Group Meeting:  The gingerbread man brought us jingle bells to use when building with Magnatiles.  Some of the children used triangles to make a tree and stuck the bells to the magnets on the side.

Story:  The story for today was The Gingerbread Man Loose at Christmas by Laura Murray.  This book is part of a series that we started last week with The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School.  In this story, the class of children have decided to make gifts for the community helpers.  They make cards and goodies to give to the policeman, librarian, veterinarian, etc.  The gingerbread man has made a card to give to someone special, too.  Ask your child to tell you who that special person is and what that special person gave to the gingerbread man.

Large Group:  The children practiced songs for the Christmas Program.

Small Groups:  The children strung jingle bells and beads onto pipe cleaners.  These will be used during one of our songs in the program.

Letter Learning:  The letter for today was Ff.

Snacks:  The snack in the morning was clementine oranges and carrots brought by Laurel.  The afternoon snack was cheese sticks and apples brought by Lydia.  Thank you, Laurel and Lydia!