Nov 30, 2023

November 28 - 30, 2023

 Happy Thursday Families! We cannot believe that December is here, and what a perfect opportunity for The Dragonflies to embrace their family traditions and celebrations. We also learned what it means to be caring and helpful during Second Steps. The Dragonflies can show they care by saying something kind or doing something helpful - perfect timing on this lesson! Our letter of the week was G. This week we practiced our cutting skills by cutting wrapping paper, sorted according to color, made family trees by drawing family members on green paper and using brown paint to create a tree trunk and branches, and  created our family home by using triangle and square shapes. We read The Family Book, Come Over to my House, and Our Class is a Family.  During Music, we sang some old music class favorites and played the bongos, and in Art we read The Snowy Day and talked about wavy lines while gluing white wavy snow onto blue paper.  Please be sure and label outerwear for your child - it helps us so much when it is time to pack up at the end of the day. 











































































Nov 16, 2023

November 14 - 16, 2023

 Greetings Families! This week our focus was gratitude and what it means to be thankful, and the letter of the week was Q. We continued our focus on anger this week during Second Steps and ways we might manage that feeling. Sometimes anger makes us feel uncomfortable, and The Dragonflies shared a variety of times and situations that they've experienced anger. This week we learned two turkey songs, painted turkeys, made handprint turkeys, made friendship bracelets, and played a turkey counting game. We read The Thankful Book, The Great Turkey Race, and Turkey Goes to School. Ms. Li taught us two new Thanksgiving songs during Music, and in Art Ms. Tara read an acorn story and we made colorful acorns. We also had a special visit from Babaloo on Thursday - what a hit! This will be our final blog post until after Thanksgiving. Kelley and I are so grateful for all you do to support us. Enjoy this special time of year with family and friends.