Peace and Joy to you in this New Year!



JESUS’ TIME:

We are growing just as Jesus grew

Books:  WHEN JESUS WAS FOUR OR MAYBE FIVE

IF JESUS CAME TO MY HOUSE

Luke 2:52- And Jesus grew and became strong;  He was filled with wisdom and the grace of God was upon Him!

 

SOCIAL STUDIES:

It was fun learning about our parent’s jobs and sharing them with the class.  Books-WORKERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

 

SCIENCE:    ICE

Does salt affect Ice?  What does Ice weigh?

We are forming hypotheses (guesses) and then testing them out. (experiments)

WEEKLY READER–“ICE”         Book:  I AM SNOW

 

LITERATURE – Folk Tales

  1.  THE MITTEN (Ukranian tale) We will use the Tresselt version and the Brett version and then compare them.
  2. PETER AND THE WOLF (Russian Tale)  We will use a summer then a winter version of the story; followed by the Walt Disney video.

 

MUSIC:  Instruments of the Orchestra

Using the folk tale of Peter and the wolf, we will learn about the main parts of the orchestra:  Brass, Percussion, Strings, and Woodwinds. We will then match them up with the characters of the story.

 

ART:   Creation of our own personal snowman, stainglass mittens, We will view the video of the Snowman and drink snowman soup.

 

PE:  Riding the tricycles has been so much fun-we’ve even been learning how to stay on the road.

 

Our Centers have included:

Smart table, community puzzles, snowman floor puzzles,  Housekeeping, building blocks and our all time favorite-Legos.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Saturday, January 28, 2017  Open House

Sunday, January 29, 2017    Lutheran School’s Sunday