On Thursday, January 29, at meeting time, we talked about some of the differences between people and animals. It was a kind of guessing game. Children were shown a knife and fork (what is that for?) and then asked how animals eat. A cup and napkin were brought out as well. We had a hand glove with 5 little monkeys and an alligator looking for some lunch. As we counted 5, 4, 3, 2,1,0, it was noted that the alligator ate with h/her mouth, rather than a knife and fork.

On Friday, January 30, at circle we used two language charts pointing out the words and using our hands to do the motions for "The Chubby Little Snowman With A Carrot Nose," and "I'm a Little Snow person." We then played a counting game called, "11 Brown Bunnies at the Bakery Shop." Children are called by name and given an opportunity to buy one of the bunnies (on a flannel board) and pay as they take the bunny back to their place. Each child picks out a coin ahead of time. We count down the bunnies, until all are sold. We followed this up with making paper snowballs and tossing them in the air, attempting to catch them. This helps develop eye hand coordination.