October 19-23

Hello! While the goal is to update the blog on a weekly basis, some weeks are less crazy than others! As most of you know, Beth was out of town visiting her family in Michigan, and we had a great time with Renee, Anita, and Kitsy, who were here in Beth's place. The children will be happy to see her back tomorrow, however, and we thought you and she would all enjoy seeing a few photos from our week.

The three year olds got into the fall spirit by painting leaves and making "Halloween night sky" playdough (which is really just playdough that turned out to be such a pretty dark blue that we added glitter to it for "stars"!). We also read the book "Going on a Leaf Hunt" in EPD on Thursday and then we looked outside for red, yellow, and orange leaves to collect.

The four year olds had their visit from the farm animals on Friday. We got to see a pot bellied pig, several goats, a donkey, and two sheep. The children were given small cups of food for the animals and could choose whether to feed them with their hands, or to place the feed in a shovel. Some of us loved letting the animals eat out of our hands. Others? Not so much. 

We also had Halloween sorting activities for both classes at our workbench and water tables, we all helped to make a Royals banner as well as Royals streamers and pennants! Finally, ALL of the children are enjoying the musical instruments that we have hanging on and around the playground. Our class as well as the other preschool classes helped create the instruments, and last week they were hung around the playground. Be sure to look for all of the different pieces when you come or go this next week.