Blog for September 11 and 13

Magnets and how they work is the theme of our week this week, along with the sound and shape of Mm.

Table activities include attracting pipe cleaner one eyed monsters with magnets, finding the metal in our construction rice bin with magnets, painting with magnets and using magnetic letters to make our own Chika Chika Boom Boom tree.

KDIs of the week are-
 Experimenting: Children experiment to test their ideas. - What is magnetic? How far will my magnet's power reach? 

 Drawing conclusions: Children draw conclusions based on their experiences and observations. - Like magnets only stick to some metals, or one magnet is stronger than another.

Small group activities are building a magnet tower to see how high our magnetic field goes and testing what is magnetic and what is not.

Jesus Time- Our story this week is the flood. We reviewed creation, how God made everything perfect. Adam and Eve chose to not follow God, their children wander farther away from God and a relationship with Him, their children farther yet, and so it went, until only one family was left that had a relationship with God. That was Noah's family. God told them to build a huge ark to carry them and at least two of every kind of animal and keep them safe while he destroyed the world in a flood. It rained for 40 days and nights, covering the world with water to the tops of the mountains. Then it stopped and for 150 more days, Noah and his family and the animals waited for the waters to dry up. When they finally did, the first thing Noah did when he left the ark was to build an altar. He thanked God for keeping he and his family safe during the flood. God placed a rainbow in the sky as a sign of the promise that He would never again destroy the earth with a flood again. 

Books of the week are "Magnet Max" by Monica Lozano Hughes and "Press Here" by Herve' Tullet.

A reminder that this Wednesday is the Preschool Parent meeting- learn more about our K-8 school, finish up any remaining paperwork and get your sign in code for the Ipad. It is at 6:30 pm, should be over by 7. If you cannot attend, just shoot me an email and I will let you know if you have any paperwork outstanding and your code for the Ipad.

Field trip papers due this week for next Wednesday's field trip to Plymouth Orchards!!

Have a fun filled week!
Mrs. Schneck