Blog for September 19 and 21

Having fun with feathers is our week this week!

We are listening for the sound of Ff, talking about what kinds of animals have feathers and investigating and doing different things with feathers.

This morning at table time we put feathers into the holes of colanders to improve fine motor control. We also had a table for a feather investigation with different types of feathers and magnifying glasses to see those feathers up close. On Thursday, friends will have the opportunity to paint with feathers or string beads on feathers.

For our small group activities this week, we are working alot of fine motor control. Today we cut and glued feathers. On Thursday we will trace the letter Ff with our fingers and glue feathers on in the shape of Ff.

For our large group activities this week we danced and acted like different animals. We will also use our breath to blow a feather during a relay race!

Our books are "Five Little Chicks" by Nancy Tafuri and "The Perfect Purple Feather" by Hanoch Piven.

Some of the KDIs we are concentrating on this week are-

Fine-motor skills: Children demonstrate dexterity and handeye coordination in using their small muscles.- poking through holes, beading, cutting and gluing.

Building relationships: Children build relationships with other children and adults. - They are doing an excellent job at this. They are playing together, they are cooperating, taking turns, it is great to see!

Our Word of God story this week is the story of Noah. After Adam and Eve were made to leave the garden, people just became worse and worse until there was only one family left who believed in God. This was Noah's family. God told Noah to build an ark and get ready to be onboard for a long time. It took Noah 100 years to build the ark, the other people on earth were given 100 years to come to faith. Instead they made fun of Noah as he built a giant boat nowhere near the water. God had animals come to him, at least two of every kind, to be saved on the ark. When God was ready, he closed the door and it rained for 40 days and 40 nights. The whole earth was covered with water. Finally, after many days, the ark came to rest on top of a mountain. Noah and his family and the animals came out of the ark when there was enough dry land to support them. The first thing Noah did was to build an altar to give thanks to God for keeping them safe through the flood. God placed a rainbow in the sky as a symbol of the promise that he would never again destroy the earth with a flood.

We do have a change in the next field trip coming up. Our Nankin Mills Fall Frolic field trip which was scheduled to take place October 12th is now taking place on Tuesday, October 3rd. More information about that will come home on Thursday!

Hope to see you at 9:15 at Plymouth Orchards Wednesday!

Have a terrific week!
Mrs. Schneck