Changes.

Yesterday, was a day full of  fun and exciting changes. We opened our eyes to find the cold and white surprise of snow! Now, the first snow fall of the year was not the only thing that made our Monday morning special. November 12, 2012 also marked a day of remembrance all across the world. To commemorate veterans day at preschool we worked hard at making beautiful american flag head bands. While the kids crafted, I went on to tell the story of how we came about veterans day and what meaning the day holds. I giggled as the children gasped when they were told that we have been celebrating Veterans day sense the day world war one ended way back in 1918. Which was 94 years ago, and makes Vets day older than all of there grandparents.

 After our veterans day lesson was over we then turned our attention back to our thanksgiving day theme. We started by adding another page to  our "what we are thankful for" booklets. This week we added a picture of the family that we are thankful for. These booklets have not been sent home yet and are being used to track your child's progress.

Continuing on with our theme we then set off to work at making helping hand coupon books. The kids were given the task to come up with a list of things they could do on thanksgiving to help there family. The turkey coupons that were sent home yesterday represent that promise. If you can, try to hold your child accountable for the promise they made to you on there coupon. It is never to early to start stressing responsibility!

Homework: Each child was sent home with a picture of a turkey and a baggie of tail feathers and numbers. Instruct your child to put thus many feathers on there turkey along with the correct number on top. Tip: try and mix colors up frequently by saying; I want you to put four orange feathers and three red on your turkey. You can also have then subtract so many from the turkey as well. This will not only work on there counting skills but help them learn to fallow directions better.

Thanks for reading. Have a great day!
-Megan.