Group Meeting: During arrival time, the children are given a choice of activities to do while they are waiting for everyone else to get into the classroom. I usually try to have a cutting activity and a coloring activity for them to chose if they'd like. I also have some building toys and books to look at as well. All of those things will be related to Thanksgiving this week.
Story: The story for today was Thanks for Thanksgiving by Julie Markes. This book has beautiful pictures of things for which we can be thankful such as family, food, friends, pets, etc. There are few words, but the words encourage a discussion which we had after reading.
Small Groups: The children helped me make a class list of things for which we are thankful. After a discussion, each child was given a paper feather to draw on. They were encouraged to draw pictures of things that they are thankful for. When they were finished, we took the feathers to the bulletin board in the hallway. I had put a big turkey on the bulletin board. They added their feathers to give him a beautiful tail.
Large Group: The children played a game called "Farmer and the Turkeys". The children are turkeys who want to cross the field (classroom) to the other side. I am the farmer in the middle. When the turkeys call out "farmer, can we cross the field?", the farmer says a color. The turkeys who are wearing that color on their clothes may cross the field without being chased. Then the remaining turkeys try to cross the field without being tagged. Any turkeys that are tagged become the farmer's helpers. We continue to play until all of the turkeys are caught. We had a great time playing this game!
Letter Learning: The letter for today was Xx.
Snacks: The snack for the morning class was milk, apples and peanut butter brought by Callie. The snack for the afternoon was yogurt and blueberries brought by Eleanor. Thank you, Callie and Eleanor!
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