Love and Thankfulness

October was a busy and fulfilling month both in and out of the classroom for me. I got to watch two of my closest friends celebrate love and family at their weddings and the celebrating travelled into a marvellous Thanksgiving holiday surrounded by family and friends.There was much to be thankful for at school as well. We had some spectacular Fall weather which allowed for lots of time outside enjoying the colourful leaves. The girls enjoyed hunting for pinecones and leaves one afternoon on a walk around our neighbourhood. After drying our goods out we turned our treasures into Thanksgiving turkeys!

We also had a blast celebrating Halloween and learning all about pumpkins. The girls are still talking about how 'spooky' the seniors haunted house was!

With November upon us we are ready for new adventures. Everyone is embracing the colder weather and finding fun in piles of leaves. The rakes are busy all lunch hour and the children are coming inside covered in leaves from head to toe. This was a great introduction to our fun recesses for our new student, Muhammad. He came into the class today beaming from ear to ear exclaiming, "I got to jump! I got to jump!" The girls have done an amazing job welcoming him into our classroom. Please do the same if you happen to see him or his mom at the school.

Miss Kate

P.S. I hope that everyone saw the newsletter. . . The observation sheet is hanging up just inside the exterior door of our classroom with pencils sitting just above. I've extended the observations for an extra week. . . the handwriting talk will take place this Friday morning in the daycare room from 8:45-9:15. If parents have time to stay afterwords I will show a short video from the 'Aid to Life' series.