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Happy holidays to our morning class families. We look forward to enjoying the fun of Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa together in our classroom. We will be talking about and reading books about all three holidays. Our art shelf will include holiday-themed crafts. During the month of December, our class enjoys reading the classic tale of the Gingerbread Man. Next week we will be making gingerbread cookies together.

Thank you so much to everyone who participated in our classroom Thanksgiving feast. I felt very thankful for all of your help in making this year’s feast a big success. Thank you to everyone who donated ingredients, helped prepare and serve the food, and helped to clean up. We couldn’t have done it without you.

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The children will be making a holiday gift for their families. We will need volunteers to help the children with this activity on the mornings of Monday, December 19th and Thursday, December 22nd. Please let me know if you are able to help. We would also greatly appreciate donations of glass jars with the labels removed to assist us in the making of our craft.

We wish everyone a wonderful holiday season and a happy new year.

Warmest Regards,

J&C