Enrichment

Got got this great worksheet free from the Funshine Express Website

My class did a great job following directions and coloring the letters to the code.

Funshine Express

I am so excited It's been 3 years since I last used Funshine faith lessons and I can't wait to start. I've already incorporated it into my classroom curriculm for this month. I will be posting our activities all month long and let you know how it goes.

This morning to  help introduce our faith lesson for the month I brought out the counting sheep activity suggested in page 2 of this months faith lesson 

My class had a great time using the tweezers and counting out cotton balls and putting them on the corresponding number.

To introduce our story Goody came to share with us what was in his heart.

My super helper got to pull out out his heart to see what Goody wanted to talk about 

He pulled out the Story Treasure  for this months faith lesson  then went over the story of The Lost Sheep.

Art: Jesus' Little Lambs

Using the pieces that came with our curriculm we put together our Lambs. The white festoons were very messy and when I tried to sweep them up the floated all over the place( but the children loved it).

The finished product. I can't wait to hang them on the bulletin board.

Today we continued our faith lesson. I talked to the class about sheep. How do sheep find food...how do they find water... How do they keep safe. We then talked about God and how we can go to Him for anything we need. He is our Shepard!

We read the story of Shadrach, Meshach and Abendigo  we talked about how because they trusted in God he turned a scary situation into good. God is with us always just as a Shepard is with his sheep.

In the faith lesson they gave us this http://easyscienceforkids.com/pictures-of-sheep-for-kids-video/ for a video on sheep

For art we made sheep masks I love that everything comes in a bag alI have to do is pull it out no cutting or prepping, It's all done for me. 

They wrote there names then glued a black pompon in the center of the mask

We pulled apart cotton balls and glued them on the mask 

We then glued on the ears

After they dry we will add the strings and use them for the Sheep Sound activity that came with the lesson.

This week we continued our Funshine express faith lesson with this great Shepard puppet craft.

Each child colored then cut our the shepherd patten

They then glued them to the paper bag and glued on a brown pipe cleaner for the Shepard staff.

When they were done with art they were able to lay on our sheep rug and read stories

Sheep Sounds

I used this idea from the faith lesson and had the class move around the room making sheep sound quietly then loudly.

We then went around the room singing Where did it go from page 7 of the curriculm.

Enrichment

Using the enrichment  activity they lead the Shepard to the lost sheep

Today we did the last activity for our October Faith Lesson. 

I did do a bit altering on this one instead of finger painting I painted with tooth brushes. This gave the paper a grassy look. This art activity was also used later in a language and movement activity that was in the curriculm.

Each child painted a piece of paper with a green toothbrush.

After they added a variety of animal stickers to their paper and one sheep sticker

When their paper was dry they taped on tiny squares over each sticker.

They then took turns singing this song looking for their friends sheep

Where's the sheep? Where's the sheep? Who can find the missing sheep? Oh, look here and there and every where around, until the missing sheep is found.- Funshine Express

Story Time

Every month we do Roataions where we take different classes to to a specific class. One teacher does science, cooking, exercise, music and Story Telling. I am in charge of story time. I try to make it interactive and fun, different then a story time they may have in their classroom. This month I choose the book 5 Little Pumkins by James Dean

After reading the story I re-did it via flannel board sinning to the tune of Raffies 5 Little Pumpkins.

I then picked 5 kids each giving them a pumpkin and a line in the story to say and acting out the story

These pumpkins are perfect for the kids to hold the are plastic and store great in my harvest box.

Every month we will be making a calendar to go with the story of the month. I used die cuts from the school district and let them glue on the pieces plus the words to go along with it.

Using the templates I got from https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Traceable-Blank-Monthly-Calendar-Templates-2015-2016-873652 I added in school dates to remember.

We had a few extra minute before we had to rotate back to our own classes where I played pumkin songs while the rotated between the art table, pumkin sensory box and the reading station.

A new Home for Abraham

Today the entire school got together for chapel as I told the story of Abraham

I made  this display from an idea I got from here to share the 3 promises God gave to Abraham.

For this one I used

Construction paper

3 cut out

Star stickers

Sand 

Construction paper tent

Baby boy pattern

I told the story in my own words but then used this display to sum up the story. We talked about how God made us and how he has promises and blessing for our lives.

We then went over our Monthly Bible Verse

I will praise God because I am wonderfully made. Psalm 139:14

I gave each child a star sticker and told them that every time the see the sticker it's a reminder that the are wonderfully made and that God has promises and blessing for their lives.

Music and Movement

We dance to Father Abraham

This got my little ones up and movin around.

Art: for art we cut out this tent pattern then glued it to a piece of paper, inside the door of the tent I encouraged them to draw Abraham and Sarah. 

I think next time I would glue it on blue paper and add star stickers.

Ocean week

I painted an egg carton blue, then added numbers 1-5. For our math center I encouraged each child to put the number of fish indicated in each hole. The older the kids the higher in numbers you can go. Most of the kids in this class have just turned 3 so I am keeping it simple. There were a few of the kids that were able to do it on their own. For the ones that do not know there numbers yet I would tell them the correct numbers have them repeat it then put that many fish in the hole.

For Circle Time:  we read these ocean stories throughout the week

I got fish wish from the reading rainbow app.

We also sang ocean songs 

Slippery fish. I found this version on you tube,

My Crab Song by chicky-ma-ma sung to "It's a Small World" 

I'm a small crab in the sea 

I'm as red as I can be 

I have 6 legs as you can see 

I'm a small red crab

Baby Baluga by: Raffi

Science: 

Octopus Bubble when you mix 7up and pinapple juice together it makes bubbles, just like the octopus in the ocean. 

We also talked about how octopus release ink when a preditor is close leaving them unable to see and it gives them time to run away.

I got this idea from this blog 

I used black paint

Art: 

Handprint goldfish 

we made a dot-to -dot fish I couldn't find the pattern I used but I found this one you can use

Ocean's in the bottle(class favorite) we added water food color blue glitter and oil.

Red crabs: Ed paint we then folded the, in half and added wiggly eyes and claws.

Using this octopus pattern we glued Cheerios to make the suction cups on the tentacles 

they also have other ocean ideas that look great! check them out @ makinglearningfun

• Gross Motor Skills - Crab Walk: We sat with our hands and feet on the floor, knees bent, and push up so that the front of our body was facing the ceiling. Then we walk back and forth and sideways on our hands and feet.

Lego Day

This Friday our school was having a movie under the stars night . It's where we watch a movie in the parking lot of the school on a blow up projector. This week the movie was The Lego Movie, to help promote it we had a Lego Day in school.

Circle Time:

Luckily my son has loved Legos from the beginning and I was able to borrow some of his beginning Lego books

I got this idea from this blog and used it with this cut circle time song I made up

Sung to inspector gadget 

Do do do do do can you spell this name do do do do do do let's go do do do do do can you spell this name what does its spell 

) ZACHARY

No singing

Z.A.C.H.A.R.Y.

Continue till each child has a turn

Later I  use the Legos, take them apart and have the child put it pack together spelling their name.

Using an idea I got from this this blog I used the template I got from this site. And had each child glue on pants a shirt and draw in a face.

All and all I think Lego day turned out great!

Detective week

This week we became detectives as we looked into God world and discovered his creation

Circle time using this template I got from teachers pay teachers Detective name tag I wrote each child name and sung this song to the tune of mulberry bush

Some detectives came to school today school today, school today, some detectives came to school today what's their names

show first name tag

[Adelynn] came to school today, school today, school today [Adelynn] came to school today, she brought a friend

Show second name

[Sophia] came to school today, school today, school today [Sophia] came to school today, she brought a friend

Continue till each child gets a turn

Last child show name

[James] came to school today, school today, school today [James] came to school today, and we're all friends.

DISCOVERY: The Friday before Detective week started I sent home notes asking each child to bring in a toy inside a paper bag with questions to help us discover what's in the bag.

It is yellow and brown, it is very tall, it lives in the jungle.

 

We read book the have to do with our theme

Bible story: From the book of Joshua we read about the 2 spies

Science:

I found this blog via pinterest on how to make scented paint

We  made scented paint 

Art :we used the scented paint to paint  questions marks. 

Science/ Math: Using magnifying glasses we took a closer look at bugs we also match them by color

 

Music and Movement

 

Freeze Dance to the 007 theme song 007 theme song

This was the first time we ever did a detective theme and I absolutely love it. The class had a lot of fun learning and discovering. Check out my pinterest to see other detective idea's pinned but did not have time to used.