Music and Movement Newsletter

This Week’s Newsletter
Theme: Music and Movement

My husband and I went on an overnight, stayed in a nice hotel and went to dinner on Tuesday after school. It was wonderful to get a way for a night, to see all the lights, to only feed myself dinner, to wake up at whatever time not to my “Timothy alarm clock” between 5:00 and 6:00 a.m. and to just be together…just us . I praise God for that time He set aside for my husband and I. Today I went to the memorial service for Mrs. M’s (a former St. Tim’s teacher) husband. The service was nice…they did a great job. There were tears, laughter and a lot of love in that room. Tomorrow we are off to cut down our Christmas tree a tradition that both my husband and I grew up doing and are continuing to do. I look forward to it every year and am especially excited this year to watch my son Timothy explore and take pictures of him. Now if I can just get caught up on my scrapbooking that would be fabulous…I am so close…though I need a few supplies and a huge block of time ;o).

We had a busy week in the classroom with the Holiday Gift Shop, going to the library, 2 storybook readers, and talking about our theme…music and movement. The children had fun at the holiday gift shop finding the perfect gifts for the people on their list. I asked the children if they had fun and what some of the things were that they purchased. One child was telling me about a light-up snowman that she got for her mom. I asked if her mom was going to love that and she said with great confidence “oh yes.” The children love going to the library each week. They check out books that we take back to the classroom for the week and hear a story from our wonderful librian. Thank you to our storybook readers this week…you both did a fantastic job and the children just loved having you come in.

Our wonderful director came in to sing some songs with the children. They asked if she could come back again sometime. They absolutely loved having her come in. Thank you!

For worship this week we talked about the birth of Christ and we also had our first Pastor visit. Each of the Pastor’s are going to switch off and come into the classroom and share a story with the children. I am thrilled that they are going to do this. Pastor Jim came in the classroom to talk with the three 3 year old classes about being thankful. He showed a picture of a turkey and asked the children what it was and what we do on Thanksgiving. They said that we eat turkey and a lot of food. One little girl showed him her pink fingernails…they can get distracted so easily ;o). Of course he was able to talk about how Thanksgiving is not just about eating turkey that it is about being thankful and thanking God for everything. He did a great job, it was wonderful to have him visit and for the children to know who he is.

For art this week the children worked on their small motor skills and colored a two paper bowls to make instruments. To make the instruments they had to follow a 2 step direction. First they colored the plates and then they added beans or pasta to their bowl. When they were finished we hot glued the edges of the bowls together. When they were finished making their instruments a lot of them choose to play with them.

The children had a wonderful time playing instruments this week. Each child had a chance to choose an instrument to play and we sang a few songs. Sometimes we played our instruments quietly and sometimes we played them loud and fast. I am sure you can guess which speed and sound they like the best .  We also worked on our listening and large motor skills by playing with the parachute. The children LOVED the parachute. We shook it slow, medium speed and fast. We held the parachute handle with one hand and walked with it and then ran with it. Each child also had the chance to go under the parachute while the rest of us shook it. They just loved it and listened really well.

See you on Tuesday,
Cullen Wood
Child of the King of Kings!
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