Two very special guests

Happy Monday parents! We hope everyone had a safe and relaxing weekend!  Today we have had two very special guests join our class; Zoe Myers, Paige's older sister and Jette Campbell, Zoey older brother.  We are so happy to have them in our class today!  This morning we started our day on the playground.  All the kiddos spent most of their time climbing on the dome.  We came inside for snack early because so we could get to Show and Tell.  We have a few extra friends today, therefore wanted to make sure we had enough time for Show and Tell and our morning art project.  Because we had do many friends today we split our Show and Tell into two times.  Half of our friends went this morning and the other half had their turn after afternoon snack.  Dax went first, he showed us a catepillar he found on a leaf at his house! All the kiddos loved seeing him crawl around on the stick. Maya showed us her pink star shaped bubble necklace.  Zoey brought in a Hello Kitty puzzle, she said her and her brother love to put in together at their house.  Zoe Myers showed us a crystal that is apart of her rock collection from home.  Jette told us abotu himself, where he went to school, and how old he is.  Once our first group was finished passing around their show and tell we split up into two groups.  Half of the kiddos went to the big table with Mr. Nick to make turkey hand prints while the other half played in centers.  The first group who went to centers all wanted to build in the construction center.  Dax, Tristan and Rhys enjoyed using the tools we had to saw and screw the blocks together while Zoey and Jette built a fence for the animals.  Maya loved using the color mixing activity.  She mixed blue and red mostly to make purple.  Our art project today was making turkey hand prints.  Each kiddos painted their hand with and many colors as they wanted then out their hand on the paper to make a turkey outline! When the second group came to centers Leina, Zoe, Paige, and Miya all immediately went to the art center to draw pictures! We have such amazing artists in the Shining Star class!  

Miss Arielle came in this morning to for Kinder Blossom.  Leina, Maya, Zoey, Jette, and Zoe were all very excited to see what she had planned.  Today they played a matching game! 

After Kinder Blossom it was already time for lunch!  Time sure does fly when we are having so much fun!  We all sat down for lunch and discussed what plans we had for Thanksgiving.  We also chatted that we are going to have a very short week here at Green Sprout. Once we all finished up our lunches and cleaned our areas we headed to the carpet for a story before we laid down.  Miss Lizzie read JoJo's revenge.  The story was about a little baby named Jo Jo who liked to wear his food instead of eat it.  We discussed that the only place food should go is in our tummies. After the story the kiddos laid on their nap mats and went right to sleep.  It must have been a fun filled weekend for everyone because they went right to sleep.

Once we all woke up and had snack, we gathered at the carpet to continue Show and Tell.  Leina showed us her stuffed dolphin. Miya showed us a blanket from home, she said she likes to share with baby Julia.  Rhys showed us a space ship.  Tristan told us about his dinosaur named "T-Rex." Paige brought in a snail shell that she found at her house.

When we wrapped up show and tell, we came to the big table to do an afternoon art project.  We all received a piece of yellow paper shaped like a corn on the cob and many different colors of tissue paper to glue on the cob as  kernels with glue sticks.   After everyone finished up we washed our hands, out on our shoes, and headed outside for afternoon pick up. 

We had such a great day here in the Shining Star room, we cant wait to continue the Thanksgiving fun tomorrow!

Much Peace and Love,
Miss Lizzie and Mr. Nick