3 days until Christmas! Today was pajama day! We made a "theater" in the quiet room and listen to The Polar Express on CD. Later, we made candy canes with fuzzy sticks and red and white beads. We talked about the colors and making the pattern of red, white, red, white. We also got a cake from P and her family as a goodbye gift. We are going to miss her SO much! We had a great last day! Happy Holidays and see you in 2016!

Thanks P and family! 

4 days until Christmas! Today, we read The Night Before Christmas! For our small groups, we built with magna-tiles and decorated them with bells. We also experimented with how to dissolve peppermints. We put a peppermint in a cup, sprayed it with water, and then we swished the water around in the cup. When we did that the red came off of the peppermint and turned the water pink! For our large group, we stamped Christmas pictures! We had a great day! Tomorrow is Pajama and Polar Express Day, so send your children in their pajamas! They do need to wear or bring regular shoes for playground time. Thanks!

7 days left until Christmas! Today was our Holly Jolly Gathering! We are so glad we had families that could make it, as well as our board member Linda! We did a craft, opened presents, and Santa came too! Later, Ms. Coli came from the library and read a rhyming story about Rudolph. We also counted and decorated pretty trees! Have a great weekend and remember next week is only a two day week and then we go on break!

8 days until Christmas! Today for circle time we read The Gingerbread Man! For our groups, we played with hot chocolate play-dough! We talked about the way it felt and how it smelled. In our other group, we drew with candy canes in epsom salt mixed with peppermint! For our last group, we matched boy and girl gingerbread people by gender and color!