Group Meeting:  A visitor came into our classroom and left a note behind.  I'm hoping your child will be able to tell you who it was!

Small Groups:  The activities for this week are listed below as well as the schedule for today.
Activity #1 (Red Group)  The children played Roll and Write.  They were given a letter dice to roll.  After rolling it, they identified the letter on the top and wrote that number in a square on the paper they were given.  They repeated this until all the squares were full of letters.
Activity #2 (Yellow Group) The children did finger painting to make a Christmas decoration for our classroom.  They selected a color of paint and added gold or silver to it on a piece of paper.  They placed a piece of plastic wrap on top and used their fingers to mix the colors.  After the colors were mixed, we removed the plastic wrap to create a texture on the top.  These papers will be cut into Christmas baubles to hang in the hallway.
Activity#3 (Green Group) The children made a pattern with beads on a pipe cleaner.  They added a jingle bell and bent the pipe cleaner into a circle.  We will use this in our Christmas program.

Story:  Our visitor brought us a book to read.  It was the Gingerbread Man by Jim Aylesworth and Barbara McClintock.  This is the story of an old lady and old man who create a gingerbread man to eat.  As they open the oven, the gingerbread man escapes and begins to run away.  The gingerbread man manages to run from the old couple, a butcher, a cow, and a pig.  Will he be able to run from the fox?  Ask your child to tell you what happens.

Large Group:  The children learned two new songs that they will be singing in the Christmas program.

Letter Learning:  The letter for today was Dd.

Snacks:  The snack for the morning class was Teddy Grahams and milk brought by Arlo.  The afternoon class had grapes, mini pancakes, and milk brought by Avani.  Thank you, Arlo and Avani!