2013-14+3K+What+Happened+Today?

WELCOME TO "WHAT HAPPENED TODAY?"
On this page you will find Mrs. Otten's blog of what happened in the classroom on a daily basis. Reading this blog will give you a snapshot of what your child experienced in school. Sometimes there will literally be snapshots (photographs) of things we did or made

May 20, 2014
We were glad to see all our friends in school. We were happy to celebrate Ryan's birthday with him. He chose the birthday book //My Truck Is Stuck.//After writing our names and having table time, we clapped word parts and did our calendar counting. Our room looked very different because Mrs. Otten moved things around for the plays. Next time it will even be more different because we will have chairs for our parents who will come to celebrate our last day of 3K. Today we practiced our plays two times! We practiced once without costumes and we practiced once **with costumes //and an//** **//audience!//** (the 5K students came to see our plays) Then we enjoyed some wonderful outdoor time and our last indoor choice time. Mrs. Otten reminded us to bring our backpacks next time so we could take home all of our art work and name things from our room.

May 15, 2014
When we practiced our plays today, we had to have Mrs. Kiel play Ryan D.'s parts and Mrs. Otten play Brixon's parts. We hope they are back next week when we do our plays for the 5K and for our parents! Today Mrs. Andringa was able to observe how good we are at clapping and counting words parts. We had the Bible story of Paul going on a ship that was in a storm. Although the ship broke apart, everyone on the ship made it safely to the beach. After our Bible story, we went outside. Since the wood chip playground was too wet, we went to the blacktop and played the stone game. We also practiced our fire drill. When we came in we practiced our plays. During snack we had a rhyming story: //Toes Have Wiggles; Kids Have Giggles.// We were able to pick out most of the rhymes. Our project was to tell about our favorite things in 3K.

May 13, 2014
Today we began our day in the usual way: table time, morning circle, and a song. We had the story of Paul's rescue from those who wanted to harm him with the amazing ride in a basket!. We practiced our Bible words. We really know them! I hope they will always stay in our hearts and we will always take comfort that //He knows when I sit and when I rise.// After our Bible time, we played a new game in gym, guessing in which hand Mrs. Otten held a stone and running to a wall in the gym. After our running time, we took out the parachute and played some fun games with it. We went back to our room to practice our plays and then had snack. Our project was to draw a picture of one of our favorite things to do in 3K.

May 8, 2014
Sorry for the late update today. When I was going to update this afternoon, I clicked on something that made the whole page disappear. I was devastated! But wiki support saved the day (and I'd like to think that my "help" prayers also were answered!) Today we were soooo very excited to have some outdoor time! It made our indoor choice time a little shorter, but it was worth it! We also spent some time today going over our "plays" and are also very excited by our upcoming performance. Our Bible story today was about Paul and Silas and how God rescued them from jail and changed the heart of the jailer and his family. Our project today was to draw a picture of ourselves and to be weighed and measured to see how much we have grown this year. We also practiced clapping word parts.We are also excited to take home our gifts for our moms and dads.

May 6, 2014
Today we came in and settled down to write our names and do table time activities. By circle time, we were quite talkative and energetic and had a hard time settling down to do our morning routines. Good thing it was a gym day! After warming up, we did stations with a partner all around the gym. We did the balance beam, scooters (using our arm muscles), smash the bug with the ball, throw the bean bags, hula hoops, kick the ball in the net, animal walks, and hand stands at the wall. After gym we were ready to settle down for our Bible story of Saul, who became Paul, when Jesus changed his heart. During snack we had a book about Mommies and Daddies. We had a suitcase surprise, which were some of the props we will use for our plays. We had choice and project time and then our day was quickly finished!

May 1, 2014
Today we celebrated Kellen's birthday! His mom made a pirate ship out of cinnamon-apple bread for his birthday treat. It was cool! We enjoyed singing //Jesus, I Love You// and //Shout Hosanna!// this morning. We had the Bible story of a man learning what the Bible teaches and believing and being baptized. After Bible, we were able to get outside for a short time to play. We were fortunate that we were able to get outside before it started raining. When we came in, we talked about severe weather and we learned how to protect our bodies during a tornado drill (duck and cover). After snack and books, we had a short choice time and then we were able to show and talk about the things we chose for show and tell.

April 29, 2014
Thankfully, it was our gym day! It has been so drippy outside. I wonder if we will even get any outdoor play time this spring? Today we sang our //Shout Hosanna!// song and then had the story of Jesus going back to heaven. But we know that His spirit is with us all the time. We practiced our new Bible words with their sign language: //I know when you sit and I know when you rise.// At snack we heard the story book that is based on Psalm 139, which is where our Bible words are found. In gym we did the cool bear hunt again for our warm up. It was so fun to do it again, now that we know the chant. Then we played two circle games: the pizza delivery game and cut the cake. After snack we had our suitcase surprise. SURPRISE! It was a new suitcase. We did our project and choice time and had our photographs taken. We were reminded about show and tell at the end of the day. Only Samara was absent today. She will probably be staying with her grandparents for the rest of the year. We will miss her!

April 22, 2014
Back in school after our Easter break. Kaylee was visiting grandparents and Nolan was out sick. We were excited to be back with our friends! After practicing some songs, we had our gym time. We did a dancing warm up and then we had 7 stations with throwing, catching, and bouncing. After gym we made a sitting circle and we each got to lift up the bag of coins that we collected for the children in Uganda. It was a very heavy bag! We then had our Bible story about someone who cheated people out of money. We learned that when he met Jesus he had a changed heart and did not cheat anymore. He was a very small man. Can you guess who it was? After our snack break, we had a book about birds. We made some birds to fly in our room.

April 17, 2014 FIELD TRIP DAY!
Another special day this week! We had a short time in school and did our morning routines. We had a sad (crucifixion) and a happy (Easter) Bible story and then sang S//hout Hosanna// with two verses. Then it was time to use the bathroom and get our coats on and head to the big school bus. Our bus took us to the John Michael Kohler Arts Center where we viewed some art work with birds and made our own birds. When we came back to school we had a quick snack that Ryan brought for us and we took some time to remember the things we saw at the arts center.

April 15, 2014 PAJAMA DAY!
We were sad that our friends, Lydia and Ellie, had to miss pajama day. We hope they had their own pajama day and will be rested and well for our field trip on Thursday. We came in quietly and noticed that our room was darker. We said a bedtime prayer to start our day and pretended to fall asleep. After our Bible story, we enjoyed a big book that told the story of a gorilla who stole the zookeeper's keys. We enjoyed acting out a silly song about waking up with different shoes on our feet. We got to dance like ballerinas, gallop like a cowboy, swim with flippers, and other fun things. We had a story about when Curious George made pancakes and then our suitcase surprise were the things that we needed for making our own pancakes. Curious George added blueberries to his pancakes and we got to add chocolate chips to ours! We each made our own pancake and we cleaned up after ourselves when we were done eating. After our choice time, we had more bedtime stories. Our first story was about Mortimer, who did not want to go to sleep. and our second story was about Polly and her favorite pajamas. At the end of the day we tricked our grown-ups and pretended that we were asleep!













April 8, 2014
Well, well, well! We //**were all well**// and present in school today! HOORAY! After our morning routines, we had gym and we reviewed our overhand throwing form. After reviewing we set up the mats like a wall, divided into two groups, and we threw the balls over the wall at the other side. It was so much fun! Our Bible story was about the first events in Holy Week. We learned how Jesus came into the city on a donkey and how the people waved the branches and shouted, "Hosanna". We learned a song to go with our story. We also began the learn the sign language for our new Bible words. During snack we had a story about Grandparents' Day. After snack and book time, we talked about Grandparents' Day. We practiced the songs we will sing for our grandparents and echoed a poem we will learn for them. We also found out that our project today was something we are going to give to our grandparents when they come.

April 3, 2014
We celebrated another person who had a birthday during our time off of school: Ellie! With our attendance today, we practiced writing our names. Most of us still need quite a bit of help making the letters, especially those pesky letters that are on the diagonal! We will keep working on them. Today we looked at our April calendar and noticed that we will be having three special days in April: Jammie Day, Field trip to the Arts Center, and Grandparents' Day. After we sang some songs, we had our Bible story. The food in today's Bible story was white like snow and was on the ground like snow, but it wasn't snow. God's people didn't even know what it was so they called it, "what is it?" or "manna". After reviewing our March verse one more time, we took a quick drink break and then did a moving song, acting out different jobs. Our suitcase surprise was rhythm sticks and we played them along with a song. We did a great job listening and following directions! During snack we heard the story, //Eli, no!// We were able to read these words along with Mrs. Otten. After snack we listened to and looked at a book about different kinds of lines. Then we made our own lines (top to bottom and left to right, of course!!) with special crayons and then painted over the crayon with paint. But the paint did not cover up the crayon! At the end of the day, we had our show and tell time. We were all prepared to show our special things and tell what they were made of and what they were used for. We listened closely to each other and we each spoke very clearly. (apologies for getting out late) We have important papers in our backpacks today. Did you see them?

April 1, 2014
I was grateful that the 3K kids were oblivious to "April Fool's Day" pranks which enabled us to have a nice calm first day back after spring break. We were able to celebrate Juliana's birthday and enjoyed her special birthday treat. We had a great time in gym learning how to use proper form for an overhand throw. We practiced with some silly pretend things like mud balls and sticky rice krispie balls before practicing with real balls that we had to throw over a wall (of mats). After gym we had our Bible story of Jesus providing lunch for all the people with only 5 little loaves and 2 little fishes. We learned a song about it, too. After snack we had our suitcase surprise filled with things that we could use to make prints with paint. Our prints are hanging in the hall. We enjoyed our indoor choice time and at the end of the day we talked about bringing show and tell next time.

March 20, 2014
We had a birthday to celebrate today! We were celebrating with Lydia, who turns 4 on Saturday. Today Ava counted the numbers with the pink heart wand. We sang //1,2,3, Jesus Loves// Me and a song with a pattern: //Hallelu, Hallelujah, Praise Ye the Lord.// Our Bible story was about Elisha. There were good parts and a bad part. After our Bible story we had Lydia's special cupcake-in-a-cone treat. We read a number story about a picnic. Then at circle time, we read a story called //Good News, Bad News// about a different picnic. We had project and choice time. Did you notice our new hallway decoration?

March 18, 2014
We welcomed Samara back and prayed for our continued healing from colds. After our table time and morning routines, we had gym. Parachute day! We warmed up with a moving song and then we used the parachute to bounce big and little balls. We even popped the balls up to the ceiling! We made a tent at the end of gym class and pretended to cook and eat s'mores while under our tent. We had a super straight lines= when we went to the gym and back to our room! Our Bible story was an exciting story of how God took Elijah home to heaven and how God gave his spirit to Elisha. During snack, we heard a book about senses. The story was told in rhyme and we were able to guess the rhyming words. After our own book time, we had our suitcase surprise. It was about numbers and opposites and we made it (Soren guessed it...our books!) We read our books together (using our fingers to point at the words) and then went to the project table to see what today's project was going to be. We are making a new decoration for our hallway: wire balloon mobiles. During project we also dedicated our books.

March 13, 2014
Lots of runny noses, but only Brixon out today. Samara was still away with her family, as well. Today we practiced tracing and writing our names. We will be doing that at least once a week for the rest of the year so we can get more and more familiar with how to make the letters of our names. After our opposite hello (singing voices/robot voices) we did our calendar number counting. Kellen chose the parrot wand for counting. We sang //Stand Up and Clap// and //Shake a Friend's Hand// and then had our Bible story of Elijah. We learned how God showed that HE was the true God by sending fire on the altar. The people worshiped God and He sent the rain again. We took a drink break and then we had our suitcase surprise. We had to feel something in our sock. We had things that demonstrated the opposites from the book we are making. We sang our five senses song and then used our senses to enjoy a delicious snack that Elizabeth brought. After snack and book time, we talked about opposites again and then did our project and choice time. At the end of the day we had show and tell and enjoyed showing the things we found that had numbers on them.

March 11, 2014
Only Samara was gone with her family today. We drew ourselves with our attendance and clapped the parts of our name for our helper chart. We did stations in gym. Some of us had the same partner, but most of us had a different partner. We are getting really good at walking on the balance beam! After gym and picking up our equipment, we had a Bible story of Elijah. God provided for him during the time of no rain in two special ways. We had a snack brought by Ryan and heard a story of a girl who made a picture for her grandpa, who was blind. She could not paint a picture, she had to glue things on the paper that he could feel. After snack we sang some songs and had our suitcase surprise: it was filled with the "opposite" things for the book we are making. We had choice and project, and our busy day was done! I FORGOT! SHOW AND TELL NEXT TIME!!

March 6, 2014
THREE DAYS IN A ROW...LET'S KEEP IT GOING! Everyone in school and even Mrs. Otten had a voice (a different voice, but a voice nonetheless!) Today we matched opposites again and then had a nice long table time. We noticed a pattern with our calendar pictures and we sang two songs. We had the rest of the story of Jonah, learning how God gives second chances. We learned that we have 5 senses and sang a song about them (see, hear, smell, taste, touch to the //BINGO// tune). We had our snack and we saw it, heard ourselves crunching, smelled it, tasted it and touched it. We read books after snack and then we had a suitcase surprise. It was a smelling game. It was hard to tell what we were smelling, but a couple of us guessed correctly. We also practiced //thinking// something without //speaking// it. Our project was using our senses of touch, smell and sight.

March 4, 2014
How nice to have another day with everyone in school! Despite the fact that Mrs. Otten could not find where she lost her voice, and a few lingering runny noses, we were all healthy enough to be in school. We started our day thinking about opposites and having table time. During our circle time we sang //I Am Growing// and //1,2,3, Jesus Loves Me.// Then it was time for gym! We had partners for our gym activities. We warmed up with a song that required us to listen to sounds and move as directed and then remember the movement that went with each sound. With our partners we rode scooters; bounced and caught balls; balanced on one foot, hopped, ran and galloped; tossed and caught beach balls; walked on the river stones; jumped up down and over; and walked on the balance beam. When we came back from gym we had the first part of the story of Jonah, where he did the //opposite// of what God told him to do. For snack we enjoyed snack bags that Levi brought. After snack we learned about the coin cans that we took home today. We might be asking our parents for jobs so we can earn coins for our cans The coins will go to children in Uganda who do not have the same nice things that we have, especially in their school. We decorated our cans for our project and we also added a happy face to the thank you note that we will be sending to our coaches at the Y.M.C.A. Gymnastic center.

February 27, 2014
HOW EXCITING! We were all in school for our field trip to the Y.M.C.A Gymnastic Center. **Unfortunately,** for some unknown technical difficulty, I am not able to upload the photographs of all the fun we had! After our warm up song and stretches and learning our basic gymnastic positions, we had three different coaches take us to activity areas in the gym. We had an obstacle course that included climbing an inflated mountain and sliding down the opposite side, a swinging rope, a balancing pod, and lots of places to jump and crawl. We jumped on the tumble trak and encountered snakes and traps! We walked and balanced on the beams and even sang the Y.M.C.A. song. We enjoyed our bus ride to and from the Y and were very hungry for our healthy applesauce snack. After snack and book time, we sang a silly song with some silly sounds! Then our day was done. Levi chose a perfect hand stamp: barefoot toes just like at the gym (in his favorite color, of course!) I am also not able to upload the newsletter, so please see parents web in order to read that!

February 25, 2014
We began by tracing the letters of our names, remembering to start each letter at the top! We did our hello song **LOUD** and //quiet.// Soren chose the dinosaur wand to count the numbers. We sang two songs and then we put silly bands on our right wrists so we could do right and left with our song in the gym. After our warm up song, we moved different ways across the gym (we each got to pick a stick that told what kind of movement to do or how to do it) We marched slow and fast and quiet. We galloped backwards! We ran fast. We jumped slow. We jumped together with a partner and we ran alone. After gym we had the story of the 10 men who were healed from their skin disease. Only one said "thank you" to Jesus. Our suitcase surprise was a candy treat. I wonder how many said "thank you"? After our snack of Pirate Popcorn that Kaylee brought, we made mat man. Mrs. Otten drew a body. For our project, we drew our bodies, but we did it in an opposite way: we put the paper __under__ the table and we drew lying on our backs (like a famous artist who painted a church ceiling). At the end of the day we talked about our field trip.

February 20, 2014
**What was good about today?** We had a visitor! Mrs. Edwards came to see 3K as a possible school for her daughter. We enjoyed talking to her and sitting by her and showing her what we do in school. **What was bad about today?** We had four sick friends! We missed you: Ava, Lydia, Brixon, and Ryan D.! Today we learned a new song (well, Kaylee sings it at her church) called //What A Mighty God We Serve.// After we sang it, we heard a story that demonstrated his mighty power. Not only could Jesus raise the little girl from being dead, but he healed a woman who only touched his robe. After our Bible story we played our rhythm instruments fast and slow and then figured out opposite words for the things Mrs. Otten had in the suitcase surprise. We read a book by the 4K children during snack! It was filled with photographs that showed opposites. For our project we got to paint either black on white or white on black. After project and choice time, we were excited to show what we brought for show and tell and tell about the opposites that they demonstrated.

February 18, 2014
Our friends, Ava and Brixon, were sick today and our friend, Lydia, was back from Florida, and our friend, Kellen, was back from being sick. After our morning table time with cutting practice, we did our morning routines, making a rhyme for our helper names by substituting the /m/ sound at the beginning. For gym we did our snow song to warm up. We really enjoy our paper "snowball fight". Then we did our animal positions again and some moving across the gym. After gym we had the Bible story of a little girl who got so sick that she died. But Jesus told her parents, //Don't be afraid! Just believe!// and then he gave her life again. During our snack we read a book of opposites and after snack we looked at things that show opposites. For our project, we continued to practice our cutting and we made exploding squares! At the end of the day we talked about our show and tell for next time.

February 13, 2014
Today we added shell cards to patterns for our attendance. We had excitement to start the day: the city work crew was taking down a tree right outside our room! We got to see big equipment and a man using a chainsaw. We began our day with our morning routines and Mrs. Otten had to count the calendar for Dydia...I mean Lydia! (we are saying our names with a new sound at the beginning) We sang our H-E-A-R-T song and then we had our suitcase surprise. It was empty! But that was because our surprise was not something to **//see//** but something to **//hear.//** We listened to and identified the sounds of a storm, some children, and a barking dog. Then we had a story with sounds and we got to help make the sounds. We talked about not being able to hear and then we had a Bible story about a man that was deaf and who received healing from Jesus. After our Bible story we did a song with valentines and we got to trade valentines with our friends. Nolan (our birthday boy today!) brought us a delicious snack. During snack we heard the story of //Lilly's Chocolate Heart.// She was looking for a good place to save it. After snack we did an activity with picking a heart with a classmate's name for our "valentine". During choice time we passed out the valentines that we brought for our friends. Here's some pictures from our day:



February 11, 2014
Levi is back from Florida! Lydia is in Florida! Today we matched letters for our attendance and most of us could identify our letter. If we couldn't name our letter, we sang the alphabet song to help us. Poor letter J got forgotten more than once! We will have to work on this! We had gym today and we did many different animal positions and moved different ways across the gym. After gym, we had our suitcase surprise. We each had a sock with a marker in it. We held the marker in the sock and talked about how it felt. But we could not tell what color we had until we took it out and used our eyes. Our Bible story was about a man who could not see colors...or anything: he was blind. Jesus healed the blind man. He was so happy. We used our eyes to match valentines when we made our line today. During snack we had a story about learning to share. After snack we sang a song about the shape of love (heart). We practiced where we start our letters: **AT THE TOP!** For our project, we traced and wrote our names and added a border around our names.



February 6, 2014
Today we did a number of different activities to help us to identify letters of the alphabet. We are learning a new song for our calendar time-singing the days of the week. We had a Bible story about a lame man who was healed. We practiced our Bible words with sign language. During snack we heard the story //Mouse's First Valentine.// After snack we made patterns with colored shell cards. For our project we decorated our bags for our Valentines. After choice time, we all worked together to clean up our room.

February 4, 2014
Today we were only missing Levi, who was still having fun in Florida. We began our day by matching letters and having table time. We did our morning routines and then had gym. We had lots of fun moving our bodies with our warm up song and then we were able to play with the BEACH BALLS! We did lots of throwing and catching and running and spinning and bouncing. After gym we had the Bible story of how Captain Naaman was healed from his skin sickness. It was a wonderful story that showed the power of God to heal our diseases. We learned our new Bible words: //Don't be afraid; just believe!// After our Bible story we had snack and read our new classroom book: //Snow Everywhere.// We read it again as a group before we went to choice and project time. At the end of the day, we talked about making our valentine bags next time.

January 28, 2014 NO SCHOOL AGAIN BECAUSE OF COLD, COLD, COLD WEATHER!
See you at "the beach" on Thursday!

January 23, 2014
Nolan and Kellen were back in school; Lydia and Kaylee were out. We sorted our picture cards into an "animals" group and a "toys" group and we had 8 of each: a tie! We sang //The Butterfly Song// and had a Bible story about John. John's job was to POINT to Jesus. When Jesus came to John and he baptized Jesus, God said, //This is my Son; listen to Him.// After our Bible story, we used our BIG POINTING FINGERS to sing our song //Where Do You Start Your Letters?// We also showed where to start on a letter card. Brixon brought our snack and we listened to an ABC book during snack. After snack we sang the ABC song and then had choice time. We are learning to write our names. We used a chalkboard, a wet sponge, a dry finger glove and chalk to make the letters of our names. Five friends got to try it today.

January 21, 2014
We welcomed back Ava and prayed for Nolan, who was out with a cold, and Kellen, who is on a vacation. We celebrated Samara's birthday and she told us about the presents that she got at her party on Sunday. We sang, //Stand Up and Clap// and then we made matching mittens for lining up for gym. We played with the paper snow for our warm up and then used the balance beams and other equipment to work on our balance. Kaylee was so pleased when she made it the whole way down the high balance beam! Our Bible story was about Joseph and Mary running away from the bad king who wanted to kill baby Jesus. We also had the story of Jesus staying to teach in the temple and his parents having to find him. During snack time we had a story of a snowfall and saw pictures of how the snow covered things. We played a game with some pretend snow and tried to guess what it was under the snow. Then we worked on a book about snow.

January 16, 2014
We were missing three friends today, but we know that God sees them and is with them just like he sees us and is with us! We had a story about that from Psalm 139. We also sang the Butterfly song. Our suitcase surprise was pretend snow that we played with. We also had fun learning a snowman rhyme (It is to the tune of //I'm a Little Teapot// and starts "I'm a friendly snow man, big and fat...) We read a story about one windy day and counted the things in the story. We had snack and then talked and sang about where we start our letters for writing. The rest of us make our giant fingers. Then we got to go outside to play!!! It was so much fun!

January 14, 2014
Today we practiced our cutting when we got to school. Our fingers are learning how to stay curved when we cut and we are trying hard to take little bites with our scissors and follow a line. We will keep practicing and we are getting better all the time. We prayed for Ava to have a wonderful time at the hotel with the water park. We missed her today. Nolan counted our numbers with the helicopter wand and then Mrs. Otten used it to point to numbers while we sang //1,2,3, Jesus Loves Me.// Suitcase surprise was next. But Mrs. Otten just gave us a clue and a promise to look at it later. We would have to wait until after gym. Before gym we made some pretend snow out of paper. We used it for our warm up song and then we used balls for another game. When we got back Mrs. Otten gave us another clue, but we **still** had to wait for the suitcase surprise. We had a Bible story about a man and a woman who waited and waited and grew very old waiting for the savior to be born. Finally Jesus was born! And **finally** we got to see what was in the suitcase: SUCKERS! We got to choose one to lick while we talked about letter pieces and letters and starting our letters at the top. After snack we sang a song about starting our letters at the top and we made a giant finger puppet to use while we sing the song (half of us made it today, and half of us will make it next time). We talked about how to sew the pieces of the puppet together. At the end of the day, we talked about bringing all our snow clothes for next time. We hope we can play in the snow!

January 9, 2014
Back in school! We were all here today! We celebrated Kaylee's birthday today! For our attendance today, we had to count the number of people in our families. There were 7 of us that had 4 people in our family. We sang the song, //Jesus, I Love You// and then played Hiders and Finders again. Only this time, we had to find the person hiding by looking for the light shining above them. We had a Bible story about some men who followed a light. After snack we used our letter pieces to do the Hokey Pokey song. We glued the triangles that we had cut out to paper and added white paint to look like snow. After project and choice time, we had our first show and tell and enjoyed showing the new things we brought and seeing the new things that others brought.

January 2, 2014
Welcome back to school and welcome to the new year! Today for our attendance we added our name to the "girl" column or the "boy" column on the graph and compared the numbers. Today there was one more girl than boys, because Brixon was not in school. We looked at our new January calendar and saw a lot of birthday cupcakes. We celebrated Soren's birthday today. He told us that he got a bulldozer and a chainsaw for his birthday. His crown was his favorite color: blue! We sang the songs from the beginning of school://The More We Get Together, I Am Growing, and If You're Happy and You Know It.// We reviewed the Christmas story and our December Bible words. Our suitcase surprise was the little red bell and we got to play "Find the Bell" again. During snack we heard the book, //Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush// and then after snack, we acted out the verses of the book for our moving time since it was too cold to go outside. We talked about winter and then about our cutting project. During choice time, there was real snow in the room in which we could play.

December 19, 2013
A year ago our 3K Christmas party was cancelled because of a snow day! We were happy that this year was different. We were sad that Ryan D. was sick and had to miss our special day. Today we sang our bell songs and peppermint stick song. We had choice and project time **//before//** snack today. We painted with marbles! After a birthday snack from Brixon (we celebrated his half birthday), we played some party games. Juliana's dad helped with one group. We got to try to throw "presents" in the "manger"; drop bells in a box; find "sheep" in the "snow", and put our hand in a Christmas stocking to try to guess what was inside. Then we each got to open two gifts for our classroom. At the end of the day we sang //We Wish You a Merry Christmas// instead of our good bye song.



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December 17, 2013
We celebrated a birthday today! Ryan D. turned 4 on December 15. We also prayed for our friend, Nolan, and for the doctor that will help his ears. We sang just our bell songs today and then went to gym. We used the parachute. We ran under it and we crawled on it and we bounced bows on it. Our Bible story was about the angels appearing to the shepherds and the shepherds finding Jesus. We practice our Bible words. We enjoyed a birthday snack from Ryan and listened to //Away in a Manger// while looking at a story book about it. After snack we had a suitcase surprise: it was a bell. We played a hiding and finding game. Finders had to listen for the bell and find the person hiding. It was so fun! We can't wait to play again. We worked on our (secret) project and had choice time. More games and fun next time!

December 12, 2013 MAKE AND TAKE WORKSHOP DAY!
We had a wonderful day of performing for our grown ups and project making with them! It is said, "a picture is worth a thousand words," so here goes:

December 10, 2013
We were missing our friend, Ryan, today. We prayed that he will feel well again soon! Today we had the Bible story of the birth of Jesus. We practiced our songs for Thursday. In gym we did //The Bean Bag Rock// to warm up and then had four corners of play and exercise: hula hoops, scooters, bean bags, and balls. We helped carry all the equipment back to our room afterwards. Nolan brought a delicious, healthy fruit snack and we heard the story //The Donkey's Christmas Song.// We worked on a project at choice time, but it is a surprise! At the end of the day we talked about how our day next time would be very different because of the Make and Take Workshop.

December 5, 2013
Today our friends, Kaylee and Kellen, were back and we were only missing Brixon. We practiced our cutting in the morning, and most of us are already improving our scissors control! Our jar is getting more full of little scraps. We started our day with our Bible story about another angel visit: this time the angel came to Joseph in his dream. We practiced our songs and saw the costumes we will wear for one of the songs we will sing at our Make and Take workshop. We went outside for a short time (because it takes a looong time to get our jackets on and zipped and our hands covered with gloves and mittens. When we came in we got to use the rhythm instruments again and had fun playing slow and fast and playing and resting. We were able to hang one more ornament on the tree before we sat down for Kellen's snack of apples and caramel dip. Our project was a hallway decoration this time using the melted crayons. This project also gave us more practice in getting our fingers into gloves. We had choice time and then we were excited to see what color bracelet we got with the note for our parents about the Veggie Tale movie at school tomorrow night. Levi chose a blue start for our hand stamp.

December 3, 2013
Today two of our friends were still visiting grandparents (our friends that start with the /k/ sound). After our table time we looked at the special things on our new December calendar. For gym we did movements like we were on the playground for our warm up and then we did two relay games: find the Christmas bows and mail the Christmas letters. We did lots of running and high-fiving! Our Bible story was about the angel's visit to Mary to tell her about becoming the mother of Jesus. After our Bible story we sang our Christmas songs and //we got to use the bells today!// We had a snack and a story and then we found out about our project: melting crayon on a light bulb outline for hanging in our room. In our suitcase were ornaments and we each got to choose an ornament to hang on the tree. We have real lights decorating our castle, as well!

November 26, 2013
We had to match and name numbers with our name tags today. Then we had some table time. We did our morning routines, and Kaylee used the pink rose to count the numbers. She also counted the numbers left in November...only 4! We practiced our Christmas songs and are eager to try them with the bells next week. In gym we did the actions of workers for our warm up and then we did some bean bag activities. After gym we had our Bible story of another baby who was promised to some people who were old (Zechariah and Elizabeth). //the Lord is faithful to his promises.// The baby, John, was born. Soren brought our snack today and we were very observant and named what was missing on the Pilgrim and turkey picture during snack. We read a book about being thankful and made a turkey by coloring a tracing of our hand. We took home our advent activity, to begin on Sunday, December 1. We also took home cups for collecting box tops. We sang "have a very happy Thanksgiving" with our good bye song.

November 21, 2013
We were glad to see Levi! Today we started our day by practicing our cutting. We are trying to fill a jar full of cutting scraps. I wonder how long it will take us? Levi was our calendar counter today and we had to count to 21. We started to learn some more songs for Christmas. When we know the words we will get to use bells! Our Bible story was about the boy Samuel and how God talked to him at night. At first he thought Eli was calling him. We matched alphabet letters for lining up and then we played with hula hoops in the gym because the wood chip playground was too wet. We had a suitcase surprise. It was rhythm instruments. We first listened to two sounds and had to show with our thumbs if the sounds were the same or not. Then we got to use one of the instruments and played a song s l o w l y and quickly. It was so fun! Ryan brought our snack and we had salty and sweet. Then we saw how we were going to use paint to finish our advent activity. We had project and choice time and then sang our good bye song very quickly.

November 19, 2013
Our friend, Kaylee, returned and now our friend, Levi, was out with a cough. Hopefully he will feel better by Thursday. We prayed for him Kellen counted our numbers with the pointer finger wand and then we sang a new song that we are learning so we can sing for you on Make and Take day.In gym we warmed up with an exercise song and then did activities to make us strong, flexible and have good balance. We did beams, jumping jacks, stretches, balance "stones" and the pull up bar. We followed our way around the circuit without teacher help! After gym we had another Bible story with a baby. This was the story of God's promise to Hannah. We are learning our new Bible words, too: //The LORD is faithful to his promises.// During our snack we heard the story of why we have Thanksgiving. After snack we had a suitcase surprise. Mrs. Otten told us that it was a treat, but we had to wait and wait. We talked about waiting for Christmas and saw the project we will make to help us with our waiting. Today we did the cutting and gluing part of the project. We finished our day with clean up, our end of the day prayer, or goodbye song, and our hand stamp, and then we got our treat!

November 14, 2013
We had our table time and then our morning circle time. We learned a new song and there was a part in the song with only music and we were able to pretend to play instruments. We learned that God DID keep his promise to Abraham and Sarah, even though they were very old! We read a book that talked about some of the other promises that God makes to us and did our Bible words. We enjoyed some outdoor time (made a little shorter because we are all still working on our dressing and zipping skills). When we came inside Mrs. Otten drew some shapes and changed them into pictures. Then our suitcase surprise was a shape in a sock. We had to feel the shape with our hands and decided what it was without looking at it. During our snack we heard the story //The Biggest Pumpkin Ever//. After our book reading time, we looked at a picture of pumpkins on a vine and saw how we were going to make our vine and leaves for our pumpkin patch picture.

November 12, 2013
We started our day by putting our frog name tags in their lily pads and identifying the magnetic shape that was under our name tag. Then we had our photograph taken, holding our placemats that we made for Meals on Wheels. We cleaned up from table time and had our morning circle time. We heard the 5K students singing //If You're Happy and You Know It//, so we sang it back to them! Then we went to the gym, warmed up our muscles and then got to use beach balls! When gym was over we walked in a very straight line back to our room and then had our Bible story about God's promise to Abraham and Sarah to give them a child, even though they were very, very old. Brixon brought our snack today and after snack we had a story about a boy who planted a pumpkin seed. Our project this week will take both days. Today we painted orange circles for pumpkins. Next time we will print the heart shaped leaves and add a pumpkin vine.



November 7, 2013
We had a little longer table time today while a few friends had their pictures taken. When we started our day, we counted our calendar numbers with Brixon. Then we sang the song, //Father Abraham.// We had our Bible story of how God's people left Egypt following the tower of clouds in the day and the tower of fire at night. Pharoah's soldiers chased them, but God did a miracle to save them. After our Bible story, we had a short outdoor time and then we did a new shape song with our bags of shapes. Lydia brought us our snack and Mrs. Otten read a book called //Color Zoo .// We reviewed our project and then had project and choice time. Three new friends were able to take home our classroom books today.

November 5, 2013
We were all in school today! There was play dough out at table time! We have a new calendar month that starts with the letters N-O (that says "NO") We did our morning routines and then went to the gym for another opportunity to use the parachute. We took turns running under the parachute. We made 'popcorn' with foam balls and popped it all out of the parachute 'pan' After gym we had the Bible story of God's people leaving Egypt. God had to make 10 bag things happen before the king would let them go. He kept saying "NO, NO" (we helped say that part of the story). Juliana brought our snack today. After snack we had a suitcase surprise. It was all the things needed to set the table for a meal. After we figured out all the things we needed, we learned that sometimes you use a //placemat// under your dishes. We learned that our project was making a placemat, but that we are making our placemats for old people who have meals delivered to them. We are painting on bubble wrap to make prints that look like Indian corn.

October 31, 2013
YES! We were all in school today! We thanked God for our good health and the good gifts of sleep, food, friends, and school. We had to count to **31** today! Nolan did a wonderful job pointing to each number with the rocket wand so we could count our numbers. We sang //I Am Growing// and //My God Is So Big// and then had our Bible story about when God called Moses by talking to him from the burning bush. The bush was on fire, but it did not burn down and make ashes. Since it was raining and we could not go outside, we did some silly songs inside, making different sounds and moving and dancing. After a drink break, we learned about shapes and then did //The Shape Hokey Pokey.// We lined up for snack by matching our shape to Mrs. Otten's shape. Ava brought delicious pumpkin muffins for us, and most of us ate them all up! After a short book time, we saw that our project would be made of shapes. Look for our beautiful artwork in the hall next time.

October 29, 2013
Back in school after a week off! We were missing Brixon and pray for his quick return to school. We counted our calendar numbers all the way to 29! We sang some numbers with the song //1,2,3, Jesus Loves Me.// Then we talked about gym and some rules for the parachute. We remembered the rules and stood by one colored section when we got to the gym!! After warming up by moving around the parachute circle, we grabbed the parachute and made quiet and noise waves. We got to take turns crawling on the parachute and we made a big mountain with the parachute. During our Bible time we had the story of the baby Moses and how his mother hid him and the princess found him. Elizabeth was celebrating her birthday today and brought us fruit pizza for our snack. After snack and book time, we reviewed our squirrel project and then had choice time. All our classroom books were returned today so three new friends got to take them home.

October 22, 2013
FIELD TRIP DAY! We were sad that Brixon was not at school today. Today we found our clip on name tags on the table when we found our frogs. We had a very short circle time and then we used the bathroom and got on our coats for our trip to the library. We were excited to ride in the big yellow school bus. Bus driver David gave us a safe trip to and from the library. When we were at the library we walked in our line, rode in the elevator, and hung our coats on the hooks. Librarian Tori read us a story about fall leaves and then we saw a movie about Fletcher the Fox. He was sad that his favorite tree was changing and losing its leaves. After our movie, we walked through the children's room and saw lots and lots of books! We saw that there are also toys to check out and computers to use at the library. Librarian Tori introduced us to the children's room pets: Fancy Nancy and Stuart Little. Their names are from story books. After another fun bus ride back to school, we were ready to move, move, move and enjoyed some time on the playground. When we came in we had a special snack that Ava brought for her birthday: strawberry shortcakes! During snack we looked at pictures of Johnny Appleseed and had to figure out what was missing in each picture. Then it was time to go home already! We missed having our indoor choice time. We counted the days on the calendar until we would be back at school (7).



October 17, 2013
After our table time, we had our circle time and Soren picked the dinosaur to count the calendar numbers because he likes dinosaurs. We sang a new song with numbers (//1-2-3, Jesus Loves Me)// and a song we know from church //(Jesus Loves Me)//. We found out that Joseph forgave his brothers because God was watching over him and God gave Joseph the idea to save food so they could have food when it did not rain. After our Bible story we went outside (after getting some help with jackets and zippers!) When we came in we had our suitcase surprise: another book to take home! Soren's stick was picked and he took it home first. We had a delicious, healthy apple snack from Brixon and heard a story about a busy squirrel. After book time, Mrs. Otten reviewed color mixing with us and we learned that black and white mixed together makes gray. Several friends were able to point to gray that they were wearing. For our project we colored a gray squirrel, cut a bushy tail for it, and put food in its paws. Five friends did not get to do the project this time because we ran out of time, but they will make it another day. After clean up time, we talked about our day next time when we will be taking a field trip to the library.

October 15, 2013
Lydia used the happy face wand to count our numbers today and then we sang our //Father Abraham// song. We had gym first today. We warmed up with moving around our big black circle and then we had lots of balancing practice. We tried to keep our feet off of the tile floor. We walked on foam alphabet letters, spots, balance beams, and balance "stones". We were quite successful staying on the equipment and most of us even walked on the high beam without help! After gym we had our first story about Joseph. Even though his brothers were mean to him, God was watching over him. For our snack today Nolan brought carrots and dip for us and we heard the story //Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?// After snack we asked Mrs. Otten the questions from the story and she read the answers. Then we worked on our own version of the book. This will be //**another** book// for us to check out. After cleaning up from choice time, we had our suitcase surprise: our leaves books! We read them together and are excited to share them with our families!

October 10, 2013
We were all healthy **//and energetic//** today! We actually went outside three time. The first time was for our monthly fire drill and we did a super job of staying in line and responding "here I am" when our names were called. After our morning routines and our Bible story (Jacob and his dream and God's promise to give him a land and his reunion with Esau) we went outside to play. Most of the equipment was wet from dew, but we had fun climbing, and running, and using the tire swing. When we came in we had a snack that Ryan brought and heard the story // Going on a Leaf Hunt //. During circle time, we acted out the story and then we went outside //again// to go on our own leaf hunt to get a leaf for our leaf book. When we came in we learned how to use the water colors and then did the last page of our book with the watercolors and had our choice time. We took a lot of things out, but we worked together and got our room cleaned up quickly. Brixon and Soren got to take our classroom books home until next time.

October 8, 2013
After our morning table time, we began our day with prayer and counting our calendar numbers. We sang two songs and then we got a picture card and counted the number of things on our card. We lined up by number and got that same number written on our hand. After warming up by moving seven different ways, we divided into our five groups and tried five different things in the gym: walking while balancing a beanie baby frog on our body; tossing and catching a pool noodle and a scarf; hopscotch and jumping jacks and rolling on a mat and walking on the "stones". We did a good job staying with our group today and we all helped carry our gym equipment back to our room! After gym we had the Bible story about twin boys who were not alike. We also learned that one of the boys did something sinful: he tricked his father Isaac. Kaylee brought our snack today and we had to line up for bathroom and washing hands in the middle of the hallway because there is artwork hanging on the wall where we usually stand. We worked on two more pages for our leaf book and had choice time. It was a busy day!

October 3, 2013
Today Kellen counted our calendar numbers with the soccer ball wand and then we sang //Father Abraham.// Our Bible story was about how God provided a wife for Isaac. We know that God was with Abraham's servant and He is with us, too. We practiced our Bible words and then we went outside. When we came in, we had a book called //Going on a Leaf Hunt.// After listening to the story, we acted out the story and found leaves on the ground, too. We had a snack that Levi brought and had a big book that was really a song. It was all about the leaves falling down to the ground. After snack we found out that our suitcase surpise was our paint shirts. The surprise was that they were not going to protect us from getting dirty today, but they were going to protect us from getting burned! We melted crayons for our project!

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October 1, 2013
We did our morning routines of table time, prayer, helpers, calendar, and song and then we lined up for gym by number, counting the pictures on the cards we were given. In the gym today we did our warm up song on the black circle (no spots). After warming up we did some things with hula hoops. We pretended with them and moved around them and in them. We tried rolling them and spinning them. Then we had some time to play with them on our own. It was fun! After gym we had our Bible story about Abraham having to move to a new land. But God was with him and showed him the way. We practiced our new Bible words which tell us that God **//is//** with us and will watch over us wherever we go. We had our snack and a story told by a little leaf. We will be making counting books with leaves and today we worked on the cover and the page with 5 leaves that we colored the different colors of fall.

September 26, 2013
We had a great beginning to our day! We were all in school on time and able to play games and do activities at table time with our friends. At circle time Juliana counted our numbers with the pink star and told us that she had stars in her bedroom, too. We sang our songs so well and enjoyed singing (//My God Is So Big// and //He's Got the Whole World).// Then we reviewed our story of Noah's ark by putting together a wooden ark and having our animals come into it two by two. We read the rest of the story and saw how God gave his promise with a rainbow. We enjoyed outdoor time next (although some of the equipment was wet from the dew). When we came in we had a story about the season of fall and did our rhymes with our colorful leaves. We were hungry and enjoyed the applesauce that Nolan brought for us. During snack we had another story about fall leaves and we talked about NOT playing in leaf piles that we might see in the street! We reviewed how we were going to finish our projects and then it was project and choice time. Three friends were not able to do their project this time, because we ran out of time. They will get to finish their projects at table time on Tuesday. (Mrs. Otten needs to plan differently when it is that first cutting project with threes!!)

September 24, 2013
Since it was Tuesday, we had our gym time right after our morning circle activities. Nolan counted the numbers on the calendar with the finger pointer wand. We had to count all the way to 24! Before we went to gym we got a color marked on our hands so we could do some stations in gym. After finding our spots we jumped, marched, galloped and skipped around the circle, freezing when the whistle blew. We practiced some jumping and then did four stations-jumping up and down; jumping over; jumping on spots; and hopping in a hoop. It was a lot of exercise! We did pretty good staying with out groups for the first time. We will do groups every month and we will be experts at it by the end of the year! After gym, our Bible story was about Noah. We ended our story with Noah, his family, and the animals on the ark. We will finish the story next time. Brixon brought goldfish in little bags for our snack and some of us could open our bags by ourselves! We will be experts at that by the end of the year, as well! During snack Mrs. Otten read a story about fall and talked about our project. After snack we got to use colorful pretend leaves for some action rhymes and then it was choice and project time. We did texture rubbing for our tree trunk and snipping with scissors for grass. Next time we will cut paper for leaves and glue everything together. At the end of our day we had our suitcase surprise: two books about US. We will each get to take them home to read with our family. We will bring them back so that other friends can get their turn.



September 19, 2013
We packed a lot in two and a half short hours! After our table time, we started our day on the blue carpet with prayer and our hello song (we used both hands today, alternating them as we sang). We looked at the picture cards that show our schedule and then found out who had a job today. Ryan D. chose the orange basketball for counting our calendar numbers. We sang two songs and then had our Bible story. We remembered how God made everything //very good.//Then we had the sad story of how Adam and Eve disobeyed God and things were not very good anymore. Adam and Eve had to leave the garden. Since the morning rain made the playground too wet and slippery for outdoor time, we did a moving song indoors. We got to find and move different parts of our bodies. Then we had a book that explained **//fire// //drill//** and what we need to do if there is a fire drill. We practiced our fire drill (even though we got a few raindrops on our bodies). We staying in line, walked, and said //Here I Am// when our names were called. We got a sticker to say what a good job we did! We had our bathroom time and snack. We had brown (chocolate) graham crackers for snack and heard a story of how a white rabbit turned different colors by sitting in the paint. In the end the rabbit turned brown, too. After our book time, we looked at a color wheel and remembered about the white rabbit. Then Mrs. Kiel turned off the lights and Mrs.Otten showed us how colors mix on the light box. (We were able to use the light box at choice time, as well) **Suitcase Surprise!** It was a paint shirt. We learned why and how we wear them. We wore paint shirts today because we got to fingerpaint! We had our clean up time and then talked about coming to school tonight. Ryan chose the red apple hand stamp and Juliana fed the fish. Levi took the name tags out of the lily pads. Most of us had empty cubbies. Mrs.Otten shook a number 6 (Juliana counted the dots) so we got to choose our own goodbye today.

September 17, 2013
We were all in school today, despite a few sniffles. We have tissues in our room to take care of those! After table time, we found out about our schedule and our jobs. Brixon chose the green dinosaur for counting our calendar numbers. We sang some songs and then we had gym. In gym we moved around the spots, froze on a spot, and then took turns moving across the gym. After gym we reviewed the story of creation and then learned how Adam and Eve obey God, gave names to the animals, and enjoyed all the wonderful foods growing in the garden. Then it was time for us to enjoy some wonderful foods that Kaylee brought. After snack we had our suitcase surprise. There was someone in the suitcase! It was Mat Man. We each got a part of Mat Man and we put Mat Man together, and then Mrs. Otten drew Mat Man. For our project, we each got to draw our selves. After choice and project time, we ended our day with prayer and our Bible words.

September 12, 2013
Already???? We are already sharing sick germs I am afraid! We had two friends home with illness today. We prayed for them and hope to see them next time. Today we did our usual table time followed by our circle time. Before our Bible story, we reviewed the days of creation so far, put our picture card on the day that it was created. Then we learned that God made man and woman, but He made them a //very special way.// After our Bible story we went outside to use all our big muscles. When we came in we had a story about growing up and a suitcase surprise with two things to measure our bodies: a chart to see how tall we are and a scale to weigh our muscles. After we ate our wonderful snack of popcorn and m&ms we were measured and weighed. I wonder if we will grow this year? We had a story about a monkey and the things he likes and for our project we got to tell Mrs. Otten what we each like. After the bell rang and we remembered to STOP, LOOK, and LISTEN, we cleaned up and finished our day with prayer and goodbye.

September 10, 2013
What happened today? I feel like the question should be what DIDN'T happen today! We were very busy! A full day of activity and a very, very warm day in our room! We are doing very good settling into activities at table time and working together to clean up from table time. Most of us are remembering to STOP! LOOK! LISTEN! when we hear the bell. (This will be very important next week when we practice our first fire drill!) Our calendar counter was Elizabeth and she chose the pink rose wand to count the numbers. She moved the weather arrows to sunny. Today was our first gym day, so we first talked about walking in our line a looong way to the gym and that we should find a spot to stand on when we get to the gym. We had a few "cars off the track" on our way, but we did a great job finding our spots and participating in the gym activities. We did some stretches and some moving. After taking a drink break, we went back to our room for our Bible story about all the animals God created. We made lots of animal sounds and we moved like animals, too. Then it was time for our bathroom break and our snack. During snack we had a story called //I Love School.// Then we looked at books and had a story called, //Frog's Lunch.// Our suitcase surprise was a different kind of glue...the kind of glue that is in a bottle. Mrs. Otten showed us how to make glue dots and showed us how to use glitter, too. Next time when we come to school our beautiful frogs with glitter spots will be hanging in the hallway! We did our project during choice time. We had fun playing and are learning how to clean up at the end of the day. After our prayer and goodbye song, we practiced our Bible words. Our goodbye was a handshake today!

September 5, 2013
Wow! We are catching on to the routine of 3K! We found our frogs and put them in their lilypads and then had our table time. We remembered what to do when the bell rang and we worked together to clean up from table time. Before we had our circle time, we learned that it Levi had a birthday and so we sang to him after Mrs. Otten put a crown and a birthday boy badge on him. Today we had jobs!! Well, some of us had jobs. We will have a job one day a week. If we did not have a job today, we will have a job next time. Ava counted the calendar numbers for us and she chose the heart wand for her counting. We learned two new songs. We enjoyed singing I Am Growing. We had a Bible story about God making light and the sky and water and land and plants. God said that they were very good, and we learned the sign language for very good. Then we got to go outside to play! That was so much fun (for everyone except Ellie, who was stung by a wasp :( We remembered about how to use the bathroom to get ready for our snack and then enjoyed a delicious birthday snack from Levi. After some book time, we had our first suitcase surprise. Inside the suitcase was something to use to stick paper together. Can YOU what it was? Finally it was time for choice time and we also got to do our project. (Six of us will be doing the project at table time on Tuesday since we could only do the project one at a time today.) What a busy, busy day!

FIRST DAY! September 3, 2013
We had a great first day! Many of us remembered where to put our frog when we came in the room. We were directed to find something at the tables to do while we waited for all the friends to come. We did puzzles and coloring and sorting and games and stayed at the tables! Then we learned that when Mrs. Otten rings the bell we have to STOP! LOOK! LISTEN! We practiced the bell several times and we also had our picture taken. When we cleaned up from table time, we went to the blue carpet and learned to sit pretzel legs on a spot. We prayed to begin our day, learned our hello song, counted the numbers on the calendar and did the weather chart. We had a story about Mouse's first day of school. Then we had music and moving time. We practiced our pretzel legs when the music stopped. We also learned about walking in a line like a train on the track and practiced with the Chugga, Chugga, Choo, Choo song. Next we had to learn about our bathroom break and hand washing time. When we were done with that, we watched Ava pass out our snack and we said a prayer before we ate. We had a short time to look at books after snack and then we learned about the THREE BEES for choice time (BE SLOW, BE SAFE, BE SWEET). We practiced putting things where they belong and then....and then.....and then it was finally time to play!! We had practiced so many new things that we did not have to do a project today and we could just play uninterrupted! We worked together to clean up our toys and then finished our day with a prayer circle, song, good-bye and then learned about how we would dismiss. Today we gave the teachers a "finger kiss" for our goodbye! We were all excited to hear that we will get to play outside next time!