"Now, Where Was I?"

. . . Oh, yes -- more about yesterday, (Monday), -- I walked into a morning already in full swing, with Mrs. Dolham and the children parading around with large, colorful game pieces on their heads, singing "The Wheels On The Bus" -- all I could do was laugh, and, be reminded of why I love my work!!

Mrs. Dolham, as well, read, "The Grumpy Morning", a story about cranky farm animals made joyous by their farmer, written by Pamela Duncan Edwards and illustrated by Darcia Labrosse, and, "The Spotty Pig", a story about a pig who learned to appreciate the wonders of being different, written by Dick King Smith and illustrated by Mary Wormell.

I will be working, as follows:

M - TH 09:00 - 01:00
F 09:00 - 12:45

This morning, I arrived to the aroma of freshly-baked banana mini muffins.

We were fortunate to have Amy, with us, today, a post-graduate in Early Childhood Education, at the Minuteman Career and Technical High School, who will continue to join us every day, -- thank you, Amy!!

Shortly after Kelly had her first Circle of Butterflies and Liz and I had our first Circle of Puppies, we ventured outside to explore nature, once again -- Liz spent quite a bit of time reading and talking about the beginning of Fall, (Autumn).

(Today was the first day that we began having regularly scheduled meetings and separate circles -- woohoo!!)

We collected all kinds of leaves and other bits and pieces of nature, (no picking or plucking!!), and, later, during activity time, made beautiful multi-media collages, in small groups, and, examined our findings with magnifying glasses.

We toted each other around, in our wagons, (thank you, families), and decorated a shelter/box with crayons -- what lovely weather, indeed!!

In addition, during activity time, we continued decorating for Halloween, played with Legos and engaged in dramatic play -- we even made a card to send over to "the big school" -- to thank our friends, in Cosmetology, for their hospitality.

After lunch, I read what has now become a "new old favorite", The Scary Show of Mo and Jo", by Hanoch Piven, and, "the Leaf Man" by Lois Ehlert -- the children surely love their stories, and, often, head over to the Book Area, to "read" -- a beautiful sight!!

A very special thank you to Daphne, Ellie's Nanna, who made berets for all of the teachers -- how thoughtful and generous -- and toasty -- thank you, so very much -- a group photo is certainly in order!!!!

Tomorrow, we look very forward to seeing both Amy, again, and, our LABB students, and adding more and more touches of "Autumn" to our classroom!!

Love Miss Peacock XOXO