Faith's Preschool Graduation

On Thursday, June 5th, Faith graduated from preschool!

A few weeks ago they took this picture of her in a cap & gown. The sash she's wearing says, "Congratulations on graduating from the Little Dears Preschool." She's holding her certificate.

Last year Joseph graduated from the same preschool. They had a simple graduation ceremony at the preschool for his class. But this year they held the graduation in a party hall.  Below you can see pictures & videos from her graduation ceremony.

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Faith started preschool

Faith's first day of preschool was Wednesday this week. She was so excited to go back to the local preschool and be with her friends again! She has a new teacher this year. Joseph's teacher from last year (whom we LOVE) is her teacher this year! 

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Preschool Graduation

On Tuesday, June 4th, Joseph graduated from preschool!

They took this picture of him in a cap & gown and put it in a frame for a gift! I love this picture!!! The sash he's wearing says "Congratulations on graduating from The Little Dears Preschool!" 

Below you can see some pictures and videos of his little graduation ceremony! 

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Random Preschool Post

It seems that there's been a lot happening at the preschool lately. They've been learning a lot and having lots of special days  too! They've had field trips and party days...most of it I don't have pictures of. bummer.

Joseph's teacher started a chat group with all of the mom's of the boys in his class. That's been fun! She'll post pictures sometimes!

Faith's teacher has gotten sick and had to leave, so they have a sub for the rest of the year. It doesn't seem to bother Faith at all. She's got so many friends, that's the best part for her!

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Easter Baskets at Preschool

Joseph and Faith were so excited about Easter! They brought Easter Baskets to give to their friends at
school. Their friends didn't understand what it was, but they were happy about their gifts. Inside to baskets they got candy and a picture of Jesus with a verse on it.















Here's a few pictures of their classmates with their baskets! What fun it was to give these out!

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Random Feb/Mar pics

This is a pic of the kids' first face painting experience! So fun!

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friends at school

Here's a few pictures of Joseph and Faith with their friends at school! They really love their friends! When they come home talking about the fun times that they have with their friends at preschool, it makes us happy! Even thought it's hard to send them.

Joseph has only boys in his class.

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Preschool Update

It's been more than a month since I've written about the preschool. It seems like so much has happened in this last month! It's been a huge learning curve for the kids and for us. But, thankfully, Joseph and Faith really love going to school!

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Preschool Happenings

Joseph and Faith love school! It's such a joy to hear them say, "I love school, Mommy!" They wear uniforms three days a week and "sports clothes" on the other two days. One day they came home with a note that said they should wear "party clothes" on Thursday, since they were having a party. Here they are in their party clothes.

Of course they were excited about a party, who isn't? They came home that day full of sugar, but very happy! It was a special day for the preschool.

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School Started!!

Joseph & Faith started school on Sunday at the local preschool/kindergarten. (Sunday is the first day of the work week here.) Both of the kids were so excited that they hardly slept the night before the first day!! They had picked out their backpacks and their uniforms were ready!

You can see how excited they are by how they're running to their school in this picture.

I, on the other hand, was nervous. I tried not to show them that I was nervous. I was concerned about the language barrier and cultural differences because this school is in the village and they only speak Arabic there. After the first day I was happy and the second day went even better! Today, the third day, the kids actually came home speaking some Arabic. I was worried for no reason. Both Jojo and Faith have come home each day telling me how much they love their school!

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School Uniforms

One of the things we needed to do to get ready for school was go to the tailor and get Joseph's and Faith's uniforms made. When I registered them at the local preschool, I paid for uniforms. I thought it was pretty cheap for a uniform and then I realized that I only bought the fabric.

This was a new experience for me. I had to take the fabric to the tailor to make the uniforms. Thankfully I've been to the tailor a few times lately, but I still didn't know which style to ask for. Joseph's was easy, but Faith's was more difficult. I am still hoping that I chose the right style for hers.

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B is for butterfly

We're coming to the end of our little preschool group and it sure has been fun! Joseph and Faith can hardly imagine what school is like without Jonathan, Eli, and Morgan!

This week the focus was on B for butterfly. I tried to make it fun since none of us are all that motivated to work hard on academics right now. So, the kids got to play Elefun. They enjoyed catching the butterflies!

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J for Juice

Last week the letter of the week in preschool was J! It was especially fun for Joseph and Jonathan! They said, "It's OUR day!!" I agreed with them that the best names start with J! ;)

Part way through the morning I thought it would be fun to take the kids to the village to order some juice! I asked Diana who was in the other room, homeschooling her older daughters. She didn't sign a permission slip or anything, so maybe we shouldn't call it an official "field trip." The kids had a lot of fun!

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Z is for Zebra

This week in preschool the kids learned the letter Z! They got to make zebras with toilet paper rolls...they had a lot of fun doing this! Each of the zebras had different colors.

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School with Jojo

Between traveling, back pain, out of town visitors, and sickness I haven't taught the preschool group for a while. So, it's just been Joseph and me doing school.

It's been such a sweet time that makes me look forward to officially starting homeschool this fall!

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letter G

Today we worked on the letter G and reading three letter words! These kids are so smart. Sometimes I can't believe how much they can do.

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i is for insect

This was a fun week in preschool! I love teaching these kids and they seem to love learning!

They learned about the letter i for insects. We talked about time to the hour. I was surprised at how well they understood this! After learning about the clock, they heard the story "Grouchy Ladybug."

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W is for Water

This week the kids were focusing on the letter W for water. On Monday they learned about how water can be solid, liquid or gas with Rachel.

I decided to have them paint with water...I mixed some paint with water and gave them a straw to blow it around on their paper! It was fun!

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O is for octopus

Last week in preschool we talked about the letter o for octopus! The kids are starting to read more three letter words. It's fun to watch them put it together!

On Wednesday we made an octopus by tracing the kids' hands. They used finger paint to make an ocean scene...it was fun!

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D is for Dinosaurs

Preschool is a fun time for all of us! This week we were working on D for Dinosaur! It was fun to talk about how God created dinosaurs and then pretend to be scientists digging up the dinosaur bones. We also made Dinosaur tracks with plastic dinosaurs and paint!

The kids are starting to sound words out with the letters they've learned! It's really fun to watch them learn these pre-reading skills!

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