Happy (almost) Valentine's Day! Feb. 9-13

 Hola! I hope you are surviving and cold and snow. It sure has been a cold and snowy winter! I can't remember the last time it was like this! Keep your hope up, however. God has promised that Spring WILL come. 

This past week we learned the song entitled "The Goldfish Song" by Laurie Berkner. We really enjoyed that song! Laurie is funny, and sings some really silly songs. (Laurie will be in concert in Royal Oak this summer!) The kids loved saying, "Wait a minute! We're goldfish! We don't do that!" Next week we are going to learn a fun Valentine's song from the Learning Station.

We have been learning to say the days of the week in Spanish. (Did I tell you they start saying the days of the week with Monday instead of Sunday?) We are starting to catch on. When we get into the month of March, we will start to say the months of the year in Spanish also.

In Math, we started to learn about patterns. For our age children, that can be a bit of a tricky concept. Perhaps you saw  our worksheet. We will continue to sporadically learn and talk about patterning. We also continue to talk about the numbers.

This week we will be learning about the letter "v" for Valentine's Day. We will also be having a Valentine's party on Thursday. Last week's blog has a list of all the children in both sessions. We will be making volcano apples on Thursday!! I've never done that before, so I am very excited.

Our Bible lesson next week is the lesson of the Good Samaritan.

Sorry. My mind is a blank today. Well, I guess the good side is this is a short blog so it won't take long to read it! God bless you!!

T is for Turtles!

Phew, we made it through another cold week. I’m so over it! Can we please move Zion Preschool to Hawaii next year?

This week we had fun practicing our cutting skills, hearing new books, learning about Jesus raising Jairus’ daughter, and painting! You can view the Saddleback Kids video here. Our favorite book this week was Those Terrible Toy-Breakers by David McPhail. It was fun hearing about Walter and Bernie’s adventure setting a trap to catch the culprits breaking Walter’s toys. 

Next week the winter temps look like they will be back to “normal”, so bring in your warm weather gear. We’ll be back to playing outside!

We have some awesome events coming up in February!

First is our class Valentine’s Day Party. Each class will have their own party like we did for the Christmas parties. It will be on Thursday, February 12th. You’re welcome to send in a treat for the kids to enjoy at snack time: juice boxes, cupcakes, cut up fruit, muffins, goldfish, donuts. We will also decorate kraft paper bags for collecting our valentines. Here are the names for each class. AM Evie, Malachi, Rosalie, Nora, Margot, Avanni, Lilly, Sylvie, Conner, Andrew, Evelyn. PM Elijah, Londyn, Victor, Lachlan, Rosalee, Marvin, Brady, Kai. 

Second, is our Zion CEA Family Skate Night! Our Christian Education Association wants to thank our families from school and church for all your support. This event will take place on February 16th from 6-8pm. We’re renting out the whole rink so it will be a private event. If you don’t have skates they are available for rent at Dixie Skateland for $3. Thank you for being a blessing to our school!

Third is the Daddy Daughter Dance. Get those dancing shoes ready! This will be held on February 28th from 5-7pm and is for grades prek-8th. It is $15 per couple and $5 for each additional daughter. Your night includes dinner, dancing, a keepsake photo, and dancing.

I hope you’re all enjoying your weekend!