Blog for March 14 and 16

North to Alaska! We are looking at Alaska this week! The Great Race, the Iditarod is coming to an end, Mitch Seavey is on his way to his third win with his son Dallas close behind as they complete the grueling 1000+mile trek from Fairbanks to Nome via dogsled.

Our table activities are reflections of the Arctic, we played with Arctic animals in the snow, painted on snow, play in the iceberg dotted waters and colored a sled dog.

Today for small group we made a "snow" sculpture and we will add a page to our journal with "Aa is for Alaska" on Thursday.

Some of the KDIs we are working on this week are-
Natural and physical world: Children gather knowledge about the natural and physical world.- Looking at mountains and rivers and the cold Bering Sea. Figuring out where Alaska is in comparison to us.

Geography: Children recognize and interpret features and locations in their environment.- Alaska is part of their country.

Jesus Time - This week we see Jesus take time to bless some little children. Traditionally, children weren't part of worship until they were 13. The disciples thought they were doing Jesus a favor by keeping the children away from him, but He told them not to do it! The kingdom of heaven is made up of those with child-like faith and trust. Those children believed that Jesus was their Savior, they didn't doubt it or question it, they believed that He had to do it all, they couldn't do it for themselves. He blessed each child and loved them too!

Books of the Week- "Granite" by Susan Butcher, "The Salmon Princess" by Mindy Dwyer and other Alaska themed books as we have time.

Wednesday is our field trip to Leslie Science and Nature Center located at 1831 Traver Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48105.

We will meet there at 10:00 am and we will be outside, no matter the weather!

Also, I don't know if preschool parents are aware, but I have been teaching 7th and 8th grade in the afternoons due to the teacher in that classroom suddenly resigning. Due to this, I will be doing parent-teacher conferences for the 7th and 8th grades. I will not be able to do 46 conferences in two afternoons! So, I would like to postpone preschool conferences to the week of April 3-7. I will send out a Sign Up Genius by the end of the week for you to schedule them.
Thanks for your understanding!

Hope to see you tomorrow at the Leslie Science and Nature Center, if not, see you Thursday!

Mrs. Schneck