It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a cloud!

This week we are taking a look at clouds and the letter Cc!

We read about all sorts of clouds in "The Cloud Book" by Tomie dePaola, and "Now I Know Clouds" by Roy Wandelmaier.

Our morning activities are making clouds on sticky paper, squeezing the "rain" out of cotton balls and watching them get filled with water again, playing with cloud dough and finding treasures in the cloud sensory bin.

Our small group activities are watching it rain- we used a clear container, filled it 2/3rds with water, made a cream cloud on top and used food coloring to see the colorful rain pass through the clouds. On Thursday we will paint puffy clouds.

Our KDIs of the week are-

Observing: Children observe the materials and processes in their environment.- looking at clouds and how they look when it's about to rain.

Natural and physical world: Children gather knowledge about the natural and physical world.- what do different kinds of clouds mean? What are clouds made of?

Jesus Time- This week our story is about Joseph. Joseph was one of Jacob's sons. When Jacob fled to his Uncle Laban's house, he ended up marrying both of Laban's daughters. This wasn't how God intended things to be. His favorite wife was Rachel and Joseph was Rachel's son. Rachel's sister Leah had 10 of Jacob's sons. Joseph was his favorite and he showed it. The older 10 sons were responsible for taking care of Jacob's hundreds of sheep and goats. Joseph would be sent out to make sure they were doing their job. Joseph also shared some dreams he had that he felt meant they would one day bow down to him. The last straw was a gift of a multi-colored coat that Jacob gave to Joseph. It was a sign that he was the overseer, the boss, over his older brothers. One day, when Joseph was making his way out to check up on his older brothers, they saw him and began to plot to get rid of him. They threw him in an empty well, took his beautiful coat and thought about killing him. When a merchant caravan came their way, they decided to sell him. Joseph was on his way to Egypt as a slave. They took his coat, ripped it up, dipped it in the blood of a goat they had killed and told their father that they found the bloody ripped up coat on their way home. Joseph must have been killed by a wild animal. Their father believed it and was very sad. Joseph meanwhile, was made a slave to Potiphar in Egypt. He worked hard and was made the head of Potiphar's household.  
Joseph had some pretty bad things happen to him, worse are yet to come! But through it all, God was with him always- in the pit, as a slave, everywhere he goes! God is with us too, always!

Next Tuesday is our field trip to Camp Killarney! I look forward to playing in tents and hoping for a beautiful day with some cumulus clouds! If you haven't gotten your slip in, it's not too late! Bring it Thursday or even come on Tuesday and give it there!

Next week we DO NOT have school on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday.

We will be in Stevensville, MI for a teacher's conference!

Have a fantastic week!
Mrs. Schneck