Made in God's image

During our "All About Me" unit, one of the most important things we're learning is that we are made in God's image, by His very hand, and that He loves us no matter what! Today we took a good look at just what that means! Each child received a mirror, and we used these to look at ourselves and record our findings.

Just how did God make us? He made half of us with brown eyes and half with blue. He made some of us tall and some short, some with dark hair, some with light, and some in between! 

Next, we drew pictures of what we saw when we looked in the mirrors. Given that some of the children are just learning to use crayons and pencils, we were pretty impressed with some of their drawings!

We also counted body parts as an introduction to numbers. 

Yesterday we worked on one of Mrs. Connie's and Mrs. LeeAnne's favorite projects - our "My name is ..." craft. We help the children pick out a favorite item that begins with the same letter (or sound) as their first name. 

We love these so much that they will hang in our room all year long!

Earlier in the week, we made mouse puppets to accompany our story "If You Take a Mouse to School."

We finished this mini-unit with a shape school craft. The children were able to identify many of the shapes as we worked!

Here are some scenes from this week's free play - some of the children are beginning to interact with each other more, as opposed to parallel play, where they simply play alongside each other. 

We love our K3 friends!