Macaroni.....Pasta.....Noodles.....whatever you call it.....when you string it on some yarn, it makes a very fun piece of jewelry!  It takes patience and persistence, which we all got a good lesson in today, but the completed necklace it well worth the effort!  We can't wait to show it off tomorrow!

Our book today was Thank You, Thanksgiving by David Milgrim.  It's about a little girl who goes out on an errand for her mother and while she is walking, she talks about all the things she is thankful for.  In the book, there is snow on the ground and the little girl is all bundled up.  It was a real contrast from the weather we've been having lately!  After we read the book, the children all took turns practicing a "I am thankful for ....." sentence using picture cues to help us "read".  I won't tell you too much about this activity because we hope you get to see it in action tomorrow at lunch!!

Ms. Angela came today.  She had some fun warm up games where we all had to listen to the music and do the action that it told us to do.  Walking, crawling, jumping, running, tip toeing, skipping, and galloping......it might have been the longest song ever created, but the kids certainly enjoyed it!  The main lesson today was about hockey and hitting a puck with a small hockey stick.  Everyone got a turn to pass the puck to their friends. They all waited and cheered on their friends so nicely!  As a reward for such great listening skills, Ms. Angela took orange swimming noodles and stacked them up in a pile. The kids took turns jumping over the pile.  It was fun to see the kids expressions when they cleared the jump, and when they knocked all the noodles down!  Either way, we all left Ms. Angela laughing!

Outside time started off with a light sprinkle.  The kids are getting used to being out in the rain.  They hardly noticed.  The funny part was that today the Weekday teachers saw us outside and hurried out to join us!  We are rubbing off!!  Now, I must tell you that they left.....very quickly.....when the sprinkling rain got a little heavier!  We, in true TSGI fashion, waited until all the kids were seeking shelter under the climbing equipment to call it a day!! A little rain never hurt anybody!!  Fingers crossed that tomorrow the Thursday curse won't continue.....we would love to finally mark pictures off the list.....but it doesn't look like the weather is going to cooperate!! We'll see......