Ll Week

Today we learned the letter Ll and words that begin with Ll such as lollipop, lamp, lamb, lion and ladder. We learned to sign the letter Ll - have your child show you! We reviewed all our letters and shared our Ll things we brought. Grayden went all out and brought a light up shirt (Rudolph - how cute!), Lightning McQueen, and a little log. Presley brought Lambchop and Caedon also brought a Lightning McQueen. Good ideas kids! We sang "This Little Light of Mine" song and the kids enjoyed it! Not a familiar song but they like doing the actions to the song. We then made lollipops and worked on a Christmas craft - that's right a Christmas craft. It will be here before you know it and we have to stay ahead of the game! Next week we will work on the letter Mm so bring your Mm items.

Kk Week and Thanksgiving

We decided to keep today action packed and continue with our new letter - Kk and celebrate Thanksgiving. We reviewed our letters as usual and learned to sign the letter Kk. This one was hard to do. Most are doing well with signing. We also shared what everyone brought for circle time. Katie and Konner brought themselves to circle time! Presley and Addy brought a kitty, Briella brought a Hello Kitty, and Grayden brought a key and kangaroo card. Good job at finding things. We also talked about Thanksgiving and the first meal the Indians and Pilgrims shard. We talked about the importance of sharing and being thankful. The kids shared what they were thankful for...most said, turkey, grandparents, moms and dad, pets and brothers and sisters. Cute. We sang the Mr. Turkey song as well

Mr. Turkey

Mr. Turkey

Are you getting nice and fat

We will eat you at Thanksgiving

Now, what do you think of that!

The kids made their way to the kitchen to color their weekly pictures and made a kite. We also finished our fall project to take home for our parents and made pilgrim hats as well. Enjoy pics below. Next week is Ll week so bring those Ll things!

Jj Week

We had circle time today and celebrated Caedon's birthday. It was Jj week so we learned to sign the letter Jj (like i, but make shape of J with pinky finger as you are signing it). We also reviewed our letters and sang the alphabet song. We talked about things that start with Jj such as jelly, jack in the box, jump, jacket and jester. Presley and Addy brought Jo Jo to share and Briella brought lots of very pretty jewelry that she had fun modeling for us. Jeff said he didn't bring anything and I said, "yes, you did...you brought yourself." He enjoyed that-I even took a nice picture of him to put on this posting! We also did some jumping jacks (the highlight of circle time for the kids) and sang "Jingle Bells." We also colored our weekly pictures and made a jack o lantern...some kids made sad faces, and the others made happy faces. Very fun. The kids finished up their turkey crafts and then we did some celebrating - Caedon's birthday. His cupcakes were fabulous!!! Happy birthday Caedon! Next week is Kk wee so bring those things that start with Kk. We also will be needed some baby food jars for an upcoming craft, so please send some if you have any. We will need one per child.

Ii Week

This week we had circle time on Wednesday. The kids learned to sign the letter Ii (holding pinky finger up only) and reviewed all the other letters. We had lots of fun with what Presley brought for Ii - Indians (and other little people that have to do with Thanksgiving). It gave us the opportunity to discuss Thanksgiving, the Indians and Pilgrims. We also talked about things that start with the letter Ii - Ice cream, Insect and Indians. We also sang "Itsy Bitsy Spider" for the letter Ii - a song the kids really love. The kids colored their weekly pictures and made our craft - an igloo (with an eskimo). They were so into their craft we decided to add some more crafts to our time for the upcoming holiday...something the kids will take home later in the month. We sure stayed busy! Another great circle time day. Next week we will learn the letter Jj. Make sure the kids bring something that starts with Jj on Tues. and Wed. as I am not sure which day we will have circle time yet during that week. See you then!