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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Monday, December 17, 2012
#482...2012 - 4's Christmas Art
The children sang so wonderfully at the Christmas Program on Saturday! We were so proud of them, and also know how much Jesus enjoyed their songs of love, praise, and thankfulness!
May Christ bring you
PEACE, COMFORT, JOY, AND HOPE,
throughout the season and the new year!
(I am very sorry the 4's Christmas Artwork did not show at the program as I had planned,
but here it is. Enjoy!
Always double click the videos from YouTube and you will see it centered and full screen.)
but here it is. Enjoy!
Always double click the videos from YouTube and you will see it centered and full screen.)
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Friday, December 14, 2012
Thursday, December 13, 2012
#471...the minister's cat is a ....
We played a Victorian parlor game today....no I was not actually around at that time, but have seen it on various versions of the movie Scrooge. Here are the directions - All players sit in a circle, and the first player describes the minister's cat with an adjective beginning with the letter 'A' (for example, "The minister's cat is an adorable cat") Each player then does the same, using different adjectives starting with the same letter. Once everyone has done so, the first player describes the cat with an adjective beginning with the letter 'B'. This continues for each letter of the alphabet.
We, of course, needed to rehearse it and talk about different words that could be used to describe the cat. A number of nouns crept into it, but that was just fine! We also each took one letter of the alphabet in order. We had lots of fun!
first the original
Here is our version!
first the original
Sunday, November 25, 2012
#470...Jj Day - Jumping Rope and Thanksgiving Day Songs and Prayer!
Not sure if we got everyone on the video! Sure was a fun day!
Hope you had a blessed Thanksgiving! See you on Tuesday!
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Monday, November 19, 2012
Friday, November 9, 2012
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Friday, November 2, 2012
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
#447... fun today in the Red Class
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after I posted this, within a a few minutes came this email from Cindy Lithio...
Actually, the spontaneous came
first! Then we grabbed the camera and they faced us, and Janet next
told them to do what they did before--which was gathering around the pictures
and singing. Best part--pointing to the words of "We were
baptized" while singing "Father Welcomes!" No, the
best part was singing for Jesus!
Cindy
Cindy
Sunday, October 28, 2012
#445...Green, Orange, and Blue Class sing in church
A
number of children were not able to be there today, but we were so
happy to have the ones who were able to come. A baby was baptized at
the service. He is the newest member of one of our past preschool
families...which also means we will be welcoming the family back once
again to the preschool in a few short years! Please let your children
view these videos whether they sang on Sunday or not. I am sure they
will love to sing along and you and Jesus will hear them!
How wonderful to hear the children sing this AM!
What a great job they did!
It was a "Beautiful Morning!"
Next we sang "Father Welcomes All His Children."
Our last song was "Go Now in Peace."
How wonderful to hear the children sing this AM!
What a great job they did!
It was a "Beautiful Morning!"
Next we sang "Father Welcomes All His Children."
Our last song was "Go Now in Peace."
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Friday, October 19, 2012
#442...3's Family Night Video
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Sunday, October 14, 2012
#437...Sunday morning singing! Red, Yellow, Purple Classes!
The children did such a great job singing their praises to Jesus! It was wonderful to have so many children attend! See you at preschool on Tuesday!
Saturday, October 13, 2012
#436...alphabet fun!
In this video your child will see a picture and name for each object, and it will also show the upper and lowercase letter. At preschool we use the terms, "grown-up A" and "child a". It seems to work quite well!
Listening to and repeating the sound is also very helpfulness to the child! If you click on the words "view on YouTube" it was give you a chance to watch it full screen, which is probably much better for your child. There are also other suggested videos to the right for learning the alphabet and numbers. Enjoy!
Friday, October 12, 2012
#435...Friday (Green) TOT Class
Thursday, October 11, 2012
#434...Yellow and Blue Class Sing!
This Sunday the Yellow, Purple, and Red Classes are singing at the 10 am service! Anyone from the other classes is invited to come up and sing also if they are at the service! The more the better!
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Friday, October 5, 2012
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Thursday, July 26, 2012
#415...The Power of Play
This article by Deborah J. Stewart certainly explains...
The power of play in the early learning environment
She has an amazing blog with many great ideas for preschool and home!
Click on the green words below for more!
“How
will my child be prepared for school if all he does is play?” This is a
fair and common question that is often asked by parents of preschoolers
and a question that can often be difficult for preschool teachers to
answer. It isn’t because the teachers don’t know the answer – but to
sum up the value of play in the learning process in one short answer is
not so easy to do…
Part of the reason it is so difficult to explain how children learn by play is because play isn’t simple – it is instead complex. Learning through play is not about children wondering aimlessly around a room dumping baskets and throwing blocks. Instead, learning through play takes a carefully prepared environment that invites young children to explore, examine, question, predict, test, investigate, trial, error, and manipulate…
Through play, learning is different for every child because every child is learning at his own pace, learning in his own style, and guided by his own interests…
So how will play help young children be prepared for school? Through play, learning is in-depth, concrete, and long-term. Play offers young children the opportunity to put into action the ideas and processes being presented so that concepts and ideas make sense and the processes can be mastered…
The best way to evaluate the power of play in any classroom is to observe children at play and then reflect on how their play is facilitating or empowering young children to reach desired learning goals and outcomes…
Another question often asked by parents is “How will my child learn his letters and numbers (academics) through play?” This is also a fair question to ask so it is important to understand and to be able to explain the difference between intellectual learning and Academic Learning…
Academic learning by definition is the stuff that is clear like the alphabet, it’s no logic, it just has to be memorized. Intellectual Learning has to do with reasoning, hypothesizing, predicting, theorizing, and so forth and that’s natural. Academic learning does need to take place but academic learning will take place within the service of the intellect. (Lilian Katz in a discussion on STEM on Bam Radio). And the most powerful way to facilitate intellectual learning is through play.
The photos shared here today are from some of our own classroom experiences. As I plan for next school year, I am using the term “Powered by Play” as my guiding force for the plans I make. For each concept or idea or learning goal we hope to achieve, I am asking myself – “How can we promote, facilitate or reinforce this skill or concept through a play experience?”
I have been sharing these posters on Teach Preschool on Facebook to hopefully inspire and enlighten others about the power of play in the preschool classroom as well as to help me continue to reflect and learn how I can best teach young children through their play in my own classroom…
Part of the reason it is so difficult to explain how children learn by play is because play isn’t simple – it is instead complex. Learning through play is not about children wondering aimlessly around a room dumping baskets and throwing blocks. Instead, learning through play takes a carefully prepared environment that invites young children to explore, examine, question, predict, test, investigate, trial, error, and manipulate…
Through play, learning is different for every child because every child is learning at his own pace, learning in his own style, and guided by his own interests…
So how will play help young children be prepared for school? Through play, learning is in-depth, concrete, and long-term. Play offers young children the opportunity to put into action the ideas and processes being presented so that concepts and ideas make sense and the processes can be mastered…
The best way to evaluate the power of play in any classroom is to observe children at play and then reflect on how their play is facilitating or empowering young children to reach desired learning goals and outcomes…
Another question often asked by parents is “How will my child learn his letters and numbers (academics) through play?” This is also a fair question to ask so it is important to understand and to be able to explain the difference between intellectual learning and Academic Learning…
Academic learning by definition is the stuff that is clear like the alphabet, it’s no logic, it just has to be memorized. Intellectual Learning has to do with reasoning, hypothesizing, predicting, theorizing, and so forth and that’s natural. Academic learning does need to take place but academic learning will take place within the service of the intellect. (Lilian Katz in a discussion on STEM on Bam Radio). And the most powerful way to facilitate intellectual learning is through play.
The photos shared here today are from some of our own classroom experiences. As I plan for next school year, I am using the term “Powered by Play” as my guiding force for the plans I make. For each concept or idea or learning goal we hope to achieve, I am asking myself – “How can we promote, facilitate or reinforce this skill or concept through a play experience?”
I have been sharing these posters on Teach Preschool on Facebook to hopefully inspire and enlighten others about the power of play in the preschool classroom as well as to help me continue to reflect and learn how I can best teach young children through their play in my own classroom…
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