Three year old preschool for September 20 and 22

Happy Family Week!

This week we are talking about our family. Who is in our family, what we do with people in our family and that our family loves us!

The KDIs we are concentrating on this week are-

Reflection- Children reflect on their experiences- After free play, we look at what we planned and see if we stuck to our plan or changed our plan.

Moral Development- Children develop an internal sense of right and wrong.- Our Bible story this week deals with sin and its consequences.

Speaking- Children express themselves using language. On Tuesday, to plan play, the children pretended to talk on the phone- they had to say who they were talking to and what they planned to play, for example, "Hi, Mommy! I'm going to play trucks!"



Our Jesus Time this week is the story of Cain and Abel. This is a very tough story with difficult concepts for children to grasp. We heard the story of Adam and Eve's two sons who both brought offerings to the Lord, but with very different hearts. When God told Cain that his offering was not acceptable, he got so angry and jealous that he killed Abel. God still came to Cain to offer forgiveness if he was sorry (repentant) for what he had done. It seems Cain refused to repent and spent the rest of his life wandering the earth with a long time of grace to change his mind.

The books we are reading this week are, "Skidamarink: The 'I Love You' song", "Grandpa" by Barbara Borack, and "Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born" by Jamie Lee Curtis.

Because of an activity day scheduled for Tuesday,October 4, we will not be having preschool on site that day. We are planning a field trip to Camp Killarney where Mrs. Dostal is camp director.  More information will be coming home along with a permission slip next week! More field trips are scheduled and more information about them will be coming next week also!

Have a great week!
Mrs. Schneck

3 year old preschool September 13 and 15

Hi,

We are on our second week of preschool and doing great!!

This week we talked about trains, we read books about trains, we drew with trains and made trains!

The KDIs we worked on this week were-

Shapes- Children identify, name and describe shapes- we did this as we put our train together made of rectangles, triangles, squares and circles.

Body awareness- Children know about their bodies and how to navigate them in space- we did this as we pretended to be trains moving forward and back and all around.

Book knowledge- Children demonstrate knowledge about environmental print.- we did this in our repeating phrases in our books. They could repeat and follow the words in "Shiny Dinah".

We also looked at colors as we rolled trains through ink and made train prints and as we identified each train cars different color as we said our poem.

Our Jesus time this week was about the Fall of Adam and Eve into sin. God had created a perfect garden and had a perfect relationship with Adam and Eve. He showed them He loved them by providing all they needed and by walking and talking with them each day. He asked them not to eat from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. The devil tempted Eve in the form of a snake and she ate the fruit. Then Adam also ate the fruit and they knew they had done wrong. God still loved them and promised to send a Savior, his son, who would crush the devil and pay for our sins.

The books we read this week were, "Shiny Dinah" by Susan James, "The Little Engine that Could" by Watty Piper and "The Train Ride" by June Crebbin.

4 year old preschool- Our first two days!

Hi,

I am so glad to be here at Peace Lutheran Preschool in Livonia! My name is Deanna Schneck and I am the new preschool teacher at Peace. My husband, son and I moved to Michigan from Anchorage, Alaska this past July. I am excited to be learning and growing with you and your children at Peace.

At Peace we use a preschool curriculum called High Scope. It emphasizes learning through play and experiences. It's aim is to emphasize Key Developmental Indicators which are appropriate for your child's social, emotional and physical growth.

This week we introduced and worked on several of those KDI's-
 Initiative- children demonstrate initiative as they explore their world- every child tried out something new and different this week!

Planning- children make plans and follow through on their intentions- we planned to play each morning and even though everyone didn't stick with their plan the whole free play time, many did and recognized when they changed their plan.

Problem solving- children solve problems encountered in play- whether it is how to share toys, how to keep beads from coming off a pipe cleaner or how to poke a straw through my Capri Sun hole, they worked on finding solutions on their own before asking for help.

Self-identity- children have a positive self-identity- This week we talked about how we are different and the same as everyone else, drew ourselves on a puzzle and made a mixed media self portrait.

Fine motor skills- children demonstrate dexterity and hand-eye coordination in using their small muscles- we drew, cut, glued, picked up small objects, beaded and used our fingers in lots of different ways.

Our Jesus time this week was the story of Creation. We talked about how God created the whole world with just His Word and formed man out of the dust of the ground. He did it all in just six days and finished creating on the seventh. He made us too, and we are glad he did and he loves us still!!

The books we read this week were "The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash" by Trinka Hakes Noble, illustrated by Steven Kellogg, "We're Different, We're the Same" a Sesame Street book by Bobbi Kates and "I'm Like You, You're Like Me"by Cindy Gainer.

I will update this blog weekly! If you have any questions or concerns, my cell is 907-230-6715 and my email is melindamargaret028@gmail.com

I am looking forward to a fantastic year!!
Mrs. Schneck and Mrs. Dostal

Hi,
Welcome to Peace Lutheran Preschool!!
We are looking forward to a wonderful year of learning and growing together!

This week we are concentrating on-
 planning our play
 taking initiative as we explore our world
 focusing on activities that interest us and
 having a positive self-identity.

 These are all part of the High Scope Curriculum Key Developmental Indicators. To me that all sounds a little too academic.

Your children are learning to plan their play and learning what they are interested in. They are trying new things out as they play with toys, items and people they may not have played with before. They are learning a little more about who they are and how they fit into this big, wide world.

We begin each morning with a morning meeting, finding out what's going to go on in our class today. We read several books. For the three year olds, we read "The Wheels on the Bus" by MaryAnn Kovalski and "I Like Me" by Nancy Carlson. We hope also to read "My Friend is Sad" by Mo Willems.

Then we took a tour of things to do, came back to our morning meeting space and each chose something to play with. We didn't all stick to our plan today, but we started out there.

After free play time, we had the story of creation. We learned about how God created the world in 6 days and what He created on each day! We also sang some songs.

We then split into two groups and decorated the first letter of our names to be put into a three year old preschool book. We also colored hands to add onto big flowers in the "big kid" school.

We sang some more songs and learned each others names, while Mrs. Dostal got our snack ready. We ate our snack and then went outside to play!
It was a terrific day!!

I look forward to seeing you all on Thursday for more of the same!

Thanks for a great start to the year!
Mrs. Schneck and Mrs. Dostal