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We made hot chocolate today! We took our paper white bulbs out of water since they are finished blooming.  The children placed them on our rack to dry.  They also helped wash the rocks and bowl.  After break, we will be planting something new with the help of Ms. Kate! Happy Birthday Parker!

Today we tried a new bird feeder out using oranges!  We shall see if this keeps those squirrels away.  The children noticed that one string wasn't strong enough so then we had to add another string to the feeder. Snow painting We played musical chairs!

After working hard on our "NO Yellow Room" book yesterday. friends were eager to start working on it today. We went over our pages that we had already written during our meeting and got to work.  Friends did a great job writing the words and helping each other figure out the sounds.  "The house is closed"  We have a box house in the room and friends know that if there is a curtain over the door it is closed. "No pushing" "He is wishing he was happy again. She is wishing she had pants on." Tomorrow we're going to go through the completed pages again and talk about if friends think they are done or not.

Friends have read, re-read, recited, and acted out the book  NO, David!  all year long. They loved putting their own and friend's names in the book too. They talk about when their grown-ups tell them NO and what they happen to be doing. So we decided to write our own  NO, Yellow Room!  book. Yesterday we read  NO, David!  and then began brainstorming ideas. Today we began drawing and writing.     "Stop picking your nose! " "No mud!"  "No splashing!" "No shoving!" We are going to keep working tomorrow to finish it up. We can't wait to put it in our book area!

Today we observed and documented the growth of our paper whites. Can you believe we've had them for 6 weeks? This morning when we came in they were almost tipped over because they have grown so tall. We added another piece of yarn to keep them together.   Some friends wondered if they were as tall as the flowers yet.

We had capers today.  But before we met with Purple room, the squirrel struck again.  He succeeded again carrying the corn cob up the tree.  This time he didn't drop it.  But then he came back a second time.  Swinging on the cob until it fell.  The children watched it happen and were able to have Ms Erin run after it.  She saved the corn cob this time!  We talked about hanging it up using something else.  They chose fishing line.  We shall see if we have outsmarted the squirrel!