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  Day 7 is in the books, 6 more to go…. Fun to be had indoors and out, practicing LOOK and SEE, exploring all our school has to offer. We had a friend who was a little under the weather so we decided it best to not visit the forest. We still had a good time learning more about the letter Mm and what life might be like in the North Pole.

But it is only 2 weeks away!  That’s right, only 8 more school days, until winter break! I hope everyone is enjoying the nice weather we’re being offered before winter sets in. Today we most certainly took advantage of being outside. For the next 2 weeks we will be focusing on the words LOOK and SEE, pretending to be a baker by creating shapes with dough, exploring outdoor winter life in our igloo, and playing in our Arctic themed sensory table. 

 And only 2 more to go until winter break!  We had a wonderful Friendsgiving Feast and one kiddo even said, “this was the best day ever!”

Today was a Ms Amy day and capering, but even better than that, it was nice enough for some time outside!  Tomorrow is Pine Friendsgiving! Can’t wait to celebrate with my kind, helpful, and all around wonderful bucket filling Pine kiddos :) 

 Can you believe we are already in December?! After today, only 10 more days of school until winter break…. Yesterday we introduced a calendar visual. We had a discussion about the parts of the calendar: name of the month, year, days of the week, number for each day, etc. An X was put on each stay at home day so they could see how many days of school remain until winter break! We also briefly discussed that different celebrations occur during the month which may inspire further learning opportunities.  Today your kiddo helped generate ideas for activities to help fill our remaining days. We played mystery box for the letter L, explored new ways to play with slime, and even made letters in the Collabratory.

 I hope you all enjoyed your long break together. We are back at it with our same centers and focus words UP and DOWN. This will be the last week for our current activities and will change it up for the last 2 weeks before our next BIG break. Only 12 days left together for the year and we are counting down!  Please help us celebrate:  Pine’s Friendsgiving Feast! Your kiddos have been hard at work filling each other's buckets through acts of kindness. They earned a special celebration before the Thanksgiving break but we held off our celebration so all friends could participate. Today we read a book called Feast for 10 and were inspired by some ingredients. If you would like to help us celebrate our friendship and donate to our feast, we would love it! Our plan is to celebrate on Thursday Dec 5th. Thanks :) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Zu9-130U8W6xGWiNsdlLMXYA9q8yOASwtSEybrST3Rc/edit?usp=sharing