Week 22: What Fun: Crazy Hair and Hat Days!
Welcome Back! Before the break we had a great time in our programs, especially getting creative with all the crazy hair and hat designs! Check out all the photos below. We will conclude February Fun days this week with Biblical Costume Days, this Thursday and Friday.
SUGGESTED AT-HOME READINGS VARY PER PROGRAM. PLEASE GO TO THE SECTION OF YOUR PROGRAM TO SEE THE SELECTED PAGES.
February Fun Days continue this week!
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February Fun Days continue this week! 〰️
The Garden
This week during worship time, we heard the story of when Jesus healed a little girl and a woman who was sick for twelve years. We also shared the beautiful moment in the Bible when Jesus tells his disciples to let the little children come to him and not to hinder them. We shared that Jesus has a special love for children and that they are always welcome; they are not an interruption or a burden.
We had a great time honoring Aubrey and showing off our amazing hair dos for Crazy Hair Day! The Garden students really outdid themselves!
During circle time, we learned more about penguins and danced the Penguin Hokey Pokey. We also taught them the classic school song “Pollito Chicken.”
During activity time, the students began painting rocks that will turn into little penguins. They used black and white acrylic paint and did a great job practicing their fine motor skills as it required a lot of control. We also learned to play a new rainy day game that involves dance and movement. This is always a class favorite!
This week's stories: The Snowy Day and How Much is a Million?
The Seeds Program
BIBLE
We had a great time honoring Ian this week and showing off our amazing hair dos for Crazy Hair Day! After everyone was settled, we continued going through the Book of Luke, this week focusing on two stories found in chapters 15 and 16: The Lost Son and the Shrewd Manager. Read them at home this week for a refresher.
SUGGESTED READINGS
Bible
Luke 15, 16
DK Illustrated Bible
pgs. 276-279
SCIENCE
This week we finished learning about the respiratory system. We reviewed the arts we had learned about the week before and focused on the superhero hero of the respiratory system: the diaphragm. We saw how this thin, dome-shaped muscle flexes and relaxes to help your lungs exhale and inhale. I brought a model I made with a two liter soda bottle, a balloon, and a plastic bag. This showed the kids how it worked when the balloon inflated and deflated as they each took a turn with the model. They had to say “inhale” as the balloon filled up and they pulled the bag and “exhale” as the balloon deflated and they pushed the bag up.
***You can finish adding all of the parts assigned for the respiratory system.***
SUGGESTED READINGS
Encyclopedia of the Human Body- (p.30-31)
STUDIO TIME
In our studio time the students were able to create their own Viking runestone. Since Vikings made these in stones and wood, we brought in many different pieces of wood for them to choose from. We encouraged them to think of a design that went with the shape of their piece of wood. We gave them pictures of different designs and of the Viking letters for them to be inspired as well. First, they drew their design in pencil and then they went over it with a black flair pen. We did this as a full group activity and listened to music from Mozart in the background as the children worked quietly. When finished, they went outside to pretend to be on a viking ship led by Mr. Jared.
HISTORY
In addition to working on Runstones with Mrs. Vivi in Studio Time, we imagined what it would have been like to be Vikings sailing their boats across the North Sea and Atlantic Ocean to new lands west. We pretended to get attacked when we arrived in North America and had to “run/swim” back home to Scandinavia. That did NOT get old!
We also began talking about changes to Britain, which involved the history of the different peoples that settled there including the Vikings and the Anglo-Saxons. We began sketching a portrait of one of the most well-known Anglo-Saxon kings of England: Alfred the Great.
SUGGESTED READINGS
World History from Ancient to Modern Times.
P. 120-121 - Anglo-Saxon England
P. 124 - Norman Conquests
P. 132-133 - Living in a Village
P. 126-127 - Kings, Nobles and Peasants
Seeds Memory Verse Song
“If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal (Clang, clang, clang). If I have great power and understand, all mysteries, and all things, and if I have the faith to remove mountains, but have not love...I am nothing!”
The Oaks Program
The Oaks students and staff were also enjoying Crazy Hair and Hat day. Check out the fun looks in our gallery below.
OAKS MEMORY PASSAGE (1 Corinthians 13:1-5):
1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned,[a] but have not love, I gain nothing. 4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;
SCIENCE
It was all about test prep in both science classes this week! As usual, we had our Verdad o Falso? review games for each class, which also involves the chance to knock down a plastic cup pyramid with a ping pong ball. Some students practiced their pitching skills while doing so. While the tests were a bit trickier than ones in the past, the students did an excellent job and should be proud of the work they did! And since the marine science class had a little extra time after their tests, they got to learn about invertebrate animals that live in tidal flats, such as clams.
HISTORY
SUGGESTED READINGS
Streams of Civilization
P. 280-282 - Viking Raids in England
P. 282-283 - Viking Influence in Europe
World History from Ancient to Modern Times.
P. 120-121 - Anglo-Saxon England
P. 124 - Norman Conquests
P. 132-133 - Living in a Village
P. 126-127 - Kings, Nobles and Peasants
