Today we were very busy at school.  We started our circle time with the parade, of course. Then we started learning some holiday songs. We sang "Jingle Bells" and "Up on the Housetop." While we sang "Jingle Bells" we all had a set of bells that we played while we sang.  While singing "Up on the Housetop" we jumped up everytime the word "up" was used in the song, and we knelt down everytime the word "down" was used.

 

Then we went outside to play before the weather gets colder later this week.  We did a lot of swinging today and talked about the concepts of high, low, push, and pull.

 

 

After we finished playing we went inside and made jingle bell bracelets.  This was good for our fine motor skills. And the bells sound nice.

 

Then we had a little time to play in the dramatic play area.  Our new theme is "bakeshop." The bakers went to work and created all kinds of delicious goodies.

 

The sensory table is full of corn starch. It is very soft and smooth and a little squeaky when you squeeze it.

 

Snack in the morning was oranges and rice cakes.  Snack in the afternoon was oranges and cheese crackers.

What is your favorite kind of pie? Today we made pumpkin pie! First we had to mix the filling. We used a whisk. Then we had to put the filling in the pie crust. The last step was to put the whipped cream on top.  Then we ate it. YUM!

 

The morning class also spent some time playing outside.

 

The afternoon class played in the kitchen area and dressed up for a feast.

 

Miss Diane also read a book about preparing a feast.  We had to count the different kinds of foods for the feast; three chickens, seven carrots, eight tomatoes, nine potatoes, etc.

It was a foody day!

We talked more about Thanksgiving today and worked on our handprint turkeys (a classic).

In the morning class we played a game where we used a twister mat and some large, colored circles to practice naming our colors. We explored at the sensory table (it's filled with rice now), and played with playdough.  Then we went outside to spend some time with Miss Kathy's class.

 

In the afternoon we marched in our parade (as you've probably guessed by now, it's a favorite) and then we heard a story about how the turkey got his colorful tail. It involved a turkey who got very creative with some paint he found in the the farmyard. Then some of us played "Lucky Ducks" to practice naming colors.

Snack today was apples and crackers.



Hello all! We had a very busy day today in the morning.  We started with books and puzzles and then we started circle time.  We marched in a parade and then played musical chairs.  When the music stops we sit down and then we take turns asking our neighbor, "What color is your chair?" and then answering, "My chair is _____."  The sensory table is now filled with rice and we worked on the concepts "empty" and "full." Also, some of us got to play "Lucky Ducks" with Miss Diane which is a game to help us learn our colors. We got to play outside for a few minutes and then snack was watermelon and Ritz crackers. No pictures in the AM because the camera batteries were dead, but after a run to Office Max at lunch, we were good to go in the PM class.

 

In the afternoon we played a listening game where we had to follow two-part, unrelated directions such as, "Put the green frog on the red circle and then clap 5 times." Wow! That's a lot of information but we all did great!

 



 

We also finished our Thanksgiving turkeys. They will be coming home soon.  We had watermelon and Ritz in the afternoon, too. YUM!