things that help us see like binoculars, telescope, glasses. How can we use those tools?
Jesus Time- This week we are hearing the story of the Three Men in the Fiery Furnace. King Nebuchadnezzer demands that the young men from Israel bow down to his false idol. When they refuse, he has them thrown into a fiery furnace. God delivers them in a miraculous way and the King sees the power of the King of Kings!!
Books of the Week- "How to Hide an Octopus" by Ruth Heller and "The Runaway Bunny" by Margaret Wise Brown.
Next week is our field trip to the Outdoor Adventure Center on Wednesday, December 7 at 10am. Please return the attendance slip by this Friday.
Have a great week!
Mrs. Schneck
Monday, November 21, 2016
Four year old preschool for the week of Thanksgiving
This week there are only two days of preschool because on Thursday, we celebrate Thanksgiving!! We pray that you enjoy the blessings God gives you in food, family and friends on that day!! He has richly blessed us all!
This week we are looking at the letter Tt for turkey and for Thanksgiving. We talked about the sound t makes when it is all alone and the different sound it makes when it teams up with h.
We practiced our fine motor skills by putting feathers into the holes of colanders-
We also used fine motor to paint Indian corn with lego stamps.
We used our letter knowledge to put the letters from our names in order as we glued them on as the tail feathers to our name turkeys.
Our Bible Story this week is David and Goliath. God can and does use little people to solve big problems!! We can do anything God needs us to do when He is on our side!!
Our books for the week are "Let's Celebrate God's Blessings on Thanksgiving Day" by Lise Caldwell and "Clifford's Thanksgiving" by Norman Bridwell.
Happy Thanksgiving!!
Mrs. Schneck and Mrs. Dostal
This week we are looking at the letter Tt for turkey and for Thanksgiving. We talked about the sound t makes when it is all alone and the different sound it makes when it teams up with h.
We practiced our fine motor skills by putting feathers into the holes of colanders-
We also used fine motor to paint Indian corn with lego stamps.
We used our letter knowledge to put the letters from our names in order as we glued them on as the tail feathers to our name turkeys.
Our Bible Story this week is David and Goliath. God can and does use little people to solve big problems!! We can do anything God needs us to do when He is on our side!!
Our books for the week are "Let's Celebrate God's Blessings on Thanksgiving Day" by Lise Caldwell and "Clifford's Thanksgiving" by Norman Bridwell.
Happy Thanksgiving!!
Mrs. Schneck and Mrs. Dostal
Monday, November 14, 2016
For the week of November 14. 16 and 18
This week instead of working on a specific letter, we are working on a concept- what do animals do to get ready for winter? They hibernate (sleep), migrate (move) or adapt (change). We will be talking about these ideas all week and I encourage you to talk about them when you go to the zoo on Thursday.
Some KDIs we will be working on as we investigate this topic are-
Cooperative play: Children engage in cooperative play- We can migrate together;like geese, hibernate together; like bats or snakes. we adapt every time we put on our coats to go outside. We work together.
Fine-motor skills: Children demonstrate dexterity and hand-eye coordination in using their small muscles.- Today we used scissors and glue sticks, we will continue to flex our little muscles all week.
Vocabulary: Children understand and use a variety of words and phrases. We are introducing the words hibernate, migration, adapt and others this week.
Natural and physical world: Children gather knowledge about the natural and physical world- We will learn about and observe alot of animals this week.
Jesus Time- This week we are learning about Joshua and the battle of Jericho. Our God is a mighty God and he keeps us by his strength. We will also have the special opportunity on Friday of going to chapel with the kids in the "big school". They are going to have chapel at 8:30 so we can join them. If you arrive later that 8:30 on Friday, please bring your child over to the elementary school. You are also invited to join us for chapel!! It only last 30 minutes, probably even less this week. We will try to join the big kids once each month.
Books of the Week- "Bear Has a Story to Tell" by Philip Stead, "Sleep, Black Bear, Sleep" by Heidi Stemple and Jane Yolen, "Good Night, Gorilla" by Peggy Rathmann, and " When We Went to the Zoo" by Jan Ormerod.
See you at 10 am at the Detroit Zoo!!
Have a great week!
Mrs. Schneck
Some KDIs we will be working on as we investigate this topic are-
Cooperative play: Children engage in cooperative play- We can migrate together;like geese, hibernate together; like bats or snakes. we adapt every time we put on our coats to go outside. We work together.
Fine-motor skills: Children demonstrate dexterity and hand-eye coordination in using their small muscles.- Today we used scissors and glue sticks, we will continue to flex our little muscles all week.
Vocabulary: Children understand and use a variety of words and phrases. We are introducing the words hibernate, migration, adapt and others this week.
Natural and physical world: Children gather knowledge about the natural and physical world- We will learn about and observe alot of animals this week.
Jesus Time- This week we are learning about Joshua and the battle of Jericho. Our God is a mighty God and he keeps us by his strength. We will also have the special opportunity on Friday of going to chapel with the kids in the "big school". They are going to have chapel at 8:30 so we can join them. If you arrive later that 8:30 on Friday, please bring your child over to the elementary school. You are also invited to join us for chapel!! It only last 30 minutes, probably even less this week. We will try to join the big kids once each month.
Books of the Week- "Bear Has a Story to Tell" by Philip Stead, "Sleep, Black Bear, Sleep" by Heidi Stemple and Jane Yolen, "Good Night, Gorilla" by Peggy Rathmann, and " When We Went to the Zoo" by Jan Ormerod.
See you at 10 am at the Detroit Zoo!!
Have a great week!
Mrs. Schneck
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Four year old preschool for the week beginning November 7th
This week rocks!! That is what we are learning and talking about. Rr is the letter rock begins with. We are having fun with rocks this week!
Some of the KDIs we are concentrating on are-
Sense of competence: Children feel they are competent- As they carried buckets of rocks in each hand, they found out how strong they were. Success is a great motivator!
Gross-motor skills: Children demonstrate strength, flexibility, balance, and timing in using their large muscles.- We carried rocks in many different ways, we will experiment with balance and flexibility in our movement to songs while balancing a beanbag on different parts of our bodies.
Patterns: Children identify, describe, copy, complete, and create patterns. - Looking at patterns God makes in nature is also part of our exploration this week.
Some of the other activities we are doing this week are playing with Pop rocks in shaving cream, looking at rocks through a magnifying glass, counting rocks, identifying letters written on rocks, rock tumble painting and doing our journal page for Rr is for rocks.
Jesus Time- This week's Jesus time is about Moses receiving the 10 Commandments on two large, stone tablets on Mt. Sinai. We talk about all ten of the commandments, how the first ones talk about our relationship to God and the last ones about how God wants us to show love to those around us. We are learning the Bible passage 1 John 5:3- This is love for God; to obey His commands." We can't obey God's commandments perfectly, no matter how hard we try! We are so grateful that He sent His Son Jesus, who did obey them perfectly and died in our place so we can have a home in heaven!!
Books of the Week- "Sylvester and the Magic Pebble" by William Stieg and "Stone Soup" by Ann McGovern.
Next week at the Detroit Zoo- we will meet in the tunnel as you go into the zoo at 10am and meet again for the snack at 11:30. In between times, you and your child are welcome to enjoy the zoo at your own pace, there is no set program. In school we will be talking about getting ready for winter and how different animals do that, so you may want to point that out as you walk around. However, with the weather we have been having lately, I'm not sure winter is coming!
Have a great week!!
Mrs. Schneck
Some of the KDIs we are concentrating on are-
Sense of competence: Children feel they are competent- As they carried buckets of rocks in each hand, they found out how strong they were. Success is a great motivator!
Gross-motor skills: Children demonstrate strength, flexibility, balance, and timing in using their large muscles.- We carried rocks in many different ways, we will experiment with balance and flexibility in our movement to songs while balancing a beanbag on different parts of our bodies.
Patterns: Children identify, describe, copy, complete, and create patterns. - Looking at patterns God makes in nature is also part of our exploration this week.
Some of the other activities we are doing this week are playing with Pop rocks in shaving cream, looking at rocks through a magnifying glass, counting rocks, identifying letters written on rocks, rock tumble painting and doing our journal page for Rr is for rocks.
Jesus Time- This week's Jesus time is about Moses receiving the 10 Commandments on two large, stone tablets on Mt. Sinai. We talk about all ten of the commandments, how the first ones talk about our relationship to God and the last ones about how God wants us to show love to those around us. We are learning the Bible passage 1 John 5:3- This is love for God; to obey His commands." We can't obey God's commandments perfectly, no matter how hard we try! We are so grateful that He sent His Son Jesus, who did obey them perfectly and died in our place so we can have a home in heaven!!
Books of the Week- "Sylvester and the Magic Pebble" by William Stieg and "Stone Soup" by Ann McGovern.
Next week at the Detroit Zoo- we will meet in the tunnel as you go into the zoo at 10am and meet again for the snack at 11:30. In between times, you and your child are welcome to enjoy the zoo at your own pace, there is no set program. In school we will be talking about getting ready for winter and how different animals do that, so you may want to point that out as you walk around. However, with the weather we have been having lately, I'm not sure winter is coming!
Have a great week!!
Mrs. Schneck
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
4 year old preschool for the week of October 31
Welcome to the week! This week we are learning a little bit about Halloween and a little bit about pumpkins which are seen everywhere this time of year!
Some of the KDIs we are concentrating on this week are-
Use of resources: Children gather information and formulate ideas about their world.- We are looking at the world around us and how our culture celebrates Halloween, we talked about All Hallow's Eve and All Saints Day on November 1st. We talked about how dressing up is just pretend, not real.
Empathy: Children demonstrate empathy toward others.- As we play with each other and run into little conflicts we encourage the children to put themselves into their friends place. We also prayed for two of our friends who were sick this week.
Pretend play: Children express and represent what they observe, think, imagine, and feel through pretend play.- As we dress up and pretend to be someone else, we practice different roles and jobs. Wonder Woman can still cook and Spiderman can still be a dad.
Jesus Time- This week we are hearing about how Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt and into the desert. Wherever they went, God took care of them. He miraculously separated the Red Sea so the Israelites could walk across on dry land, provided manna and quail for them to eat in the wilderness. God is with us and takes care of us too!! Everyday!
Books of the Week- "Teddy Bears Trick or Treat" by Sam Williams, "A Halloween Scare in Michigan" by Eric James, and "The Pumpkin Patch Parable" by Liz Curtis Higgs.
For the zoo, car parking needs to be included in the prepayment. The cost is $6/ vehicle.
I would ask all of you to keep our 3rd and 4th grade teacher Jan Murphy in your prayers, she is hospitalized with pneumonia.
Hope to see all of you that I haven't yet seen Thursday or Friday of this week for our little conferences!
Have a fantastic week!
Mrs. Schneck
Some of the KDIs we are concentrating on this week are-
Use of resources: Children gather information and formulate ideas about their world.- We are looking at the world around us and how our culture celebrates Halloween, we talked about All Hallow's Eve and All Saints Day on November 1st. We talked about how dressing up is just pretend, not real.
Empathy: Children demonstrate empathy toward others.- As we play with each other and run into little conflicts we encourage the children to put themselves into their friends place. We also prayed for two of our friends who were sick this week.
Pretend play: Children express and represent what they observe, think, imagine, and feel through pretend play.- As we dress up and pretend to be someone else, we practice different roles and jobs. Wonder Woman can still cook and Spiderman can still be a dad.
Jesus Time- This week we are hearing about how Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt and into the desert. Wherever they went, God took care of them. He miraculously separated the Red Sea so the Israelites could walk across on dry land, provided manna and quail for them to eat in the wilderness. God is with us and takes care of us too!! Everyday!
Books of the Week- "Teddy Bears Trick or Treat" by Sam Williams, "A Halloween Scare in Michigan" by Eric James, and "The Pumpkin Patch Parable" by Liz Curtis Higgs.
For the zoo, car parking needs to be included in the prepayment. The cost is $6/ vehicle.
I would ask all of you to keep our 3rd and 4th grade teacher Jan Murphy in your prayers, she is hospitalized with pneumonia.
Hope to see all of you that I haven't yet seen Thursday or Friday of this week for our little conferences!
Have a fantastic week!
Mrs. Schneck
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