From across the sea to our own classroom - this past week has been about the adventure of the Pilgrims! Students learned about how the Pilgrims wanted to move to a new land, so they got into a large boat (or ship) and sailed to America. When they got there they met the Native Americans! The Pilgrims and the Native Americans are very different from each other. We compared their clothes, food, and homes.
Fun at Home!
Making puppets are a great way to build fine motor skills and language skills. You can purchase brown paper bags from Walmart, grocery stores, and dollar stores and help your child decorate them into many different characters. Practice using different silly voices! Introduce new vocabulary! Help them put on a Puppet Show ! The possibilities are endless!
Check out other activities from this week!
We are starting to spend time cutting with scissors on a regular basis!
We are not worried about what we cut. We are just focusing on the
actions of safe cutting procedures.
We painted our own versions of the Mayflower!
The students taped flags on pop-sickle sticks to make it complete.
Check out the great 3-dimensional display
on our window the next time you come in the room!
Coloring together
Students practiced finding letters A, J, and M,
by stamping them out.
Our classroom volunteer, Mr. Kuppler, surprised the students with
a special instrument, the dulcimer!
Students were even given the chance
to come up and help him strum.
Students made Pilgrim puppets!
The class bought some new books for our library last month.
Students seem to really love our new "Paw Patrol" book series!
Students made Letter M mice!
Students made Pilgrim faces using Paper plates.
We tend to focus on facial crafts a lot in our classroom.
We want to make sure that students are aware of all of the
different components that make up the face. Next year, they will
focus more on the rest of the body.
Students reviewed numbers two and three by tracing them with stickers.
Students practiced listening and math skills in this number hunt!
Students listened to the teacher call out a number
(visuals were provided for students who needed extra support)
and they had to stamp it with the paint on their paper.
Students were given a chance to free paint,
with the an added challenge of trying not to paint on the black lines!
We are starting to explore staying inside the lines as we continue to
develop refined motor skills.
During Jesus time, students learned how God gave Moses the ability
to part the sea so that he could lead people to safety.
God is so amazing - he can do anything!
"My God is so big, so strong and so mighty, there's nothing my God cannot do!"
I hope that this week you feel strong and confident in God's incredible power. Until next week!
