Good Afternoon! Today was filled with fun preparing for our Christmas community sale. We completed several art projects for the sale working together and using patterning skills.
We continued practicing our play by reading our new text, Brown Reindeer, Brown Reindeer. With each reading the children are more confident and more excited about the production. On Tuesday, a copy will come home for you to practice with your child at home.
Without doubt, the highlight of today was Ms. Angela's visit. Because of the rain she set up physical stations in a room across the hall. Following our warm-up and review of last week's lesson on baseball (we have some really good batters), the children were allowed to select their choice of centers. Center choices included: throwing, jumping, crawling through a tunnel, spinning center, balancing, kicking, batting, and the favorite- ribbon sticks. Ms. Angela stayed for nearly an hour- double her normal time- which was great since the weather was so yucky! Since we will not have another visit from Ms. Angela for much of the winter, we presented her with a holiday gift of a hand-print wreath. She loved our hand-made gift and we will miss her.
During circle today, we acted out The Gingerbread Story using felt characters- without using the book or other cues! The children have memorized the text and can retell the story very well. Ask your child to tell you the story.
We continue working hard to prepare for the community sale. Today we put the finishing touches on a secret special project and made another project. We can't wait to share these with you.
Following show and tell (during which our children gave great details and asked appropriate questions), we prepared for tomorrow's Out & About. Ms. Cortney shared a social story about riding the train. Each child brought home a copy- read it over breakfast!
Dress warmly and we will see you in the morning! Reminder- no lunch- snack provided by us.
