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April 4, 2008
Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia! I hope that your Easter celebration was uplifting to your family. In Kindergarten, we continue to celebrate our risen Lord through our devotions, bible lessons and music.
Spring has sprung! The children totally enjoyed playing outside the last few days. It is so good for them to run, jump and climb in the fresh air. Older shoes are in order this time of year as it will continue to be muddy outside. The knit gloves with grippers on the palms work great on the cold monkey bars.
Qq and combination qu wrap up our introduction to the alphabet. Next week we will begin our study of long vowels. The booklets that come home continue to review letter sounds and sight words that we have already learned.
Garden catalogs and magazines needed for our upcoming theme. If you don’t need them please send them in with your child. Birds and Blooms or other “flowery” magazines would also work well.
We produced two predictable charts this week. The first chart was based on the book In a People House by Theo. LeSieg and contained sentences that used words like this…You see a dog and cats. You see furniture. You see my mom etc…The high frequency words we are working on are you and see. The second chart was based on the book Resurrection Day by Alice Huffaker and asked for a response to this question. Children, children, what would you say if you could tell us all about resurrection day? The children answered with statements like this. I would say Jesus is alive! Or I would say Jesus is not here. This form of writing works really well for young children and enables them to read their writing. During this process, I am reinforcing recognition of high frequency words, grammar, punctuation and spelling. The children also wrote sentences in their journals and illustrated the resurrection scene.
God Made KinderMusic is the name of our music curriculum. The goal is to make music both fun and educational! The authors intended to expose children to a broad range of musical experiences in an interesting and enjoyable format. The idea is to equip students with a high level of interest in “going on” with music and adequate knowledge of the basics of music to enable them to do so. Our first lessons used the Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saens. The children enjoyed playing a listening/guessing game as each of the songs represents an animal. After listening we also discussed the idea that music is made up of different pitches both high and low. We talked about half and quarter notes this week. Each child has their own workbook that asks for a coloring response. I would strongly encourage you to play a wide variety of classical music for your child.
Boundaries with Kids by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend is a great book for both parents and teachers. I was reading this book over break and would suggest that you consider checking it out at the library or buying a copy. I bought a used one from Amazon at very little cost.
Worship our risen Lord with your family this weekend!
