Group Meeting:  I read a book to the children written by Dr. Seuss.  This book is a little different from most of his books.  The title is My Many Colored Days.  This book is illustrated by two other artists.  The theme of this book is that colors can be used to describe our feelings. 

Small Groups: After reading My Many Colored Days, we did an experiment using colors.  The children dropped yellow, red, and blue liquid watercolor onto a pan of milk.  The colors floated on top of the milk and began to mix just a little.  Then, one child dipped a Q-tip into dish soap and touched the milk.  The colors moved away from the Q-tip very quickly and began to mix.  I explained that this happens because of the fat in the milk being touched by the detergent.  YouTube has some wonderful videos about this experiment.  It would be fun to try it at home using food coloring.

Story:  The story for today was What Pet Should I Get? by Dr. Seuss.  A boy and his sister Kay have been told that they can get one pet from the pet store.  Which one should they get?  At the end of the story, the picture shows the children leaving the store with a basket, but the words do not tell us what pet they chose?   It was interesting to see the children's reaction to having to end the story with their own thoughts of which pet was selected.

Large Group:  Because of the weather, we stayed inside.  Both classes asked if we could play the Shoe Game which was interesting to me.  It's so simple and yet so fun!

Snacks:  The morning class had pretzel rods, grapes, and milk brought by Rory.  The afternoon class had mini pancakes and juice brought by Avani.  Thank you, Rory and Avani!