OUR PRESCHOOL CLASSROOM CORNER

¡Hola Familias! I am in the midst of parent-teacher conferences, and am so delighted that both Moms and Dads have chosen to attend. Questionnaires went home prior, and many parents reported their child's favorite part of the day was JESUS TIME! Yes, we truly are making a difference in the lives of families. Hearing children beg to pray out loud is indeed music to God's ears. Our next lesson will focus on Samuel. In Spanish lessons, "we've got the blues" - or should I say, azuls! We immerse ourselves in a color for about two weeks. Knowledge is power and these preschoolers are giants! What shape is your favorite? In both classes we will be sharpening our shape skills. The goal is to play shape and color bingo with small prizes. Please pray for us as we play, laugh, and learn.

    Adios! ~ Mrs. Jahn, Prince of Peace Campus Preschool

OUR PRESCHOOL CLASSROOM CORNER

Hello to everyone from Mrs. Gerchy's preschoolers. What a glorious fall we have been having. We are all thankful for the beautiful weather which allows us time outside! We visited the Pumpkin Patch several weeks ago. We all enjoyed the day finding the perfect pumpkin, a snack and a scavenger hunt. Thank you to all the parents who met us there and helped out. We enjoyed having you. We have also been busy learning the alphabet through songs and sandpaper letters. We work everyday on names, and have experimented with colors and touched some furry things in science. We just celebrated fall with our pumpkin parties. It was fun to see all the great costumes! We enjoyed a special book and movie about "Spookley, The Square Pumpkin", made orange frosting for our treat and a pumpkin to take home. Thank you, parents for donating items for our party and allowing your children to bring in a treat to share. We continue to learn through play and grow in our friendships. I wish you all a wonderful Thanksgiving!

    Giving thanks to God for all things, Mrs. Gerchy

OUR PRESCHOOL CLASSROOM CORNER

Greetings from Mrs. Mtowa's Preschool Class. It has been an exciting and fun month. My preschoolers are now learning letters and numbers. Watching my preschoolers tracing their names, letters and numbers is breathtaking. They really make me proud - especially when they say "Mrs. Mtowa, we are ready to learn". It sets a good learning foundation. I am so proud of them.

We have also been learning our letter sounds during sharing time. Preschoolers will say the name of the toy and I will ask them what letter it starts with by sounding the first letter. When I sound the letter, they automatically know the letter and say. Now it is becoming like a game. They come and ask me "Mrs. Mtowa, please sound this letter and we will tell you what it is". Their eagerness to learn is what makes me proud of being their teacher. God bless you all.

    ~ Mrs. Joy Mtowa, Preschool Teacher

OUR PRESCHOOL CLASSROOM CORNER

We have had a fabulous start to our school year! I have enjoyed the start of getting to know each and every child and family, and look forward to all the wonderful experiences we'll have throughout the year. The children are in full swing of learning about fall: apples, pumpkins and leaves. Our highlight has been the book, "Spookley the Square Pumpkin." We each made one of Spookley's friends for our pumpkin patch; a pumpkin that is purple, blue, polka-dot, or rainbow, triangle, rectangle or square, to name a few. We've learned that you can't judge a book, a person or a pumpkin by its cover. It's more important to look at the amazing things God has done to us on the inside. I look forward to a terrific school year and wish everyone God's blessings!

    ~ Mrs. Kim Domke, Preschool Teacher

OUR PRESCHOOL CLASSROOM CORNER

Hello from Holy Cross Campus! We are having another GREAT and busy year in preschool. It is going by so fast! We are getting settled into our routine, making new friends and learning so much. We have been learning about God's creation, Abraham, Jacob and Rachel and their baby, Joseph. We had our first chapel with Pastor Jon and we are looking forward to more. We have also been working on name recognition, writing our names, colors, patterns, the American Pledge and many prayers and songs. This week we made flags and learned about the American flag. When I asked the preschoolers why the flag had 50 stars, these were some of their responses - "Because God put so many in the sky, we need a lot on the flag." "So the President can see the flag better." "To fill up the blue part." I thought those were great answers! We have also been learning about apples. We graphed our favorite apples from green, yellow and red. Red and yellow were the favorite. We are very excited about our field trip to the Pumpkin Patch this week. We are really looking forward to our school bus ride! God's blessings!

    ~ Mrs. Essington

OUR PRESCHOOL CLASSROOM CORNER

Hola, Families! God has truly blessed all of our efforts at the Prince of Peace Preschool site. After only one month of school, these very young children have not only formed special friendships between each other, but also with our Heavenly Father. We have learned prayers, songs, and Bible stories about the Creation of the world, and for the past two weeks about the faithfulness of Abraham. Mrs. Vennes, our Tuesday/Thursday Aide has brought her expertise to the classroom in many ways. I worked with her at Children's Day Montessori and there learned of her artistic talents and great love for the Lord. We pray for the children every morning prior to the start of our day. What a blessing she has been!

Once again we are learning a limited amount of Spanish in both classes. We started with rojo (red) and then moved on to Amarillo (yellow). We are learning the days of the week, as well as the pledge to the flag. (not in Spanish!)

In the Tuesday/Thursday class, we have celebrated six birthdays in September. The Monday/Wednesday/Friday class will have its first birthday on October 18. Most of the children have been enjoying the surprises in the sensory table from week to week. Items to spoon, pour, or sort are usually the hit.

Much time will be spent on learning to write our names on lined paper. The 3 year olds will be learning to write the first letter of their name.

Best of all, we enjoy playing and we are good at it!

Two humorous items: one of my students calls me Uncle Jahn, and another student like to come to my class because I teach "PANISH". Adios,

    ~ Mrs. Jahn

CLASSROOM CORNER - PRESCHOOL

Hello from Mrs. Gerchy's precious preschoolers. We have spent some time talking about our favorite things to do, and saving them in our 'Memory Jar'. We decorated our 'Snack Sack', and some of our friends have already taken home 'Mrs. Gerchy's Guessing Game'. Each friend will have a chance to share with the class how God has made them wonderful (Psalm 139:4). They will then hang their poster on the wall for the whole week. We watched the wonderful work of God in our monarch butterfly as we started with a caterpillar, then saw the chrysalis and then the beautiful butterfly came out and we released her to fly south to stay warm. We even painted apples with apples! We are counting our weather days and we have had 10 sunny days, 2 cloudy days, 1 rainy day and 1 foggy day since school started. Praise God for sunny days. We look forward to our field trip in October to the Pumpkin Patch, and we hope the weather stays nice. We have much more to do and every day is very busy with playing, singing songs, learning our letters and getting to know our awesome God!

    ~ Mrs. Gerchy

CLASSROOM CORNER - PRESCHOOL

My name is Joy Mtowa. I am so happy to be working for Prince of Peace Lutheran School at the Trinity campus as a preschool teacher. I teach Monday through Friday mornings and Tuesday/Thursday afternoons. My preschoolers are precious to me. Their everyday presence and smile lightens the class. I thank God everyday for this opportunity.

The first two weeks of school were slow. I focused my teaching on classroom rules, knowing each other, Jesus time, and circle time songs such as months of the year song, days of the week song, the pledge of allegiance, the Christian pledge, and many others. I look forward to sharing my ideas and experiences with everyone as well as learning new teaching methods.

    ~ Mrs. Mtowa