It is such a blessing to see how our friends take care of each other!  

After outside time, we went for another walk!  The friends love walking through the puddles!  

During small group time we continued to practice sorting with Mrs. Dieckamp. 

We also worked with letters and words. 

The friends wanted to make windows for the hotel.  One friend suggested that we should draw pictures of ourselves in the windows!  So we did! 

During free choice time the friends worked together to hang the windows.  

"We need an area ... like where you go when you get to the hotel and get your keys." 

"Like the check-in desk?"

"Yeah!  I can make a sign for it!" 

Checking into the hotel 

"How do you spell your name?" 

"This is me with a happy face and lots of teeth." 

"I drew all of this!" 

"I am making a hotel castle." 

"I made a big box with people." 

We love to write books! 

"I made a castle hotel too!" 

"Can you draw a picture of the castle hotel so we don't forget the design when we clean up?" 

"Sure!  I will write my name too!" 

We incorporate writing in all areas of the classroom. Reading and writing are reciprocal and interrelated processes. Writers have to know what readers do and readers have to know what writers do. The two processes contribute to each other during early literacy learning and are equally important for future academic success.

Some of the friends made fossils in the play doh today! 

We love to read together!  Look how the friend is pointing to the text.  When you read with your child at home, model tracking print by pointing to the words as you read them. 

During Jesus time the friends re-told the true story of Jesus blessing the children.   The friends blessed each other with the sign of the cross and shared, "You are a child of God!"