Story:  The story I selected for today was The Night Worker by Georg Hallensleben.  Alex's dad works at night.  He is an engineer for a construction company.  One night, Alex's dad surprises him by taking him to work with him.  Alex gets to see all of the equipment on the job site.  He helps drive a loader and work the levers that move the bucket up and down. 

Small Groups:  The activities for this week are listed in Monday's post.  The schedule for today was:
Activity #1 Green Group
Activity #2 Red Group
Activity #3 Yellow Group
I was very impressed with the cutting skills that I observed this week.  While several children told me that they couldn't do it, they all persisted and did very well!

Large Group:  The children made lemonade using lemon presses (levers).  The children squeezed the lemon juice into a bowl.  We added the juice to a pitcher of water and added sugar.  After tasting it, we added more sugar until it was just about right.  I wanted to take pictures to share, but we were a little short staffed today, so I didn't have an empty hand.

Snacks:  The morning class had grapes, muffins, and juice brought by Angel.  The afternoon class had apples and milk brought by Charlie.  Thank you!