Hello Yellow Duck Families,
Our Halloween parade on Thursday was so much fun! Everyone got to show off their costume all around Southern Village. It was good to see so many families join us. I know your children loved it! Thank you for coming.
After our parade we got to play some Halloween bingo. Everyone did such a good job of learning how to play it. We did have a winner who filled up their card first, but we then played until everyone’s card was filled. What an important lesson in losing gracefully and in patience.
It’s now November and as we head toward the holidays, the Yellow Duck classroom will be busy getting ready for Thanksgiving and Christmas. We have some “pies” to prepare, cards to make, and gifts to paint. Along the way we will be checking on the pumpkin seeds that we planted last week. We asked the children after carving the pumpkin what we should do with the seeds, and they wanted to plant some. So, we did! We planted seeds in a pot and placed it on the shelf near the window. Guess what? We have a pumpkin plant already! It came up so quickly and we didn’t even notice it until today.
A pumpkin plant!
We also observed the slow demise of a large pumpkin this week. We looked inside and saw mold growing and noticed that it was starting to smell. Someone actually wretched looking inside of it, so we knew it was time for it to go. We asked the children what we should do with it and we decided that it would go down to the playground to be monitored. It was very heavy so we had to get creative to get it down there. We retrieved a floor scooter and attached a string to it. They team-lifted the pumpkin onto it and rolled it out the front door and down the sidewalk, because everyone knew the wheels wouldn’t make it down the steps. All took a turn pulling it and we’re happy to say, it made it in one piece (it did fall over a couple of times 😊). We challenged these kiddos to think and do, instead of us doing it all for them. They can do hard things when given the chance!
“It smells like socks that have never been washed!” - Charlie
Pete the Cat has been hanging out in our loft area this week. He’s brought counting games and books on cds with him. Everyone is taking turns trying out the headphones or rolling Pete’s big dice. On Monday, we showed two of our friends how to make the cd player and cd work, and then each day they have passed on their knowledge to the next friends who wanted the experience too. What great teachers they have become and IT pros 😄!
“It’s all good!” - Pete the Cat
NOVEMBER 11 - Preschool closed-Veterans’ Day.
SCHOOL SPIRIT - On Wednesday, Nov. 6 we will celebrate “SCHOOL SPIRIT DAYS” at Christ Church Preschool! You can wear your CCP shirts or wear the class color - YELLOW!
NOVEMBER 3RD - It will happen in the cloak of darkness. It may steal your joy. It will be dark at 5 now. Don’t forget it’s daylight savings weekend. Yup, this is the best weekend isn’t it (said no parent ever)? May this go well for you all!
See you on the flip side!
Peace,
Ms. Shelly & Ms. Carina