k week merged with our last week before christmas which worked well for the annual “what makes a king a king” talk.
our alphabet box was a tricky one: four locks and 13 keys…tricky, tricky.
you can see it in action here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx9OTLglC48
this tape work kept some friends engaged for a long, long time.
and then we had the annual “which baby will be baby jesus for our games?” voting.
h week brought new friendships expressed in heart cards, helping hand talks, paper hair cutting, and perhaps the greatest joy of all: a baby named harvey for show and tell.
as usual, the week is best captured in our work time movie:
and yes, we had a lot of talk about not cutting your ACTUAL hair or anyone else’s ACTUAL hair, just the paper hair of our hairy head paper friends:
and in the days following the evident division in our nation, this project was healing:
the weather made it easy to be outside, including an impromptu back step of the church show and tell. this photo captured the moment pastor derrick was spotted across the yard. he ended up squeezing in to see the show and tell goodness.
thank you to a mama for capturing our end of the day parachute leaf play.
fear not, these young children to how to make the world better, kinder, more peaceful:
j week was full of jewels and candy canes that looked like the letter J and jingle bells. we jumped and juggled. and we watched the calendar change which means we finished with brown month and started with red month. whew!
we made baby jesus ornaments with the acorns from our november tub table.
and we started gathering our dolls and giving them cloth diapers in preparation for them being baby jesus. fozzie was a wonderful caretaker.
i wrote the conversation about “what we know about the christmas story” and underlined the J words. this evolved into spontaneous christmas story plays.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAgqV5ZNwCU&t=3s
also, it got cold this week:
i week
our alphabet box had white inch blocks and not pictured are the tongs we tried using to make an ice cube tower eleven inches tall!
i is for injury…i’m grateful a teacher reminded me about this journal activity:
body shapes, red crayon marks for blood and band aids to go on top. imagine the conversations and the fine motor work!
this book was a bigger hit than in years past. we seem to be more tuned in to feelings and conflict. this book’s illustrations offer a lot.
a few bits of significance:
the dog was mean because someone told him to be mean
when the dog was chasing the turkey family, the baby turkey was protected because his hat was over his eyes so he didn’t know there was a problem
the grandma was mad at the dog because his meanness made a lot of things happen and her pie was ruined
your face can show you are sorry
you can be together right after hard things happen if you want to be
we had our annual “i like to eat…” thanksgiving feasts where people bring favorite foods! this is the information families are given:
In honor of Thanksgiving and the power of knowing ourselves, we will share favorite foods.
How it works:
the abundance was great.
true to history, when preschoolers (and teachers and dogs) show up in costume sometimes we have to guess who it is…then the masks come off and all is revealed. g week coincided with halloween so along with guessing there was giggling and games and goofiness.
the five the little pumpkins showed up outside in our little playground:
we had a birthday mama helper and pastor derrick visit. his costume was “a preschooler.”
families helped bring things for our parties: candy and carrots and dip and goldfish crackers and cheese sticks. and one mama works for a dentist who donated toothbrushes for all!
there was a mystery question on Facebook earlier in the week…and here’s the answer:
one warm afternoon we walked to the big street to spread some child cheer. admittedly, our goal was to see how many honks we could get (i think fifteen was the final number). across the street is the public school administration offices and when they looked out the window to figure out what all the honking was for, they saw us. so then they came across the street and we practiced trick or treating with them! thank you, usd 373 workers!
(imagine the surprise for all the passersby…heeheeheeheehee)
thank you, parents for sharing some photos and video. the joy brings me continued hope.
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