"TOMORROW'S THANKSGIVING DAY FEAST!!"

Dear Friends, Families and Blog-Followers,

As it seems the case every year, the Holidays are very much upon us, all too soon!!

So, this year, thanks to the teachers, (especially Mrs. Dolham), and families, as well, we have planned a Thanksgiving Day Feast, to take place, tomorrow!!

This morning, we read " . . . If You Sailed On The Mayflower in 1620", written by Ann McGovern and illustrated by Anna DiVito, and, talked about the long, dangerous pilgrimage, as well as, the landing, the decision to settle, and, of course -- new friends -- the Native Americans, who taught the Pilgrims how to hunt for food, grow crops, survival techniques and a great deal more.

Miss Downing showed a(n) historical video clip.

Liz made-up a nice, little Thanksgiving "diddy", and, Mrs. Goell taught us, the following:

The turkey is a funny bird,
Whose head goes wobble, wobble;
The only song that he can sing is,
Gobble, gobble, gobble!!

(Sung to the tune, "Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush")

Mrs. Dolham had the children make quite special placemats, for tomorrow's feast, and, I have fashioned simple Pilgrim and Native American themed head-bands, and, displayed a "Put the Hat on the Turkey Game -- and -- of course -- Miss Downing has prepared the acting-out of "Stone Soup"!!

Today, I arrived to Kelly reading "Dinofours -- I'm Not Your Friend", written by Stew Metzger and illustrated by Hans Wilhelm, by flashlight -- always great fun -- to our Butterflies and Puppies.

Kelly continues to work on Handwriting Without Tears, with the Butterflies, and, Liz continues to work on the days of the week and months of the year, with the Puppies.

Just before Circle Time, I read "Rosie's Walk", (twice!!), by Pat Hutchins and "Hush Little Alien", (a favorite sing-along!!), by Daniel Kirk.

At our Afternoon Meeting, we admired the photo of a lamb, taken at Drumlin Farm, and, measured our two Amaryllis plants -- approximately 7.5 " and 5 ", respectively.

We had much fun outdoors, and, during Activity Time, climbed on the -- very popular -- wooden structure, built with soft, foam blocks and pretend foods, had quite a lot of fun in the sensory table, as onions and wooden cars have now been added, studied cut-up vegetables, measured "more or less", and, worked on our "All About Me Robots" and with pattern cards -- fine and gross motor, science, math, language arts, art and social and emotional skills were fostered by such a wide array of activities.

In addition to our high-school friends from Lexington and Minuteman Career and Technical High Schools, we welcomed "Miss Maggie", today, who is the mom of three, (two who attended our CDC!!), and, now, studying Early Childhood Education at Middlesex College -- Miss Maggie will be joining us on Mondays -- WELCOME, MISS MAGGIE!!

Kira, Tiana, Andrea and Lainey prepared a very special "Glove Turkey" project, which they will assist the kids with, tomorrow morning -- thank you, Ladies, for all of your hard work!!!!

We trust that you are "wowed" by the school pictures, and, we are very grateful to those of you who have donated items to our "Toys for Tots" center, located in the Cubby Room -- and -- due to the Usborne book orders received thus far, our classroom has earned $100 in free books . . .

So . . . a greatly deserved THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!

Lots of Love, Miss Peacock XOXO