Merry Christmas to All!

We had a mixed up day today because it was a very special time here at preschool.  It was Christmas Program day! 

Our singing went really well.  We want to thank all of the moms and dads and grandmas and grandpas and other grown ups who came to hear us.  We did our very best!

After the Program we had a cookie party.  There were lots of different kinds of cookies and there was punch, too.  There was coffee for the big people.  We all told each other Merry Christmas and then we got to go home.  Thank you for coming. 

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! 

Red and Green are Christmas Colors

Remember that our Christmas Programs are this week.  The Green Group has their Program on Wednesday at 10:30 a.m.  The Yellow Group's Program is on Thursday at the same time.  We can't wait to sing for you!

Hi!  It is our last week before Christmas Break and we are getting very excited.  We practiced again for our Christmas Program and our teachers said that we did a very good job.  In fact, the next time that we come to school it will be the day of our Program.  Yippee!  You will love it.

We played with the buttons and tweezers and some other toys when we first got to school.  Then we cleaned those up and did something a little different.  We had our story!  We usually do our story later in our day, but we wanted a long time for practicing so we had it early.  Our story was called, "Clifford's Christmas".  It was all about Clifford the Big Red Dog and how he celebrates Christmas with his family and friends.  First of all, he went to a parade.  Then he tried to play ice hockey, but something happened.  Then he tried to pick out a Christmas tree for his family, but that didn't work because it was ...  What happened when Santa came to Clifford's house?

After our story we played with some red and green balloons.  That made us laugh.  We were a little noisy, but that's okay because playing with balloons is noisy work!  We also had play-doh and the table top easels.

Our snack person today was Olivia and she brought grapes and go-gurts.  What a hit those things were!  Thank you, Olivia.  On Tuesday we had graham crackers and go-gurts.  Yummy in our tummy.  We love go-gurts!  Thank you, Addison.

We made some very pretty red, green and white necklaces today.  We got to wear them home.  We want to thank Robert and Leah's mommy for coming to play with us today.  Thank you. 

We Had Show and Share!

Today was exciting because we had Show and Share.  We could bring in an unbreakable ornament to show our friends at school.  There were so many pretty ornaments to see.  Thanks everyone for sharing.

Another super fantastic thing that happened was something that you will never, ever guess.  There was something on the floor in the Circle Time Room and it had lots of colors on it.  It was a parachute!  What?  Yes.  We each got to hold onto the handles and we made the parachute go up and down.  We loved that!  We also played with the table top easels.

We practiced for our program again today and we did a very good job.  We know that all of you will love it. 

Our story was called, "Merry Christmas from Biscuit".  It was all about a little girl and her dog named Biscuit.  The girl took lots of pictures of Biscuit doing different Christmas things like decorating the tree.  What else did Biscuit do?

For our snack today we had cheese sticks and graham crackers from Hayden.  Thank you.  On Thursday we had applesauce.  Thank you, Dawson!  Then we went over to work on our super secret art project again.  Oops.  That is all that we can say here.

We Are Practicing

We played with some buttons again today, but guess what was in them?  There were some Christmas pompoms.  They were fun to try and pick up with our great big tweezers.  After we cleaned all of that up we played with the table top easels and learned a new game.  It was called, "Duck, Duck, Goose".  First we all held hands and stretched out to make a big circle.  Then we sat down.  One person went around the circle behind us and tapped our heads and said, "Duck, duck, duck, duck."  Then all of a sudden they tapped a head and yelled out, "Goose."  The tapper person had to run around the circle while the Goose person chased him or her.  We laughed so hard at that funny game.

We aren't going to tell you what songs we sang today.  Do you know why?  Because they are the songs for our Christmas Program next week and we want them all to be a surprise.  We practiced very hard.

Our story was a funny one called, "If You Take a Mouse to the Movies".  A mouse went to the movies with his boy.  The boy got some popcorn to share and you wouldn't believe what the mouse wanted to do after that.  Those kinds of stories are silly.

Today was our Cooking Day and we made a very special sandwich.  First, we cut out our bread in a cool Christmas shape like a star.  Then we spread on some butter and some jelly.  Yummy.  After that we went to do our Art.  We can't talk about that either.  We can't even tell you what it was for because it is a super secret.

What Happens When You Add That Stinky Stuff?

We did some very interesting activities this morning.  We played with a few toys and used the tweezers with buttons right when we first got here.  Then we got to play a very cool game called "Jump the River".  It is fun and easy.  There are two ropes on the floor.  They are very close together.  Everyone gets a turn to 'jump the river'.  Then Mrs. Meyers fixes the ropes so that they are further apart, then further, then further, then furthest of all!  Oh my goodness.  We had to run and jump to try and cross that river.  Some of us still got our feet wet, but we sure had fun.

Another thing that was way cool was a science experiment that we did with Mrs. Whiteman.  We had little black trays with some white powder (called baking soda) in them.  Then there was some really stinky stuff called vinegar.  Yucky.  We used some little eye droppers and sucked up the vinegar.  Then we squeezed the dropper and out came the vinegar onto the baking soda.  Guess what happened?  The baking soda got all fizzy.  It was really neat and you could even hear the bubbles.  We did it over and over again.

Our songs today were "This Little Light of Mine" and "5 Little Angels".  We heard a story called, "I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bell".  My goodness.  You would not believe all of the things that old lady swallowed besides a bell.  There were bows and presents and all sorts of things.  I wonder what else happened in the story?

Our snack today was cheese and crackers.  Thank you, Aidan.  On Thursday our snack was from Kadence and it was strawberries and chicky crackers.  We love strawberries.  Thank you, Kadence.  We also had a helper.  Thank you, Max's mom.

At Art today we did a resist.  Ha ha.  That is a big word but it just means that we painted over white crayon on white paper.  When we painted, a star and the first letter of our name showed up on the paper.  That was awesome. 

What is That White Stuff Called?

We did something new right when we came into school today.  After we took off our coats and things, we sat on the bench with Mrs. Whiteman.  Why did we do that?  Well, she wanted to show us the new soap dispensers in the bathrooms.  They are really neat.  We just stick our hand under one and the foamy soap comes right out onto our hand.  Way cool!  Then we rub our hands together and rinse.  That's it.  We think they are very easy to use.  On Tuesday we didn't have to do this because we all remembered about the new soap!

When we got into the Circle Time Room, there were some toys and buttons to use with the tweezers.  Then we did the tumbling mat.  We like trying out new tricks.  At another table there was this really thick white stuff on a tray.  It was called shaving cream.  We took some popsicle sticks and drew in the shaving cream.  That was fun.

Our songs today were "This Little Light of Mine" and "5 Little Angels".  Our story was super-d-duper.  It was called "Llama, Llama Holiday Drama".  There was a character named Llama Llama.  Mama Llama had a lot to do to get ready for Christmas.  Llama Llama got tired very quickly.  What else happened in our story?

Payton brought us a snack of apple slices and goldfish.  Yum.  Thank you.  On Tuesday, Riley brought us a great snack of cheese crackers and string cheese.  Thank you.

For our art project today we made a snowflake.  There was a snowflake shape taped to some blue paper.  We took some white paint and dabbed it all over the top and around the snowflake, then off it came!  We can't wait to see what it looks like when it is dry.  What shape will the paint make?