Group Meeting:  For the first few minutes of Group Meeting, we took turns telling about our Thanksgiving events.  Many of the children wanted to tell about putting decorations up for Christmas.   The children discovered a new "friend" on the Message Board easel.  Ask your child to tell you who this new friend is.

Story:  Our new friend brought us the story The Gingerbread Man by Jim Aylesworth.  This is the story of the old man and woman who decide to make a gingerbread man to eat.  When they open the oven door, the gingerbread man escapes and they have to chase it.  The gingerbread man runs from the old couple, a butcher, a cow, and a pig before it meets a sly fox.  Ask your child to tell you how the story ends.

Small Groups:  The children got into two groups today.  They were given little cards that had the gingerbread man printed on them.  The cards were numbered 1-10, but they were all mixed up.  The children had to put the cards in the correct order.

Letter Learning:  We are starting Letter Learning again.  This time, we will do the letters in alphabetical order.  The children are using dry erase boards to print the letter.  To learn about the sound, I have tubs that have six items in them that begin with the letter for the day.  I give the children clues to help them guess the items.  The letter today was Aa.

Snacks:  The morning snack was granola bars and milk brought by Sophia.  The afternoon snack was cheese sticks and apples brought by Silas.  Thank you, Sophia and Silas!