Happy New Year!!

We are welcomed back to school in the cold wind and low temperatures! Thanks to everyone who joined us for our first day back!

We treasured our time together today!! We found treasure in rice and played with treasure in golden slime this morning. The slime did get on some articles of clothing. It is made of glue, water and borax, so it should come out!

We decorated a treasure box and chose some treasures to put inside, we hunted for our own special treasure and added that to our box also.


KDIs of the week-
Alphabetic knowledge: Children identify letter names and their sounds- we are working on knowing our letters and the sounds they make.

Experimenting: Children experiment to test their ideas. - We did a lot of experimenting with slime this morning.


We even learned about the treasure that the wise men brought to Jesus and who the true treasure is- JESUS!

Jesus time- This week we hear the last story that takes place while Jesus is still an infant. We linked this story to the story of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego that we heard earlier. Someone who was from Israel told people in the East about the promise of a Savior. When these wise men studied the sky, they saw a bright star which meant that the promised Savior was born. They packed up and began to follow the star. When they reached Judah, they naturally went to Jerusalem, the capital city. If there was a new king, isn't that where he would be? As they began to look for him, King Herod heard about them. King Herod was a very bad king. He invited the wise men under false pretenses and shared what he knew about the birth of a king. He directed them to the small village of Bethlehem, just a few miles outside Jerusalem. He told them to return once they had found the child so he could go and worship him too. That was not his plan, he wanted to get rid of Jesus. He would be the only King. 
The wise men went and saw Jesus in a house where the star stopped. They gave him their gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. They were warned in  a dream not to go back to see Herod, but to return home another way. Joseph was also warned in a dream to wake Mary and the baby and flee to Egypt until Herod was dead. God protects his children, Jesus and us! He sends his angels to protect us! Psalm 91:11 says "For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways;". 

Books of the week- "Grandma and the Pirates" by Phoebe Gilman and "What Star is That?" by Joseph Slate.

Have a wonderful weekend and stay warm!!
Mrs. Schneck