School is so FUN

Our days have been flying by.....

This is how we

sign in

After putting out things away, children sign in:

- great way to reinforce name recognition

-friends start to recognize each others names

-we also use it to acknowledge who came to school

and if friends are absent

Morning Work

children find an activity

at a table until everyone arrives

Ben and Luke doing a puzzle together

Cecilia excited to try out the writing 

table

Ella chose to color first

Play Doh is always a BIG hit!

The BIRTHDAY GIRL,

CHARLOTTE!

Maisie wanted to color too!

Our 1st Birthday Guest

Charlotte's dad!!!

This was a FUN and 

interactive story time

Then we sang

Happy Birthday

Oliver was our

attendance helper!!

16 friends at school today!!

Ellie volunteered 

to be our

YOGA INSTRUCTOR

Downward Dog

Next we practiced our invocation

We will have an invocation Leader each day

Today we were just learning what to say

and do with our hands

Leader will say

We begin with the name of God the Father(put one finger up)

class will respond: Who created us

L: And God the Son:(Make a cross with fingers)

C: Who died for us

L: And God the Holy Spirit(hug self)

C: Who comforts us

We sang(Row,Row your boat tune)

Read, Read the Bible

God wants us to know

That it is a special book

and He loves us so!

Then Mrs Koenen sang

He has the Whole World in our hands

using the children's names...

they stood when she said their name

Lining up.....

A few jobs have a special spot to stand on

Foster got to stand on the only RED Bobcat paw

That is for the Light Helper!

The Light Helper stands on the special Bobcat Paw because they

get to turn out the lights as everyone leaves the room

Ella was Line Leader

(we are sending Prayers that this is the last day

for the immobilizer on Ella's leg as she 

goes to the dr today)

walking to the playground...

I would say a pretty good line for day 2

Our Mud Kitchen 

These tires are A LOT of fun to climb

There are a lot of areas of our

playground that give young

children the opportunity to take

"safe" risks... Like learning to climb these tires

some are higher than others--and sometimes the child feels

really brave and stands up on the tires-----

or jumps off!!!1

Great opportunities to develop 

self confidence and build gross

motor strength

Climbing up the mountain also

builds great gross motor strength

Lots of imaginative play with the

mud kitchen

Samuel was testing out how

it felt to lay across the tires....

Birthday Girl!!!

Lining up to go back inside

Lincoln was our Gate Keeper

The book I read before

snack

Lucas got to be 

SIT BY THE TEACHER

one of the many jobs the children can choose from

once we get everyones picture for our

job cards

The children love sitting in this 

comfy chair during story time

Kennedy was librarian

and put the book on my desk

Cecilia was weather helper

Arwen was our prayer leader

this is the prayer she chose today

I encourage the children to

fold their hands

bow their heads

and close their eyes for prayer

Maisie was snack manager

SNACK

HANDWRITING WITHOUT TEARS

WE LEARNED THE NAMES OF THESE:

BIG LINE

LITTLE LINE

I SHOWED THEM THAT WE CAN

 USE LINES TO FORM LETTERS

THEN WE SANG A 

FUN INTERACTIVE SONG

WITH THE LINES THAT

 ENCOURAGE FOLLOWING 

DIRECTIONS

They LOVED it and really wanted to do

it again... we however moved

onto center time

Arwen playing play doh

Samuel and Emmy chose

art first

Magnetic Blocks

Dramatic Play

work bench

I always take pictures of how tall the children are at the BEGINNING

and then again at the end

to see how much they grew....

ELLA

We also did some 1st week of school 

work..... self portrait

and name sample

Lucas has magnetic blocks at

home and really enjoyed them today at school!!!

Samuel checking out the workbench

SO SWEET

We did not get to everyone today BUT I will

take everyones picture over the next few school days

EMMY

ELLIE

LINCOLN

Look at this CREATION!!!!!

Fun to watch the children use

the mirror to

draw their self portraits

CHARLOTTE

ARWEN

FINISHED Creations

it got a room addition from

the previous picture!

OLIVER

After center time

we clean up and then

practice A LOT

of our exercises...

JUMPING JACKS

This one is tough but MACK

has it mastered!

ARM CIRCLES

SQUATS

PUSH UPS

SIT UPS

THEN WE TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT

 WAYS WE CAN SIT ON THE CARPET

not everyones bodies are the same and not everyone 

is comfortable

sitting in same position

So I let the children chose what is BEST 

for their bodies!!!

Maisie is showing us

MOUNTAIN POSE

Foster is showing us

Criss Cross(applesauce)

Charlotte is showing

LOUNGE 

not pictured

mermaid... you can ask your child to see if

they remember how to sit 

mermaid

Luke is showing us how

to fold our hands for prayer

We then went around the circle and

said 

THANK YOU JESUS FOR......

we will add more to our good bye prayer

next week

OUR GOOD BYE RHYME

Give me a kiss, goldfish