We hope you all enjoyed the Labor Day Holiday.  The boys got fired up about using their wood pieces to begin making letters.  They all did an A+ job of using their lines to form A’s.  Try to form the letter of the week at home with the paper “wood” pieces we sent home. We did many things with apples because of its’ beginning sound. We graphed apples, painted apples, ate apple slices, and even made apple pies on Friday!  They were yummy and we would like to thank Jordon’s mom for being our cooking mom and getting our ingredients.  We also learned about Anteaters.  Ask your son about them.  We were introduced to Rudy Rectangle and red was the color of the week.  We have looked for this shape and color in many ways.   We have used Playdough, books, songs, and our Smartboard for this.  Boys tend to be “hands on” learners.  During center time we are putting things out that they can manipulate and build with which will strengthen fine motor skills.  We will continue to do this throughout the year.  We also began our unit on Nursery Rhymes.  The one we learned this week is Humpty Dumpty.  We will be sending home each Nursery Rhyme craft as the boys finish.  You can put them together to make his very own Nursery Rhyme booklet.  We hope you enjoy them. We hope to see YOU at the PDS Jamboree on Saturday!

Dear Parents,

What a joy and privilege it is to partner with you in your son’s spiritual growth. This year in pre-K Bible, we will meet two days in the six day rotation. One of the days, we will focus on traits of integrity. We will be using the Integrity Time curriculum, which presents one trait per week that begins with the letter being learned in the classroom. ( A-Attitude, B- Behavior, C-Cooperation, etc.) We will talk about how God wants us to be people of integrity who choose what is true and good and right. Philippians 4:8 is our guiding scripture for Integrity Time.

The second day we meet, we will be exploring “God made me and God made the world.” We will learn about the beautiful creation God has made for us, and our amazing Creator. These days will be very experiential, including nature walks, “creation stations” and hands on activities.

At the end of every class, we pray for families, friends, needs and a country of the world. We are praying through an alphabetical list (this is our third year) and have already prayed for Jordan and Kazakhstan. If your family would like to pray for these countries as well, here is the list we will be using. You can go to http://operationworld.24-7prayer.com/  for more information on the countries.

Please know you are always welcome to stop by my room or email me with your questions, concerns and thoughts.

Blessings-

Darilyn Christenbury

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