Palm Sunday...the last Sunday before Easter, and the beginning of Holy Week.

The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd
~ Begin with Palm Sunday
~ Presentation of The Cenacle
~ Good Friday

The word "Cenacle" comes from "cena" which means "to eat" or "dinner'. The Latin word Cenaculum was used in the Vulgate Bible for the "upper room" where the Last supper was held. Jesus celebrated the Last Supper with the twelve apostles. The Last Supper was celebrated in the "cenacle" or upper room of a house. Each year in the atrium, typically in the season of Lent, the children are presented the Cenacle.

In Catholic Relief Services this week~ Global Solidarity
Catholic Social teaching inspires and guides how we live and work in the world. In this principle, Global Solidarity, Jesus tells us to love our neighbors, even though they may be different than us. That means the neighbors who live next door and also those who live on the other side of the planet. Jesus reminds us that we are all part of God's great family.

Thank you to the children for their efforts in Almsgiving during this Lenten season. This last week of Lent we are collecting lip balm.

Human  Science~ We will finish our unit of the Digestive System,  and the organs in our body. When we return from Easter Break we'll begin our unit on the Skeletal System.

Geography~ The city of Jerusalem

Math~ practice numeral writing, hanging bead stair 0-9, hanging bead stair 11-19

Language~ Sound Boards, Mail Cards, Blue Blend board

Practical Life~ Dressing Frames, Silver Polishing, Plant Washing

Sensorial~ Rough and Smooth Boards, Thermic Tablets, Sound Cylinders

Thank You to Shannon Danitz for putting the St. Patrick's Day Party together. Also a big Thank You to Jennie Lounsberry for the yummy creative healthy snack, Kate Baker for the beautiful yummy shamrock cookies she baked, decorated, and placed in little baggies for all the children, Stefani Arya for the lovely green and gold bead necklaces and St. Patrick's Day stickers, and Doug Patterson for reading the stories and helping in the classroom all morning!

Thank you to Jennifer Robertson (Grayson's Grandma) for helping in the classroom on Wednesday!

Birthdays~ Aiden Lounsberry March 20th, Happy Birthday Aiden
March 28th, Heather Howe, Happy Birthday Heather

Have a wonderful week,
Ms Karen

March 13th is the fifth Sunday of Lent!

Caring for God's Creation, we remember God created every plant, every mountaintop, every animal- everything! And God said that these things are good.  We find God in these good things, and so we must take care of creation-both  for ourselves and for all of our human family.

For our Almsgiving~Lenten Service Project we are collecting band aids; however, I failed to put in last weeks blog "combs"! When they came to collect our Almsgiving we had one package of combs. This week it will be combs and band aids.

We are continuing to fill our second rice bowl with change! A huge (Thank You) to the parents for all you do!

Last week the children learned American sign language for the song "Jesus Loves Me". You will have to see them all together signing and singing.

We've been doing lots of color mixing with food coloring. This week we will do color mixing with paint. 

The children seem to love drawing portraits of themselves, which are truly a piece of art!

We will be doing more plant washing, table and chair washing, and dusting. Wood polishing, mirror polishing, and silver polishing involve many different steps for the child to follow. There are more than 15 steps to each task, including clean up, and putting the work back in it's home. 

Sound of the week "r" as in robot, reindeer, raccoon, rhinoceros, rabbit, ribbon, robin, rolling pin, etc. Everyone will bring their sharing on Thursday!

March 17th~ Happy St Patricks Day!!!
March 18th~ School is closed for Regional Curriculum Day

Have a wonderful week,
Ms Karen & Ms Lois

March 6th, was the 4th Sunday of Lent!

This week we are reading about Mayra she is 11 years old, and lives in Honduras. She was shy and didn't always like school. Then her teacher noticed Mayra wasn't always doing her homework. She didn't always understand her math and reading lessons. However her teacher invited Mayra to join a CRS-sponsored tutoring program. Now, Mayra is proud of her reading and math skills!

We also talked about the recipes from each country. We have watched a few videos of children at OLF making these meals with their friends and family. If you would like to do this with your child please send me the video and we can share it with our class!

We are learning about the Digestive System! The path the food takes as it travels through the body and what happens to the food they eat when it is inside of them.

Sound of the week "l" as in Lamb, Lion, and Llama.

I will introduce wood polishing, and plant washing in the practical life area this week.

Sensorial~ Rough and Smooth Boards

Math~ the 1,000 Bead Chain counting by tens

Langauge~ more pin punching, metal insets, and pencil sharpening (manual)

Have a wonderful week,
Ms Karen and Ms Lois