Well folks, we’ve got a wonky holiday week ahead of us, but we won’t let that get in the way of beginning the next letter of the alphabet!  Today’s adventure began with our lovely Grady’s exuberance that it’s “his week!”  He was also excited to discover that he gets to share the letter G with Gigi.  We also ready a silly book called Gumbrella about an elephant who pretends to be a doctor.  The Tugboats tried to imagine having an elephant for a doctor:  she would be too giant to give them a flu shot!

During project time, the children decorated their own letter Gs with 3 G-words: glue and green glitter!  Each child got his or her own capital G and used brushes to paint liquid glue on their letters.  Next, they practiced their patience and taking turns while they shared a glitter shaker.  The children strengthened their fine motor skills as they shook glitter over their papers, stopping occasionally to shake off the extra glitter and determine any places that needed a little additional pizzazz.  We tried to clean it all up, but there may be bits of green sparkling glitter here and there!

We were also excited to celebrate Sophia’s birthday, albeit a little belated!  She didn’t feel well last week when we had planned to celebrate, so she brought us a delicious fruit tart for morning snack today!  Everyone enjoyed a slice of the fruity pie and afterward, we voted on our favorite fruits!  Strawberry was the overwhelming winner!  Many children also voted for raspberries, which came in a distant second.  After snack, the kids were excited to share their new favorite game, “Chase the Grown-Ups,” with our parent teacher, Sharon.  It never seems to get old to them!