Group Meeting:  Mrs. Hoogheem was absent again today.  She has grandchildren from Michigan visiting her.  She will be back tomorrow.  It is also her birthday tomorrow, but don't tell her that I told you:)  Our sub for today was Mrs. Smith.  Some of the children were familiar with Mrs. Smith from last year, but for some, she was a new teacher.

Story:  The story that I read today was Hooray, A Pinata by Elisa Kleven.   Clara is planning her birthday party.  She will have cake, balloons and a pinata.  Her friend, Samson goes with her to the pinata store to pick one out.  She selects a puppy pinata.  Clara becomes very fond of her pinata, treating it like a real dog.  When it's time to get ready for the party, she doesn't want to break it.  Samson has a solution.  Ask your child to tell you what he does to make Clara feel better.

Small Groups:  The activities for this week are listed in yesterdays post.  The schedule for today was:
Activity #1 Yellow Group
Activity #2 Green Group
Activity #3 Red Group

Large Group:  Now that we have talked about roads for a few days, we made a list of everything that we know about roads.  Tomorrow, we will think of things that we want to learn about roads.  I will share the lists when we are finished.  We also went to the Outdoor Classroom.  We never know how many more nice days were are going to get.

Snacks:  The morning class had peanut butter crackers and milk brought by Andon.  The afternoon class had oyster crackers, apple slices, and milk brought by Beckett.  Thank you!