Z Week and the African Savanna!

November 3-6

Sound of the Week – Z

Book of the Week – Here is the African Savanna

Habit of the Month – Courtesy

Mom of the Month – Aubrie Crais

We had a Wonderful W Week!  Thank you to Kate Wilson for your help all month as our Mom of the Month and for your help on Wednesday for Wacky Wednesday!  Our room was Wacky and we enjoyed Waffles with Whipped cream!

Jambo!!! (Hello in Swahili!)  PCS has a partner school in a little village 7 miles off the end of the paved road.  A local pastor believed God would use it for good when he was sent there…and he began a ministry to widows and orphans.  He didn’t want to just feed poor kids…he wanted to give them a future…he wanted to build a school. This week we’ll learn about PUNCHMI Christian School in the village of Karanse in Tanzania.  We’ll learn about animals we would only see in the zoo but that live free and wild in the African Savanah.  It’s a wonderful week…and I pray your children will catch a vision for children around the world, as well as the amazing beauty of His creation. 

Our book this week is Here is the African Savanna by Madeleine Dunphy.  This is a delightful book written in verse, growing page by page to reveal the beauty and intricacy of life in the African Savanna.  There are lots of wonderful books about Africa:  Mojo Means One, Jambo Means Hello, We All Went on Safari, Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters, Bringing Rain to Kapiti Plain, A is for Africa, just to mention a few.  Enjoy a trip to the local library.  Your children will love it!

Fun Z things to do at home include:  learn to zip your coat, make an alphabet zoo (think of one animal for every letter of the alphabet), zoom around the room (or maybe the yard!).

November 11 will be the 20th Annual Veteran's Day Celebration at Perimeter School.  If you have never attended this event before I strongly encourage you to come!  If you have been here before, I'm sure you need no encouragement to attend!  It is truly a wonderful event which honors our country's veterans and teaches our students much about the sacrifices others have a made for them.  Watch this week for information about attending with your child and letting me know your plans.  Also, if your family is inviting a friend or family member who is a veteran, we would love to meet them in our classroom to say thank you before the program starts.  Please let me know if you have a guest coming.