Beginning with the Letter "F"

Week of August 27-30

MANDATORY MEETINGS
PRINCIPAL MEETING - TUESDAY EVENING AUGUST 28 6:30-7:15
CAMPUS MEETING TO FOLLOW IN AUDITORIUM AT 7:30.

Habit of the Month - review of Pearl Rules
Sound of the Week - F
Book of the Week - The Glorious Flight
Mom of the Month - Jennifer Stephens

Apple Orchard Family Trip changed to Thursday, September 27th (during school day)
This was originally scheduled for Friday, September 28th.
Reese Apple Orchards near Dawsonville

         Two days ago when I tried to intervene with a baby doll "sharing" concern, Zoe looked at me and said "We can work it out, Mrs. Lee." And they did!  What a precious reflection of the our first two weeks in kindergarten.  We are "working" things out as your children (many who are having their first school experience) are transitioning beautifully.  The children are becoming friends as they learn about one another, how to accept one another, and that Jesus wants them to show qualities of a true friend.   We hope you have enjoyed seeing their Wonderfully Made book that came home last Monday in backpacks and the Friends book that came home on Thursday. The children did an amazing job with their water color paintings of Amber's Mountain and their colored quilt squares. Each child recalled the PEARL rule and celebrated by making a PEARL keychain to attach to their backpacks. Special thanks to Marilyn Couey for helping with the keychain, reading Amber of the Mountain with a real mountain accent and helping prep our Friend Books.
     Monday we will begin our Sound of the Week Studies with the letter "F".  This week we will be using feathers, finger painting fish, moving fast and slow, singing a Miss Gail song, Funny Fingers, folding and flying paper airplanes with our Mom of the Month Mrs. Stephens, studying the word "first" (and other ordinal poisitions), counting and graphing the number of people in our family.  We are planning to Freeze fresh juice to make popsicles.  Some fun "F" activities at home would include: Inviting a Friend over, Family Fun Night, visiting a pet store to see Fish.
     Our Book of the Week,  The Glorious Flight, by Martin and Alice Provensen is a Caldecott Book set in the early 1900s in France and tells the true story of Louis Bleriot and the first flight across the English Channel.  As we read and discuss the book our topics will be family, methods of transportation, France, England, inventions, inventors, righting a wrong and perserverance.  God is the ultimate creator, inventor, so take time this week to notice and praise Him!  For our special event on Thursday, Jennifer Stephens will help us with our frozen fruit pops and then FLY OUR AIRPLANES from Balcony in the Main Entrance.