A Lot of Love in Jumpstart

The past couple of weeks we have been learning all about the heart shape and what it means.  We have painted hearts, used heart stickers, and played with heart cookie cutters with playdoh. We learned that the heart shape means love and that Jesus loves us.

We had our Valentine Party this past week.  Everyone enjoyed their Moms and Dads joining us for our party. We had a special valentine snack of cookies and pink icing and sprinkles.  We also made a heart ladybug and played a conversation heart counting game.  Everyone loved passing out their valentines to their friends.  Mrs. Julie, Mrs. Jill, and I were so proud at how well everyone sat and waiting for their turn.  

Thank you to all the parents who donated and helped at the Valentine Party!

New Year & Three New Friends

The new year has brought many frigid days, but we have still been busy in Jumpstart.  The past couple of weeks we have worked on the color white, the circle, the triangle, and the 4th day God created.  We have also welcomed three new friends, Kelsie, Jude, and Brooklyn, to our class.

For our crafts, we made a white polar bear, a potato stamped snowman, and a triangular lion's face.

We worked on scissor cutting straws.  Everyone loved how the straw pieces went flying when they cut them.  

We also played in ice and matched shapes with our cookie matching game. 

A Jumpstart Christmas

Christmas time was a fun time in Jumpstart.  We worked on learning the colors green and brown, learning all about the birth of baby Jesus, and practicing our songs for the annual HFYH Christmas program.

We made hand print Christmas trees and glued on jewels for ornaments.  We worked on our fine motor skills by decorating our very own Christmas tree with ornaments and tinsel.  We also played with our Christmas theme sensory table and felt board. We started working on recognizing our names, so we made Christmas lights with each letter.

 We learned about baby Jesus. We read stories and sang songs about his birth, and we used stickers to learn about where Jesus was born and who was there to welcome him to our world.

Jumpstart Halloween Party!

Our classes had wonderful parties last week!  All the kids were so excited to wear their costumes to school and have fun with their friends.  As you can see from the photos, everyone looked so cute!  We had a variety of characters ranging from a firefighter to Doc McStuffins. 
Everyone, including teachers and parents, enjoyed the festivities.  The class made a special Halloween snack and craft, but I think their favorite part was the "candy dig" game.  The students were very enthusiastic about it to say the least.  The kids were all smiles and had a great time!

 

October Fun!

Our Jumpstart class has been very busy as usual.  We have been making lots of crafts and playing with friends.  We have had quite a few indoor recesses in the gym since it is cooling off outside and has been rainy.  The kids have lots of fun either way!
We continue to work on colors, counting, and singing our ABC's.  We have been focusing on the color black and orange this month and have made some pretty cute Halloween crafts.  We also started learning that on the 2nd day of creation God made the sky and water!  The class has enjoyed learning our Bible lessons and working on crafts that go along with the lessons.  It is so rewarding to watch the students soak up all the new things they're learning!  Thanks for sharing them with us :)


 

The Color Blue & God Made Light

The past two weeks we have been learning the color blue.  We made blue octopuses and blue birds.  We learned that the sky is blue and checked out who was wear blue on their clothes each day. We also learned that on Day 1 God made light.  We created a black earth with yellow tissue paper as the light that God created.

 

 

 

 

We have been working hard during our centers time.  We strung pool noodles onto a jump rope and sorted color discs on our color mats.

 

 

 

 

Some of our favorite songs are "Bringing Home a Baby Bumble Bee,"  "Animal Action," and "In Right, Out Right."  We enjoyed books about Blue and his clues this week and a book about what God created.  We are having so much fun at school, and Miss Liz, Mrs. Jill, and I are loving getting to know all of their personalities!

 

 

Important Information:

*Join us for our Home For Your Heart Give Back Event at Roca Bar on October 3rd.  If you need a coupon for the event please let us know or you are welcome to copy the one we sent home for all of your family and friends.

 

*Jumpstart Picture Day will be on Tuesday, October 8th & Wednesday, October 9th.  Photos will be taken by Angela Nixon from Lifetime by Nixon Photography

 



Learning the Color Red & Playing with our New Friends

We have had a great start to the new school year!  Everyone is getting to know their new routines and are having fun playing with their new friends. We are learning the color red, a lot of new songs, God made everything; even me, and how to walk down the hallway with "bubbles" in our mouths.

During our center times, we have made red ladybugs, little red hens, red apple prints, and our hand print with a red heart in the center.  We have played with oatmeal in our sensory table, red playdoh, and bubbles.

 

 

Everyone loves to play outside and we are taking full advantage of the great weather we have had.  Some of our favorite things to play outside is driving our school bus, going down the slide, and playing in the house. We have even discovered some bugs on the playground!!

 

 



Mrs. Jill, Miss Liz, and I are so proud of all our kids so far. Everyone is doing a great job leaving their moms and dads. We have seen great progress in the last couple of week.  We know we are going to have a great year, and are so thankful you share them with us twice a week!!