Circle Time:  We opened the letter Z tub today to find a zucchini, zebra, zipper, zigzag, zero, and zoo sign.  We tried to add a few more to the list.   Zamboni was probably the word that got a few giggles.  It's so fun to say.

Story:  How the Zebra Got It's Stripes is an old African tale.  At the beginning of the story, we are told that zebras have not always had stripes.  This is how it happened.  A greedy baboon did not want to share the pond with the elephant, giraffe and zebra.  When the animals wanted a drink, the baboon would chase them away.  To keep the animals away, the baboon build a fire by the pond.  But that didn't scare the zebra.  He charged into the baboon who fell into the fire.  Now ask your child to tell you how the zebra ended up with stripes and what happened to the baboon.
After the story, I asked the children if they thought this was true.  They told me that they thought it was too silly to be true.

Small Group:  We played a numeral game to day.  The children had to find the numeral cards 1-20 and put them in the correct order.  Help was offered when needed.

Art:  Because we are sending home so many saved art pieces each day, we decided to do something that didn't need to be sent home.  We put shaving cream on the table and let the children make creations by spreading the shaving cream with their fingers.  Some made pictures or letters and numbers. 

Snacks:  The morning class had pretzels, cheese and juice brought by Malynah.  The afternoon class had Angry Birds snacks (cheese crackers) and juice brought by Colin Me.  Thank you!