September 25, 2017

Well, I don't know about you but I think the weeks are sneaking right past me!  I can't believe we are already to the end of September.  The little ones are already learning to blend sounds together to read words and it's fascinating to watch!  Even more fascinating for me is to see their growth in friendships, helpfulness, kindness and traits which are from the Holy Spirit!  It's a blessing to me!

This week, we are learning about Abraham, Sarah and Isaac and how "nothing is too hard for the Lord"!!  We've practiced that!  We will also learn about Isaac and his son's Jacob and Esau and how God loves families and desires that we get along.  We are reading more words by adding the letter "s" to our group of letters learned.  The children will be bringing home a story to READ TO YOU on Thursday!!  It's very exciting!  In Math we will discuss patterns and continue practicing making our numbers correctly.  There's so much more then even this wrapped up in our day and it's exciting to see the fruits of our efforts to learn and grow!!

I love our "Friend 2 Friend" time!!  It's so great to hear them asking questions about others and making eye contact.  If you practice this at home, too, let me know how it goes!

Enjoy the pictures!

September 11, 2017

We are having a great week and I hope you are as well!!

We are learning about Noah and the flood this week.  Thanks to Mrs.Wilson for doing some cutting and gluing projects at home for us so we can complete them later this week.  In Reading, we are learning about letter a (short sound only).  We will be learning about school and maps and rules and all that fun stuff in Social Studies!  We also made sunflowers for our bulletin board (aren't the crabs cute they brought home yesterday?!) and will be learning about artist VanGogh and making a "Sunflower" paint project to mimic his!  On Thursday, we will have our first session of "Literacy Centers"!  You'll have to ask your child about looking at "the wheel" and what things they did in their small groups.

We also have a new friend....Squirt!  He came to me via a friend and he doesn't make a mess so I'm okay having him for a class pet!!  We are sure to wash our hands very thoroughly after touching him.
Have a wonderful week in Jesus!

September 5, 2017

We've made it to September already and I am just amazed at the routine these little ones have settled into at school!  They are remembering all the procedures, working hard, getting to know each other and having a lot of fun!  Kenzie was our Star Student last week and we enjoyed learning more about her!  Tanner and his dad were our "Scientist of the Week" helpers and we learned about potential and kinetic energy while using marshmallow catapults!!  It was a lot of fun and I hope you got to join us for that via Periscope!!

This week, we will finish learning about the creation of the world by our loving God.  We will also learn about the first sin.  Our verse this week from the Bible is, "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth."  Genesis 1:1.  We met Golly, our new SuperKid friend today as we were introduced to the letter G (hard sound only).  We also met Mr. G who has Gooey Gum!  In Math, we are finishing up learning to write our numbers correctly as well as doing more graphing and patterns.  We will visit Montclair nursing home on Thursday - please remember that all children need a cold lunch that day.  Baylor will be our Star Student this week as his birthday is on Thursday.  Have a great week!  Thank you for sharing your children with me!!