Happy Holidays!

 Happy Holidays!! Our letter this week is Hh as we celebrate the holiday or holy day of Christmas!

Table activities include Christmas playdough (gingerbread and snow sparkle), Christmas tree create, matching pom poms to the Christmas colors and ripping wrapping paper.

Small group is making bead candy canes and decorating cookies.

KDIs for the week-

Fine-motor skills: Children demonstrate dexterity and handeye coordination in using their small muscles. - lots of work on this this week- cutting, beading, wrapping. 

Art: Children express and represent what they observe, think, imagine, and feel through two- and three-dimensional art. Lots of creations being made this week.

Jesus Time- This week we hear about Jesus birth. Mary and Joseph were ordered to travel from Nazareth to Bethlehem to be counted by the Roman government. It was a long trip for a very pregnant young girl. They may have ridden a donkey or walked, the Bible doesn't say. The trip may have taken as long as 7 days. It does seem they were some of the last ones to make it to Bethlehem as there was no room left for lodging. Finally someone made room for them in a stable, probably a cave carved into the hills outside Bethlehem. It was warm and dry, but probably also smelly and crowded. There Mary gave birth, to her first born, a son. She wrapped him in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger. It was done, God became man to save us from our sins. As they sat in the quiet, resting after their long ordeal. Mary thought and treasured. It wouldn't stay quiet for long, soon the shepherds would burst in on the scene. We'll hear about them next week.

Books of the week- "Mortimer's Christmas Manger" and "Bear Stays Up for Christmas" by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman and "J is for Jesus" by Crystal Bowman.

Lots going on in the next two weeks-

 This Saturday, Christmas service practice from 9am-10:30am. This is a time change from my original note.

Sunday, December 23rd is our Christmas service. You can choose to attend either the 8:30 service or the 11:00 service. There is a sign up sheet in the sign in room at preschool. If you are unable to attend, please let us know that as well.

Thursday, we will decorate cookies from 10:45-11:15, bring your own or decorate some that I am making.

Your child picked a name today for our Christmas gift exchange which will take place on Thursday, December 20th. Here is the list in case you have lost yours-

Gavin chose Skylar
Evelyn chose Gavin
Felix chose Evelyn
Chad chose Felix
Lilly chose Chad
Katalin chose Lilly
Joshua chose Katalin
Skylar chose Joshua

In this boys are into trains and superheros, girls like unicorns, coloring and making necklaces.

Have an awesome week!

Mrs. Schneck