White and fluffy, made of good, refreshing H2O- snow? Actually this week we are taking a look at clouds! We played with cloud type materials, made raindrop suncatchers, painted clouds and read books about clouds.
Some KDIs we are working on this week are-
Fine-motor skills: Children demonstrate dexterity and hand-eye coordination in using their small muscles.- Nothing uses fine motor skills like peeling apart tissue paper or squeezing cotton balls.
Natural and physical world: Children gather knowledge about the natural and physical world. We learned a little about the three ways water comes, solid, liquid and gas. Clouds produce rain and storms. We'll experiment more on Thursday.
Jesus Time- This week we hear about Jesus calming a storm. Jesus had a busy day of preaching, healing and helping people. He wanted to go to the other side of the lake for a rest. Many of his disciples were former fishermen, they could handle a boat. When Jesus got in the boat, he found a cushion and fell asleep. While he was sleeping, a violent storm quickly whipped up on the Sea of Galilee and he slept on! His disciples frantically woke him, distraught and fearing for their lives. He questioned their faith- Didn't they just hear him preach, see him make blind men see and lame people walk again? Don't they trust Him? He simply said ,"Quiet, be still." And the storm ceased. The disciples were amazed, even the wind and waves obey him!
We don't need to worry either! We have a God who knows our needs and can calm the stormy seas of our hearts with the same "Quiet, be still. I am here".
Books of the Week- "Cloudette" by Tom Lichtenheld and "Little Cloud" by Eric Carle.
I will have more information for you about our February visitor from the Westland Humane Society on Thursday. Have a great week!
Mrs. Schneck
Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Blog for January 24 and 26
Yay!! God willing, we will have two days of preschool this week!!
We are looking at oceans again this week. Today we made "rainbow fish" with sequins and playdoh, colored under sea scenes and then painted over them with watercolor paints to make them look underwater. We fished before we planned with a magnet and paper clip fish. Each fish had a number on it and we said that number before we planned to play. Most of us knew our numbers!!
Some KDIs we are looking at this week are-
Reading: Children read for pleasure and information.- We are learning about sea creatures and the beach and we are reading some fun, fiction books about sea creatures.
Natural and physical world: Children gather knowledge about the natural and physical world.- Investigating shells and listening to beach sounds, we are gaining knowledge about snails, clams, and sea stars and other creatures that live at the beach.
Jesus Time- We are hearing about the great catch of fish Jesus gave his disciples when he first called Andrew, Peter, James and John to be his disciples. They had been fishing all night, he sent them out again and they caught so many fish that their nets began to break and their boats began to sink! Jesus then asked them to be fishers of people. They left their nets and followed him!
Books of the Week- "On the Beach" by Alastair Smith and Laura Howell, "Fishes" by Brian Wildsmith and "Hooray for Fish!" by Lucy Cousins.
Have a great week! February show and tell calendar is headed your way!
Mrs. Schneck
We are looking at oceans again this week. Today we made "rainbow fish" with sequins and playdoh, colored under sea scenes and then painted over them with watercolor paints to make them look underwater. We fished before we planned with a magnet and paper clip fish. Each fish had a number on it and we said that number before we planned to play. Most of us knew our numbers!!
Some KDIs we are looking at this week are-
Reading: Children read for pleasure and information.- We are learning about sea creatures and the beach and we are reading some fun, fiction books about sea creatures.
Natural and physical world: Children gather knowledge about the natural and physical world.- Investigating shells and listening to beach sounds, we are gaining knowledge about snails, clams, and sea stars and other creatures that live at the beach.
Jesus Time- We are hearing about the great catch of fish Jesus gave his disciples when he first called Andrew, Peter, James and John to be his disciples. They had been fishing all night, he sent them out again and they caught so many fish that their nets began to break and their boats began to sink! Jesus then asked them to be fishers of people. They left their nets and followed him!
Books of the Week- "On the Beach" by Alastair Smith and Laura Howell, "Fishes" by Brian Wildsmith and "Hooray for Fish!" by Lucy Cousins.
Have a great week! February show and tell calendar is headed your way!
Mrs. Schneck
Thursday, January 19, 2017
Blog for January 19
So glad we got to meet today!
We had a great time discovering things about oceans! We looked at shells and painted some, played with water animals in water, read books about fish and did some ocean themed yoga.
Some KDIs we are concentrating on this week are-
Emotions: Children recognize, label, and regulate their feelings.- As we move towards our 4th birthdays, we need to use our words more to explain ourselves and what we are feeling instead of whining or shoving. We are working on this and some are really good at doing it, others need more practice!
Gross-motor skills: Children demonstrate strength, flexibility, balance, and timing in using their large muscles.- We used our bodies to be crabs, seahorses, lobsters, whales and other sea creatures.
Patterns: Children identify, describe, copy, complete, and create patterns.- Working hard on our complicated calendar pattern for this month.
Jesus Time- This week our story was about Jesus baptism and how it began his public ministry where he told who he was and what he was here for- to be our Savior. The children practiced the verse, "Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world."
Books of the week- "Somewhere in the Ocean" by Jennifer Ward and T.J. Marsh, and "The Rainbow Fish" by Marcus Pfister.
Because we only had one day this week, we are still going to be learning about oceans next week.
Have a terrific week!
Mrs. Schneck
We had a great time discovering things about oceans! We looked at shells and painted some, played with water animals in water, read books about fish and did some ocean themed yoga.
Some KDIs we are concentrating on this week are-
Emotions: Children recognize, label, and regulate their feelings.- As we move towards our 4th birthdays, we need to use our words more to explain ourselves and what we are feeling instead of whining or shoving. We are working on this and some are really good at doing it, others need more practice!
Gross-motor skills: Children demonstrate strength, flexibility, balance, and timing in using their large muscles.- We used our bodies to be crabs, seahorses, lobsters, whales and other sea creatures.
Patterns: Children identify, describe, copy, complete, and create patterns.- Working hard on our complicated calendar pattern for this month.
Jesus Time- This week our story was about Jesus baptism and how it began his public ministry where he told who he was and what he was here for- to be our Savior. The children practiced the verse, "Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world."
Books of the week- "Somewhere in the Ocean" by Jennifer Ward and T.J. Marsh, and "The Rainbow Fish" by Marcus Pfister.
Because we only had one day this week, we are still going to be learning about oceans next week.
Have a terrific week!
Mrs. Schneck
Tuesday, January 10, 2017
Blog for week of January 10
Welcome to the snow!!
This week we looked again at snowmen and read a story about a lost mitten stuck in a snowman. We also looked at books written or illustrated by Lois Ehlert. She uses cut paper pictures for her book illustrations. We will be able to look at more of her books on Thursday at the Westland Public Library, located at 6123 Central City Pkwy. in Westland. We will meet there at 9:30 Thursday morning. So if you are not coming to the library, we will not have preschool that day.
Some of the KDIs we concentrated on today were-
Reflection: Children reflect on their experiences.- Each morning at the end of morning meeting, we "plan to play". Each child decides what they would like to play with for the free play time that follows. When we return to the red rug, we review, did we play what we planned? Many three year olds simply say yes. Many of them don't play the same thing the whole free play time. We are working on recalling those memories and verbalizing them.
Alphabetic knowledge: Children identify letter names and their sounds.- We added letters to our "Chika, Chika Boom, Boom" tree, looked at, made the sound of and traced the letter Mm for mitten.
Jesus Time- This week we heard the story of the boy Jesus at the temple. We learned that Jesus was doing his heavenly Father's business. We have a job to do to, we sang the song,"This Little Light of Mine" to remind us to show we are children of God.
Books of the Week- "The Missing Mitten Mystery" by Steven Kellogg, "Chika, Chika, Boom, Boom" by John Archambault and Bill Martin, Jr., illustrated by Lois Ehlert. Hopefully we will see other Lois Ehlert books at the library.
We did manage to make it outside, some of us, for a short time today. Please make sure your child has boots, hat and gloves or mittens. Please be prepared to go outside. Snowpants would be great too!
See you at 9:30 Thursday morning at the William P. Faust Public Library also know as the Westland Public Library!
Have a great week!
Mrs. Schneck
This week we looked again at snowmen and read a story about a lost mitten stuck in a snowman. We also looked at books written or illustrated by Lois Ehlert. She uses cut paper pictures for her book illustrations. We will be able to look at more of her books on Thursday at the Westland Public Library, located at 6123 Central City Pkwy. in Westland. We will meet there at 9:30 Thursday morning. So if you are not coming to the library, we will not have preschool that day.
Some of the KDIs we concentrated on today were-
Reflection: Children reflect on their experiences.- Each morning at the end of morning meeting, we "plan to play". Each child decides what they would like to play with for the free play time that follows. When we return to the red rug, we review, did we play what we planned? Many three year olds simply say yes. Many of them don't play the same thing the whole free play time. We are working on recalling those memories and verbalizing them.
Alphabetic knowledge: Children identify letter names and their sounds.- We added letters to our "Chika, Chika Boom, Boom" tree, looked at, made the sound of and traced the letter Mm for mitten.
Jesus Time- This week we heard the story of the boy Jesus at the temple. We learned that Jesus was doing his heavenly Father's business. We have a job to do to, we sang the song,"This Little Light of Mine" to remind us to show we are children of God.
Books of the Week- "The Missing Mitten Mystery" by Steven Kellogg, "Chika, Chika, Boom, Boom" by John Archambault and Bill Martin, Jr., illustrated by Lois Ehlert. Hopefully we will see other Lois Ehlert books at the library.
We did manage to make it outside, some of us, for a short time today. Please make sure your child has boots, hat and gloves or mittens. Please be prepared to go outside. Snowpants would be great too!
Have a great week!
Mrs. Schneck
Thursday, January 5, 2017
Blog for January 5
Happy New Year!!
Welcome back for 2017, we are so glad to have you!!
For our one day this week, we concentrated on snowmen! We had the choice to make snowmen out of paper or model magic at table activities this morning. We read "Snowmen All Year" by Caralyn Buehner and "Snow Family" by Daniel Kirk. To choose our play, we drew something on our snowman, made of two circles, with a triangle carrot nose and two rectangles for his hat. We also made our names with snowmen.
We worked on fine motor, letter recognition, shape recognition and following directions.
As we opened our own snacks, we worked on independence and problem solving.
Our story this week finished the stories of the infant Christ as He and his family fled to Egypt where God kept them safe from bad King Herod. God keeps us safe too! There is nowhere we can go, even the moon or the depths of the sea where He is not right there with us!
Next Thursday, January 12th, is the field trip to the Westland Public Library. We will meet there at 9:30am. If you are not attending, there will be no preschool that day. Come and see what your library has to offer!!
God bless your week!
Mrs. Schneck
Welcome back for 2017, we are so glad to have you!!
For our one day this week, we concentrated on snowmen! We had the choice to make snowmen out of paper or model magic at table activities this morning. We read "Snowmen All Year" by Caralyn Buehner and "Snow Family" by Daniel Kirk. To choose our play, we drew something on our snowman, made of two circles, with a triangle carrot nose and two rectangles for his hat. We also made our names with snowmen.
We worked on fine motor, letter recognition, shape recognition and following directions.
As we opened our own snacks, we worked on independence and problem solving.
Our story this week finished the stories of the infant Christ as He and his family fled to Egypt where God kept them safe from bad King Herod. God keeps us safe too! There is nowhere we can go, even the moon or the depths of the sea where He is not right there with us!
Next Thursday, January 12th, is the field trip to the Westland Public Library. We will meet there at 9:30am. If you are not attending, there will be no preschool that day. Come and see what your library has to offer!!
God bless your week!
Mrs. Schneck
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