February 23-27 letter "q"

 Hola!

I am so sorry I forgot to post a blog last week! That's what happens to me when I've got a vacation coming up: I get so excited I forget important things. Thankfully, it ended up being a very short week, so it wasn't a tragedy. I hope.

 This week we will be learning about the letter "q." We will also continue to learn about AB patterning. The children are starting to understand this concept, but we still need a bit more practice. Our new song for the week is "Shaker on My Head" by Shawny Kids Music. That song involves egg shakers. We really enjoyed our last song using egg shakers, so I thought we would do another one. We will also be looking at "The Letter Q Song" by ABC Mouse. Starting this week, we will also be looking at more poems and rhyming words. (I once learned at a conference that if a child can't rhyme, it is much more difficult for them to learn to read. I have found this to be a generally true statement. They CAN learn to read, it is just harder and seems to take more effort.) We will be talking about rhyming for the rest of the school year.

This week we will be going to the Mobile Library again. In connection with that, we have been informed that the book entitled "You Can Be a Teacher" by Bria Lymon has not been returned to the Mobile Library. It was taken out about 4 weeks ago. If you could check your house to see if your child accidentally took that book home, we would greatly appreciate it. Thanks so much for your help!

The Art Fair is coming up the beginning of next month. Mrs. Sordahl let me know that the Preschool children can enter up to 3 arts or crafts things. This is not a mandatory thing, but your child is more than welcome to enter something. If your child would like to draw something, we just ask that they NOT draw it on lined paper. It should be drawn on a piece of plain white paper. Your child could also paint something. (Did you know that YOU can enter something in the Art Fair also?!) They will be judged if that adds more incentive. Just have those things handed in to me by the 1st week in March, please. If you have any questions, I will try to help you out. :)

May God bless you richly!

V is for…

V is for our friend Victor and Valentine’s Day! 

Happy Valentine’s Day pre-k fam!! We had a busy, but fun week! We got more puzzle practice in, got lots of outside play, decorated our Valentine’s bags, had a Valentine’s Day party, and learned about chemical reactions. 

In our Bible story this week we heard the parable about the Good Samaritan found in Luke 10. 

One day, a man who knew a lot about God’s law asked Jesus a question. He said, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus asked him, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?” The man answered, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind. And love your neighbor as yourself.”Jesus told him, “You are right. Do this and you will live.” But the man wanted to know more. So he asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?”

So Jesus told a parable.

A man was traveling down a road. Robbers attacked him. They hurt him, took his clothes, and left him on the road, half dead. A priest walked by and saw the hurt man, but he walked past him. Then a Levite walked by. He also saw the hurt man, but he walked past him too. Then a Samaritan man came by. Samaritans and Jews did not like each other, but when the Samaritan saw the hurt man, he felt compassion. He felt very sorry for him and wanted to help. The Samaritan cleaned the man’s wounds and wrapped them in bandages. Then he put the man on his own donkey and took him to an inn. At the inn, the Samaritan took care of him. The next day, he gave money to the innkeeper and said, ‘Take care of him. If you spend more money, I will pay you back when I come again.’

Then Jesus asked, “Which man was a neighbor to the hurt man?” The man of the law said, “The one who showed mercy and helped him.” Jesus said, “Go and do the same.”

For every action in nature there is an equal and opposite reaction, even in chemical reactions like propulsion created by the release of carbon dioxide from the combination of sodium bicarbonate and vinegar. Ok, I did not get that scientific when it came to explaining our apple volcanoes this week, but we did learn that science is pretty cool, and we all usually have these things at home on a regular basis. This is an easy peasy experiment to recreate if you’d like to do this at home. I hollowed out an apple (you can also use a potato) and filled it with baking soda. Then I combined vinegar, red dye, and a few drops of dawn dish soap and shook it up. Next grab a pipette and squeeze your solution into the apple and watch the fun begin!

A few reminders-

•We have NO SCHOOL on Monday and Tuesday due to a pastor/teacher conference. 

•Zion’s skate party at Dixie Skateland next Monday will be from 6-8. Bring your own skates or rent them there for $3. It’s gonna be so much fun! 

Happy Valentine’s Day! Thank you for all the love you show Mrs. Dorow and I. Have a blessed weekend. Here are our pictures from 02/09-02/12.