Group Meeting:  The gingerbread man brought us gingerbread dough and peppermint dough.  During play time, the children could use cookie cutters to cut out a gingerbread man or woman and decorate it.  They could use the peppermint dough to make candy canes.  They smell great!

Story:  The story for today was The Shoemaker and the Elves.  In this story, a poor shoemaker has only one piece of leather left to make one pair of shoes.  He cuts the leather and puts it on the work table to finish in the morning.  When he wakes up in the morning, he discovers that the shoes are done.  A gentleman buys the shoes and gives the shoemaker twice the amount of money that he asks.  The next day, the same thing happens.  Now, the shoemaker is rich.  The shoemaker and his wife decide to hide at night to see who is making the new shoes.   Ask your child to tell you who is making the shoes. 

Large Group:  After the story, the children played the shoe game.  In this game, everyone removes their shoes.  They each hide one of their shoes somewhere in the classroom.  Next, they trade their remaining shoe with someone else and try to see if they can find the match.  This is such a simple game, but the children love it!  It's also a very good game for following directions. 

Letter Learning:  Today's letter was Ee.

Snacks:  The snack in the morning class was cheeses sticks, fruit cocktail and milk brought by Lucy.  The afternoon snack was apples, cheese sticks, and milk brought by Madelyn.  Thank you, Lucy and Madelyn!