WELCOME BACK

AFTER THANKSGIVING BREAK

I HOPE AND PRAYER EVERYONE HAD A RELAXING

AND HEALTHY WEEK!

NEW MORNING WORK:

Christmas tree dot to dot...

great for number recognition

counting

one to one correspondence

strengthen little fingers

Christmas Tree Roll and Cover

Great for number recognition

turn taking(if you play against

another friend)

Nativity

pretend play

retell the story of Jesus' birth

sorting and counting

Manger Star game

Children LOVE games...

this game reinforces number

recognition and counting

MAKING COOKIES

Playdoh, cookie cutters, rolling pins

and cookie trays

The children were SO excited to come

into the classroom looking

so beautiful and decorated

Maisie chose to use

the manger first today

Christmas Tree Decorating

use beads to decorate the 

Christmas Tree

JJ was excited to make

cookies...

Once a few other

friends heard me say

You can make Christmas Cookies

playdoh table filled 

Camden playing

roll and cover

Harrison using the

dot to dot

Ellie sorting

Jacob playing the 

manger star counting game

Lyla enjoyed using the manger

Maisie coloring

Charlie and Mrs Koenen

paying the

roll and cover

A cutting activity

cut on the line

to get to the Christmas tree

Lyla got to sit with 

Little Puppy

Audrey was attendance helper

1 friend NOT at school

11 friends HERE

Ella volunteered to be

our invocation leader

OUR ADVENT WREATH

We sang Light One Candle

Our invocation Leader

gets to help put

the stickers on

our Advent Devotion

** Zion has these devotions(plus others)

 in the welcome center if you haven't got

one yet....

today's helpers

So many friends DID

such a GREAT job dressing themselves

to play in the snow

the snow was just starting

to fall...

It was really beautiful

outside today

The children

LOVED playing outside

Camden LOVED throwing

the snow up and having it land

on his head!!

Maisie was librarian 

She volunteered to be

weather helper...

Camden volunteered to be

Prayer Leader

Ella was snack manager

SNACK

MYSTERY BAG

Ellie was teacher assistant

Mystery Bag Clues...

Kite

King

Kick

Kangaroo 

2 little lines

and 1 big line

Friends immediately told 

me it was K

BUT... K was hard to make

without looking at one...

LOTS of friends helped..

Then I showed it and Harrison

put the K together

K words

CENTER TIME:

I showed the class

our Christmas Tree

and ornaments..

the children could decorate the

tree during center time

I also brought the dolls back

(I think the dolls were missed during our

Construction Project)

Making a "prop"

for our Advent Service

Look how beautiful our

tree is

Step one of an art

project

LET IT SNOW!

Lyla was yoga instructor

downward dog

prayer requests