We had a great day in preschool!
A couple of reminders first...
Enrollment 2021/2022 began yesterday for current Zion students and church members! You should have received an email the morning of 1/6/21 with enrollment information and a link to complete the enrollment process. If you did not receive the email, please contact Andrea Holtz (aholtz@zionharvester.org) or Julie Kainady (jkainady@zionharvester.org).
There is NO school on Monday, January 18 in observation of Martin Luther King Jr Day.
Here we go...
While others were enjoying free choice time, each friend (not here yesterday) began his/her day with a special check-in! Each child completed his/her "January My Name" for his/her portfolio. Most friends were asked to try writing his/her name without using his/her nametag! Many were able to write his/her name without the help of the nametag. Others were able to begin, but needed his/her nametag to finish. We did GREAT! While each friend wrote his/her name I took special note of :
pencil grip
right or left hand
copied name or wrote from memory
Cooper and Nolan planned and worked together to make this fun ball course!
A perfect blank "canvas" to improve writing and drawing skills while painting with watercolors!
We noticed we started another new month, January (and even a new year)! It was time to check out the December pie graph! We could tell just by looking that cloudy (black) had the least days in December, while sunny (yellow) had the most. We also noticed that August and December looked very similar! Understanding more, less, and the same is an early math skill.
We loved that Tricky Mouse came to visit us our first week back after break! Today he brought numbers 1 - 12. But, he couldn't fool us, we knew all these numbers (shapes and colors too) and found him every time! Recognizing/identifying numbers is an early math skill.
Today we introduced the letter "S" and number "2"!
We remembered start your letter "at the top" then little curve, turn, little curve to write an "S" and big curve, little line at the bottom to write a "2"! Then we came up with words that start with "S" and found "2's" around the room!
Anytime one of our friends thinks of a word that starts with "S" we can add it to our big letter. Or, if at home, your child sees a small picture or item that starts with an "S", bring it in and he/she can tape it to our big letter!
Then we practiced writing "S" and "2" with crayons (nice and short to reinforce proper grip)!
Even though quite chilly, we enjoyed large motor time on our preschool playground this morning!
Time for small groups (centers)!
(Oops...we missed one round of pics!)
With me we worked on a "kind of" secret project for National Lutheran Schools Week. Today we completed on step 2 of 2! Be looking for the finished product to be displayed in some fashion (possibly virtual) the last week of January!
With no snow outside yet, we got to make "snow" for our sensory table today. Each friend was given 1 1/2 cups of baking soda and a 1/4 cup of hair conditioner. Then we got MESSY!!! Mixing, squishing, smooshing, and squeezing until the conditioner was all mixed in. Once finished, we dumped it into the sensory table so we can play with "snow" where it is nice and warm, and it won't melt!
We improved our sorting skills and strengthened the finger, wrist, and hand muscles. We used tongs/tweezers to pick up pom pom balls and sort them by big, medium, and small into 3 different containers!
We got to have a dance party to...FROZEN songs!!! Perfect for improving large motor control and getting the wiggles out!
We bundled up for round 2 of outside time!!!
Chapel today was led by Mrs. Reed, Zion Kindergarten teacher. She reminded us of the shining star that led the wisemen to find baby Jesus. We too can be shining stars, reminding others of God's love for us!
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