March 19th, 2020

Good Morning!

Thank you to those of you who left comments on my blog.  I heard from 7 of you and would love to hear from the rest.  Thank you also for the tips on toilet paper.  I actually found some at the Shell Gas Station in Atwater.  I called The Dollar Store yesterday and the gal told me they were getting a shipment in this morning at 8:00.  This is the one on Bellevue in Atwater.  Another thank you to those of you who sign up on Epic!  The more I look through it the more excited I am...it truly is Epic!  There are thousands of book and videos that are age appropriate.  One of your friends read 8 books yesterday!  Wow! Great Job! <3

Wash your hands and sign in.  The question of the day is...How does doing school work at home make you feel?  Happy?  Excited?  Bored?

Let's start today with the Angel of God prayer...

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit...Amen

Angel of God, my guardian dear
to whom God's love entrusts us here.
Ever this day be at my side,
to light, to guard, to rule and to guide...Amen

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit...Amen

Flag Salute

Day 4 in Second Step Social Emotional:  Skill practice activity #2:  Joining in

We'll be using our puppets Miguel and Lucy so you can use socks or you can just use your hands if you don't have any puppets.  Make two cards, one with a smiley face and one with a frowning face and you'll need play food either "real" play food or "imaginary" play food depending on what you have.

As you're playing, Miguel and Lucy will try different ways to join in the game.  For each way, you'll decide if it's an okay way to join in.  Hold up the card that shows if that way of joining in is okay.  Have the children practice responding in assertive, respectful ways to the puppets behaviors.  Try out a few scenarios, good ones and bad ones.

Now let's color and cut out our second set of tools.  Do you know what they are and what they do?

Whew!  That was a lot of work!  Let's hop on over to Epic!  And read a story!

My tummy is hungry...is yours?  Lets wash hands, say a prayer and have a snack.  Don't forget to use good table manners and to clean your area when you're finished.  If you accidentally spill, show Mom and Dad that you know how to clean it up all by yourself!  Wash your hands again...

We're out of here!  Let's go outside and look for four leaf clovers!  If you have any trees nearby you can look on the trunk of the trees way down by the ground to see if you can find any elf homes.  Draw a picture for me please.

Wash hands (yes again!) and let's get out our playdough.  This time I want you to make snakes (ewww! you  know I don't like snakes!) Anyway, make 5 snakes all different sizes and put them in order shortest to longest.  Count each one and then count them again saying first, second, third, fourth, fifth. Measure them with a ruler or a tape measure, then put them all together to make one long snake and measure them again.  If you don't have playdough, you can use sticks of different sizes.  Write down three numbers you see on the ruler or tape measure.

Yesterday I forgot to honor St. Joseph.  It was his feast day.  St. Joseph was Jesus' daddy on earth, he followed God's will, was a good provider and a hard worker.  He was a carpenter and taught Jesus the skills of his trade.  Let's do what St. Joseph did, follow God's will, provide for others less fortunate and work hard.  Mom and Dad, please look online to find a video about St. Joseph for preschoolers and talk about it with your children.

Please let me hear from you in the comments section and let me know what you think of my blog.  Too much work?  Too little?  Please, those of you I haven't heard from, let me know that you are able to get on my blog.  I know life is crazy so maybe you haven't had the time to get on.  I will be calling everyone tomorrow to check in.  I miss the kids like crazy!

May God keep you all healthy and happy

Miss C.