After circle time we sang our Christmas songs with the piano. Then we got out the jingle bells and the kids LOVED them. After singing Jingle Bells, we had some fundamentals of music time singing, "this is how we shake them soft, this is how we shake them loud. . . fast, slow" etc. Then we danced to the freeze song and everytime the music stopped, so did the bells. Very fun. They all cut loose today.
After finishing our workbooks we learned a little about Chrismas in other parts of the world and how some people call Santa Claus "Father Christmas". We also learned about how people put candles on the Christmas tree before electricity. Later we read Merry Christmas Strega Nona. We made a couple of crafts today, Father Christmas with his red hat and fuzzy beard, and a "pin punch" candle to hang in the window.
Play time consisted of playing flying Pegasus (mostly the girls) and Motor Works. Motor works is this drill set from Discovery Toys in which you can put together a car, a motorcycle and an airplane. Quinn, Mason and Laine REALLY loved it. (Missy or Katie--if you're ever looking for a gift idea, your boys could not get enough of this!)
Lunchtime was HILARIOUS today! We had pizza, apples and milk, and if only you all could have been flies on the wall listening to the conversation!!! This is kind of how it went:
"Mason and I are both 4, so I'm going to marry Mason when we get big!" Elizabeth
"Mason, do you want to marry me?" Elizabeth
(nothing) Mason
"The rule is you can't marry anyone in your family or your cousins, just your friends, so I'm going to marry Mason." Elizabeth
"I'll be the mom and you can be the dad and go to work. Do you want to get married Mason?" Elizabeth
(nothing) Mason
"Girls can only marry boys and boys can only marry girls. Girls can't marry girls and boys can't marry boys or it breaks God's rules. But I can marry Mason. Right Mason?" Elizabeth
(nothing) Mason
"When you're married you get to kiss!" Elizabeth
"EWWWWW" EVERYONE yells!
"How about you go to college and on a mission before you get married?" Teri
"Boys go on missions, OK Mason you can go on a mission and then we'll get married." Elizabeth
"Girls can go on missions too if they choose. I went on a mission before I got married." Teri
"OK, after all the missions and college then we'll get married, right Mason?" Elizabeth
(nothing) Mason
The marriage lesson had to be over when Elizabeth wanted to show Mason how a gentleman dances, "You put your hands right here and we'll dance." "Storytime! Everyone on your mats!" Teri
What fun! I love preschool. I especially like listening to the children when they are eating lunch and playing. One time with Reed's preschool one of the girls was playing with the dolls and asked one of the boys to give the doll a blessing because it was sick. :)
ReplyDeleteOh, I'm just barely reading this...how funny! Elizabeth loves making plans with boys who seems to be marriage material, but I've tried to tell her the exact same things you did! Thanks for writing this down. And for the record, exactly HOW did Elizabeth want to dance with Mason?!?!?
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