Birthdays

Well, I was terrible and didn't post birthdays so far. So, I am going to catch up.

Sorry to you all! I will try to post birthdays at the beginning of each month.

October:

26

B.K. : 1st birthday

November:

14

C.K.: 3rd birthday

December:

14

Madison: 10th birthday

23

L.O: 3rd birthday

C.H.: 4th birthday

31
Z.H.: 6th birthday

5 Little Stars (for Christmas)

Five Little Stars

Five bright stars on Christmas night

Wanted to give their very best light.

The first one said, "I'll shine for the sheep

And the shepherds who their watch do keep."

The second one said, "I'll shine and see

If folks remember the prophecy."

The third one said, "I'll shine to show

The wise men just which way to go."

The fourth one, said, "I'll shine to remind

People on earth to be good and kind."

The fifth one, brightest one of all,

Poured out it's light 'til it reached a stall

Where shepherds and wise men knelt to pray

Beside the manger where Jesus lay.

The STAR OF THE EAST told all the earth

The wonderful news of the Savior's birth.

Unit 10 December 1-5

Jesus said to him, "I am the way,
the truth, and the life...."
John 14:6


In this verse Jesus tells us three things about Himself.

**Jesus is the way to Heaven. We are sinners, but Jesus died on the cross so that our sins would be forgiven. Jesus is the way we get to Heaven.

**Jesus is the truth. Everything we read in the Bible is true because it is God's Word, and God is truth.

**Jesus is the life. Our bodies are physical life. Jesus gives us spiritual life. He gives us eternal life in our soul so that we will live forever in Heaven.

We believe all this is true because of God's grace. We must pray for those that don't know that Jesus is the way, the truth and the life.

Devotional: J is for Joyful;

It means full of cheer. Have fun and be happy each day of the year.

Bible Verse: Always be ful of joy in the Lord. Philippians 4:4

Bible Lesson for the week:

I have decided to take the whole month of December and focus on Christmas. We will read various stories about the birth of Christ. We will talk about why we have Christmas. How God loves us so much that He sent His son for our sins. We will talk about the whole Christmas story. This is our focus for this week. We are also focusing on how Christmas is about giving and not receiving.

In the coming weeks we will talk about traditios and such. As well as review the "Christmas Story".

Letter of the week: Jj

Jungle Jim

(tune: Yankee Doodle)

Jungle Jim, the jellyfish,was jolly as could be.

He spent his time just working out all day there in the sea.

Jungle Jim, the jellyfish,went jogging with his friends.

He juggled jars and jumped his rope,right to the very end.

One day he felt an awful jerk.

His jeep had jolted, oh no!

The whales were having birthday lunch.

He landed in their jello!

The End

number of the week: 5

We will continue working with the number 5. We will do counting with objects... jellybeans. We will add to the pile, subtract from the pile, which is more, which is less, etc. We will be sure to be working more on these math concepts with all of our numbers.

color of the week: White

White
(tune: Little Brown Jug)

W-h-i-t-e,
that spells white,
sing with me.

Milk is white
And so is glue.
Ghosts are white
and they say boo!

W-h-i-t-e,
that spells white,
sing with me.
The clouds above,
the snow below,
Santa's beard,
Ho, Ho, Ho.
The End


Shape of the week: Octagon

Octagon

(tune: Turkey in the Straw)

My name is Oscar the Octagon.

I have eithg sides and

they're so much fun.

I can roll and I can tumble.

I can jump and hop.

When I get too tired,

I can just say STOP!

You can see me on the playground,

and in the hall.

You can see me on the table

and on the wall.

You might see me on a lady

or on a man.

Look and you can see me,

yes, you can!

The End

Nursery rhyme of the week: Baa, Baa black Sheep

Baa, Baa Black Sheep

Baa, Baa, black sheep,
have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir,
three bags full.
One for my master,
one for the dame,
one for the little boy
who lives down the lane.
The End

We are also doing miscellaneous finger plays about Christmas and such.

This week we have been focusing alot on Good Choices/Bad Choices. We have also been talking more about consequences to our actions/choices. We all have choices. If we CHOOSE not to obey, then there will be a consequence involved! We are practicing making good choices.

We are very much still using the term "safe".

*Safe hands-- safe hands are soft and gentle. They do NOT hit people, they are dangerous, they do NOT throw things inside, etc.

*Safe feet -- safe feet stay on the ground. They do NOT kick others! They do NOT step on toys or people.

*Safe mouth-- A safe mouth says nice, kind words. A safe mouth does NOT bite people! A safe mouth does NOT say mean, hateful (ugly) things to anyone!

Happy Thanksgiving to you all!!!

I pray that you all have safe travels,

Love

Ms. Kim

November 24-26 Thanksgiving week

We have had a good week talking about Thanksgiving. Some of the school girls shared their cute little turkey songs with us. They have helped us make handprint turkeys and read to us.

Thank you girls!

We have talked about the Pilgrims, Indians, the Mayflower, and let us not forget the food!

Well, tomorrow we are going to have a PJ day!!! We are going to wear our pajamas, watch movies, eat popcorn and drink hot chocolate. I can't wait. I like wearing my pajamas too!!!

The kids have mentioned "The Polar Express". Today we actually watched "Alvin and the Chipmunks". Let us not forget we have to watch "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving". That is a classic!!

Oogles N Googles

Oogles n Googles came to visit on Thursday!

The lesson was Thanksgiving and Autumn. The kids had a blast learning and singing about the pilgrims, Native Americans, the Mayflower, etc.

They counted pumpkins in the "pumpkin patch". They sang about leaves falling off of the trees. They each took a turn being a falling leaf from the tree and then being the wind blowing the other leaves off of the tree.

Oogles n Googles is a great hour of preschool enrichment!

Thank you Ms. Renee!

The next session will be the Tuesday after Christmas. That was for the older "graduates" that have been wanting to miss school on Oogles n Googles day. :)

The theme will be winter. Get ready we will have a new cd to learn with!!!

Don't forget about your Thanksgiving cds. They are lots of fun!

Oreo Turkeys

Ingredients
2 Oreo Double Stuff cookies
1 malted milk balls (like a whopper)
4-6 candy corn
icing (optional)

Directions
1Take 1 oreo apart. This will be the base.
2Place the whole oreo on its side on the base, so that it sticks to white of the oreo.
3In front of the oreo on its side, place a malted-milk ball for the turkeys head.
4Place candy corn, points down, in between the oreo cookie that is standing on it's side.
5Use icing for eyes and waddle if you want.