Teacher Appreciation Week!!!

Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.

² Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing.

³ Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
 

⁴ Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
 

⁵ For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.
 

King James Version (KJV)

Psalm 100

 

This beautiful rainbow of balloons greeted everyone on Monday morning to kick off the Teacher Appreciation Week!!! The teachers and children loved it!!!

 

 

 The families planned a big Breakfast on Tuesday and Salty/Sweet Treats on Thursday.  There were gifts, treats, notes, flowers, hugs, cards, more hugs, Notes about the Teacher, surprises, and more!!!  What a week!!!!  Thank you for all the special treatment!  We were appreciated!

 

Super Scientists!!!  A project was completed. Our 3's and 4's now have white lab coats to wear when they are at the sensory tubs or doing a science project.  Thanks to everyone who donated white shirts and/or lab coats.  They were so excited and I was too.  I have ordered a new children's book about Albert Einstein that will be a great resource for our children.  We will be adding children's tweezers, goggles, and magnifying glasses. 

More food pics!!!!

Mrs. Stevi's class had a treat as one of her alumnus stopped by and read to her class.  He is now a 2nd grader.  She was very proud of him. 

It's Operation Christmas Child Time!  If you would like to pack a box at home with your child, please send it to the Learning Depot by Wednesday.  We will be working together to pack a few boxes this week.  Please send one or two items to go in the boxes if you can.

Denzel's painting has been stretched and is ready to hang.  He is our LUO child we are supporting this year by buying his canvas.  LUO is a non profit organization dedicated to promoting economic sustainability and improving quality of life for children in South Africa.  For more information check out this website:
http://luo-setfree.org/

L is for lions and lollipops!
 

P is for pig.

Take a peek into a 4 year old's journal:

Could you have Thanksgiving without the Mayflower?

Look at Mrs. Jennifer's Joys' cute door.

Here's a Home School Connection project for 3 year olds.

Look at Mrs. Leesa's cute door decorations!!!

Mrs. Heidi's class created a cute door too.

Another project completed for Mrs. Fran's Friends.  The photo department at Sam's and Wal-Mart is saving me their tubes.  These are great for lots of projects.  Aren't these cylinders cute accessories for our block center?  Their names are on the back so the children can read the names and turn it around to check their reading!

We had about 8 kids get to go to the Treasure Box for sending in the password last week.  Let's see if we can double that number this week!  Remember write the password down and send it to school in your child's folder.  The pass word is Turkey Treats!!!

Potluck, Program and the Letter P

Thank you so much for coming to our Fall Potluck and Program Night.  The food was delicious and plentiful!  The children were precious sharing their verses and songs of praise! 

 



Thanks to the generosity of our families every PreK classroom has a new magnet board!!!!  Thank you!

Science is hands on and sometimes messy!!!

Each class worked together to illustrate a page from the beautiful book Twinkle Twinkle Little Star by Jane Cabrera.


 



We love Mrs. Megan's new door decoration!

Our twos love to paint and experiment with colors!

 

Star gazers designed by our two year olds!

Twos wore pjs and ate pancakes on Wednesday as part of their day/night unit.

They are waiting patiently to eat pancakes!!!

They discovered stars on the ceiling!!!

Fours like to water color too!  But, who doesn't?

The threes gather around the campfire to read and make smores!!!

Family Opportunity Table:  In case you missed the information:

Squanto book $5  This is a beautiful book that shows the hand of God in the Thanksgiving story.
Countdown to Christmas  $10 This is an interactive family activity that shares Christmas meaning and discussion starters to give the real meaning to Christmas.
Long Sleeve T-shirts $12 They will have the same design as the short sleeve orange. If you are interested, we'll let you know the colors available. Youth and adult sizes available.
DVD of our Fall Program: $10
A Gift to our Learning Depot Families...Look for a note in your folder for Friday, December 13

They were ready to go up stairs!

 

On Friday our four year olds wore pjs and ate pancakes picnic style!!!

Mrs. Stevi read the book If You Give a Pig a Pancake!

Mrs. Christy cooked the pancakes!!!!  Yum Yum!

We are trying to get more parents to read our blog and become a follower...so if you read this blog, send a note to your child's teacher with his/her name and the secret word:  Love Dog!  Then, your child will get to go to the Treasure Box. 

Don't tell your child the secret word just write it down!!!

 

We will be learning about Thanksgiving for the next 2 weeks!!!!