K2 Kindergarten January 5 Note

January 5, 2009



Dear Parents,
Welcome back! I know that we will have a hard time getting into the grove of school again, but I am excited to see everyone and hear about their vacations. I hope that all of you enjoyed your time off together.
This week we will be reading Mrs. McNosh Hangs Up Her Wash by Sarah Weeks. Along with this story, we will be working with the letter H. I also hope to do an extensive review so that I know which letters are still giving the children trouble. You will need to add the words ‘it’ and ‘but’ to your stack of sight words. In math, we will be counting by tens. We have introduced the dime and now we want the children to be able to count by tens. During our circle time, we will have a snow unit. I want to explain what people in the Midwest experience during the winter. We will make snowflakes, snowmen and even some fake snow. It should be fun. Our Bible lessons will be “Jesus Shows Love to a Man Born Blind” and “Jesus and the Ten Sick Men.” From these lessons we will learn that each one of us is important to Jesus.
I would like to have a special sharing this week with the children. I know they each received a gift this Christmas and with their parents’ permission, I would like them to bring in one present to show the class. The children will not be able to play with it, but they can show the class. I would like the sharing date to be Friday. However, if some have to bring it in earlier, that is fine.
Please mark January 25 on your calendars. Our kindergarten children sing in the late service that weekend. I will give you more information later on when the date is closer.
There is a special Bible class being offered on Sunday mornings at 10:00 and Wednesday evenings at 7:00. It is called ‘Bringing Up Kids Without Tearing Them Down’ by Kevin Leman. It is a video based class with discussion following led by Pastor Kronebusch. Over the years, I have found this class to be extremely helpful. More information will be coming home this week, but I highly encourage you to consider this class.
I hope all of you have a great week. Let me know if I have forgotten anything.
Mrs. Kronebusch