Week of 11/26/12

This week we will learn how to:

Write and recognize the letter E.
Our nursery rhyme: Pease Porridge Hot
Our memory verse: "Each one should use whatever gift they have received to serve others." -1 Peter 4:10
We will read the stories:When Autumn Comes, Leaves and Acorns Everywhere.
We will also be doing some crafts to go along with our letter and nursery rhyme of the week.
We will be working with our new sensory bins as well!

Our Star Student of the week is: Abigail Stilwell for the morning and Kylie Weiss for the afternoon!
Don't forget a show and tell item each day!

Parent Reminders:
*Please bring in a ornament that your child likes to put on our classroom Christmas tree. Ornaments will be returned after Christmas!
*Field Trip to sing at the Protestant Nursing home is December 13th. Permission slips are due December 11th.
*Our mission moment for the month of December is for the Protestant Nursing Home. One of the things that they go through the most is the little packs of Kleenex, so we are asking each child to bring in a pack of Kleenex to hand out to the residents at our field trip.
*Just a reminder of our snow policy: HFYH follows EVSC school delays and cancellations. If EVSC is on a one hour delay, HFYH will also run on a one hour delay. If EVSC is on a two hour delay ALL morning classes are cancelled. Afternoon and full day students can arrive at 11:45. If EVSC cancels school, HFYH will be closed as well!

It's going to be a great week!

     

November Pictures

Our Ice Cream cones!

The kids did a great job cutting out their circles and triangles!

 

Our Day 3 of Creation craft!

On Day 3, God made the land and the plants.

The kids loved using a 2-liter bottle to stamp on the paper to make their flowers!

 

Tessa W, Lane and Ava enjoying their Turkey cookies that they made!

 

Abigail, Avery and Clayton enjoying their Turkey cookies that they made!

 

Ivy, Koralena, Tessa M and Tyler enjoying their Turkey cookies that they made!

 

Adlee, Mariah and Sophia enjoying their Turkey cookies that they made!

 

 

Week of 11/12/12

This week we will learn:

How to recognize and write the letter S.
How to recognize and sort the color pink.
Our nursery rhyme: Star light, Star bright.
Our memory verse: "Submit yourselves, then, to God." -James 4:7
We will read the stories: Stone Soup, Turkey Trouble and The Night Before Thanksgiving.
We will be using stamps in the art center.
We will be making Stone Soup and we will also be doing some projects to go along with the story.
We will be making a Thanksgiving craft.

Our Star Student this is week is: Clayton Roesner in the morning class and Kaila Richard in the afternoon class! Don't forget a show and tell item each day!

Parent Reminders:
*November tuition is now due! Please make checks to HFYH!
*School Picture order forms are due Tuesday 11/13!
*Last day to bring in Yams is Thursday 11/15! We want to win that special prize from Mrs. Nicki!
Thank you to all who have already donated, you're helping feed a family in need this Thanksgiving!
*If you can, please bring in a small can of vegetable soup by Thursday morning, we will be making "Stone Soup" in class as one of our projects to go along with the story.
*Parent/Teacher Conference sign-ups went home last Wednesday! Please get them back to me ASAP! Remember, Parent/Teacher Conferences are Monday, November, 19th. Please use the main school door entrance and check in with Mrs. June before coming down to the classroom for your conference.
*No School the week of November 19th~ Fall/Thanksgiving Break!


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Halloween Party Pictures

We had a blast at our Halloween party! Thank you to all of the parents that made it to the party and thank you to all of the parents that volunteered at the party or brought donations in for our party!

We appreciate you!

 

Ready to go to our party!

 

Abigail, Adlee, Noah and Kylie listening to a Halloween story.

 

Abigail, Adlee, Noah and Kylie making their own Halloween snack!

 

Clayton and Ava working on their Halloween pumpkin craft!

 

Lane, Sophia and Tessa M working on their Halloween sand art!

 

Ivy, Avery, Clayton, Tyler, Tessa M and Ava enjoying their Halloween snack!

 

The whole class!

Happy Halloween!!

 

Week of 11/5/12

This week we will learn:

How to write and recognize the letter I.
How to recognize and sort the color yellow.
Our nursery rhyme: Itsy Bitsy Spider
Our memory verse: "I am the way, the truth and the life." -John 14:6
We will read the stories: "There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves", "Yes We Can" and "When the Leaf Blew In".
We will do some fun crafts to go along with our letter and nursery rhyme of the week.
We will begin discussing Day 4 of Creation. On Day 4, God made the sun, moon and stars.


Our Star Student of the week is: Ivy Wauetlet for the morning and afternoon classes. Don't forget a show and tell item each day!

Parent Reminders:
*November tuition is now due! Please make checks to HFYH!
*For our mission moment for the month of November we are collecting Yams to be put in Thanksgiving baskets to give out to families in need this holiday season. Please bring in your can of Yams now through November 15th! The class that brings in the most cans wins a prize!
*We will be on complete lock down on Tuesday, November 6th because of the voting being in the gym of the school. We normally lock all doors at 8:45 anyways, but to insure even more safety we are locking all doors including classroom doors all day. If you need to pick up your child, please follow regular guidelines and buzz the office at the main school doors and they will let you in to get your child.
*Parent/Teacher conference sign-ups will be going home tomorrow. Please choose your time and I will get the paper back to you as soon as possible. Parent/Teacher conferences are Monday, November 19th.

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Pictures from October

For some reason I could not get any of the pictures of everything we've done each week to load until tonight! So here's what we've done so far in the month of October!

Ivy, Avery, Lane, Ava, Adlee and Mariah playing with sidewalk chalk.

 

Mariah and Clayton painting their pumpkins during center time for our Fall Family Picnic!

 

Ava, Abigail and Tyler working on their Zacchaeus craft during center time!

 

Our finished pumpkins ready to be centerpieces for our Fall Family Picnic!

 

Our finished Zacchaeus crafts!

 

Our afternoon/full day class enjoying popsicles outside!

 

On the big yellow school bus ready to go on our first field trip of the year to TJ's Orchard!

 

Our class at the orchard!

 

Listening to Mrs. Martha tell us how she makes the apple cider!

 

Our class in the pumpkin patch!

 

Our Halloween pumpkin crafts!

 

Our Day 2 of Creation crafts!

On Day 2, God made the air and the water.

 

Our Zebra Zs!

 

Our hand print X-Ray's!

 

K is for Kite!

 

Our Patty-Cake Cake's!

 

Our Frankenstein's!

 

Our scary Little Miss Muffet spiders!

 

Our footprint ghost's!

 

 

As you can see we're having a lot of fun while learning about God, letters, colors and nursery rhymes this month! Check back and see what great things are happening inside our classroom!

 

 

Week of 10/29

This week we will learn:

How to write and recognize the letter: H
How to recognize and sort the color: blue
Our memory verse: "Honor your father and mother." -Ephesians 6:2-3
Our nursery rhyme: Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater.
We will begin discussing the 3rd day of creation: On Day 3, God made the land and the plants.
We will be making some Halloween crafts this week.
We will be making some crafts to go along with our letter and nursery rhyme this week.
We will be working on our small fine motor skills during our center time.
We will read the stories, "The Berenstain Bears Trick or Treat", " The Spooky Wheels On The Bus" and "The Night Before Halloween".

Our Star Student this week is: Adlee Singleton :) Please bring 13 pre-packaged snacks from the provided snack list in the morning and 10 in the afternoon! Don't forget a show and tell item each day!

Parent Reminders:
*Our Halloween party is this Wednesday the 31st at 10:45 in the Gym! If you haven't already signed up to bring in supplies for the party and you wish to do so, there is a sign-up sheet on the wall outside of the classroom.
*The children may dress up in their Halloween costumes on Wednesday if they would like. Just please make sure that they can easily go to the bathroom by themselves in it!
*The children may bring in a treat or treat bag to pass out to the class if they would like to. Due to allergies please avoid anything with nuts or peanut butter in it!
*If your child is afternoon only, please join us at 10:45 for the party! Your child can then bring a lunch and join our full day kids for lunch and rest time before we start the afternoon session! (Remember nothing with nuts or peanut butter for lunch as well due to allergies!)
*Please have a weather appropriate change of clothes in your child's backpack in case of an accident! (shirt, pants, socks and underwear)
*Please clean out your folders in your child's HEART binder each week!
*Please return all library books on Wednesday so that Mrs. June can process them and your child can check out a new book in library on Thursday!

It's going to be a great week! Check back to see what great things are happening inside of our classroom!



     



  

Week of 10/22

We had a great time on our first field trip of the year to TJ's Orchard! Thanks to all of the parents who made it out! We had a blast! :)

REVIEW WEEK!

This week we will review:

How to write and recognize the letters: K, X, Z and N.
How to recognize and sort the colors: Orange, Gray, Black and Green.
Our memory verses from the Bible: "Keep me as the apple of your eye." -Psalm 17:8,
"eXalt the Lord our God." -Psalm 99:5, "Zion hears and rejoices." -Psalm 97:3 and
"Now faith is being sure." -Hebrews 11:1

We will learn a new nursery rhyme this week: Little Miss Muffett
We will read the stories: Trick or Treat Halloween, Clifford's Halloween and Monster Mash.

Our Star Student this week is: Tessa Wilke for the morning and afternoon. Please bring in 13 pre-packaged snacks for the morning class and 10 for the afternoon class from the snack list provided.
Don't forget a show and tell item each day!

Parent Reminders:
*School Pictures are this Thursday, October 25th!
*Halloween Party is Wednesday, October 31st! Your child may dress up in their costume that day, just please make sure that they are able to go the the restroom by themselves with the costume.
If your child wants to bring in a treat or treat bag to pass out to their classmates they may, due to allergies please refrain from anything with chocolate in it.
*Please make sure that your child brings back their library books on Wednesdays so that Mrs. June can process them. If your child does not bring back their library book, they are not allowed to check out a new book that week.
*Please make sure that your child has a weather appropriate change of clothes in their backpacks in case of an accident. (Socks, underware, shirt and pants.)
*If your child has had a fever, been vomiting, had non-clear mucus or diarrhea. They MUST be symptom free for 24 hours before they return back to school!

It's going to be another great week! Check back to see what great things are happening inside of our school!