Week of December 1-4
Sound of the Week - G
Book of the Week - Jacob's Gift
Habit of the Month - Responsibility
Mom of the Month – Megan Maloney
I hope you have had a wonderful Thanksgiving
celebration with your family! Did you add any leaves to your Thankful
Trees? We had a wonderful Thanksgiving feast at school! Thank you
to Aubrie Crais for helping us that day
and all of November!
There’s a LOT going on this month… more than
we can cover in a regular newsletter! SO… here’s a little more scoop:
This month, all month, we’ll be learning about the
birth of Christ. We’ll be studying each part of the amazing truth that
God came to Earth in a little baby born in a manger. We’ll read from
Scripture, study each part, learn what it means… and how those truths are
represented in our current traditions of Christmas. Our letters are tied
to what we’re studying also…
Dec 1-4 - G – Jacob’s Gift – we can
give a gift to God… by serving/loving others. What are our gifts?
How can we use them for Him?
Dec. 8-11 - J – The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan
Toomey – seeing the individual parts of the Christmas account… and that the
gift of Jesus can change our hearts…
Dec 15-18 – The Scripture account of Jesus’ birth –
with new eyes and new appreciation, we hope!
It is a fun and meaningful month! We
really want them to understand God’s Great Gift is Jesus!
In light of our focus on Christ’s birth and the
VERY short time available to us, we have asked the children (and we need you to
help us with this) to keep the focus on Jesus birth. We have asked
them to keep our Christmas conversations focused on Jesus. We won’t
be discussing Santa, elves, gifts we want, etc. at school. I’ll guide all
those conversations back to you at home. I know each of us celebrates
in different ways… but we all know that Jesus’ birth is the true focus, so
let’s keep focused right there! Thanks!!!
We’ll be sending home a variety of things to help
in the celebration of Jesus’ birth…
An Advent devotional . The devotionals
will parallel our study in class.
Monday you will receive a daily scripture
reading for each day in December… each one is a name of Jesus! It’s
our prayer you’ll enjoy this calendar for years to come.
The children will make a “countdown to Jesus
birthday chain.” Each night they can cut off one more link. We
will work on ABAB patterns, writing numbers, and counting backwards as we
prepare these chains!
The children will be making two ornaments… a
Holly Wreath and a Candy Cane. Each will have the Christian meaning
behind the symbol attached to it. (These are great projects if you want your
kids to make something meaningful for grandparents, friends or relatives this
Christmas. Once you see them, you’ll know how to make them… we got all
the supplies at Hobby Lobby. I have the wording in a Word file if you
want it.)
Throughout the month, the children will be creating
a book of Christmas. It will come home December 17th… so be
looking for it then! It will be the culmination of our whole study this
month
There are several special events this month:
THURSDAY, December, 11th is
our Kindergarten service project (we won’t be here the 20th to do it
with the rest of the school.) Meghan Grubbs and helpers Aubrie Crais and
Megan Maloney will lead us as we share His love with those who serve us each
day on the security staff here at the church.
Look for more information to come.
We’ll be having a Christmas Pageant Thursday,
December 18th in the Fellowship Hall.
All Kindergarteners will participate (in costumes) as we tell the wonderful
story of Christ’s birth in word and song. This is a sweet, special time…
and you won’t want to miss it. If there are grandparents or “adopted
grandparents” or others you want to bring, feel free! There’s lots of
space! Bring cameras… we’ll meet you in the Fellowship Hall at 11!
Thursday, Dec 18th, just
before the Pageant, we’ll be having a Birthday Party for Jesus.
Megan will be getting information to you about food (HIGH protein, NO sugar!)
We’ll make a gift for Him… after all, we give gifts to the birthday boy/girl,
not all their friends! This is not a Christmas party… it’s a celebration
of Jesus’ birth… and preparation time for our hearts as we get ready to tell
the story of His coming to YOU! No gifts to friends, please. We’ll
be excited enough about the Pageant… we need to keep our hearts, minds, and
bodies focused on His birth and His STORY! THANK YOU!!!
I think that’s it for now!
PLEASE make this a wonderful month by helping us to have our:
FOCUS ON JESUS
GOOD NIGHTS’ SLEEP… every night!
PROTEIN BREAKFAST… every morning!
NO/LOW SUGAR… every day!
LOTS OF EXERCISE OPPORTUNITIES… every
afternoon!
THANK YOU!!!
Looking forward to a FUN and FAST month celebrating Him!
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