This week we are experimenting! The morning class always is interested in just about everything! So this week to fit our KDI Initiative, we are becoming scientists! Initiative means- Children demonstrate initiative as they explore their world. Through showing interest in this topic, they made their own way to play! To feel like scientists, each preschooler gets a lab coat and their own pair of safety glasses to keep!
Table Activities- Table activities this week include a lot of experimenting- What is magnetic? Can oil and water mix? What happens when we mix vinegar and baking soda? How can food coloring run away from dish soap? What is surface tension in water? Why do Orbeez swell in water? What is Oobleck? How does plain water, sugar water, salt water, warm water and cold water react to food coloring?
Jesus Time- This week we see Joseph turn into a bit of a superhero himself. Last time we met Joseph he had been sold by his brothers to traders who were on their way to Egypt. When they arrived, Joseph was sold as a slave to a man named Potiphar. Joseph was the best slave Potiphar had. However, Potiphar's wife did not treat Joseph well and he ended up in jail. While he was in jail, he was a model prisoner. Joseph never forgot that God was with him wherever he was. God had given him the ability to tell the meaning of dreams. Pharaoh had two servants who were in jail at the same time as Joseph and they had some strange dreams. Pharaoh's baker dreamt that he was carrying a basket of bread on his head and birds came and ate everything. Unfortunately, this dream meant that the baker would be put to death. Pharaoh's wine taster was also in prison. He dreamt that he picked some grapes, squeezed the juice into a cup, gave the cup to Pharaoh to drink and Pharaoh drank it all. Joseph told the wine taster he would be released from prison soon. He asked the wine taster to remember him when he was released and tell Pharaoh that he was unjustly imprisoned. The wine taster forgot all about Joseph until Pharaoh himself had some crazy dreams. The wine taster told Pharaoh about Joseph. Joseph was brought from prison and Pharaoh asked Joseph to tell him his dreams and tell him what they meant. Joseph made it clear that this ability was from God, not from himself. Joseph told the Pharaoh about his strange dreams. One was that he saw 7 fat cows eating grass next to the Nile River and 7 skinny cows came up out of the Nile and ate the 7 fat cows, but they didn't get any fatter. The next dream was that Pharaoh saw 7 fat heads of grain and 7 skinny heads of grain ate the 7 fat ones, but did not get any fatter. Joseph told Pharaoh that the dreams meant that Egypt was heading for 7 years of plenty, record harvests, lots of food. But then, 7 years of famine were coming, no rain, no crops, no food. Joseph suggested to Pharaoh that he should put someone in charge of collecting the excess crops into huge storehouses, so there would food stored up for the time of famine. Pharaoh was so impressed that right then and there, he gave Joseph his ring, chains of gold and a new robe and put him in charge of Egypt, under him, of course! Soon Joseph's dreams of his youth would come true. During the 7 years of famine, his brothers came to Egypt for food. Famine had hit their home hard. They bowed down to Joseph without even realizing it was him. When they came the second time for food, Joseph revealed himself to them. They were afraid he would take revenge, but he didn't. He knew that God had made everything work out for their good! Sometimes we might feel like Joseph, especially in today's world, but if Joseph stayed faithful and went from the prison to the palace, God will take us under his care and work things out for our good too!!
Small Group- This week we tackle the scientific method at preschool level in sink or float experiments, make tensile bubbles, make a lava lamp type liquid movement and add our observations to our journal.
Large Group- We will pound chlorophyll out of a leaf, experience centrifugal and centripetal force, transfer of energy through bouncing balls and feeling our own heart beating after exercise.
Books of the Week- "Ada Twist, Scientist" by Andrea Beaty and "What is a Scientist?" by Barbara Lehn.
Wear your school t-shirt on Tuesday for an all school picture outside!
Book orders due Saturday, October 17th. Have a great week experimenting!
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