Happy Reformation Day! and

Happy Halloween!

Morning Stations

Using marshmallows and toothpicks this group made a spider web.

Just because....

We pulled out many of the golf tees and cut open this pumpkin. We discovered black and white mold inside. Guess we won't take the seeds out of this one!

Chapel

Pastor Rouland led chapel with help from Gary the puppet. We had a great message about Halloween and Reformation. Sometimes during Halloween we can feel afraid of all the things we see. This reminded Pastor Rouland of Martin Luther, a man who was afraid of everything even God. Five hundred years ago he started sharing some really important good news. We don't have to be afraid, because Jesus loves us so much.

We also noticed the beautiful red paraments on the altar. 

Outside Time

Leaping from the log to the stage 

Many children tried and were very close.

What a great challenge!

As the year progresses, many will accomplish this task.

The Day Before Halloween Day

Morning Stations

Today's Sculptures

Whole Group Time

We recited the five little leaves poem using leave the children had colored and cut out.

Our letter for this week is "T."

Small Group Time

Can you build a fence to hold the "pumpkins"?

This one works.

Jesus Time

We looked at the real Bible and read parts of Psalm 46. This psalm was one of Martin Luther's favorites. He even wrote the hymn, "A Mighty Fortress is our God," based upon Psalm 46. We sang "My God is so Great" and read one of our favorite Jesus books, Be Still.

Learning Centers

This group made apples to use when our "Farmers' Market" opens. 

Be watching for what we create this week.

This pair appears to be engaged in a very serious conversation.

Very busy! Very focused!

Building, Building

From the writing stattion to the pumpkins these two had fun today.

A Fun Fall Day

Fall Fun

Wonderful Design

How fun to see how these two were using the materials in our sand table!

 Jesus Time

Today we retold the story of Joseph using colors of yarn.

Black: The color black reminds us of how angry Joseph's brothers were that their dad gave him the beautiful coat of many colors.

Blue: The color blue can be a color that reminds of sadness. This is how Joseph felt when all the bad things happened  to him.

Yellow: Yellow is a happy color. It reminds us of how Joseph felt when he began to help King Pharoah.

Green: The color green reminds of growing plants. For seven years Joseph helped Egypt save food from growing plants.

Brown: The color brown reminds us of what the plants look like when they didn't have any water. Without water the people only had the food Joseph had stored to eat.

Red: Red is a color of forgiveness. When Joseph saws his brothers again, he forgave them.

Orange: This color is another happy color. Joseph was happy to be with his family again. He was also happy, because he knew God would always be with him.

The Library Lady

The library lady read Leave Me Alone by Vera Brosgol, a Caldecott Honor Book. She also taught us some great finger plays and retold the story of The Little Old Lady who was not Afraid of Anything. Her version was a little different from the one we've been reading this week.

Do you notice a few flannel shirts?

 Red Ribbon Week

Lumberjack Day

Our campus was filled with many flannel shirts today. We had a number in our class. Do you see them?

The Library Lady 

We loved the library lady. She read Leonardo the Terrible Monster by Mo Willems and told us a story without a book using a piece of orange construction paper.

Outside Time 

How about we put the wooden pieces on the shelf?

How fun!

Learning Centers

So this crew wanted to build a boat in the block area. Before they began building, Mrs. Lohman suggested they draw a picture of their ideas. They decided they wanted a very long piece of paper (60 inches long, to be exact) and drew the flag for the boat. Well, 30 minutes later, they were still drawing their boat and having an awesome time adding more and more details. They even needed to draw more details on the other side of their paper.

Busy, busy work at the writing center

Another Focused Worker

She was busy typing, writing a list, and checking things off her list for most of center time.

Would you like to join our birthday party meal?

What a wonderful feast!

This team used a pliers to remove the golf tees and spoons to remove the seeds.

This team found these blocks and had a great time building with them.

Super Hero Day

Red Ribbon Week

Super Hero Day

Going to chapel with our super hero donations was the most important part of our Super Hero Day. Each child carried a super hero item to chapel and placed it at the altar. Mrs. Hoehner, one of our preschool teachers, talked about the special powers super heros have. Then she told is about the most amazing super hero. She gave us many clues. We knew this amazing super hero is Jesus.

Harvest Party

Harvest Bingo

Ring Toss

Bean Bag Toss

Decorate the corn stalk

Learning Centers

She tried to push the speakers together, but instead felt the strong magnetic force.

The main parts of the TV has been disassembled. These four took out some of the last screws. More observations and conversations about all these parts will continue.

Some assembly work

Twin Day

Red Ribbon Week

Twin Day

Jesus Time

During Jesus time, everyone helped with the story. Because parts of the story are very sad, our response after a section was, "Don't give up! God has a plan!" Some children remembered this response and were saying it to one another during our day.

The Letter "H"

Wow, we have a long list of words that begin with "H," like hot, hi, horse, Hannah, Haven, hear, hat, hand, heart, help, harvest, and many more.

Harvest Party

Thank you to our parent helpers who helped us have a fun harvest celebration!

Bingo!

Craft Fun!

Party Games

Outside Time

On our first cool, blustery day we tore apart the remaining corn stalks and put them in the sensory bin. We have so enjoyed tearing them apart and playing with them.

Messy Hair Day

Red Ribbon Week

Messy Hair Day

Looking for Circuits

After we took the back cover off the television, we noticed where the electricity enters into the circuit.  We also noticed how all the parts were connected. During centers, the children continued to use screw drivers to remove parts.

Jesus Time

Joseph, his Brothers, and God's Plan

Our Bible story this week reminds us that even when we don't understand why things happen, God has a plan.

Our Play Space

Pictures by our student photographer

Learning Centers

Photos by our student photographer