Group Meeting:  As I mentioned in our newsletter, we had a visitor in our classroom today.  When I arrived at school, a gingerbread man was sitting on my easel with a note.  In the note, he asked he could join our classroom during Christmas.  He also had a book for us to read about how he was made.  He promises to bring fun things to our classroom everyday. 

Small Groups: The activities for this week are listed below along with the schedule for today.
Activity #1 (Red Group)  The children played Roll and Write.  They were given a paper with a grid to fill in with letters and a dice with letters printed on it.  They rolled the dice and printed the letter in the grid until it was full.
Activity #2 ( Yellow Group) The children did a "smoosh" painting at the art table.  They were given fingerpaint paper and were told to select a color of paint as well as a metallic color (gold or silver).  A piece of plastic wrap was placed over the paper and paint.  The children "smooshed" the plastic around the paper.  When the plastic was removed a colorful texture was created.
Activity #3 (Green Group) The children made ornaments for our tree with sparkly pipe cleaners, beads, and jingle bells.  They made patterns with the beads.

Story:  The story for today was The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy by Jane Thayer.  Petey the puppy would like a boy for Christmas.  Because he has been such a good puppy, his mother tries to find one for him. .  However, she cannot find any boys who do not already have a dog.  Petey sets out on his own search to find a boy.  Ask your child to tell you if he finds a boy of his own.

Large Group:  The children began to learn a few songs for our Christmas Program.

Letter Learning:  Our letter for today was Ee.

Snacks:  The morning snack person was Brooke S.  She brought Cheez-its, watermelon, and juice.  The afternoon snack person was Cameron.  He brought Teddy Grahams and juice.  Thank you, Brooke and Cameron!