Keeping Faith.

Good afternoon, 

I have been sitting for over an hour now just looking at the screen trying to think of something I can say about our week in preschool. Unfortunately, my mind is completely refusing to shy away from the news updates referring to the mass Elementary school shooting that took place in Newtown, Connecticut earlier this morning. 

The only homework I am giving for the weekend is to go home and cuddle your child. Tell them how much you love them and please say a prayer for anyone linked to the shooting. I can not even comprehend what they must be going through on this tragic day. I can only thank god that all of your children are alive and well. However, I morn for each  innocent life that was lost today. 

"You can do more than pray after you have prayed; but you can never do more than pray until you have prayed."  A.J. Gordon 

God's Peace. 

-Megan. 

Hey Diddle Diddle.

Happy Holidays Everyone! 

I have found it especially easy to get into the holiday spirit now that we finally have our "Winter Wonderland". The kids were so excited as we were counting down the few short weeks until Christmas is here. 

Speaking of Christmas, I would like to thank you and your families for making it to our annual Christmas party yesterday. It is always so much fun to have all of the kids together in one room and watch as the parents were able to sit back and socialize. Mary, has always done such a beautiful job at making the night one to remember. 

Aside from all of the holiday talk lets get back to why you are all here. 

Today in preschool, we had a very special day! One of my favorites in fact. We spent the morning going over our very favorite nursery rhymes. We started by memorizing "The cow jumped over the moon" and then went onto "Twinkle Twinkle little star". With each new rhyme that we learned we also made crafts that we motioned along while singing aloud the silly songs. 

As our next activity the kids we able to make there very own Nursery rhyme books. Each book was full of my favorite mother goose rhymes. The whole lesson of the day turned to be such a success. I don't think the kids even knew that they were learning with all of the fun that we were having! 

Homework: At bed time this week I challenge you to chant a new nursery rhyme everyday. Its a great memorization tool to use with your child and has endless possibilities for fun! 

If you want to take your learning to the next level go onto www.pinterest.com, type in nursery rhymes and let your creative juices flow! 

Thanks again for reading! 

-Megan

Review of November.

Review day!!

With every new month comes a set of new changes! 
Today in school we put our minds to the ultimate test to see what we could remember from the month of November. 

Below is a list of everything that we covered in the previous month;

• Colors: Brown and Orange
• Pattern: A,A,B
• Number: 4 
• Letters: E, G, L
• Shape: Squares
• Monthly themes:  our 5 senses, and Thanksgiving (with our thanksgiving theme we covered a lot on Pilgrims and their history)

After the kids had there full share of review they were rewarded by spending the rest of our morning chanting some of there favorite nursery rhymes and making funny little puppy masks. All in all resulting to be a pretty fun day in preschool. 

Homework: periodically look back on my posts of review days and see how much your child remembers. Its one thing for a child to learn something, its an entirely different thing for a child to retain that information. Also, as you all know the cold and flu season is in full blast at Mary's this week! To keep your little one as healthy as possible make sure they are washing there hands frequently, getting plenty of rest, and please if you notice fingers or toys in the month explain germs and how by doing so can make others sick! This has been some what of an issue and we are really trying to crack down to stop it. All we want is happy, healthy, kids. 
Thanks for reading! 
-Megan