A Special Christmas Program

We were all blessed once again to see our little children sing with hearts full of Christmas and recite lines for the Christmas Program.  Parents, grandparents and extended family and friends were all blessed as we heard the message of the true meaning of Christmas...Unto Us  a Child is Born.   Jesus came for each one of us to receive him as the gift to be our Lord and Savior.

Do you know Jesus as your Lord and Savior? Perhaps this Christmas you will see the baby in the manger as the Lord and Savior of the world.

Blessed Christmas to all!

Christmas Carols are Ringing

We are busy learning to sing our Christmas songs for Christmas caroling at Canterbury Court on Monday, December 6th, and practicing for our Preschool Christmas Program.

Be sure to mark your calenders and attend one of our performances either on Wednesday, December 15, or Thursday, December 16 at 9:00 a.m. 

The children are enjoying the true meaning of Christmas, "O Come, O Come, Emanuel."  The messiah has come as baby Jesus.  We are reading from Luke Chapter 2.  Why not share some sweet memories and read this chapter at home together?

Kindergarten Plus is finishing a tour of the islands

                                            Our special visit from an aunt who is from Trinidad.

Dr. Boardman showed us some great slides of Haiti.

The afternoon kindergarten children have spent the month of November traveling to the Caribbean islands with visits from Dr. Boardman, our music teacher, who went to Haiti last summer; one of our student's aunt came to tell us about her home country of Trinidad; and Miss Kathy's mother-in-law spoke to the children about her island of Dominica. 
                                                            
                                                     
                                                A special visit from a native Dominician.

This week we are traveling to Tahiti.  Did you know Tahiti is one of many islands in the South Pacific?

Get Ready for the Pow Wow

The kindergarten children are getting ready for the annual Pow Wow.  The Native American Indians are inviting their Pilgrim friends to the Pow Wow on Friday, November 19, 2010.

Get your costume ready for a fun Thanksgiving treat!

Ice Cream Treat

The children had a wonderful time on Friday eating their favorite ice cream in a cone to celebrate "I" week.  We voted for our favorite flavor on Thursday and Chocolate was the big winner.  (Chocolate happens to be my favorite flavor too!).  The children were all saying, "I love kindergarten." 

Did you remember.....

...to turn back your clocks one hour?

Daylight Savings Time is officially here!

Cranberry Thanksgiving

This is a wonderful book to read with your child for Thanksgiving.  We read this book and identified words we are learning to read.  Have you ever seen a cranberry bog?  This story takes place in New England and a grandmother tries to keep her cranberry recipe a secret.

I enjoyed sharing this book with the children. I grew up in New England and took many trips to Cape Cod.  There you will find many cranberry bogs.  This book comes with a recipe to make cranberry bread.

Green Eggs and Ham to Celebrate "G" Week

Thank you Miss Pat for inviting the kindergarten children to your class for Green Eggs and Ham.  We had a great morning that began with reading Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss.

One of our students helped Miss Pat scramble the green eggs.

Thanksgiving Food Drive Begins November 3, 2010

Each year The Heiskell School takes part in collecting nonperishable items for a family who feeds many at Thanksgiving.  Make this a great family project to shop for canned goods and other nonperisable items to share this Thanksgiving. 

We teach the children that Thanksgiving is a time to Give Thanks and reach out to others.

Jonah and the Runaway Prophet

The children enjoyed a great field trip right at school seeing a wonderful puppet show about Jonah and the Runaway Prophet.  Ask your little one to share the story with you.

We Love Spanish Class with Senora Tanner

Tuesday mornings are special in Miss Kathy's Class. 

We look forward to our friends from Miss Connie's class joining us

as we have fun learning Spanish with Senora Tanner.

Mila's story (Operation Christmas Child 2010)

This year The Heiskell School is once again participating in Operation Christmas Child, a ministry of Samaritan's Purse.   Look for information in your child's folder and in this week's newsletter giving you instructions on how to pack a shoebox and the type of items you may purchase.

I have packed a Christmas shoebox for the last several years.  Last year my husband and I each chose to pack a box, one for a boy and one for a girl.  We went shopping together and found gifts for our shoeboxes.  At church we heard a story about someone writing a letter in a Christmas shoebox for a boy.  When the boy received the box with the letter, he wrote back to the family saying that he was an orphan. To make a long story short, the family who packed the shoebox ended up adopting this little boy.

A Visit to Paraguay

We had a fun afternoon in Kindergarten Plus when Mr. Hugo, our faithful maintenance worker, came to share about his home country of Paraguay.  Did you know the people drink tea throughout the day and carry it in a special container?  Soccer is one of the favorite sports, and children go to school either in the morning or in the afternoon.  One of the world's largest waterfalls is also in Paraguay. 

Thank you for coming to visit!

Kindergarten Parent Workshop

Be sure to mark your calenders and join the kindergarten teachers for an informative workshop tomorrow evening, Tuesday, October 12, from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.   You will learn helpful information about the curriculum and ways you can help your little one at home.

We will be meeting in Miss Pat's Kindergarten Classroom.

Did Miss Pat really dance with Mr. Hugo?

We have all heard that Miss Pat dances on the table, but only her students know for sure.  The Kindergarten Plus children saw Miss Pat dance with Mr. Hugo when he visited the class to tell us about his homeland in Paraguay.  What a surprise we all had when Mr. Hugo asked us to play music from his country and invited Miss Pat to dance with him!  

One of great fun things we get to do in Kindergarten Plus!

Tricycle Brigade

Kindergarten children are learning responsibility by doing early morning jobs.  Driving the tricycles out to the playground is one of those important jobs.  Our children love riding the tricycles during playground time.

Thank you for the tricycles, Miss Cyndie.

Kindergarten Plus Travels to Colombia, South America

 

     One of our own Kindergarten Plus teachers, Miss Kenna, grew up in Colombia where her parents were missionaries with New Tribes.  The children enjoyed a wonderful visit from "Grandma" and "Grandpa" and were able to take a plane trip to Colombia for the day.  Grandma sang songs in Spanish and some of our little ones were able to dress up as Colombians and Indians from the tribal jungle.

                              Miss Kenna introduces her parents to the children.

Getting Ready for the Fall Festival

Miss Kathy's class celebrated Western Day with cowboy boots, cowboy hats and bandannas.  We are all looking forward to seeing you at the Fall Festival!

God is everywhere

In this morning's Bible lesson we learned that God is everywhere.  The boys and girls thought this was very interesting that God can be in more than one place at one time.  We then sang a song that Miss Kenna has taught us in Kindergarten Plus, "Our God is an Awesome God."  The children love singing this song and using the hand motions to praise God.   Ask your little one to teach you the hand motions and sing this song together.  


I cannot wait for tomorrow's lesson.

Happy Ending to B Week

We have finished our third week of school well.  The children are beginning to make friends. One boy this morning said, "I want to say my Bible verse with my friends."  How precious is that!

"B" week was celebrated by blowing bubbles during morning playground.

I enjoyed meeting the parents at PTF on Tuesday evening and am looking forward to the fall season.

Be sure to sign up for the Heiskell School's Fall Festival.  I will look forward to seeing y'all on Saturday, October 9.

Looking forward to seeing you at PTF

Our Parent-Teacher Fellowship meeting is on Tuesday, September 21, 2010, at 6:00 p.m.  We will first meet in the Elementary school gym for a general meeting and then head to the classroom. Our room mother Dr. Renee Alli will be speaking to you about signing up for various school events throughout the year. 

You will also get a preview of some of the children's art work from the past two weeks.

Apple Turnovers in K Plus

On Friday afternoon all the Kindergarten Plus children "helped" Miss Kathy and Miss Kenna make mini apple turnovers to end our celebration of "A" week. 

Miss Kenna read us a great book called, How to Make Apple Pie and See the World.

This book helps the children to learn about the ingredients needed to make an apple pie and is our introduction to traveling around the world in Kindergarten Plus.  We have been busy making suitcases and passports to begin our travels in the afternoon class.

What a Great Looking Class!

Miss Kathy's class is great looking!

Kindergarten Rocks

I have had so much fun getting to know my new kindergarten students.  We are getting adjusted to the school routine and getting all settled into the new school year. 

We have read some fun books this week. 

Chester's Way and Kindergarten Rocks.

I just love seeing the children getting excited as we begin to learn Bible verses, reading blend sounds and doing math worksheets.  Did I mention cursive writing?  Yes, we are learning the best posture for handwriting and starting to learn important strokes and letters. 

This is A week and we have a surprise for Friday afternoon!