In a previous post I highlighted some of the children and their activities - one them being Zack and his favorite puzzle 'Thomas the Train' that he has mastered. Today, he took an extra step in working with the puzzle and worked to explain to Mary - who was working on the puzzle for her first time - how he has put it together. It was a great experience for the two of them - it stretched Zack to explain and put into words his thought process of what he has been working on, and it helped Mary to work with another preschool friend, but to be in a teacher/learner situation with a peer. That was actually valuable for both of them!
We had more reading time...the children each chose one favorite book and looked at it, and then told the rest of the class why it was their favorite book and we did a "quick" read - more like glance through the book guessing what it was about and choosing one that we read for today.
It is delightful to hear the children express their views about the books! Sometimes they laugh over the pictures, think something is scary and want to point it out to someone else, or tell the story to someone else in their own words. This particular reading/literacty activity is a wonderful part of our day - but changes from time to time based on the moods of the children and what lessons we are working on...however, they do spend time with books each day! 
Snow is falling around - art/craft activity! I apologize about the crystal beads that we used for the snow falling from the cotton ball clouds. They looked great and stayed on while the glue was drying, but I noticed a few hours after preschool had ended as we were moving Bryson's picture the beads started to pop off because the glue had dried and it wasn't holding the beads down anymore. I'm sure those beads are chocking hazards for young children --- I'm so sorry that the activity wasn't better at being childproofed! 
If all the snowflakes are candy bars and milk shakes - oh what a snow it would be!
After the children finished their snow projects they were able to work on their "beaded" necklaces. They are beyond excited that we were using the yummy cereal, and agreed that as they were working on their necklaces just using the cereal out of one container, I would allow another small container of cereal to be place them...with just the purpose that they could snack on this. Don't worry mom and dad - this was after their healthy snack and it was a really small amount I put in, but they were thrilled with this arrangement!
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