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Christmas Lights!

Today we started the day with a Touch and Feel pool full of letters and numbers!  We have been working really hard to identify all of them, put them in order, match them with sounds, and come up with some words that begin with each one.  The kids were quizzing each other, and doing a great job responding to all of our questions!

Ms. Michelle was here today with some exercise activities!  We started in a circle and listened carefully to follow the directions on how to move our bodies.  We tiptoed, we walked on our heels, and we marched with big knees. Then each child got a turn to "be the teacher" and demonstrate an exercise from a picture card.  There were yoga poses and stretches and holds.  We finished with a "calm down" exercise where you lay on your back, kick your feet on the floor and bang your hands on the floor.  It gets out all the energy and grounds your sensory system.  It's noisy, but the kids seemed to like it!  Finger fun was stringing beads on pipe cleaners to make candy canes.  Some kids made patterns of red and white, and others just picked the beads that they like best.

Our book today was Tractor Mac Saves Christmas by Billy Steers.  This book is about how Tractor Mac helps during a big snowstorm.  The town is super worried that they will have to cancel the tree lighting due to snow.  Farmer Bill heads off to pick up the tree....but gets stuck.  No worries!  Tractor Mac scoops, pulls, and dumps to move the snow.  He leads the way into town helping several other vehicles along the way.  Everyone arrives safe and the tree lighting happens on schedule! What a Merry Christmas thanks to Tractor Mac!

After we watched some Christmas Tree Lightings on the iPad....which the children LOVED.....we made a list of all the things we could think of related to Christmas.  The children came up with a great list....and I did my best to draw pictures.

For art, we took the letters of our name....all mixed up and strung them, in order, on a string like the lights on a tree.  We spelled and respelled and glued until we got it just right.  Then we colored all the lights different colors, just like we see on Christmas trees.

Our Trip to the Library

Today we had a wonderful time at the library!  We left school, and walked down East Boulevard to the Lynx station.  There was a lot to talk about on the way....and lots of Christmas decorations to see! The highlight of the walk there was most definitely when our Fire Station #2 friends went by and blew the horn at us!! The Lynx ride was great!  Through tunnels, over traffic, and lots of people on and off.  Our stop was the last stop on the tracks!  We made it just in time for Family Storytime.  Today's topic was DRAGONS!  The librarian read three stories about dragons, we sang lots of songs....and she ended with bubbles.  Before we left we took a short tour around the library, looking at the computers and the books.  We were surprised to see Santa was at the library.  We didn't stop to talk or take pictures....but we all said HI!  The ride back to school on the Lynx was just as fun, only the kiddo knew more about what to expect.  Back at school, there was only time for lunch and a few Christmas songs before it was time to go home!  It was a crazy, busy, super fun day today!  And the kids did GREAT!!