D is for Dog

Last week was a busy week here at Mt Calvary!  We learned all about the letter D and our theme just happened to be dogs.  We started off by making our own Dalmatian masks.  The kids sure make some cute little puppy dog faces.

 

 

 

During centers the kids pretended to be a veterinarian, and took care of lots of sick dogs.  They will make great doggy doctors some day.

 

We had a science lesson on Tuesday and learned all about bones!  The kids really enjoyed singing a song about their bones and exploring the bones on the skeleton.

 

The Palsmobile came on Wednesday.  The kids enjoyed hearing a story and picking out one to take home to read.

Our number last week was 4, so we spent lots of time talking about the number 4 and reviewing the numbers 1, 2, and 3.

The sensory bins were a big hit as always. 

Our Bible story for the week was The Prodigal Son, and that tied in well with our Bible Truth, "God loves me no matter what."  We sure love our friends here at Mt Calvary too!

 

This week we started the letter E and our week has been all about elephants.  We read the story of Elmer the elephant and made our own Elmer out of milk jugs.  They should be on display in the foyer very soon.  Thank you for all the milk jug donations!

 Pretending to be an elephant is so much fun!

 

 

We had another science lesson on bones with Mr. Ryan.  Then the kids made their own x-rays of their hands with q-tips and glue.

 

 

We have been learning about The Creation of Adam and Eve this week and have been busy practicing our songs to sing in church soon.  Everyone should have a copy of the words to our songs in their cubbies today with their newsletter.  Please practice them with your children if you have a chance.  They are so excited to sing for all of you in a couple weeks!

Back to School

School is back in session at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Preschool and we are excited for a new school year with lots of new friends.  Our year is off to a great start so far.  During our second week of school, we learned about the letter A and all about apples.  We read the book "Ten Apples Up On Top" and then we tried to stack 10 apples.  Balancing apples is hard work!

 

We painted with apples and painted pictures of apples.

 We also used apples for some of our projects during centers.

 

 The apple boats were a big hit with all of the kids!

The next week we focused on safety.  We learned how to stay safe at home and at play.  Our Bible story was the Three Men in the Fiery Furnace.  We learned how God kept the men in the fiery furnace safe and that we are safe with God.  Ask your children if they can sing you the song about Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.  The kids really enjoyed singing this song.  During centers, they all loved pretending to be a firefighter and putting out a fire.

 

During week 4 our theme was friendship.   We learned the Bible verse Proverbs 17:17, A friend loves at all times, and we learned that Jesus wants us to love one another.  We talked about ways to be a good friend and made a list of the ways friends can show their love for each other.  We are so blessed to have such great friends here at Mt. Calvary!  It has only been a few weeks but already we have seen new friendships develop and begin to grow.  Our older students have been very helpful with the younger students, and it has been so much fun to see them all playing and learning together each day.