We are excited to have lit the first candle of advent.  The first candle symbolizes the “Hope” that Christmas brings.  This week we will prepare to celebrate the Christmas season.  We have much preparation to do for our Christmas program on December 10th at 9:30 am.  We will be performing a short musical program in the chapel.

We will enjoy a unit of study based on the theme: Gingerbread, this week.  We will read a variety of stories about the gingerbread man, create advent and gingerbread art, play with gingerbread playdough, recite the finger plays – “Five Little Gingerbread Men” and “Ten Little Gingerbread Men”, and create gumdrop shapes designs to name a few.  Our play centers this week will include Christmas Little People imaginative play, gingerbread bakery dramatic play, trains / gingerbread engineering center, winter lacing shapes and various art projects in the art center.  We are looking forward to all the hope the Christmas season brings us all.