Story:  The story for today was Abiyoyo retold by Pete Seeger.  This story is an old African-American folk tale.  It is about a man and his son who are asked to leave the city because the son plays his ukulele to much and the father uses his magic wand to play tricks on people.  One day, a giant named Abiyoyo comes to the town.  Everyone is afraid of him except the boy and his father.  The boy plays and sings Abiyoyo's name.  Abiyoyo begins to dance and falls down.  The father steps up with his wand and makes the giant disappear.  The boy and his father are now heroes.  Ask your child to tell you what Abiyoyo looks like.

Small Groups:   The activities for this week are listed in yesterday's post.  The schedule for today was:
Activity #1  Yellow Group
Activity #2  Green Group
Activity #3  Red Group

Letter Learning:  The letter for today was Tt.

Large Group:  The children took their writing journals outside, sat under a tree and drew the parts of the tree.  We will label them tomorrow.

Snacks:  The snack for the morning class was crackers, cheese, and juice brought by Blake.  The afternoon snack was grapes, cheese and juice brought by Caroline.  Thank you, Blake and Caroline!