Xx is for boxes.

This week we are listening and looking for Xx and playing with boxes!

Table activities include building and playing with boxes, making boxes and coloring inside of big boxes.

Small group activities include decorating our own box and imagining with a box, what can our box become?

KDIs of the week are-

Pretend play: Children express and represent what they observe, think, imagine, and feel through pretend play. - It's just a box, or is it? What can a box become?

Gross-motor skills: Children demonstrate strength, flexibility, balance, and timing in using their large muscles. - We are going to be moving some big boxes around.

Jesus Time- Our story this week is a parable that Jesus told to his disciples and his challengers defining who our neighbor is and how we should treat them. Jesus told the story of a man traveling on the road who was attacked by robbers. They stole his belongings, beat him up and left him for dead. A pastor walked by. Instead of helping the injured man, he walked as far away from the man as he could. Another helper in the church walked by, he also stayed as far away from the man as he could. Then a Samaritan walked by. The Samaritans and Jews disliked each other. The injured man was a Jew, why should a Samaritan help him. The Jews thought the Samaritans were no good?! Yet the Samaritan stopped, washed the man's injuries, wrapped him in his own cloak, loaded him on his horse and took him to an inn. There he paid the innkeeper room and board to take care of the man and even stopped on the way back to check on him. Who was the man's neighbor? The one who helped him. Jesus makes a point to show how upside down his thinking is- Love your friend- no, love your enemy. Be kind to those who are mean to you. This, the hard thing, this is how we show our love for our Savior and how he showed his love for us!

Books of the week- "Not a Box" by Antoinette Portis, "Harold and the Purple Crayon" by Crocket Johnson and "The Dot" by Peter Reynolds.

This Thursday is our Little Red Hen musical!!!


Soo excited! Please come Wednesday at 11am to rehearse with the whole group if at all possible. This will also be a great opportunity to video tape since there will be far fewer people there! 

Thursday, come by 6:15 so we are set to go at 6:30! Thanks for all the cookies, lemonade, cups and napkins!

Have a wonderful week!
Mrs. Schneck

Qq is for queen

Qq is for queen this week. We are looking and listening for Qq and playing with all things royal!

Table activities this week include making crowns, playing with castles, finding treasure and coloring castle pictures.

Small group activities are making a shield and coloring a picture of ourselves as a king or queen.

KDIs for the week are-
Pretend play: Children express and represent what they observe, think, imagine, and feel through pretend play- Thinking about being a queen or king, what would our shield or crown look like?

Cooperative play: Children engage in cooperative play.- One castle and castle toys mean we have to figure out how to play together.

Jesus Time- This week we hear the story of Jesus healing the ten lepers. Leprosy was a devastating illness in Jesus' day. You were separated from your family and friends because of the danger of contagion. Ten men cried out to Jesus for healing and he had compassion on them and sent them to show themselves to the priest to show that they were cured. As they ran to the priest, one turned around to go back. He sought out Jesus to thank him for the miracle of being healed. Jesus asked, "Weren't there ten men that I healed?" 
How often we forget to thank God for the miracles he does for us every day! Remember to thank Him!!

Our kindergarten/preschool musical "The Little Red Hen" is next Thursday at 6:30- We would like everyone there at 6:15. 

If possible, I would love to have my Tuesday/Thursday students come next Wednesday at 11:00am to practice it with everybody. Parents would need to stay and we would meet in the church at the big school. Practice would only take about 20 minutes.

Hope they can all come!!

Have a great week!
Mrs. Schneck

Kk is for keys

This week we are talking about the letter Kk and having fun with keys and things key related.

Table activities include locking and unlocking padlocks with keys, decorating keys, a key sensory bin and tracing keys.

Small group activities are making a key chain out of Shrinky Dinks and filling in a key with ripped paper.

KDIs for the week are-

Fine-motor skills: Children demonstrate dexterity and handeye coordination in using their small muscles.- using a lot of fine motor this week

Book knowledge: Children demonstrate knowledge about books- we are reading a book connected to Cinderella, digging into our book background knowledge!


Jesus Time- This week we hear about Jesus feeding a great crowd of people. Jesus had been teaching people as he walked around the shore of the Sea of Galilee. Now as it is getting close to meal time, they are all far from home or any town and they are starting to get hungry. When a disciple points this out to Jesus, he instructs him to feed the crowd. The disciple balks- "Me? Even if I had an entire years salary, it wouldn't be enough. Not to mention, there is no town nearby that would have enough food for this crowd." There seems to have been about 15,000 people in the crowd. One disciple takes Jesus seriously and sees what he can find. A young boy is willing to share his lunch which is 2 small fish and 5 small loaves of bread. Jesus instructs the people to sit down and he blesses the food. Then he begins to break of pieces and hand them out. The food stretches on and on. He tells the disciples to collect the leftovers once everyone has had their fill and there are 12 baskets left over! The crowd is amazed and wants to make Jesus their "Bread King", they'd never have to worry about food again. But Jesus did not come to be their "Bread King", he came to be their Savior! He disappears from their midst and they return home. How often we seek to make Jesus our bread king, praying for what we want, physical needs, when forgetting to thank him for blessings already received and the faith and trust we really need! And the forgiveness he so freely gives for our misguided priorities. Jesus is our Savior!

Books of the week- "The Three Little Pigs" illustrated by Eileen Grace and "Cinderella's Rat" by Sarah Meddaugh.

Our field trip for the month of March did not work out due to scheduling conflicts. I will try to get us a visitor before spring break!

Have a great week!

Mrs. Schneck