NEW MORNING WORK

So many new activities...

Wooden logs and circle pieces

to create with

Loose parts of different colors and shapes

make patterns and designs

Cool different colors and sizes

blocks to stack and build

Loose parts with patterns cards

so you can recreate a pattern

or create your own

fruit with a magnetic piece 

 holding it together..

use the play knife to practice

"slicing " the fruit

Zoey chose to use the fruit first

JJ chose to use the

blocks

I also had coloring sheets

of

our Alleluias 

Harrison building with the

wooden pieces...

Harrison told me he was going

to coloring his letter "unique"

Levi building

Luke using the fruit

JJ spent a lot of morning

work creating

Levi's creation

JJ's creation is getting taller

coloring Alleluias 

MORNING MEETING

Harrison's turn to care for

Snoopy

Luke was attendance helper

EVERYONE came to school today

16 friends!!

Olivia was invocation leader

Today was chapel

but I talked to the children about what today is..

Ash Wednesday

What Ash Wednesday means

Why we celebrate it

and what to expect when we

go to church...

Today's helpers

OUTSIDE

we carried the Alleluias  over

that we made so we can

"bury" them

for Lent

** we put them in a black box as a 

reminder to not say the

word Alleluia during Lent

Mrs Helmkamp led chapel

she pointed out the paraments are black

today for Ash Wednesday

and will also be purple during lent

we learned God LOVES us so much

HE sent HIS son

to Earth for us and then to die on a cross

to save each of us...

we celebrate Lent to prepare for Jesus'

death BUT also we know the story doesn't end there!!

Jesus rose from the dead on

Easter Morning

Harrison was offering helper

Getting our Ashes..

the children could choose

between forehead, hand 

or no thank you

Almost everyone

got Ashes!

Mrs Helmkamp made each class

these special clothes to put around our

class family cross to remind us of Jesus'

great LOVE for us...

and she made it in the colors of Lent

purple and black

Selah was librarian

Cute story about FRIENDSHIP

Zoey was weather helper

Ellis was prayer leader

Lyla was snack manager

snack

Singing our ABC's

Harrison A was our

teacher assistant

reviewing ALL the letters...

** since it is such a short

week, we are not starting a new letter

CENTER TIME...

We used our box to

 make an X-Ray Machine

waiting to see the doctor.....

ramps and tubes....

cup stacking

using the portable X-Ray machine

(we are borrowing from Ellis)

decorating crosses

Luke working on his self portrait

Superintendent

Luke was exercise leader

running in place

Levi  was yoga instructor

DOWNWARD DOG

Prayer Requests

Thinking about inviting a doctor or

nurse to visit...

Some friends told me who

they would like to invite...

(we have several parents who are nurses)

Here are some questions they would like to ask....

JJ chose our good bye rhyme