Art Appreciation

 

Our last couple of days of preschool will be filled with making our own art creations with different mediums!

Our last KDI we will cover this year is appreciating the arts- children appreciate creative arts. We will look at some famous paintings and hear about artists and being an artist and try our own hand at it!

Table Activities- Watercolors, clay, pastels, sculpture and mixed media will all be available to create with at our preschool art studio!

Small Group- We will paint with acrylic paints on canvas and use markers to replicate abstract art in the style of Modrian.

Large Group- We will use chalk and paint outside to create in a plein air environment.

Books of the Week- "If You Are an Artist" by Meg Auchenbach and "Katie and the Starry Night" by James Mayhew are our books this week.

Bible Story- This week our Bible Story takes us to a hill outside Jerusalem where Jesus addresses His disciples for one last time here on earth. After spending 40 days after His resurrection, Jesus meets with his followers and instructs and encourages them. As they are standing on the hill, Jesus tells his disciples to go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing and teaching them everything that Jesus had taught his disciples. He encouraged them and reassured them that he would be with them until the end of the age. He gave them instructions to wait in Jerusalem to receive the Holy Spirit who would give them boldness and courage to share Jesus word! As He was blessing them, He began to ascend into the air. The disciples stood there, watching Him go until He was hidden by the clouds. When the disciples were still standing there, two men in white were among them and they asked, "Why are you standing staring up at the clouds? This same Jesus who ascended will return to earth in the same way!" 

Jesus gave the disciples everything they needed to do the task set before them. Sometimes we feel unprepared, but if God gives you a task to do, He gives you what you need to do it! And He is with us while we are doing it! We are never alone. Praying that as you enjoy your summer break, you stay connected to the one who keeps you prepared, Jesus!! Devotions, Bible reading, church, Vacation Bible School are all great ways to keep connected to Jesus!

Some zinnia week pics! Come visit our preschool garden to see how the zinnias grow this summer!

Zz is for zinnia!

 

This week we look and listen for the letter Zz and learn about zinnias and all sorts of flowers and plants!

Our KDI for the week is music- children express and represent what they observe, think, imagine and feel through music. We'll be learning a growing song and singing to our plants and seeds!

Table Activities- This week our table activities will be a flower sensory bin, dramatic play flower shop, invite to create a flower, flower coloring pictures, planting pretend flowers and seed investigation.

Small Group-This week our small group activities will include dissecting a flower, adding Zz is for zinnia to our journal and decorating a gourd.

Large Group- This week we will plant our garden box outside with flower seeds (one pumpkin plant has already come up, so we won't disturb that too much), finding different flowers and moving to music.

Books of the Week- "A Seed is Sleepy" by Dianna Hutts Aston and Sylvia Long, "Inch by Inch, The Garden Song" by David Mallett and Ora Eitan and "the surprise garden" by Zoe Hall and Shari Halpern.

Bible Story- Our Bible Story this week is Jesus reinstating Peter and giving the disciples work to do. On the evening after Jesus was arrested and was being held at the chief priest's court, Peter followed and hung out in the courtyard to see what was going on. Jesus had told Peter that he would deny knowing him, but Peter disagreed. 

While he was in the courtyard, several people pointed out that he was a Galilean and they were sure he was a follower of Jesus. Peter denied it, in fact, the third time he was accused of being Jesus' follower, he denied it and swore down oaths that he was not. It was then that Jesus was being led from one building to another and caught Peter's eye as the rooster crowed. Peter had denied Jesus, just as Jesus had predicted. Peter ran from the courtyard and wept bitterly.

One morning the disciples were fishing again, when a man appeared on the shore. He asked if they had caught any fish. They replied they had not, so he told them to cast their net on the other side of the boat. When they did that, their nets were full!! Peter immediately realized that was Jesus on the shore! He jumped out of the boat and made his way to shore. 

Jesus was there cooking fish over a fire. After they ate, he took Peter aside and asked him, "Peter, do you love me?" Peter replied, "Yes, Lord, I love you!" Jesus said, "Feed my lambs!" Jesus asked Peter again, "Peter, do you love me?" Peter replied, "Yes, Lord, I love you!" Jesus said, "Take care of my sheep." Jesus asked Peter a third time, by now Peter was a bit hurt that it had to be asked so many times. He replied, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you!" Jesus told him to take care of his lambs and sheep again and also told Peter about how his life would end, he would be led by the hand to a place he did not wish to go. Jesus said, "Follow me!" 

Tradition says that all of the disciples, with the exception of John were martyred for their faith. Martyrdom still occurs today around the world. May the Spirit give us the boldness to proclaim our faith and love for Jesus even when times get tough!