It's Beginning To Feel A Lot Like Christmas!

Greetings! As I type this post, I can see snowflakes gently falling... a beautiful beginning to our break! I just wanted to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas! Enjoy your time together over the next couple of weeks. I will be delighted to hear all about the memories made this Christmas!


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A Sequencing Activity: If You Give A Mouse A Cookie

This is part of our Advent Countdown. The star student got to reveal the ornament that was in the bag for each day.

Placing the ornament on our Christmas Tree. Each ornament represented something related to Christmas.

Counting our chips!

Gingerbread Bingo!

We had to roll the dice and count a "total" by putting the dots "all together".

Another countdown!

Our daily sign-in book. The kids sign in each day by practicing their name!

Advent Blessings!

Run, run, as fast as you can,

You can't catch me, 

I'm the Gingerbread Man!!

Who feels like they've been running as fast as the Gingerbread Man?!

Sometimes it's hard to catch your breath in the midst of the season!!

Don't forget to take time for what's important....

And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth... Luke 1:14

 Today our hunt for the Gingerbread Man ended right back in the classroom. The rhyming notes he left, gave us clues of where to look! We were downstairs, and upstairs, at church, and back!!

If you give a mouse a cookie.....

 He'll want a glass of milk to go with it!

Our cookie jar is filled with cookies too.... well it was!! 

Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar?

_________ stole the cookie from the cookie jar!

Who me?

Yes, you!

Couldn't be.

Than Who?
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This happened during center time! The students gathered and replicated the morning circle time activity. So many things are being learned/practiced here!!
- Concepts of print
- Rhyming
- Social Skills
- Turn Taking
- Leadership Skills
- Listening Skills
- Name identification
- Etc....
 

Take note:
- The parade is tomorrow night! Hard work has gone into designing, building, and decorating an IHA float. Please join us, in your pajamas, for a ride on the float, or a walk alongside! 

- The IHA Christmas Program is on December 16th at 7:00pm. Please plan to have your child attend the rehearsal, the morning of, in order to prepare for an evening of celebration!

- Please send a favorite recipe, at your convenience, within this upcoming week. 

ADVENT BLESSINGS!!

All those moments...

My name is Tommy Turkey!! I was lost but now I am found, thanks to Mrs. Angie's Friday class! They had to take a trip to find me, and they did! Sounds a little bit like all of us, right?? We were lost but now we are found by the grace of God through His son, Jesus!! Okay... so, I suppose you want to know how they found me? WELL... they had to travel. With ticket in hand, they walked to their "garage", got in their car, gassed it up, took it through the car wash and drove all the way to the airport; where they had to get their tickets punched to board the plane. After "flying" up the stairs, they landed safely, at which point they loaded on to the taxi that took them right to me, Tommy!! I am much happier to be back in the classroom, where I belong!

November Calendar
Take Note:

• November 25th is our Thanksgiving Gathering. Come out and enjoy a couple of songs we have been preparing for you, in addition to a snack, followed by Chapel with Pastor Rob!

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Okay, let's back track just a bit.... Tommy missed out on all of our October fun... here is a little recap of the past couple of weeks!!... Plus all of our November fun! :-) Mrs. Angie's (OLD) iphone finally decided it was okay to upload pictures!! ;-)

Mrs. Kaufmann was our special visitor!!

Our little lanterns!! Jesus is the LIGHT OF THE WORLD!! We do not need to be afraid!

We found a worm!

This is our ongoing project to find worms!! The excitement and engagement over this activity was daily!!

We voted on shapes to use for our Jack O Lantern

We visited the Ecology Fair! These are bird feeders!

Each of us got to make a worm farm!

Our parking lot during safety week!

Mapping!! Following the roads to school :)

T for Train Track

Tree starts with letter T!

On the road to rescue Tommy!

Paying for the car wash!

Lined up for gas!

And we are off; with tickets in hand!

On the" taxi"!

Bringing home Tommy!

Our alphabet train... putting the letters in order from A to Z, using teamwork!

Saying good-bye to the worms! It was release day!!

We made popcorn to wrap up our corn themed week!

Turkey Bingo

A team effort!!

"Sewing" like the pilgrims did! This sure takes a lot of patience; we are thankful for seamstresses!

Her play dough turkey!

Dirt cake in celebration of our worms!

Brown Bear, Brown Bear sequencing.

Stone Soup!!

This is how we felt about the taste of our soup!!

Miss Kassie liked it too!!