Thank you for checking out our Thursday!
We had just a few minutes for a quick game of musical chairs before we headed to church for our Christmas service!
Today was our special day, being a part of the second Preschool Advent Service!
A shepherd (Pastor Rouland) visited our service today! First he asked if we remembered the eclipse at the beginning of the school year. It was supposed to be light outside and suddenly it became dark. Well, one day something opposite happened to him, it was supposed to be dark and it turned so bright. An angel appeared to tell him that the Savior was born, but to not be scared, this was good news! Suddenly it was dark again. So he and his shepherd friends ran to Bethlehem to see the baby Jesus, laying in a manger. You see, every child is a gift from God, but Jesus is a super special gift from God! He grew up to be our good shepherd. The shepherds told everyone the good news of Jesus and now we can too!
And...we are ready to sing!!!
We did an AWESOME job today...all of our hard work practicing over the last few weeks paid off!!!
Upon returning to the classroom, getting our wiggles out doing some dancing songs (while many friends changed clothes), and having snack, we then settled in for a couple of fun Christmas books...
Time for small groups (centers)!
With me, we improved our rhyming skills! Each card had a snowflake on it, each snowflake had a picture on it! Each friend had to find the match to his/her picture. But, the pictures weren't the same! The match was a picture that rhymed with his/her picture! Rhyming is an early literacy skill. Success for some was having me help find the rhyme. Success for others was having a friend help find the match. While, success for some was finding the rhyming match on his/her own!
We found a lot of candy canes! Some tiny, some big, and some in between! Each friends job was to sequence his/her candy canes in order from smallest to biggest, or biggest to smallest! The ability to compare and measure is an early math skill.
With Mrs. Dose we "rolled a Christmas tree"! Each friend was given a picture of a tree with the numbers 1 - 6. Each number had the picture of a different colored ornament or a star next to it. Each friend took a turn rolling the dice, stated or counted the number of dots. He/she found that number on his/her paper, then added that color ornament/star to his/her Christmas tree! Identifying/recognizing numbers and connecting them to their quantity is an early math skill!
Since Christmas is now just 11 days away, it was perfect to have a Veggie Tales Christmas dance party! Check out these large motor skill moves!
We then enjoyed extra time on the big kid playground! It was quite chilly, but none of our friends seemed to mind a bit!
Have a great night!
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