Christmas Party 2008

Had a great time at our Christmas party today! We finished up our Christmas projects and talked about Jesus' Birthday being Christmas day. A fine lesson for the kids :) We also sang a bunch of Chrismtas carols such as Jingle Bells, Here Comes Santa Claus, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Santa Claus Is Coming to Town, Frosty the Snowman, etc etc etc. We only had three kids cry this year when Santa walked in...but they all three quieted down as the children each took a turn telling Santa what they wanted for Christmas and getting a special treat from him. Grayden's talk had to be the absolute best...he started out by saying, "well, let me see what I want..." and he went on and on about a remote control dinosaur type thing and just when we think he is finished...we ask Grayden..."are you finished, Grayden?" and he answers, "oh no, I have more...." Grayden certainly made Santa Claus grin from ear to ear. What a cutie! And then there is Addy...cried as Santa came in...but wouldn't let him leave when it was time to go. She kept giving him hugs! We then let the kids open their gifts from Brenda and Cindy and loved listening to the squeals of delight. A big thank you to everyone for our gifts (me and Brenda) as well, from the kids. We have a great set of kids this year and we want you to know how much we appreciate each and every one of them! Thanks for giving us such good kids. We want to wish everyone a safe and happy holiday! We will resume circle time the week after New's Year's!!!

Ll week

This week we learned the letter Ll and words that begin with Ll such as ladder, lion and lemonade. We reviewed our letters again and shared what the kids brought for the letter Ll. Presley brought a nice Christmas book, "Little Lamb's Christmas," that we read. Addy brought a lion and Caedon brought Lightning McQueen for show and tell. Good ideas! We then sang "This Little Light of Mine" and "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" for Ll. The kids made lions with many things a lion can do...leap, learn, laugh and lay. They enjoyed making the lions. We then started working on our Christmas crafts for our parents. We will be having our Christmas party next Wednesday when a special visitor in a red suit will come!!! We won't be having a letter and will take a few weeks off from circle time. We will resume with the letter Mm after the new year. Until then...looking forward to our Christmas party and sharing the Christmas story with your children. It's always our favorite time of year!

Kk Week

This week was Kk week and we reviewed our letters as well. We talked about words that begin with kk such as kite and koala. We also shared what the kids brought. Briella wore a Hello Kitty shirt, Presley and Addy both brought kaleidoscopes and Konner and Karson brought themselves! We had Caedon's birthday planned so we quickly made a kangaroo with a pocket full of Kk words!!! We then celebrated Caedon's birthday with cupcakes! Thanks Caedon. Next week we will be working on the letter Ll so bring those Ll things. See you then!