Happy Fall, One & All!
It is a blessing to be back in school and learning together! It is so exciting to be working with our preschool children and families. We have learned how to be kind and safe at school and home. We have built our classroom foundation on following God. We are amazed with how God created everything! We understand how self-control is difficult to have and give thanks that God has a plan to save us – Jesus!
We know how to clean up after ourselves and how to take deep breaths to focus our attention and calm our bodies. We know the more we practice peace and patience, the stronger we will grow in faith, and the more we will journey with Jesus as our guide! We learned how Jesus can be our best friend and what it means to be a kind friend and a safe friend. It was truly amazing to hear all the ways the children shared to be kind and safe at home and school!
We spent our first month of school learning “All About Me and My School,” helping us get to know each other and build friendships, creating our school family. We have graphed many attributes as we learned about each other; comparing our ages, Cy-Hawk preferences, favorite colors, eye colors, first letters of our names, etc. We count, compare, graph, measure, and weigh items as we gain math literacy skills and understanding of the math & science tools we use at school.
We love books, songs, and fingerplays; they help us learn about God’s word, school, friendships, rhyming, the joy of reading, and SO MUCH more! We are huge fans of the Too Much Glue, How Do Dinosaurs… series, If You Give a… series, and our Child’s First Bible. We practice retelling stories, book handling, and early reading literacy skills. We have blasted off from our Launchpad to literacy on our Promethean board and are excited to learn how to build reading skills.
We have focused on color naming, sorting, counting, and letter identification as we have become classroom authors together. We enjoy creating class (and even some individual) books, giving notes of love and encouragement, and caring for one another through words and actions. They truly know God’s love is what we seek to share with each other!
We wrapped up September celebrating the “Me, God made me to be; a safari of kindness.” We discovered our families can come in many different sizes, but they all love us just as Jesus loves us. We are happiest when we let Jesus shine through our words, works, and even our play.
We look forward to the changes of fall and seeing how we grow closer in faith and friendship!
Prayers from Preschool!
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