School Announcements:
Please continue bringing in cans all week for our luminaries at the Solstice Festival. Thanks for all of the donations so far!
Watch for some animal additions to our school thanks to the coordination of the Carter family and the Schumann-reus family! The Carter's have arranged for the donation of two show goats, and the Schumann-reus family is donating two barn cats!
Don't forget to come out for our first Solstice Festival! Celebrate the shortest day of the year this Sunday, 12/21, from 6-9 PM. Admission is $6 with children under 1 free. Luminariee s, labyrinth, a fire dancer, drumming, storytelling, and hot drinks/snacks for sale. Warm up beside the chiminea, bring a blanket, and enjoy a relaxing evening (during a busy season!) under the Texas stars.
Please remember a water bottle, gloves/mittens, hats, and extra winter clothes in cubbies!
Please remember that it really helps us start our day in a smooth way if everyone is here by 8:30!
Highlights from the Infant Room:
Jack and Gage held down the fort today! The enjoyed watching Luke play when he visited for a while at the beginning of nap time. We hope to see Ali tomorrow! Jack played peek-a-boo with Caprice, and Gage loves to smile and laugh.
Highlights from the Toddler Room:
The toddlers missed their abundant outside time today! They played inside with the large red ball, and did make it outside for just a couple of minutes this morning. Waylon and Gavin looked for Abby through the fence. Kai loves to watch the babies next door playing. Luke is smiling a lot and trying to say lots of new words, as are all of our toddler friends!
Highlights from the Twos: The Twos enjoyed cooking in their play kitchen and stacking blocks. Some of our friends like to spend a long time looking at books. At Community Time, the class read Going to Sleep on the Farm and practiced animals sounds for the book's characters. The kids went outside, but found it a little too cold for their tastes, though they were only out a brief time! The kids enjoyed inside gross motor time with Mr. Jamie and playing in the teepee.
Highlights from the PreK: At Community Time we enjoyed reading The Gingerbread Man, Are You My Mother?, and Dogs Don't Wear Sneakers. We sang some of our favorite songs and did our favorite yoga poses as well as a jumping contest. The children painted with brown paint and learned more about caring for our special paint brushes. Some of us considered using our brown paint to paint a gingerbread man like the one in our story. Fine motor work included puzzles, sorting recycled caps by number (written on the cap) and by color. We went outside much later than normal, and for a brief time, but did enjoy the opportunity to watch Lily Belle and Abby eat and lay down. Several friends helped make quesadillas for lunch and set the table.
AM Snack: whole grain bagels, cream cheese, water
Lunch: cheese quesadillas made with whole wheat tortillas, grapes, cucumbers, organic milk
PM Snack: banana, organic milk or water
