"It Feels Like Saturday!!"

Dear Friends,

I do hope that you are enjoying the, (rather balmy), long week-end!!

Thursday brought a great deal of, (happy), noise, in the am, thanks to our own Liz Dolham -- as our little friends began banging pots and pans with spoons and clanging lids together like cymbals, Liz jumped into her own rendition, with them, of "a little bit softer now" and "a little bit LOUDER now", (repeatedly) -- and -- as if that was not enough, she taught them, at Circle, how to yell piano-style, (soft), and forte-style, (LOUD)!! Thank you, Liz!!!!

The remainder of the day consisted of slightly quieter, (:)), activities, such as mixing chocolate and vanilla pudding to, (deliciously), represent night and day, and a fabulous acting-out of "The Jacket I Wear In the Snow", interpreted, with great detail, by Tammy.

The Fridays of the weeks in which we have our own Minuteman C&T HS Students, all day, every day, are quite special, for the children, as the, (mostly), Sophomores plan and implement activities of their own design.

The projects planned for this past Friday were just wonderful -- Christina set-up the climbing structure, covered it with sheets and added photos of bears, inside, to create an earthy habitat, cave or den, for the purpose of hibernation, Andrea adapted "I'm a Little Teapot" to "I'm a Little Snowperson", (I dig that politically correct phrasing . . . ), Crystal helped the kids to fashion headbands bearing, (no pun intended), pictures of animals that stick around during the winter months, Amanda used a book to guide a scavenger hunt, Brianna and Elise designed matching games focused on different seasonal elements, Victoria encouraged the Butterflies and Puppies to brainstorm winter-themed words and draw said, and, Haley assisted in the creation of, yet, more, beautiful snowflakes -- thank you, ladies, as well as your new teacher, Kate Smith!!

And, guess what -- we went for a very refreshing and much-needed walk outdoors -- just at the onset of the "January thaw", explained beautifully, by Liz.

Daily reports are going home, with some consistency, now, and, we invite all of you to view our fancy schmancy toothbrushing station!!

Scholastic book orders are due on or before Monday, January 25th, and, as always, there are some sweet offerings, such as an early reader version of "The Snowman" by Raymond Briggs and a trio of "Skippy Jon Jones" books, both written and illustrated by Judy Schachner.

Please know that both next Thursday and Friday, we will be travelling, over to "the big school", to engage in activities with the high school students and staff.

And, a great big "thank you" to Kelly and Ernie, for their time spent, yesterday, at the Burlington Mall, on behalf of our school!!

Cheers!!

Love Miss Peacock XOXO