Pajama Day

Today was a very exciting day because it was Pajama Day! Friends came to school dressed in their comfiest pajamas and slippers with an extra special stuffed lovey! The Owls started their morning off with a "family" breakfast. Friends enjoyed a breakfast of waffles and raspberries, blackberries, strawberries and bananas!

After friends gobbled up their breakfast, the Catbirds joined us for an extra special Morning Meeting. The Owls have been reading the book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and friends were talking about the different characters and some friends were upset that Charlie and his family did not have a lot of food. So over the last week, friends have been talking about different ways we could help others out. Some friends thought they could share their lunches and others thought they could make food! So the Owls and Catbirds did just that! As a choice for Choice Time, friends met at the tables to make pumpkin bread and banana bread to send to off to the Face to Face for people to enjoy on Thanksgiving.

 Friends finished up their morning with Andrea reading us the book "Me Too Iguana" written by Jacquelyn Reinach. Friends learned that this was an extra special book to Andrea because she used to read it as a kid! The Owls gave this book two thumbs up and celebrated their great day ending with an EC Dance Party!

Tomorrow is Pajama Day!

Tuesday, November 24

Please send your Owl to school tomorrow wearing their pajamas and with one stuffed animal!

*Please make sure your Owl has a pair of running shoes at school for outdoor play!

Visiting Author

We are delighted to welcome Zachariah OHora, a wonderful author and illustrator, who will be visiting the Owl, Cardinal and Catbird classes on the morning of Tuesday, December 8^th!  Our early childhood friends love stories and books, and we are so excited to have Zachariah sharing his stories and books with us.

Zachariah will focus on the books My Cousin Momo, No Fits, Nilson and Wolfie the Bunnyduring his time with us.

You can check out the links to both of his websites below:

http://zohora.com/  http://stayfuzzy.tumblr.com/

If you are interested in ordering a book to be signed, please complete the form in your child's Friday folder.  We look forward to an amazing morning of storytelling and story sharing on December 8^th!

Questions?  Please ask Ann Botel-Barnard or Andrea Emmons!

Apple Juice (Jugo de Manzana)

This morning the Owls had a special visitor, Carlos' mom, Mariana. Mariana came in to make fresh apple juice with us! Before juicing, we discussed how an apple is a solid but once put into the juicer becomes a liquid. We used red, yellow, and green apples. Friends made predictions about what color the juice would be depending on which color apple we used. 

The juicing station.

Liquid

Solid

Friends took turns putting the apple pieces into the juicer. 

Not only did we juice apples, but carrots too!

Next, friends came together to sample their fresh made juice.

We tried the juice from the red and yellow apples, green apples, and carrots.

Friends thought the juice from the red and yellow apples was sweet, but that the juice from the green apples was sour.

The carrot juice had mixed reviews.

Since we tried the apples as a liquid, we wanted to try them as a solid too! Friends held up their colored paper to predict which apple would be the sweetest and which would be the tartest. 

After making predictions on sweetest, tartest, and how many seeds in each, the Owls tried each apple. Red was voted the sweetest, and green the tartest.

Ask your Owl which apple they enjoyed most.