Nov. 22-24

We have a short week ahead of us. Remember that our school is closed Thursday and Friday for Thanksgiving.
Tuesday is our school Thanksgiving feast. Kids are welcome to dress up a little on Tuesday to make the meal feel extra special. It will happen at 12 noon. If your child usually comes a different day or leaves before noon they are welcome to come Tuesday, and stay for lunch.
There is no letter of the week or food project this week. Our curriculum will be an alphabet review and more Thanksgiving.
When we get back from break we will start in on our winter themes. Thursday December 2nd is the start of Hanukkah. We will talk about menorahs, gelt, latkes and more. We will also make latkes.
Friday the 3rd we will kick off the Christmas season with our 5th annual Polar Express Day Party. We have been learning "When Christmas Comes to Town" and watched the Movie already in preparation for this fun day. On Friday all children should wear their pajamas to school. We will make train ornaments, have hot chocolate, sing songs, go on a "train ride" to the North Pole and just have lots of fun!! We love this activity!! If Friday is not your childs regular day and they would like to come we are more than happy to have them there. We would hate for them to miss out.

Also coming up on Friday the 10th we will be making graham cracker and candy houses. We will provide the houses (Diana is getting really fast at making them after all these years:) but we ask the parents to donate candy. Any kind of candy will work. Whatever you can donate will be fantastic. The kids always have a lot of fun and the house all end up unique and delicious!
As I said already it is fine to switch around days if you don't want your child to miss this. We are really flexible for these activities because we don't want anyone to feel sad.

Look for December attendance calendars in the next few weeks.