Mrs. Rachel's Three's Class: Pumpkin Pumpkin!

Nicole and I were so glad to see our sweet class on Thursday. We missed them all over fall break! We definitely had an exciting first week back to school!

We started our week with lots of fun with the fire station visit! We learned about fire safety, what to do in case of a fire, and about how firemen do their job. We even got to see a fireman put on all of his gear and explore the truck! The firemen reminded the students how to stop, drop, and roll; what number to call in an emergency, and that they need to make an escape plan with their families in case of a fire. These would be great things to review at home with your child! You might even include them on changing out the batteries in smoke detectors!

We also had lots of fun this week learning about how pumpkins grow and what's inside a pumpkin. We read several pumpkin books, including The Pumpkin Patch Parable and Pumpkin Pumpkin. These books both talked about the life cycle of a pumpkin as well as what can be found inside. We even got to see inside one and taste pumpkin seeds this week! Maybe they can feel the pulp themselves if your family carves a pumpkin together at home! Our Bible focus this week was about how we can shine when we have the love of Jesus in our hearts, just like a pumpkin can shine when you carve its smiling face and put a light inside. See if your child can show you the motions to this month's Bible verse: Matthew 5:16.

To go along with our pumpkin theme, we also painted pumpkins and used shapes to create our own paper Jack-o-lanterns. We also used pumpkins to review the letters we have done so far (M, F, P, L, Z, E, and A). You can continue to review these letters (as well as the numbers 1-5) this week. We will be doing a short assessment next week to see which letters and numbers we need to continue to work on. Our poem of the week was "Five Little Pumpkins." You can check your child's poem folder for some fun activities to do with this poem together! Finally, we enjoyed creating "pumpkin bubbles" and watching our pumpkin volcano erupt as well as celebrating our sweet friend Katelyn's third birthday with yummy cupcakes!

I was so excited with how nicely we picked right back up after a few weeks apart! It is such a blessing to see sweet friendships forming between classmates. We can't wait to see them next week for more fall fun and our Halloween party!