Mrs. Schenck's Blog

11-20

This week Rm A is learning about the gift of CHURCH. We started Jesus Time with a review. I was impressed to witness the recall of blessings from my class. Wk 1-family, home, furnishings, pets and toys. Wk 2 -food. This week we are thankful for the gift of faith- Church, Pastors, Hymnals, Bible, Music, and Our Church Family. The book I used is Things I See In Church. It shows various pictures of the inside of a church. I will make available some of the pictures from the book throughout the week. I talked to the class about our church Zion. I showed them a photo of our church and also a picture of our pastors.

We enjoyed various activities in our room today. These activities were used to reinforce the concepts of the month: brown, cross, 4, Fall, and Thanksgiving. Due to the cold weather and an event in the Commons our recess was held in Rm B.

Activities:
Leaf painting
Cornucopia painting
Creating a Native American headband with 4 feathers
Book Time
Learning and talking about the change in the weather
Completing our Thanksgiving aprons
Using markers to color a Thankful book
Telling each other what we are thankful for/coloring a picture
Using bubble wrap to design a colorful ear of corn
Music and Movement, enjoying some of our favorite songs and fingerplays
Fall lacing cards
A-B-A patterning-stamping, shapes w/magnetic board, body movements

Songs for the next 2 weeks.

"Give Thanks"

Give thanks with a grateful heart
Give thanks to the Holy One
Give thanks because He's given Jesus Christ, His Son.

(sing 2x's)

"Thank Him"

Thank Him, thank Him, all ye little children,
God is love, God is love;
Thank Him, thank Him, all ye little children,
God is love, God is love.
( I take requests from the class as to what we are thankful for)

Thursday was a good day at play in PDO

Lacing cards.