Thursday, January 8

Today we talked in our large group meeting about our theme of bears and hibernation. I had a bag, the beginnings of a bear survival kit, with honey and blueberries, along with a brown and black bear. We discussed what we knew about bears (they are "brown, black, white and black with white,") and what we would like to know ("Do they wake up if someone enters the cave?") We ate the blueberries, of course, at snack time. At circle we heard about Goldilocks by way of a hand puppet and played Simon Says with our hamster puppet, Hamersley. We also read a book called, "Baby Signs," and learned the signs for "milk," and "water." We finished our circle time sculpting with play foam, a textured material that changes shape as it is rolled. The Chipmunks enjoyed the running hall, visiting the turtles in the science center and playing "Shoo Fly," and "Duck, Duck, Goose," in the mall area near the bakery. Everyone seemed happy to be back together and we welcomed three new friends to our group.