Mailing our Letters!

This morning there were packaging peanuts in the touch and feel pool. We use them when we mail something that can break in a package. During morning circle we talked more about the calendar and the month of December. We started practicing the songs we will sing during our holiday performance.

Ms. Abby came today and we worked on running and hitting a ball with a bat. First the kids had race relays. They had to pick a ball and run it over to a circle..then they ran back to pick up another ball and put it on a circle. It was fun cheering on everyone when they had a turn! Next the kids worked on hitting a ball off a tee and running the bases. They ran to first, second, third and then home plate. Next week will be Ms. Abby's last week until after the holidays.

Our story today was "Dear Santa" by Bill Harley. The book is a letters James Dobbins has written to Santa. He talked about things he would like for Christmas and he also explains why he got in trouble and that he is always trying to do better. We talked about how to write a letter with the kids. First you need to tell who the letter is for...Dear _____. Then in the middle you say why you are writing the letter....to say thank you, I miss you or hello. At the end of the letter you tell who it is from...Love, _____.

 For art the kids wrote and made a letter for Santa. Our letter started Dear Santa. Then they glued pictures of things they would like for Christmas. At the end of the letter the kids sighed it Love, _____. We had to fold the letters and put them into our red envelopes. Before mailing the letters we added a stamp.

Then we took a walk to the blue mailboxes on East Blvd. The kids each took a turn opening the mailbox and mailing their letter to Santa. On our walk back to school we even saw a mail man delivering mail!

We rushed back to school with just enough time to eat our lunch! It was a very busy day...but it was so much fun!