Group Meeting:  Yesterday, the simple machine that we discussed was the screw.  Today as the children arrived, I had several examples of screws for them to try.

Story:  The story for today was Lola Loves Stories by Anna McQuinn.  Lola loves to go to the library with her daddy.  She picks out books to last for a week.  Every day, mom or dad read a new book and the next day she acts out the story.  Lola pretends to be a fairy princess, a tiger, a farmer, etc.  After the story, we talked about going to the library to pick out books.

Small Groups:  The children counted cubes into two small sets.  They compared the sets by which had more and which had less.

Large Group:  The children played "Marching Around the Alphabet" by Hap Palmer.  The children listen to the music as they march around letter cards.  When the whistle blows, they have to stop and pick up the letter card that is next to them.  They name the letter if they know it or the teacher helps them identify the letter.

Letter Learning:  Yesterday, we finished the alphabet with the letter Z.  We will take a little break from letters and work on a few other skills.

Snacks:  The snack for the morning class is bananas and Belvita bars brought by Kinsley.  The afternoon snack was cheese sticks and crackers brought by Lydia.  Thank you, Kinsley and Lydia!