Three’s Company

We made 6 spiders and 7 frogs with our fingerprints to add to our number book. To reinforce the numbers we say special number finger plays, holding up the correct number of fingers and doing the actions:

• 1, 1, this is 1. Come on one let’s have some fun.
• 2, 2, this is 2, hopping, hopping me and you.
• 3, 3, this is 3. Wave your branches like a tree.
• 4, 4, this is 4. Can you make us sweep the floor.
• 5, 5, this is 5. Squeeze them tight and take a dive.
• 6, 6, this is 6. Come with me and pick up sticks.
• 7, 7, this is 7. Come on 7 let’s go to heaven.

I’m sure you all saw the frogs we made. The children loved blowing their tongues out to catch a bug. If you look real carefully you might see the bug sticker at the end of the tongue.

We used the parachute for the first time and had a blast. We held onto the handles and sang songs while we walked around in a circle, shook it, and even hid underneath it. The next rainy day we will try it again and hopefully get some pictures.

We learned about a boy named Timothy who lived with his mother and grandmother, who taught him about God’s love. When he grew up he found out that God had sent the promised Messiah, Jesus. He was so thankful for what Jesus did he decided to become a pastor and go all over the country to tell others about the love of Jesus. The children shared what they wanted to be when they grew up. A poster is up in the hallway to share their future goals. Jelly, our Bible puppet, gave each child a card that said “Jesus loves you.” They were asked to keep it to remind them of Jesus love or give it to someone else to tell someone else about His love.

Monday 2010-05-01

Tues Thurs 2010-05-13

You all should have gotten information regarding our annual end of the year field trip to Kelkenberg Farms. It’s a fun day to pet, ride, feed and milk the animals as well as go on a hay ride. We end the day with a picnic lunch.

We like to all wear special farm tee-shirts on our trip. Could you bring in a plain white tee-shirt for your child by this Wednesday/Thursday, May 12/13? We will decorate them and return them to you so they can wear them to the farm.

What a great week. Both classes had a chance to get out onto the playground again. We all loved getting some fresh air and we all came in a little tired with all the running around we did.

We made our 4 bumble bees page by making four yellow fingerprints and our 5 fish page by making five orange fingerprints. It is so refreshing to talk about spring with the sun shining and windows open. We made four summer flowers using thread spools dipped in paint and 5 sticks of pussy willows using our fingertips dipped in paint.

Our Bible story was about a man named Philip who faithfully shared with others what Jesus has done for all of us. We talked about what we could tell our friends about Jesus who don’t Him. The children came up with some great answers. They said Jesus helps us when we are sick, sad or lonely. Jesus prays for us. He is making a house for us in heaven. Jesus loves us so much He died on the cross to take away all of our sins. Great answers!

Happy Mother’s Day to all our moms.