It’s been a wild and crazy week, and the next weeks will be just as wild and crazy. I’ve been doing 10.5 hour shifts, so I haven’t had a lot of time to add to the blog.

I am looking for a wonderful teacher to help with afternoon projects, art, recess, snack, and the last hour of the day. If you know someone looking for part time work, please let me know.

This coming week is Halloween week. We are planning a costume party on Friday at 3:00, and before that, the teachers will take the children to a couple of nursing homes and then out to lunch in costume, so costumes should be simple and comfortable.

The party will be a parade and filled with Halloween songs. Please plan to come to the party and bring a treat for four. Something simple like cookies or cupcakes, chips, fruit, cheese or veggies. Popcorn is another great suggestion.

Following Halloween week, we will be beginning our first play of the year. It’s a special occasion, and requires three weeks of play practice, costuming and set construction. It’s an all school gig, and the kids really get into this. A play is a great way to build school cohesion. We are a group activity place, and the children benefit from learning how to cooperate as a team.

We will perform our play on November 19, at 3:00.

Following the play, we will celebrate Thanksgiving Week. When we return from Thanksgiving, it’s an all school push to Christmas. Can’t believe the time is running so fast!

Parents will get a Christmas packet. We’re a busy place!

Please continue to sell the candy. If you need more, please see Miss Amy.

Over the past weekend, we cleaned and changed things around at school. We are trying to build a big theatre area with costumes. If you have the kind of clothes you think the children would like to dress up in, please donate!

We are planning something I saw in Loogootee this past month. It was a corn box. Like a sandbox, it was made with corn. As an indoor play area, we think this would be fantastic for our children.

One of our models is putting things away where we got them. This has been nearly impossible this school year so far, but we are working on making order make sense. We can’t hope to have a makeup section, jewelry, big crazy hats and other accessories if children can’t put a puzzle away with any sense or order. So we are working on “all the pieces” and “all the parts.” Please help your children see order as a necessary tool to living well. When they pick up their toys, try to oversee how this is done. Legos with Legos, blocks with blocks, crayons all in one tub…etc.

We will be experimenting with new foods as much as possible now. We will try baked squash this week. We hope the children like like this.

Have a wonderful week.