Search for Baby Jesus!

This month we've been learning about the First Christmas.  We learned :

1. Christmas is Jesus' Birthday
2. Jesus' parents are Mary and Joseph
3. Mary and Joseph had to stay in a stable with the animals.
4. Jesus' crib was a manger.
5. A Manger is a feed box for the animals
6. Angels told the shepherds that Jesus was born.
7. The wise men saw a bright star in the sky.
8. They followed it and found Jesus. 
9. They brought him gifts

Today we read the story "What Star is This?" by Joseph Slate.  It is about a comet that grows and becomes the star that lead the Wise Men to Jesus.

We decided to be Wise Men.  Each child chose something to take as a gift to Jesus.  The children chose a book, a baby, a dish, a blanket, a wrench, and a jingle bell.  We have a Nativity set outside our front door so we put on our coats and headed out the back door to make our journey to find Jesus.

When we arrived at the front steps Baby Jesus was gone!!!

There was a sign on the door which the children, of course, assumed was a mission note.  They donned their Super Hero capes and off we went to find Baby Jesus. 

I'm sure the neighbors could hear the children calling "Baby Jesus, where are you?" as we walked through the neighborhood.

The patches of ice were fascinating to our Super Heroes but they kept moving along.  As we made our way back to the Preschool, we found Baby Jesus back by the garage. 

We returned Baby Jesus to Mary and Joseph and gave him our gifts. 

Happy Birthday Jesus!!

Mission # 1-- Super Pup and Super Cat Got Lost!!

Today the Super Pals were called to action.  After our story about Johnny Appleseed we were getting our Sidekick Bag ready for Spider Man to take them home.  When we opened it up, Super Pup and Super Cat were gone!!  We found this note inside :

The children grabbed their capes and away we went.  We decided that since cats like to climb trees they could have gotten stuck in a tree.   We walked down the sidewalks and through alleys.

 

We looked up in  trees.......

There is a ALCO bag in the tree that the kids thought the Side kicks might be inside of.  The way the wind blew it around we could tell it was an empty bag. 

We looked in back yards.....

We looked under trees....

As we returned to Linda's Preschool through the alley, Super Princess spotted Super Pup and Super Cat trapped on the roof of the little red building.

Thanks to the Super Pals  Super Pup and Super Cat are now safe and sound this weekend with Spider Man. 

Adventures with Super Princess

This past weekend we got to visit Super Princess's house.  She took us everywhere she went.  We got to ride in the stroller with her dolls.

We rode on her bike and slept with her every night.

On Sunday we got to go to the Elyria Pumpkin Festival.  It was so much fun!  Super Princess' mom made some yummy puppy chow to share with all of her friends at Preschool.  It doesn't taste like Super Pup's food, but it was very yummy!!

Thanks Super Princess for the fun weekend!!
Super Pup & Super Cat

Adventures with little "J"---Bat Man

We had a great time at 'Little J's" (Bat Man)'s  house! We helped Bat Man's  mom with her garage sale. Then we went to his Grandma and Grandpa's to watch the Husker Game. (We really need to get ourselves some Husker attire for all these football parties we get to go to.)   The highlight of our weekend was getting to go to the Pumpkin Patch on Sunday.  We went down slides, rode the train and helped him pick out a pumpkin.

This is a picture Bat Man drew of him and us riding in a spaceship.

What a great picture!

Thanks Bat Man  for the GREAT time!
Super Pup and Super Cat

A visit to "P"'s (Star Girl) house

 Sept. 17, 2010----WOW! We were busy at Star Girl's house this weekend.  On Friday we went to the grocery store and bought some chicken nuggets. Super Cat really wanted some of those! That night we slept with P on the top bunk!  On Saturday we got to meet the WHOLE family at the Husker football party that Star Girl's mom & dad threw!  We got to play with Star Girl and her little brother and all her cousins.  We also met her Grandma and Grandpa.  There was lots of yummy food! On Sunday we went to ALCO and looked at Halloween decorations. Star Girl tried on a really scary mask! After seeing that we're not sure we want to go trick or treating.

Thank you Star Girl for showing us such a great time!


Super Pup and Super Cat

Meet our Sidekicks!

Every Super Hero needs a reliable Side Kick. This year we have 2 Side Kicks to help us with our adventures.

We'd like to meet Super Pup......

and Super Cat.........

You will notice that they have Super Capes.  Each preschooler will get a chance to take them home over a weekend.  The child's parents write an entry into their journal about the adventures they've had.

We're looking forward to a fun year!

How to make an EASY and safe Super Hero cape

  Over the past few years there have been a lot of movies about Super Heroes. While I never personally cared for them my preschool children have been fascinated with them. They would bring us doll blankets and want them tied around their neck.  Within a few minutes they were back asking us to tie them again.
 I don't remember where I originally found this idea but I think it is ingenious.

First of all, get a t-shirt a little bit larger than the child who will be wearing it. You want big enough so it will still fit over their head as they grow, but you don't want it too long so that they trip over it as they run and play.

1. Cut off the front of the shirt by cutting up each side up to the arm pit of the sleeve.
2. Cut around the back of the sleeve up just past the shoulder seam.
3. Cut along the seam to neck hole.
4. Cut around the neck hole over to shoulder seam and across to sleeve.
5. Cut around the back of the sleeve as you did on the other side and down the side
6.  You will have the neck hole and back of the shirt left.  The child can slip the neck hole over their head. No tying, buttoning, etc.
7.  The capes can be decorated with fabric paint or glue other embellishments on.
We glued felt lightning bolts and stars on. Then we used spray on glue and sprinkled glitter on the shirts. We re-sprayed the glue to ensure the glitter would stay on.  I don't know how the glitter will stay on if they are washed. Unless our Super Heroes encounter a really messy situation I don't have plans to wash them.

Don't throw away the sleeves!! You can leave the cuff/hem part in tact and cut a part of the sleeve out and you have a mini cape for your child to use for a stuffed animal or doll.  It can be their Side Kick.