TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY!!

Dear Friends, (Back Again . . . ),

This has certainly been a surprising week of days, weather-wise -- Monday, we were out in the snow, boots and all, and, Wednesday, we hardly needed jackets?!

This week, we have added several more books, read, to our reading challenge poster -- along with Nyah, Kirsten brought in Scholastic's versions of "You Read To Me and I'll Read To You" and "Snow White". Among the books read by the teachers were "Under the Apple Tree", (Mrs. Dolham), "Go Away, Big Green Monster" (Ed Emberly) and "Pierre" (Maurice Sendak), (Mrs. Goell) and "The Crayon Box That Talked" and "Fat Cat on a Mat", (Miss Peacock).

We have read more of "Bonz", such as a few more jokes, and danced to the "Bony Hokey Pokey", (while learning the meanings of several bones, including the "cranium")!!

We have had many visitors. this week, according to our schedule, including students from Lexington High School and Minuteman Career and Technical High School, on Tuesday, and, our friends from the LABB Program, on Wednesday -- We forever embrace Amy's daily contributions and surprise visits!!

We continue to learn more about our plethora of pumpkins by counting and baking both the seeds and tops, via sensory play and decorating -- the children have utilized their science, math and art skills, in addition to fine motor and language in pumpkin discovery, alone!!!!

On Tuesday, we designed a thank you card for Grotonwood Camp, from where Liz obtained the pumpkins.

Our Classroom is filled with music and dance, as always, and many of our little friends know all of the words to "The October Song"!!

Kelly has spent a great deal of time introducing the "Handwriting Without Tears" Curriculum to the "Butterflies" and "Puppies", especially via the concept and use of "Matman", and, Liz has been successfully teaching counting skills, through a variety of mediums, including the calendar.

Onward and upward!!

Love Miss Peacock XOXO