Today we played outside for 10 minutes after breakfast....and then the skies opened up and it rained the rest of the day! Since we couldn't play outside this afternoon, we opened up the Rainy Day Box, and got out the animal action books.

We learned our first letter today....Aa. We made an "A is for Apple" craft. Very simple...paper A with some apple stickers. But it helps them learn the "shape" of the letter, and begins the process of learning to write it. It also reinforces the sound. You will see one of these for most letters throughout the year.

I think the first week back in the "preschool" routine went fairly well. Since we don't have our big kids anymore, I have had to remember that I have a younger group, and back things up a bit. For example, I realized today that no one was going to guess that today was the 11th, and it didn't help to give the clue of what comes after 10. So instead of telling them, we found out the answer by counting the days so far in September. A few of them got it then!