Thanksgiving Feast!

One little, two little, three little Indians...

Thank you all again for a fun morning!

Welcome Back!

Welcome back from Thanksgiving Break!
I apologize for not updating the blog over the break. I had a little accident the day I was leaving to go out of town for the holidays. I slammed my hand in my van door and broke one of my fingers. I was unable to get any of the photos from the Thanksgiving Feast downloaded onto our blog due to the fact that I had dropped my camera and broken my lens. Where is this bad luck coming from? Anyway, my broken finger is on the mend and my sweet sister gave me the early birthday present of a new lens. Hallelujah!! I do have some great pictures that Ms. Beth & I took before the feast using her camera and will hopefully get those on the blog sometime this week.
A special thank you to Jackson & Caleb's Mom for the wonderful feast and yummy treats. It was lots of fun and yummy!
So, tommorrow-- we start celebrating the month of Christmas in Preschool. We only have a handful or so classes during this month due to the holidays, but we will be quite busy preparing for our Christmas Song Fest and party. I will have more details on both of these wonderful events in the coming days.
I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your families. We would like to welcome Mia's new baby sister into the world. Congratulations to the Mitchell Family on the birth of their new baby girl!!! We know Mia will make a great big sister!
See you all tomorrow. Please dress your little ones warmly! We will only venture outside if the temp is above 40 degrees and if quite chilly, we shorten our outside time.

Happy Thanksgiving!

As we approach the Thanksgiving Holidays, the children are wrapping up their Thanksgiving Theme. We talked about Indians and Pilgrims and Turkeys! We made our costumes for our Thanksgiving Feasts which included Indian Drums, and headbands. We are dressing as Indians at our feast on Friday and hope to see you there. Jordan was so proud of her headband that she had to try it on!

A Few Extra Notes:

Our Thanksgiving Feast will be this Friday in our classroom, starting around 10:30. We hope you will be able to join us for this fun occasion! The children have been working hard on their Fall artwork to decorate the classroom.
Please note we will not have Preschool the week of Thanksgiving. We hope you all have a safe and wonderful holiday!
Ms. Beth & I are thankful for our little class this year! We are so much enjoying them!
If you find yourself looking for something fun to do next week, The Georgia Aquarium has a great deal for you and your preschooler!
It is only good for weekdays and is through the end of the year. Be aware there are a few blackout dates.http://www.georgiaaquarium.org/visitus/meandmommy.aspx

Free Play Funny

Last Friday, Ms. Beth & I noticed the choices some of the children make during free play time in the classroom. For this scene, (as in most of them) I was thankful to have my camera! These two "mommies" were sharing their skills of diapering the babies. This is the changing mat we use at preschool. I noticed Sarah grabbed the mat as soon as I returned from cleaning it. She sat down and seriously began telling Jordan how to change the babies. Jordan then went and got the rest of the babies for their changing times.

Thanksgiving / Fall

Tee Pee Painting

Wednesday, the children enjoyed painting their "teepees". They love painting at the easel.

In circle time, we learned a fun new song about colorful turkey feathers and then made our own. Hopefully, you will see them at our Thanksgiving Feast on Friday. We used tape for the first time on this fun project which the children found challenging, but it was a great exercise for their little finger muscles.

We also learned some new songs about colorful leaves falling to the ground.

They love counting/color songs!

Music Class Updates:







Miss Elizabeth finished our "Creation Story" series with Noah & his family on Friday. The children really enjoyed learning the sequence of this Bible story with Miss Elizabeth's felt board and songs. Ask your child what God asked Noah to do.






The rest of our week was filled with lots of fun Fall projects in class. We had fun using yarn and dyed pasta to make beautiful necklaces for our Moms. Hopefully you had the opportunity to wear yours over the weekend.







The children did a great job with this project. Mrs. Beth and I kept saying we couldn't believe how long this held their attention. Beading kits (with larger sized wooden beads and holes) make great Christmas gifts for this age group.

We hope to introduce small scissors and cutting next month which also aides in their fine motor skill development.

In other art news, we "corn cob" painted with packing bubbles for some beautiful corn displays. We are decorating our room for our Thanksgiving Feast. Look for more information and invitations in your child's book bag.

Thank you for assisting with your children's leaf collecting. Our leaf collections are on display in our classroom and they are quite lovely. The children loved sharing what they found with the class. Our classroom tree is also losing its leaves this fall. We read a fun book, "Nuts to You" by Lois Ehlert. Her books are some of my favorites for this age and older and also make great additions to your home library. http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/HarperChildrens/Kids/AuthorsAndIllustrators/ContributorDetail.aspx?CId=12055


Hope you all had a wonderful weekend with lots of potty success! See you on Wednesday!