What an absolutely delightful week!
It was such a beautiful thing to see the wonderment and delight on the faces of your sweet little ones at the orchard and in class as we made the applesauce. I talked about it all week to my family until my own children said, "Okay Mom, we get it!" :)
Here is a run down of just some of the things we did this week:
* Read oddles of books about apples and Johnny Appleseed...I think the favorite was
The Apple Pie Tree
* Picking apples at the orchard...of course!
* Made apple mosaics. They are all on the bulletin board as you come down the stairs.
* Made YUMMY applesauce (Penguins will get to taste theirs on Monday!)
*Polar Bears made "wormy apples" for their fine motor...they were hilarious!
*Echo read our "Apple" poem
*Played "That's My Apple" with apple letters
*Polar Bears made "Apple" books that went home on Friday
*Played "Hot Apple"...like Hot Potato
* Colored and created LOTS of Apple pictures
* Our Seals and Penguins counted apples and WOW can they count!
Plus we learned our new prayer song (that we sing after our opening and closing prayer) "Jesus Loves Me"
It is our prayer that we were able to make some wonderful memories while learning about how apples grow!
This upcoming week our theme is "Firefighters and Fire Safety". We have our very first Community Helper visiting this week...Mr. Darby Rehbeck from the Newark Fire Dept. He will come with some of his equipment to show the children, talk about what firefighters do, and talk to the children about fire safety. On October the 6th, a fire truck will be visiting the school and our preschoolers will be able to also see it!
* The PreK Polar Bears also participated in our school fire drill on Thursday afternoon and did a fabulous job. Mrs. Walsh, our principal, was very impressed with them. GREAT JOB Pre-K!
***"SHOUT OUT'S" and "THANKS YOU'S"...... Many thanks to ALL you parents & grandparents! (of our SEALS, PENGUINS and POLAR BEARS!)
Thank you for your help, for chaperoning and driving, for donating an apple for our class applesauce, and just for your wonderful support and kindness. We feel so blessed to have you and your children.
** CONCLUDING THOUGHTS:
With colder weather coming, please send the children in warm clothes as we will make EVERY attempt to go outside for recess (even if the grass is a bit wet).
If you have a prayer request for a friend or family, please feel free to send it with your child as we do intentions before prayer and would love to include them in our prayer time.
Working with your children reminds me of this scripture verse: "Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from Him." Psalm 127: 3
Have a Blessed Week!
