Morning Work

We are beginning each morning with

our name journals

This is a fun counting game

that reinforces 1 to 1

correspondence.....

up to the number 16

Winston enjoys the

challenge of this puzzle

I made this out of foam squares

with a heart design on it....

I also made it with a pattern to

 help the children solve it....

it is a 3x3x3 grid

and alternating colors

plus one specific corner is always 

at the top

the corner with a hole always is the top left...

All these hints can help

the children solve the puzzle

with, of course, the heart pictures....

(and then if they still need

help I numbered the back)

He is proud of himself!

Lincoln told me he made a boat

and after that he was making me cake

and spicy gingerbread cookies 

Austin working on the puzzle

Another heart puzzle

made from tag board

Play doh

Almost there...

Morning Meeting

Cecilia was our

attendance helper

1 friend not at school

15 friends here

Cecilia also got to hold

ZEBRA today

Charlotte was our

invocation leader

This is our Jesus time story today

I first ask the children

to tell me what they remember about

this story from the picture

Then we acted (part of it) out with me being 

Zacchaeus, the tax collector

I gave everyone 5 pieces of money

and then I said today is Tax Day and

I collected money from everyone. But I pretended to be like

Zacchaeus and collect different amounts from

different people. Zacchaeus was dishonest

and kept some of the money for himself

So ..... from some people I took 1 piece of money

BUT from others I may have asked for 4 or even 5

pieces!!

I asked the children how they

felt when I took only 1 pieces from their

friend and ALL the pieces

from them or others.....

Everyone agreed it wasn't fair and they

understood why the people didn't like Zacchaeus

Then I retold the whole story

using the storyboard

At the end, I reminded them that no 

matter what the sins we do  JESUS always 

will LOVE us and he cares for each and everyone

of us!!

Jesus forgave Zacchaeus and helped

him be a better person and JESUS

forgives us and will help us too!!

Today's Helpers....

Beautiful outside..

Slightly chilly but the sun was shining

and many friends took off their

coats as they got hot running around

Many of the children LOVE

to jumo from here...

I just happened to snap this right as Winston

betan to jump!!!

Encouraging children to take risks

within a safe place promotes self esteem. confidence 

and independence!

Kindness Heart

Emmy was our

Librarian

Ben was weather helper

Charleigh was prayer

leader

Mack was snack manager

SNACK

Lincoln was teacher assistant

The class is working hard

to come up with LOTS of D words

Then we did 2nd Steps

This is Michael

We looked at this card

we talked about how we thought he was feeling by just looking at him

(his eyes, his mouth, the way he is holding his hands, etc)

Many friends said he looked, sad, worried, scared, angry...

Then I told the class a little more...

Michael's grandma is late picking him up and he is the last friends left....

Then I asked the children how they would feel

most still said sad, worried a few more said angry and one said

disappointed...

I explained that everyone may feel differently about the same situation... and that is OK

I then asked the children what they could do if 

they saw a friend looking like this...

some answers were

give him a hug, asked him what would make him feel better, one person said bring him to her mom

so he knew an adult was there to help him, someone said make him a picture

I LOVE how engaged the children were and EVERYONE was really thinking

and came up with great ideas!!!

CENTER TIME

painting words for our

backdrop(decorations) for our

LOVE party

I got out the marble race

today

Almost all the girls went over to 

dramatic play at one pointed

HOCKEY

working on our invitations

for the LOVE PARTY

Ellie was our superintendent

Kennedy was our

exercise leader

SIT UPS

Prayer requests

Winston was our

Line Leader

He wanted to chose the 

good bye rhyme his family made up last year

when we were learning about insects/animals

Off to Alantis, Praying Mantis