MWF Preschool News - Week of Dec. 5

I am with you always. Matthew 28:20

Dear MWF Families,

We have had so much fun this week getting ready for Christmas and the birth of baby Jesus. For our Letter I week, students brought in several items that began with the letter I. Monday was so much fun because we decorated our very own Christmas Trees with red and yellow paint. We also learned many new songs such as “We'll Decorate the Tree” which has the same tune as “Farmer and the Dell”.

We'll decorate the tree,
We'll decorate the tree.
Heigh-ho, it's Christmas time,
We'll decorate the tree.

The presents we will wrap,
The presents we will wrap.
Heigh-ho, it's Christmas time,
The presents we will wrap.

Carols we will sing,
Carols we will sing.
Heigh-ho, it's Christmas time,
Carols we will sing.

Jesus will soon be here,
Jesus will soon be here,
Heigh-ho, it’s Christmas time,
Jesus will soon be here.

Another new song with actions that we learned on Monday was called “Wise Men Still Seek Him” and it followed the tune of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"

Twinkle, twinkle, little star (hold diamond shaped hands above head)
Wise men followed from afar (shield eyes with hand)
They found the boy of whom we sing (cradle arms as if holding a baby)
And gave him gifts fit for a king (extend arms as if giving a gift)
They fell right down and gave a nod (bow head)
Jesus was the promised gift from God (clasp hands as if in prayer)

Wednesday was a very busy day for us. We had a Bookmobile visit and each student had the opportunity to pick out two books for our classroom. We also made different shaped ornaments out of salt dough, and lamb ornaments using macaroni. Friday was a great day which started with Chapel in the morning, where Pastor Greg told us about advent and the Christmas story. After Chapel we came back to the classroom where we painted the salt dough ornaments that we had made on Wednesday. We can’t wait to show our parents the ornaments we have made!

Here are some other highlights of our week…

We played with winter dominoes,
Made Christmas cards for our friends and family,
Listened to the story of Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree by Robert Barry,
Played Red Light, Green Light in the gym,
Listened to the story Hello Snow by Hop Vestergaard,
Played with the train and the game High Ho Cheery O in small groups,
Sang the song “If Your Happy And You Know It”,

This week was so much fun, but we can’t wait until next week when we will celebrate Christmas and the birth of baby Jesus at our preschool celebration!

Miss Amy, Miss Michele, Miss Jean, and Miss Pat.

MWF Preschool News - Week of Dec 6

Dear MWF Families,

We have had so much fun celebrating Christmas and the birth of baby Jesus this week. For our Letter I week, our student brought in her favorite polar bear whose name is Icy. (How fitting for this time of year!) We have had some very cold and slippery days this week, so we have stayed indoors for our large motor play. Monday was extremely special because we had a special guest, one of our preschool parents who specializes in Kindermusik came in to sing many fun Christmas songs, and we played a variety of instruments too! She also had puppets! The children really enjoyed this activity! Many thanks to our special parent helper! Wednesday we had the Bookmobile arrive and each student had the opportunity to pick two books! Friday was a great day which started in the Chapel with our two pastors who shared the Christmas story with us! And later that day we went on a Jingle Bell Caroling Parade and shared some Christmas songs with our seniors at their day program. You should have seen the smiles on everyone’s faces…and the seniors joined along! We will see you at our Christmas Party on December 18th @ 10:30 a.m. We wish you peace this Christmas!

Here are some other highlights of our week…

Painted red and green at the Easels
Used stamps on Christmas Trees
Created a fun igloo/ice sculpture with sugar cubes and icing (for display only.)
Explored a variety of musical instruments during our small group time.
Read the story Ten Little Christmas Presents by Jean Marzolla
Looked at I Spy Christmas Books by Walter Wick
Played a favorite group game “Where Is Your Cookie Little Mouse?”
Heard the story Cock-A Doodle Christmas! By Will Hillenbrand
Enjoyed playing with our Christmas Manger Cloth Figurines
Explored a variety of insect replicas
Most of all we really enjoyed celebrating Christmas!!!