Today, during circle time we read Christmas Mice. Before we started activities we performed our songs that we've been practicing, and we did our gift exchange. For our actives we colored snowmen, made reindeer food, and we made hand towels for our loved ones! We had a fantastic time at our holiday celebration. Now we get to enjoy our break!

Today, during circle time we read Tractor Max Saves Christmas. For today's activities we relaxed and watched Mickey Saves Santa! We're all extremely excited to get together and celebrate our holiday party tomorrow. Please make sure your child brings a gift that is five dollars and under, and boys bring for boys and girls bring for girls. We will be performing a few very short songs, along with doing two activities, and having our gift exchange. The fun will begin at 10:30 and last until 11:30, we hope to see you all there. Come cozy in your pajamas!

Today, during circle time we read Santa is Gonna be Late for Christmas. For one of our small groups we used our fine motor skills and shoveled " snow". For our other small group, we sorted snow flakes by size! For our large group we played with goo that mimicked snow, and we put candy cane pieces in it. We had a fantastic day.

Friendly Reminders: 

-Our holiday celebration is this Wednesday, the 21st at 10:30 until 11:30. Don't forget gifts for the gift exchange and come cozy in your pajamas! 

- CLC will be closed from the 22nd of December until the 1st of January! 

To end our week, we read Llama, Llama Holiday Drama. We participated in three craft activities today. For our first small group, we made reindeer headbands by tracing our hands, and then we counted our fingers for antlers. We practiced our fine motor skills as we decorated holiday wreaths with markers, and identified colors of pom-poms as we glued them on our creations for our second small group activity. As our large group today, we had a sensory experience using bubble wrap and white paint to cover our trees in snow. We even got out the platform swing and a tunnel to explore in the motor room since it was too cold to play on the playground. All in all, it was a fantastic Friday!

Friendly Reminders

Monday, December 19th - Last day to inform us about gift exchange help

*Please bring in your wrapped gift by Tuesday, December 20th*

Wednesday, December 21st - CLC Holiday Celebration @ 10:30 a.m.

Thursday, December 22nd - CLC CLOSED for Teacher Work Day

Friday, December 23rd through Friday, December 30th - CLC CLOSED 

for Holiday Break 

Today, during circle time we read A Bit of Applause for Mrs. Claus. For one of our small groups we made Christmas trees, by spelling our names. For our other small group we practiced our cutting skills, by cutting the line that led to the Christmas tree. For our large group we played with red and white play dough, and it smelled like peppermints! We had an amazing day.

Today, during circle time we read Froggy's Best Christmas. For our first small group we laced cut outs of snowmen. For our second small group we made garland with paper rings. For our large group we made candy canes out of shaving cream. We had a wonderful Wednesday!

Friendly Reminder:

- Friday the 16th is the last day to inform us about gift exchange help. 

- Wednesday the 21st at 10:30 is our holiday celebration. 

- Please don't forget that we still go outside if it's 30 degrees or above, so please send weather appropriate clothing and accessories. 

Today, during circle time we read and sang Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. For one of our small groups we made reindeer ornaments. For our other small group we sorted pom-poms by color. For our large group we made melted snowmen by finger-painting with white paint. We had an awesome day!

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