A Busy December...

I took a little time off of blogging but have many photos to share of our time preparing for the November December holidays.  We made turkeys, and had a Thanksgiving feast - complete with turkey, mashed potatoes, corn, rolls!   We made Christmas decorations, presents and even had a visit with Santa.  As the weather turns colder - we have spent far less time outside.  We can however watch the birds through our window - visiting our feeder.  We can't wait for it to warm up a bit and be able to compost and work in our garden space!

Thanksgiving and November were fun times - we talked about the pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving.  Each child helped to prepare the mashed potatoes for each class - and they were the best!!!

On to December:

The day of our Class Party - Santa came to visit.  He passed out our presents and listened to our Christmas wishes.  We had been practicing songs all month - so we even did a small performance for our parents and friends....

The Heart of November

Chilly days, the smell of Fall in the air.  Talking about upcoming Holidays, family and all that we have to be Thankful for!  Well I for one am so Thankful that each of you entrusted me with your children this schoolyear!  We have so much fun learning and playing together.  Each one is so unique and special, and I actually miss them when they aren't here!  This year is the fulfillment of a dream for me - to share something that I love with children - nature, art, music, books, and making learning something fun!

My daughter introduced me to a new app that I am going to start using to create little video clips of our year together.  Here was my practice one....

Have a great Fall Break!

Week of F and Celebrating Fall!

What a fun few weeks full of fun fruit faces, funky flowers and preparing for Halloween!  Fall festivities are definitely some of my favorite and this year was no exception.  Here are some pictures of the fun we had together at Roots...  

Our MF class celebrated Tommy's birthday with a yummy Halloween themed snack!  

We also continued to rake leaves and enjoy the mild Fall temperatures while we can!  Thanks to Reuben's mom we now have a set of stone dominoes for our playground space as well!

We have been working on the song Five Little Pumpkins... In which we dress up and act out the parts of each pumpkin...  Ask your child to sing it for you!  5 little pumpkins sitting on a gate.  The first one said oh my it's getting late.  The second one said there are witches in the air.  The third one said oh we don't care.  The fourth one said let's run and run and run! The fifth one said isn't Halloween fun?  Oooooooohhhh. Went the wind and out went the light and the 5 little pumpkins rolled out of sight.....   Even Ms. Becci got in on the fun!  

That's all for now!  Next up pumpkin pounding, parties and the letter G.