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Festive and holiday centric table setting centerpieces including materials from the set of our holiday stop motion card!
Getting COZY! 
Have the most wonderfully memorable and magical holiday celebrations! 
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On Monday, Brigitte and Melanie attended the all staff meeting, so Eva and Kali subbed for us.  St John's All Staff Holiday Lunch and Gift exchange  Our Favorite time of the day in CW...is building cozy houses
Drawing and helping friends draw is also one of our favorite activity in CW
Baking is always fun!Betsy - " Brigitte, you asked the right people to help you bake because we are so good at making pinwheels" Betsy, Lily, Elizabeth, and Maeve made Parmesan cheese wheels for the holiday party
 Pondering table setting. As table setting becomes more and more familiar, the children are starting to connect with each other more and more. They're also getting more and more thoughtfully intentional with their table setting arrangements.
 Small World, Small Stories... Have a splendid weekend! This week the CW children had the opportunity to work on their portrait. Then we shrunk their portrait and added it to their school portrait to differentiate whose in CW! We will continue to work on our Mini CW portraits until all our CW friends have made one.  
Observing and noticing details and shapes Lily - "Melanie's face is an oval so I traced an oval first" Betsy - "Your bun is on top of your head on the picture so drew it on top"
Maggie brought some fun books from her trip in South Africa to read to our Monday CW group. Kali, our Summer Camp teacher also came to sub on Monday while Brigitte and Melanie were attending the staff meeting.  It's a new month of table setting moments! As the days grow colder, we want to get cozier! So we gathered some cozy materials, some small world animals, along with some miniature trees and houses, topped off with some twinkling candles.
Outside moments!  
Clay moments! 
HAVE A COZY WEEKEND! TABLE SETTING from NOVEMBER 17-19 
 "Why are we making this?" -Lily "So we can bring them home after they are in the kiln." -Tommy The language of clay has been active with the support of Eva. On Monday and Tuesday, the children made something special for Brigitte, (who has been away and will be back on Monday!) as a heartfelt gift in acknowledgment of her. Starting today, Eva pivoted the clay work to reflect the spirit of the winter season by inviting the children to explore the technique of impressions through the making of clay ornaments. The children were happy to create an ornament, make connections to previous experiences and knowledge, and to value the home to school connection with their enthusiasm to take home their ornament. 
"It's like carving a pumpkin." -Tommy
"Tomorrow we will come to school and bring it (the ornament) home. That's what we will do." -Max Ornament making will continue all week and possible into next week! The ornaments will dry then be fired in the kiln in time to finally be sent home, to the children's delight, before the holiday. The children continue to adore and thrive on "small world" play! Cozy house small world play is still all the buzz and for the month of December the table setting materials are also cozy. The large, low table accommodates opportunities for partner, independent, and collaborative play. Every day is different and this is also what maintains the interest.
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