Fun with Fairy Tales!

The past two weeks have been busy and fun! We wrapped up our study of Fairy Tales today with a "beary fun" Bear Day! The children all brought their stuffed bears from home.  We shared our bears, compared and graphed the differences in our bears, sorted and tasted different flavored teddy grahams, and read stories and sang songs about bears! Our focus fairy tale of the week was Goldilocks and the Three Bears.  We read several different versions of the story, including Dustylocks and the Three Bears, which was a class favorite!
Last week our focus fairy tale was Cinderella.  We also read different versions of the story and did a Venn Diagram to compare the similarities and differences in the stories.  We painted pumpkins and fall leaves.  In Math, the children have continued working on their Jazzy Math Journals.  They made bats and measured the span of the wings using different items such as candy corns and paper clips. 

The next two weeks are going to be really busy as well! Please take note of dates and reminders:

• Tuesday, Oct. 23- CASA open house/spaghetti supper/silent auction- begins at 5:15
• Wednesday, Oct 24- Trick or Treating at Somerby Nursing Home.  Please have your child to CASA by 9:20.  DO NOT GET IN CARPOOL LINE. PULL UP TO THE HANDICAPPED SPACES AND WE WILL LOAD FROM THERE.  CHILDREN SHOULD BE DRESSED IN COSTUME AND HAVE A BAG OR BASKET TO COLLECT CANDY. PARENTS ARE WELCOME TO JOIN US.
• Tuesday, Oct. 30- Old Baker Farm field trip.  Arrive at CASA at 8:45.  We will pull out at 9:00. Please pack sack lunches (in brown paper sacks- labeled with child's name).  Please send one drink with lunch as well as an additional water bottle.  Please send disposable water bottles labeled with your child's name.  If you are chaperoning, you will need a sack lunch for yourself as well.
• Wednesday, Oct 31- Harvest Hoedown (cowboy attire)- more details to come.  If you would like to help with this party, please contact our room moms- Michelle Kendrick, Toni Glenn, or Allison Holley.
• Tuesday, Nov. 6- No CASA- Election Day
• Monday, Nov. 12- No CASA- Veteran's Day
• Week of Nov. 19-23- Thanksgiving holidays.  We will be out all week.