Maple Leaf Preschool: Leprechauns, Shamrocks and Spring

We had the first taste of spring this week! We were able to get outside on both Tuesday and Thursday and go for a walk. We looked for signs of spring and heard a lot of birds singing, saw cardinals, finches and sparrows and a few robins, as well as a gaggle of geese flying back from the south. We closed our eyes and felt the sun warm our faces and the wind blowing on our skin as well as having fun counting jets as we saw them flying across the sky. We enjoyed looking at our shadows. We loved doing different movements like waving and jumping and watching our shadows do the same thing! We were so happy to have a chance to run around and chase our shadows!!

Jackson was our Maple Leaf of the Week. He brought in yummy dirt cups as a treat. We decided to play a little joke on the class and told them that Jackson went out back and dug up some dirt since he didn't have time to make any other snack. When the kids heard this their looks were priceless! Then Jackson and I started giggling and told them he really brought in pudding, crushed oreos and gummy worms and the relief spread over their faces. Pretty soon we were all laughing and enjoying the delicious treats! Thanks Jackson for helping to make our week extra fun!

A leprechaun got in the building this week. It left us a note and we tried to find him (Liam the Leprechaun) but all we could find was a box Lucky Charms and a unicorn castle that he left for us! We made a leprechaun trap and put it out, but we only caught his shillelagh...we think he used it to get himself unstuck from our trap. He left us another note and we went upstairs to find him. Pastor Ashley and Lisa told us they saw something green go running by. We were so excited and then we saw he left us gold all over the narthex!! We each found nine pieces of gold. When we went downstairs he had taken our leprechaun ladders and hung them up and left us 2 more pieces of gold covered chocolate coins!! What fun!! Happy St. Patrick's Day!!