Dear MWF Families,
As we learn about cooperation in our classroom this month, let us remember the golden rule from the book of Matthew..."In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you..." Matthew 7:12 New American Standard Bible
This week of January we learned a lot about God’s Love for all the children of the world. We talked briefly about Martin Luther King Jr. and how he taught the world to love one another. For our Letter M week, one of our students brought in Mickey Mouse and Angelina the Ballerina Mouse. We also celebrated another half-birthday!
With these recent cold and dreary days we have extended our center time and played in the gym during small group time. The children played with balls, and also played “The Ants Go Marching,” and “Tag, You’re It.” We also brought some books to the gym with us, in case the children needed to sit down and take a break!
With Letter M Week, we also played a few Memory Games at the Rainbow Rug. They really enjoy these group games and they have a great memory! With our January characteristic trait of cooperation, we have been doing a variety of collaborative activities! Our children are really learning to work well within a group setting!
Here are some other highlights of our week...
Worked on Partner Drawings where two persons work together to create a drawing on their half of the paper.
Created a Group Collage of Magazine Pictures of God’s Children.
Practiced drawing lines through several mazes, a good fine motor activity.
Used Magnets and Magnetic Letters and Numbers at our Exploration Station.
For Dramatic Play we set up our own Market and used play money.
We also played with Medical Kits.
Practiced writing our names on Handwriting Sheets.
We read the books We All Sing With The Same Voice by J. Phillip Miller, and On The Moon by Anna Milbourne. (This was a great educational scientific book which kept the children very attentive.)
We went to the Chapel and listened to Pastor Greg telling a story about God’s People from our church working together and building a school for some children in El Salvador .
We sang “This Little Light of Mine.”
Have fun at the field trip on Friday this week! We'll see you soon!
Miss Lori, Miss Donna, Miss Pat and Miss Jean
