At Morning Meeting, Chris Pinot (George Katherines father), came to share with the Turtles about one of their holiday traditions - St. Nicholas Day. First, all of the Turtles had to take off one shoe and leave it by the door. Then, Chris told us about the holiday and how it's celebrated in New Orleans, where GK's grandparents are from. He read us two books: Twas the Night Before Christmas and the very funny A Cajun Night Before Christmas (this one had the kids laughing...ask about who was pulling St. Nick's boat).
After the stories, we returned to our shoes to find that St. Nick had been there and left us each a candy cane!
Choice Time had some new activites today. Along with the usual favorites of books and blocks, Turtles could choose to experiment with a variety of magnets and both metallic and non-metallic objects. There were many theories proposed as to why some things stuck and others didn't, as well as about how many objects a magnet could hold.
Our Sound Table allowed friends to both play individual instruments, and work together to form a band. Instrument choices included a small guitar, a mandolin, an accordion, a drum and a piano.
The Turtles had fun experimenting with the individual sounds, attempting to drown one another out and, when that proved somewhat frustrating, trying to coordinate their efforts. What resulted was
some rhythmic playing that had varying tunes but similar beats.
Movement class we had a new and expanded obstacle course, with a tunnel 3 times as long as usual, with 2 places for hopscoth and several jumping spots.
After the stories, we returned to our shoes to find that St. Nick had been there and left us each a candy cane!
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