🏀Room 1 on the Big Field⚽️

Every Wednesday is our time to venture onto the big school campus and utilize the big field.

It’s a great time for the students to run around, be loud and get out energy!

We often start with a race across the field. We like to run like different animals varying from birds to horses! Students love to come up with different ways to cross the field.

Our time on the field is usually about 30-40 minutes before chapel. Within that time we run, play soccer, play catch and play with frisbees.

Sometimes, Room 2 accompanies us on the big field. We welcome them into activities and join forces to have fun!

Sometimes we bring out different things like the parachute and potatoes sacks for sack races!

Big Field is a highlight of our week. It gives us a light and fun break from small groups. A big open space is great for children to use their creativity!

Psalm 96:12:

“Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them; let all the trees of the forest sing for joy.”

Toddlers are going into 2025 in a big way

With 2025 right around the corner we are so excited to announce some of the upcoming news for our toddler program. We will be starting 2025 with two rooms, toddler A and toddler B will up and operating in play. With Ms. Arpy in older toddler room B and Ms. Breanna in younger toddler room A. Another great addition to our support will be a room parent. A room parent is needed to support both rooms.

If you are available and interested in joining our awesome room parent team please reach out to the office or toddler staff for more details.

Fall Fun and Creative Play!

At Pasadena Christian Preschool we believe that play is the foundation of learning. Everyday is filled with fun, laughter, and learning as our little explorers dive into activities designed to spark curiosity and build essential skills. Here’s a glimpse into a typical day in Room 4.

Our days begin with art/craft time with teacher. We are currently reading The Ugly Pumpkin by Dave Horowitz which inspired us to create our own version of “ugly” pumpkins.

Watching children paint with apples during the fall season is pure fun! They are able to discover new textures, create colorful prints, and turn a simple fruit into a canvas for creativity and discovery.

Children love creative play because they get the chance to paint, build with blocks, or explore sensory bins. This type of play helps improve and refine motor skills, encourage problem- solving, and allow them to express their creativity. In this instance, the “trucks are going to work.”

Building community during chapel time; the kids love to sit and worship. Their faces completely light up when Mr. Tim plays songs they recognize with his ukulele, as well as when we listen to Bible stories.

Everyday we spend time in our outdoor play area, where children can run, jump and explore. On this day, we went out to water our garden and learn about the process of how a seed grows in soil.

We are so excited to continue learning.

In Everything Give Thanks

This month in Preschool, we are focusing on the theme of Thankfulness! As 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 reminds us, “Rejoice always; pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” Throughout the month, we will read books, sing songs, and reflect on the things we are grateful for during circle time. Here are some of the books we are enjoying:

Thanksgiving is for Giving Thanks
by Margaret Sutherland
If You’re Thankful & You Know It
by Chrissy Bozik
Grateful: A Song of Giving Thanks
by John Bucchino

Our class created Thankful Turkeys! Each student used their fine motor skills to paint paper plates and cardboard tubes, which we let dry overnight. The next day, the teacher wrote down each child’s thankful thoughts on feather cutouts. Students then added feathers, a beak, a waddle, and sticker eyes to complete their turkey crafts. We invite you to stop by our classroom bulletin board to see what our class is thankful for. Here are a few pictures of our students working on their Thankful Turkeys!

🧸🐻🐻‍❄️ The Three Bears 🐻‍❄️🐻🧸

Our Happily Ever After Curriculum is based on fairy tales and folk tales and we have had a great time integrating it into our lesson plans.

The first story was Little Red Riding Hood and we loved reading different versions of the story and comparing and contrasting. But we have moved on to the Three Bears and we have already done so much!

We have started letting the children act out the stories during Music and Movement time. Here are some clips from The Room 1 Theater Group.

This is some video from Monday. The class needed Ms. Heather to guide the story along. They knew the gist of the story.
The class knew a lot of the lines the second day and even had a student narrator.

The children asked about porridge and we compared it to oatmeal and they got to make it and try it during small groups. Here is what that looked like:

They said it was delicious. We used vanilla oat milk and they got to cut up peaches and bananas.

Mr. Tim even loaned us some books so we can compare and contrast different stories. Here is what we have read so far.

We have read both these books this week and we plan to read a few more.

🎥🍿Friday Fun🎥🍿

Last Friday was the day after Halloween and we decided to make it a fun day! We had a pajama/ movie day and it was a great time.

I told them to make a silly face. I think they passed!
We watched some Mickey Mouse Shorts and then did a couple of freeze dances as well as Danny Go!

Also what’s a movie day without some popcorn! We ate popcorn 🍿 and then danced the day away.

All in all we had a fun day and a great way to end a busy week. 😁

🍎🍏Apple/Pumpkin Days 🎃🎃

We have celebrated Apple & Pumpkin days which is a preschool tradition. We had apple and pumpkin based crafts and games as well as snacks!

Wednesday was Apple Day and we did apple crafts and ate Red Delicious apples. They were so sweet!

We did dot painting and we stamped with apples on a stamp pad. We ended the festivities with a trip to big field and had fun with sack races, frisbees, bouncy balls and some fun with the parachute.

We read the Pumpkin Patch Parable and we learned about how we can let God’s light shine from within us.

Thursday was Pumpkin Day and it was a blast! We had pumpkin painting, carving and bowling. Here are a few photos of the fun 🤩:

We also had a parent come in and she read so many books. The class loved it 📖.

It was such a fun time and we look forward to next year!