Tis the Season 12/16/09

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Thank-you Mrs. Smith for bringing in all

the yummy candies for our ice cream cone

trees.

Addi's mom came in to help us the day before the Christmas holidays. Here she teaches us how to make a stable with popsicle sticks.



Jingle bells, jingle bells, but our version
goes like this, "Friends are here, friends
are here, friends are here at school."


If we added glitter to our reindeer food,
Rudolph could find our house more easily.



We're not sure what was more fun, rolling
out the gingerbread dough, or eating our
gingerbread person. One thing is for certain,
we all knew the story of the" Gingerbread Man."


We cut out pictures from the newspaper
to stuff in our stockings of what we
wanted for Christmas.


Each child individualized their stocking
to hang on our mantle in hopes that Santa
would visit our classroom.

Thanks for giving 12/2/09

Thanksgiving is a time for sharing and that's what we did as each of us got the opportunity to tell our friends what we were grateful for. Izzy even brought in her real dog to share. LAP parents were very generous in their donations to the children in Romania. Sharing was a part of our Thanksgiving celebration. We put on our Pilgrim and Indian hats and each of us brought in a piece of fruit. We made a fruit salad and sang our turkey songs.

The Christmas season is a special magical time for children. Trees, glittter, sparkle, lights all add to the excitement of the little ones. We try to channel that energy into activities that spark their imagination and creativity. We encourage the children to visit the other classrooms on days when we are unable to go outside. We call this "neighborghood time" and they look forward to it. By doing this, they make new friends, and experience different toys.