First Week with 4 Year Olds!!!

Week 1: 4's

Look how big our kids are getting!! Addison, Jack, and Noah have grown so much and it is amazing to see what they are capable of. Their concentration, focusing, and excitement for school is such a privilege to be a part of. I am excited to see what this year will bring for these kids with their creativity, imagination, and humor!

We began the first day with the calendar, and I asked the kids what month we were in. I gave them a hint: it is Jack's brothers name. Jack replied: Gus. I responded with what is his real name? Jack said, without even hesitating: Gustifer Mustifer!!!! The joy and the humor that these kids provide us is irreplaceable.

The Bible story for the week is Jesus walking on water from Matthew 14:22-33. So the kids got to choose items that they thought would sink or float. It was fun to see them watch if their item would float like Jesus, or sink like everything else.

After that we talked about faith and trust in Jesus is similar to the way we trust our family members and friends. Each student got to walk another student around the room while they were blindfolded. Guess what, no one got hurt! This is a good group of friends we have here, with trusting each other. We also did the faith fall. Addison was pretty brave to let Jack and Noah catch her.

Writing, cutting, and tracing are skills that our kids need to become confident in. So we do it a lot. I was so impressed with Addison. She was so patient and took her time writing each letter in her name. Jack and Noah have it easy with only 4 letters.

"I am looking at Jesus." I had the kids take a look at the different colors of their eyes. We talked about the different parts and how they are different. It is important for them to realize that differences in people are a good thing, and learn to appreciate them. 

 Patterns is a difficult concept. So thank goodness for gear blocks: a great way for the kids to work on patterns of colors while also building a cool object. I also incorporated patterns into the snack with green and orange fruit and veggies, yum. Jack ate everything single thing!

 Gotta love Pete the Cat! We read the book together and the kids got to watch the video on the computer, twice! Then we focused on more tracing of their shoes, stinky! They got to color and decorate their shoes. We also worked on the letter T with triangles. Once again, I am so proud and humbled by their little minds, so curious and ready to learn. Here we go!