Yawn, zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz … everyone was soooooooooo
sleepy/tired Monday morning including me … first day after the daylight savings
time change. Not my favorite thing. LOL
On Monday we discussed ways we can be like Jesus.
Jesus was nice to his friends and He loved people. Jesus helped people
who were hurt. Jesus gave food to people who were hungry and water to
people who were thirsty. Jesus was a friend to people who did not have
friends. Jesus gave to others and expected nothing for Himself.
These are all acts of kindness and/or “good deeds” that we can do to be like
Jesus. You will want to check out our poster … “BE LIKE JESUS hg DO GOOD DEEDS”
where we will post sticky hearts telling of our good deeds and/or acts of
kindness with an anticipated outcome of positive affirmation instilling a
desire to do good deeds. Join me in praying for our children to grow up
with a godly love for others. We have already posted three acts of
kindness on our board. Kinley showed a spontaneous act of kindness to
Aiden when Aiden was frightened by the turtle … Kinley put her arm around Aiden
and hugged him to comfort him and again today to Preston when he fell and got
an owey on his face. So, so sweet. Noelle, also, has done good
deeds all week helping Ms. Chris. This will be a focus in the upcoming
weeks so we can anticipate the children desiring to be kind, I’m sure.
Tuesday’s literacy focus was the letter “T,t”.
Coloring sheets provide developmental practice of small motor skills and
something to do while the teaching is going on. Lots of talk about “T”
and practice making the “T” sound. We read a cute AlphaTales book
entitled “When Tilly Turtle Came to Tea” and, as we normally do, brainstormed
all the words we could think of that begin with the letter “T”.
Thank you to Noelle’s mom for putting me in touch with Marty
Weiman who made our Wednesday animal day happen with chickens! The plan
was she and her son, Dakota, would bring baby chicks, a hen and incubated eggs
for viewing and holding. Unfortunately Marty experienced a few hardships
with a skunk visiting the chicken coop the day before our planned day resulting
in no more baby chicks! L But Marty
was so sweet and came anyway with five adult hens and 5-6 dozen eggs to
view. Marty’s son is four years old so she knew exactly how to talk and
engage the children in explanation and discussion. I was thrilled as she
explained so many very interesting things to the kids on their level of
understanding and I learned several things, myself. For instance:
· A
hen will lay at least one egg every single day of the “egg laying” phase of her
life and sometimes two but never more than that. She does not have to
have a rooster to be able to lay eggs. The hen has a certain amount of
eggs she will lay her entire life and then she will stop laying all together.
· The
rooster must fertilize the egg to produce a chick. The rooster fertilizes
the hen by pecking her on the back of the neck. This frequently causes
her feathers to shed on her back between her wings causing a look of
balding. The rooster never stops being able to fertilize eggs.
· Farmers
can determine the gender of some varieties of chicks at birth. Female
chicks have a small circle/dot on top of her head while male chicks have a
small oval/dot on top of his head. The gender of many varieties cannot be
determined until they are four months old when their cone and/or waddle begin
to form. *A full grown hen will weigh 14-15 pounds and might live 12
years. The children had a thrilling day and you have probably
already heard about it from the talkers.
Arts and crafts included making a cracked egg with a baby
chick inside, inspired by our day of chickens, and a finger painted caterpillar,
inspired by our Thursday video “Caterpillar Hatching”. We practiced our
math on several days this week by adding and subtracting poker chips and animal
cookies using placemats that look like circus cages with emphasis on the number
“7”. Counting practice for the little guys and number recognition
practice for the big guys. Groups of numbers (a group of 2 and a group of
5) together make 7, etc.
Next week I hope to have some puppies to share with the
children on Wednesday but it is not confirmed. Monday will be St.
Patrick’s Day so wear your green. And a lot of discussion and activities
planned as we talk about “spring” since March 20th is the first day
of spring. This is my favorite season with everything starting to bloom
and begin anew.
Have a glorious weekend with your family. These are
the days that our Lord has made …. Let’s rejoice and be glad in them.
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