November is the month where we often sit back and reflect on those things and people in our lives that we are truly grateful for. As the preschool teachers, we hope each of you know how thankful we are to have your children in our class. What a joy they bring to our classroom!

 

We have covered several topics these past couple of weeks during class time. The Preschoolers are also practicing their songs for the Christmas Program which will be held on Saturday, December 7^th at 6:00 PM at Trinity Lutheran Church.

 

 

 

 

During Jesus Time this past week we studied the story of how Jesus Fed 5,000 People. From this story we learned how Jesus provides us with what we need. The previous week we reviewed the story of Baby Moses and how he was saved by being placed in a basket in the river. Moses was destined to go on and do many great things in life by serving the Lord.

This past two weeks two new letter friends have joined our classroom. The first letter friend was Ms. F, who has funny feet. The other letter friend was Mr. O, who likes opposites. The preschoolers have done a great job learning about opposites during class. Please test them at home with a few things that are opposite, such as up/down, yes/no, open/close, etc. You might be amazed at how many they can get correct!

We’ve been busy during art time as well! We started out by painting a paper plate brown. Once dried, we cut and used half to create our turkeys, and then used the other half for our baskets for our five loaves of bread and two fish (Jesus Feeds 5,000 story). We also made our own baskets with Baby Moses inside to help us recall this story.

 

 

 

 

 

 

During Science we worked on cleaning pennies with a salt, vinegar and baking soda solution. The preschoolers were given a penny and a toothbrush to “shine” up their pennies and allowing them to soak. What a fun experiment!

 

 

 

 

Several new activities took place during seat work time. We worked on our numbers with M&M’s and the bus sheet. Hopefully each of you has had a chance to participate with your child in this activity at home. We also took some time to work on our colors and shapes by playing Color Bingo.

 

 

 

 

 

Music time is always fun and exciting. The highlight of these past two weeks, besides learning our Christmas songs, was using the bean bags to several songs. From balancing the bean bags on our heads, to marching around the room in bean bag parade, the room was filled with laughter and smiles! 

 

 

 

 

 

We continue to focus on things we are grateful for during this month. Take a moment to tell your child how happy you are to have them in your life. And always, thank God everyday for everyone and everything that has come your way!  

 

 

 

 

Exciting things have been happening in the Preschool Room the past two weeks! It’s hard to believe we are in the month of November already.

 

During Jesus Time we focused on Daniel and the Lion’s Den, as well as, the story of David and Goliath. Both of these Bible stories have shown us how we should always trust in God. Having faith in God helps us understand our fears in a different perspective. With this great faith, we realize that God will fight for us and with us.

During art time we painted our lion faces as well as our pumpkin plates. The preschoolers practiced cutting straight lines with scissors, as we crafted our pumpkins to take home for tabletop décor.  We were pretty impressed with how well the preschoolers did with using scissors! Hopefully you enjoyed the pumpkins as well.

 

We met two new letter friends over the past two weeks. The week of October 22^nd and 24^th, we met Mr. D who does a dazzling dance. Last week we met Ms. F. She came into the class and showed us her fancy, fabulous, funny feet!

We took some time to try out a science experiment where we tested if items would sink or float once placed in water. Before placing each item in the water, the preschoolers were allowed to guess if the item would sink or float. We then tested each object and tracked our results. Some items caught the preschoolers by surprise!

 

Chef Combo dropped by our classroom on October 29^th.  Since our letter we’ve been studying this past week was F, Chef Combo helped us cook up some delicious French toast. We got a little sticky with the syrup, but enjoyed the special treat very much! Ms. Angie Wallman was able to help work with us this day as well. What another special treat!

 

 

 

 

On Thursday last week, we celebrated by having our All Saints Party. What a fun filled day! Everyone showed up in amazing costumes and we were able to share them with our daycare providers and friends during our costume parade. We had a great time converting our painted pumpkin plates into take home goodie bags, as well as filling up treat bags for our Homebound Friends for Pastor Coe to deliver. We hope everyone had a safe, fun time trick-or-treating that night as well.

 

 

 

 

 

Our hands on table involved working with corn and gourds. What a fun way to discuss the wonderful season of fall. We also continue to work on our alphabet, recognizing the letters and sounds.

Thanks for allowing your child to grow with us!