Themes and Lessons
Happy New Year!! We welcome the winter season and 2026!
Winter- Snowflakes, arctic animals (polar bears, penguins), Hibernation
How we can take care of ourselves, family and friends.
This week we read:
If you Give a Mouse a cookie
Sneezy the Snowman
So Much Snow
Hello Winter!
The Snowy Day
Religion:
God Made Land
Traditional House Blessing 20+C+M+B+26
Classroom Prayers (Morning, Mealtime, Rest time Prayer, End of the Day Prayer)
To end our day we read from the Bible. The children enjoy hearing all of the good news the Bible has to share.
Writing:
The Letter Jj
Letters in our first name and last name
Mat Man
Language and Literacy:
Rhyming words
Vowels
Beginning Sounds
Middle Sounds
Blending and segmenting words
Clapping and counting out syllables in words we hear
Math:
Counting to 30
Identifying numbers 1-10
Identifying shapes
Songs and Music:
Jingle Bells
Jesus Loves Me
Advent
10 little turkeys
The More We Get Together
Good Morning Song, Good Bye Song
Days of the week, Months of the year, Seasons
The Better Alphabet Song
Colors of the Year (church colors)
Science:
Today our class enjoyed a fun and hands-on melting ice experiment! The children explored ice using their senses—touching it, observing it, and talking about how it felt cold and slippery.
Social Studies:
Who was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
Small Groups:
Each week the children will have different learning centers that they will work at in groups of 3 to 4 students. The learning centers focus on building what we are learning in preschool (fine motor, names, letters, shapes, numbers, working together, problem solving).