Mrs. Hoolsema’s Kindergarten Class

Welcome to Kindergarten!

We continue to work and play each day in Kindergarten. The boys and girls are doing well learning new concepts and playing with their peers.

As we prepare for Christmas, the Kindergartners will participate in several Advent activities. Each student will make a clay Advent wreath, which will be sent home when it is complete. On each Sunday of Advent, the “flame” (gold chenille stem) on each “candle” (straw) can be pulled up to light the candle. The Kindergartners will learn the following Advent prayer which they can say when they light the “candles” on their Advent wreath: “Come Lord Jesus, be my friend. I’m glad your love will never end.”

During Advent, we will do “Jesus things” for each other. “Jesus things” are kind deeds or actions we can do for others. Each time a student does a kind deed or action, he/she will place a pinch of hay inside the baby bed in our classroom. Our kindness will make the bed soft for baby Jesus. Before we leave for Christmas vacation, we will place a statue of baby Jesus in the bed and sing “Happy Birthday” to Him.

Here are suggestions you can do at home to help your child:

Read for 20 minutes per day!

Have your child read the little books he/she brings home

Have your child practice cutting on lines with scissors

Have your child write his/her name using one capital letter and the rest lower-case letters

Practice counting to 100

Practice zipping, buttoning, snapping, and tying shoes

Joanne Hoolsema

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