The Espinoza Family Blog

Today was another cold morning as we headed out, I was able to slip out early enough to get the car started and warmed up before heading off to school.

Today is “Fun Lunch”!!! and Chapel!!

Isabel has been looking forward to this day since it was first mentioned at school. She gets to be like full-day students and eat lunch at school with her friends!

The look in her eye as she put her lunch magnet in the “hot” lunch section on the board instead of the “at home” section, was just priceless! She was just grinning from ear to ear. Lliam was at the board when she moved her magnet and he said, “I am just so confused.” Haha!

Isabel was so excited when I picked her up! She had a paper sack with her leftover lunch. She was happy that she was able to bring the leftovers home (and I was too). She had a huge slice of pizza, chips, fruit snacks, a marshmallow square, and a juice pouch!  Wow, that’s a lot of food for her! She ate it all just in shifts, some at school with her friends and then at home with us!

There was no Chapel today. Which I thought was very odd with Christmas coming up and vacation starting on Friday. (I later found out that Chapel was moved to Friday afternoon)

The opening activity was a coloring page. You can’t tell very well but she colored the whole thing yellow.

Back: stable scene with Mary, Joseph and Jesus, with a sheep!

We’ve been working hard on the verses that are given each week. She’s gotten to the point were she gets the book and verse numbers confused. If I give her the letter, she can get the verse. So we are working on getting all the right books and chapters with the right verse.

This week’s Bible verses:

“Nn” – “No man can serve two masters.” Matthew 6:24

“Mm” – “My son, give me thine heart.” Proverbs 23:26

“Ll” – “Look unto Me and be ye saved.” Isaiah 45:22

“Kk” – “Keep thy tongue from evil.” Psalm 34:13

“Jj” – “Jesus said unto him, I am the way, the truth and the life no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” John 14:6

“Ii” – “If ye shall ask anything in My name, I will do it.” John 14:14

“Hh” – “Honor thy father and thy mother.” Exodus 20:12

“Gg” – “God is love.” 1 John 4:8

“Ff” – “Fear not for I am with thee.” Isiah 43:5

“Ee” – “Even a child is known by his doings.” Proverbs 20:11

“Dd” – “Depart from evil and do good.” Psalm 34:14

“Cc” – “Children obey your parents in the Lord,  for this is right.” Ephesians 6:1

“Bb” – “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.” Acts 16:31

“Aa” – “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” Romans 3:23

So cold outside this morning as we headed out to school. The frost on the car windows was really thick and it took more time to clear it away then I expected. When we arrived at school we had to run to make it before the being tardy and having to head to the office first.

After school Isabel was excited to tell me about a “treasure” she found on the playground. Her “treasure” was a tiny metal “Hanna Montana” star, either from someones shoe or something. It’s tiny, smaller then a penny! She was so excited about finding it. She also told me about how the rocks in the playground were frozen together when she went to pick up a handful.

When I asked her why she didn’t swing, she said, because they got new playground equipment and the swings are gone. After she mentioned that, I remembered Gino saying the school was looking for help over the Christmas break to install the new equipment. So they must be getting ready to install some of the new equipment. How exciting!!!

Another “stained-glass” coloring project for the opening activity. She did a great job coloring it but I forgot to ask her why she drew the face on the angel so sad…

Back: The magi come to visit baby Jesus in the stable. When I first looked at this I asked her why one of the men has 2 heads. Gino pointed out to me that it was his crown and not a head! Haha! Great job Isabel!

Number writing practice. She did a very good job with this!

Back: more clock work. I love that she comes home from school and really works hard at telling me what time it is and enjoys doing it! Her number writing here is awesome!

She said the Bible story today was about baby Jesus being born.

Tomorrow is “Fun Lunch” at school and she is very excited that she is going to be able to attend. They ordered Papa John pizza and she’ll get to stay with her friends in class to eat lunch with them! She’s been talking about this since last week! Every day, she would ask if it’s “Fun Lunch” tomorrow… well the day is finally here! I hope she enjoys the extra time with her friends!

Friday is the last day of school before Christmas vacation, Mrs. Boettcher has planned a Christmas party. Isabel is excited about this as well and it does sound like they are going to have a great time with games and festive snacks and goodies! Looking forward to hearing all about it!

This week’s Bible verses:

“Nn” – “No man can serve two masters.” Matthew 6:24

“Mm” – “My son, give me thine heart.” Proverbs 23:26

“Ll” – “Look unto Me and be ye saved.” Isaiah 45:22

“Kk” – “Keep thy tongue from evil.” Psalm 34:13

“Jj” – “Jesus said unto him, I am the way, the truth and the life no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” John 14:6

“Ii” – “If ye shall ask anything in My name, I will do it.” John 14:14

“Hh” – “Honor thy father and thy mother.” Exodus 20:12

“Gg” – “God is love.” 1 John 4:8

“Ff” – “Fear not for I am with thee.” Isiah 43:5

“Ee” – “Even a child is known by his doings.” Proverbs 20:11

“Dd” – “Depart from evil and do good.” Psalm 34:14

“Cc” – “Children obey your parents in the Lord,  for this is right.” Ephesians 6:1

“Bb” – “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.” Acts 16:31

“Aa” – “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” Romans 3:23

The opening activity today was a “stained-glass” coloring page.

She kind of got the whole “stained-glass” thing… well sort of.

Phonics work with the letter “Ii“.

Back: more phonics work with letters.

The Bible story was about Joseph making the decision to not marry Mary. Then the Angel came to talk with Joseph about the baby Mary is carrying.

Away in the Manger and Kids of the Kingdom by Annie Herring.

Kids of the kingdom that’s what we are.
Kids of the kingdom that’s what we are.

Weeeeee Loooooooove Jeeeesus! (clap)
We Love the Lord.

My name is _____________.
And I love the Lord. (repeat).

They love the Lord.

Praise to the Father.
Praise to the Son.
Praise to the Spirit.
The three in one…
Cute song!

This week’s Bible verses:

“Mm” – “My son, give me thine heart.” Proverbs 23:26

“Ll” – “Look unto Me and be ye saved.” Isaiah 45:22

“Kk” – “Keep thy tongue from evil.” Psalm 34:13

“Jj” – “Jesus said unto him, I am the way, the truth and the life no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” John 14:6

“Ii” – “If ye shall ask anything in My name, I will do it.” John 14:14

“Hh” – “Honor thy father and thy mother.” Exodus 20:12

“Gg” – “God is love.” 1 John 4:8

“Ff” – “Fear not for I am with thee.” Isiah 43:5

“Ee” – “Even a child is known by his doings.” Proverbs 20:11

“Dd” – “Depart from evil and do good.” Psalm 34:14

“Cc” – “Children obey your parents in the Lord,  for this is right.” Ephesians 6:1

“Bb” – “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.” Acts 16:31

“Aa” – “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” Romans 3:23

Again, not much was said about school today except recess. We tried getting more information but she says she can’t remember. So I get what I can!

The Bible story was about baby Jesus.

The opening activity was a maze. Isabel loves doing these. She said she started to use green but decided to use pencil because she didn’t want to mess up. I told her that was O.K. and she helped the shepherds find the manger!

Name writing practice. We do this at home as well. Mrs. Boettcher told us about a cool website that allows you to add your own info and then just print it at home! So awesome!!

Learning placements; first, second, third and fourth.

Back: practice writing for the number “8“.
Make an “Ss” and go back home!

This week’s Bible verses:

“Mm” – “My son, give me thine heart.” Proverbs 23:26

“Ll” – “Look unto Me and be ye saved.” Isaiah 45:22

“Kk” – “Keep thy tongue from evil.” Psalm 34:13

“Jj” – “Jesus said unto him, I am the way, the truth and the life no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” John 14:6

“Ii” – “If ye shall ask anything in My name, I will do it.” John 14:14

“Hh” – “Honor thy father and thy mother.” Exodus 20:12

“Gg” – “God is love.” 1 John 4:8

“Ff” – “Fear not for I am with thee.” Isiah 43:5

“Ee” – “Even a child is known by his doings.” Proverbs 20:11

“Dd” – “Depart from evil and do good.” Psalm 34:14

“Cc” – “Children obey your parents in the Lord,  for this is right.” Ephesians 6:1

“Bb” – “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.” Acts 16:31

“Aa” – “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” Romans 3:23

Not much was said about school today. At recess she swung on the swings. She also said she played with a girl (couldn’t remember her name) from the other Kindergarten class. They played like it was Christmas. She didn’t tell me much about it, just that some boys came by and messed everything up.

Today was show and tell for the girls and they were told to bring a Christmas ornament. Isabel said she saw a ballerina and 2 Hello Kitty ornaments. She couldn’t remember the other ones.

Isabel took her ornament from 2008.

The opening activity was to decorate the Christmas tree.
I love how she made the star looking like it was shiny and bright!

Phonics work with the letter “Ii“.

Back: Writing practice with the letter “Ii“.

 

This week’s Bible verses:

“Mm” – “My son, give me thine heart.” Proverbs 23:26

“Ll” – “Look unto Me and be ye saved.” Isaiah 45:22

“Kk” – “Keep thy tongue from evil.” Psalm 34:13

“Jj” – “Jesus said unto him, I am the way, the truth and the life no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” John 14:6

“Ii” – “If ye shall ask anything in My name, I will do it.” John 14:14

“Hh” – “Honor thy father and thy mother.” Exodus 20:12

“Gg” – “God is love.” 1 John 4:8

“Ff” – “Fear not for I am with thee.” Isiah 43:5

“Ee” – “Even a child is known by his doings.” Proverbs 20:11

“Dd” – “Depart from evil and do good.” Psalm 34:14

“Cc” – “Children obey your parents in the Lord,  for this is right.” Ephesians 6:1

“Bb” – “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.” Acts 16:31

“Aa” – “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” Romans 3:23

We had a lot to gather this morning as we headed out the door. We even had 2 dozen cookies for the Christmas program tonight as well.

Today was Chapel and Isabel said they practiced for the program tonight and they got to use real microphones! They aren’t allowed to hold the microphone, it will be kept on a stand but they can adjust it to speak into.

The work from today…

The opening activity was a coloring picture of Saint Nicolas.
I love how colorful this is!

Phonics work with the letter “Ff”.

Back: “Ff” writing practice.

Isabel brought home a lot of past work…

She didn’t work on this today but another day, she couldn’t remember.
She did a great job writing the numbers and could recall the times on each clock as I showed them to her.

Back: Number practice with the letter “8“.

This project they did toward the beginning of the year.
The tree is her arm and then sponge painted on leaves.

This was actually from earlier in the year as well.
I took a picture of the whole bulletin board here.

This they did just a few weeks ago.
The turkey is her hand and thumb print. The feather’s and feet  are prints from a very large potato!

This week’s Bible verses:

“Mm” – “My son, give me thine heart.” Proverbs 23:26

“Ll” – “Look unto Me and be ye saved.” Isaiah 45:22

“Kk” – “Keep thy tongue from evil.” Psalm 34:13

“Jj” – “Jesus said unto him, I am the way, the truth and the life no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” John 14:6

“Ii” – “If ye shall ask anything in My name, I will do it.” John 14:14

“Hh” – “Honor thy father and thy mother.” Exodus 20:12

“Gg” – “God is love.” 1 John 4:8

“Ff” – “Fear not for I am with thee.” Isiah 43:5

“Ee” – “Even a child is known by his doings.” Proverbs 20:11

“Dd” – “Depart from evil and do good.” Psalm 34:14

“Cc” – “Children obey your parents in the Lord,  for this is right.” Ephesians 6:1

“Bb” – “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.” Acts 16:31

“Aa” – “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” Romans 3:23

It was only 24° when we left for school this morning.

Isabel was anxious to get to class this morning to see if Mrs. Boettcher was back. When she entered the classroom, she was glad to see her and gave her a big hug.

Today was All-School-Open and they practiced for their Christmas program, which is tomorrow night.

When I arrived at school to pick up her up after school, they were still practicing over in the church and arrived back at the classroom late.

Isabel said they did have snack time and did get out to recess today but otherwise they just practiced.

This week’s Bible verses:

“Mm” – “My son, give me thine heart.” Proverbs 23:26

“Ll” – “Look unto Me and be ye saved.” Isaiah 45:22

“Kk” – “Keep thy tongue from evil.” Psalm 34:13

“Jj” – “Jesus said unto him, I am the way, the truth and the life no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” John 14:6

“Ii” – “If ye shall ask anything in My name, I will do it.” John 14:14

“Hh” – “Honor thy father and thy mother.” Exodus 20:12

“Gg” – “God is love.” 1 John 4:8

“Ff” – “Fear not for I am with thee.” Isiah 43:5

“Ee” – “Even a child is known by his doings.” Proverbs 20:11

“Dd” – “Depart from evil and do good.” Psalm 34:14

“Cc” – “Children obey your parents in the Lord,  for this is right.” Ephesians 6:1

“Bb” – “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.” Acts 16:31

“Aa” – “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” Romans 3:23