How The Grinch Stole the Lights (And Hung Them in the Owl Room)

Well, actually, all lights were honestly purchased in the making of this blog. But the Owls did receive a visit from Matthew's mommy, Nicole, today for the family traditions visits! Together, we listened to the audio narration of How The Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Suess, complete with some classic songs. Nicole also told us about how their family has a tradition of hanging up holiday lights on their house, and was kind enough to bring in "icicle" lights for our classroom. Many of the Owls worked

 together to help the adults hang up the lights around our back windows. Thank you for the enlightening experience, Nicole (get it? Get it?)!

Other Owlings:

Magnatile Motorcycle Helmet

Under Water Shirts, and Alexander's Family Fun

Today, we spent the morning exploring more of our creative sides with Sam. She came into the Owl room and spent time helping friends in the decorating of shirts. Shirts? Oh, what shirts? Why, the shirts that we are going to wear for our 2012 Winter Program: Water Dance, of course! The shirts were decorated using colors that represent the water, and were applied with balloons to add a different kind of flowing texture.

 

We also received a visit from Jill and Brian, Alexander's parents, who shared with us their holiday tradition of reading the Nutcracker and being visited by St. Nick. The family traditions visits that have started are wonderful, and we look forward to being visited by as many Owl families as possible!

Other Owlings:

Thank you Lasha for the kumquats!

Learning To Try and To Ask for Help

At Morning Meeting today, we had a discussion abou how we learn to do things. Tamara talked about how we have to practice again and again to learn how to do something. She used the example of writing letters. The Owls were excited to share which letters they knew how to write. Then we talked about what to do if you did not know how to write a letter, especially how you can ask for help from a friend or a teacher. This is an on-going conversation for three, four, and five year olds as they work to learn new skills.

Pictures from our day: