Thanksgiving Friendship Feast

We had a great feast! In case you were wondering what your little pilgrim or indian ate at our special meal, here it is:

Ainsley brought Applesauce
Avery brought Apple juice
Brooklyn brought Bread
Camden brought Cheese
Carson brought Cupcakes
Dawson brought Donuts
Drew brought Donuts too!
Ella brought Egg Nog (yum!)
Halle brought Ham
Makenzie brought Mandarin oranges and M&Ms
Megan brought Milk and Marshmallows
Mrs. Peterson brought Popcorn
Ryken brought Ritz crackers
and
Trent brought the TURKEY!

What a feast!
Thanks to everyone for sharing!

Also, Thanks to Carson's mom for setting up the feast for us and basically doing ALL the work! You are great:)

Harmons Field Trip

Well, all I can say is I HOPE that our field trips will get a bit easier! We started off a little crazy but it all worked out in the end! We had PLENTY of parent helpers but the problem was, none of the kids wanted to ride with their own parent! Everyone wanted a first class ride in Mrs. Peterson's van and it was hard to explain to everyone why they could not all be accommodated:)

We made it there safely however and we all had a grand time. I must say, Harmon's is a really great store, but I don't think it is my favorite field trip location. I like a more BEHIND THE SCENES look at the supermarket and Harmon's just didn't quite deliver. I like how other stores have allowed us access to the back room so we can see how the shelves are stocked and how the food gets OFF the delivery truck and INTO the store.

Oh well, I guess. We did not get to see those things, but we DID learn a lot about exotic fruits and vegetables, meat and dairy, and cake decorating. We also talked to many nice and knowledgeable employees and were treated well all the way around! We even got to bring back some yummy cookies to school! I think all the kids would agree that this field trip was a success!

Totally, Terrific Tt Week!

Take a look, Tt means. . . turkeys, toes, Tiger Tim, turtle, train, tree, tire, triangles, tennis, TOGETHER and tent! This week, we were so THANKFUL for the letter Tt! Here are some other fabulous Tt things spotted around preschool:

teeter-totter

taking turns

Treats from Trent!

Fun stuff! However, we didn't just talk LETTERS all week, we also spent a lot of our time discussing the concept of being thankful too. it is funny to listen to the preschoolers try to put their thoughts into words regarding this topic.

We read the book, "Thank You Thanksgiving" and in it, a little girl takes a walk and says, 'thank you' to everything she sees. So many of the preschoolers were confused by this. "Why is she saying thank you to the clouds? They aren't doing anything!" We had a great discussion about how everything in the world is a gift and can make us very happy if we stop to think about them. We talked about how it would be to NOT have clouds (and other things). Hopefully this was a good jump start in the right direction in helping the preschoolers discover their budding feelings of gratitude.

Here are a few pictures of some of the other activities we did this week:

Brown Day Fun!

P is for PRESCHOOL!

For the first week of November, we decided to focus on the letter Pp. I wanted to do more "pumpkin" projects and since Pilgrim and PIE and a whole bunch of other seasonal words begin with Pp, I thought it was PERFECT! I always try to tie in our letter with whatever else we might be talking about. This makes so much sense since the kids are only at preschool two days per week. We need to get the most bang for our buck and kill as many birds with one stone as we can! Make sure you are doing this at home as well. It makes all the difference!

Play-Doh is always a hit. Of course, I grabbed the camera at the tail-end of the activity so I missed out on some of the creations. I am impressed with this group of kiddos! They are not only creative, but GREAT at cleaning up the mess! Makes it easier to haul out the play-doh when I know I don't have to stress about the mess! Great Job preschoolers!