January 23 - 27, 2012
instruments including drums, shakers and guitars. We also painted to
the music one day and all the children really enjoyed it! We would
like to share some of the things that the children said:
Drums
"on the top side it makes a low sound, the other side makes a high sound"
"thats different"
"it sounds like rain"
Guitars
"rock it up"
Shakers
"i made a popcorn shake because i like to smell popcorn"
Paint to the music
"it makes me feel round"
"i feel fast"
"it makes me feel like i want to do make funny machines"
Home made Guitars!
The Warm Fuzzy Story
Once upon a time there was a village.
All of the people in the village got along very well. There was
'friendship, sharing, and kind words'. Every person in the village
owned a special bag. It was given to them by their parents at the age
of 3. Inside this bag were hundreds of warm fuzzies. Warm fuzzies were
soft, cuddly, cottony little puffs. When you gave someone a warm
fuzzy, they felt warm and fuzzy inside. People in the village gave each
other warm fuzzies anytime they wanted to let someone know they were
loved. When someone received a warm fuzzy, they put it in their bag.
One day, an new person came to town. She saw that everyone was giving out these warm fuzzies from their bags and she didn’t like it. She went up to one villager and said, “Why do you keep giving away your warm fuzzies? Aren’t you afraid you’re going to run out? Here, take this bag of cold pricklies and give these to the people in your village instead, and keep all your warm fuzzies for yourself.” The villager took the bag because he believed the ladies tale. The next time he ran into a friend, he handed him one of the cold pricklies from his new bag. A cold prickly made someone feel cold and prickly inside, like they were swallowing a pin cushion. Soon all the villagers went to the lady and asked for their own bag of cold pricklies since they didn’t want to be the only people handing out warm fuzzies if everyone else was going to hand out cold pricklies. Once you had a cold prickly, you wanted to give it away to someone else as fast as possible.
Everyone started avoiding everyone else so they wouldn’t be given a cold prickly. People kept their small supply of warm fuzzies and didn’t give them out to anyone anymore. But no one was happy anymore either.
One day a prince arrived in town and almost immediately someone handed him a cold prickly from their bag. The prince, recognizing the cold prickly, refused to take it. The villager was surprised and tried again. The prince handed the person a warm fuzzy from his bag. The villager was surprised, and a little ashamed that he had tried to give this warm prince a cold prickly and instead received a warm fuzzy.
The prince addressed the crowd and said, “Why do you give each other cold pricklies?” One villager said, “Why should we give away all of our warm fuzzies? Shouldn’t we keep them for ourselves?” Other villagers agreed. But the prince said, “Every time you give away a warm fuzzy a new one is created in your own bag. Don’t you see? The more you give away, the more you will have.”
To demonstrate, the prince had everyone put down their bag of cold pricklies and retrieve their bag of warm fuzzies from their homes. He asked everyone to take out a warm fuzzy from their bag and hand it to a neighbor. This they did, but warily. Then the prince told them to notice that they all still had the same amount of warm fuzzies in their bags as before. People started giving away more warm fuzzies and noticed their bag was never empty. There were indeed enough warm fuzzies for everyone.
The lady was very upset and tried to interrupt the prince and get everyone to give out cold pricklies again. But the villagers didn’t want to listen anymore. 'Instead they all gave her a warm fuzzy and all the lady's cold pricklies melted away.'
The villagers realized they’d learned a valuable lesson.
When you give someone a warm fuzzy, they in turn will give it to someone else. Eventually, it will come back around to you.
One day, an new person came to town. She saw that everyone was giving out these warm fuzzies from their bags and she didn’t like it. She went up to one villager and said, “Why do you keep giving away your warm fuzzies? Aren’t you afraid you’re going to run out? Here, take this bag of cold pricklies and give these to the people in your village instead, and keep all your warm fuzzies for yourself.” The villager took the bag because he believed the ladies tale. The next time he ran into a friend, he handed him one of the cold pricklies from his new bag. A cold prickly made someone feel cold and prickly inside, like they were swallowing a pin cushion. Soon all the villagers went to the lady and asked for their own bag of cold pricklies since they didn’t want to be the only people handing out warm fuzzies if everyone else was going to hand out cold pricklies. Once you had a cold prickly, you wanted to give it away to someone else as fast as possible.
Everyone started avoiding everyone else so they wouldn’t be given a cold prickly. People kept their small supply of warm fuzzies and didn’t give them out to anyone anymore. But no one was happy anymore either.
One day a prince arrived in town and almost immediately someone handed him a cold prickly from their bag. The prince, recognizing the cold prickly, refused to take it. The villager was surprised and tried again. The prince handed the person a warm fuzzy from his bag. The villager was surprised, and a little ashamed that he had tried to give this warm prince a cold prickly and instead received a warm fuzzy.
The prince addressed the crowd and said, “Why do you give each other cold pricklies?” One villager said, “Why should we give away all of our warm fuzzies? Shouldn’t we keep them for ourselves?” Other villagers agreed. But the prince said, “Every time you give away a warm fuzzy a new one is created in your own bag. Don’t you see? The more you give away, the more you will have.”
To demonstrate, the prince had everyone put down their bag of cold pricklies and retrieve their bag of warm fuzzies from their homes. He asked everyone to take out a warm fuzzy from their bag and hand it to a neighbor. This they did, but warily. Then the prince told them to notice that they all still had the same amount of warm fuzzies in their bags as before. People started giving away more warm fuzzies and noticed their bag was never empty. There were indeed enough warm fuzzies for everyone.
The lady was very upset and tried to interrupt the prince and get everyone to give out cold pricklies again. But the villagers didn’t want to listen anymore. 'Instead they all gave her a warm fuzzy and all the lady's cold pricklies melted away.'
The villagers realized they’d learned a valuable lesson.
When you give someone a warm fuzzy, they in turn will give it to someone else. Eventually, it will come back around to you.
To Gregory : Q&A with the Elf on the Shelf
Gregory, LFLP's Elf on the Shelf!
Can santa give me a gumball? Love Isabella Santa will try really hard but he cant always
give you everything you ask for!
I wish santa was here but we will have fun with you! Love Caleb I will have so much fun watching all of you play at preschool
Gregory, How old are you? I want all the lego stuff. Love Johnathan I am 86 elf years old, I am still very young in elf years
Do you know Harrison? That is our elf, my mom has our elf beside the cupboard! Love Isla I do know Harrison. I fly back to the North Pole with him everynight! He flies faster then me so I have to try really hard to keep up to him.
How are you? I like you. I would like to play with you. I want to see where you are tomorrow! I liked that you were up high. You are funny. I hope to see you another day Love Afton I am very happy to be at your school. I love to be up high so that the little friends don’t touch me because then I lose my magic and can’t fly back to santa.
I want to send you a card. How do you fly to santa everynight? See you soon Love Lily I fly with my magic to see santa everynight. I would love to see the card you want to make me.
I love Gregory. Where do you live? I love Santa, Can you tell Santa this Gregory! I want to give Gregory a flower. Love OliviaI live at the north pole at night and at your school in the day. I love flowers, and It makes me feel special when I get them from friends.
Santa I love you and I pray for you and I am blessed. Love Hannah Thank you Hannah. I have so much fun watch you and your friends play!
I forgot my question for you but I might ask you some other time. Love Jasper Please ask me when you remember your question! I forget things all the time too, but santa always seems to remind me!
I like you I want to see where you are tomorrow. Love Brodie I will be so many different places! I cant wait for you to find me! Lets play a guessing game...where will I be tomorrow?
Thank you for coming and picking our school. You are so cool. Love Rylee Thank you for letting me come to your school and it makes me so happy that you love to look for me.
I want to see where you go next. I want my own game system and toys like at preschool. Love Kaleb I will be a new spot each day. I can’t wait to play this hide and seek game!
How do you fly? How did you come here? How did you pick our school? How did you hide so good?
Love Jayvan My magic makes me fly. I picked your school because I heard how fun it is!
Why Can’t you talk and just not tell us your secrets? How is santa doing at the north pole? Love Charli Santa does want me to talk because I can’t keep the secrets! I talk a lot when I go to the north pole everynight with all the other elves. When I am at your school I want to sit and watch so I don’t miss anything you do! Santa is doing good at the north pole, he is really busy this year because there are so many good boys and girls!
Do you like corn? Or apples too? Love Leila My favourite fruit is apples! I like corn too, my favourite corn is corn on the cob.
I love Gregory and santa! Love Hayley we love all of our little friends at school.
How come you cant talk? How come you have to stay up there for the whole day? Love Madyson I can talk, I only talk around other elves. I like to stay up high so nobody can touch me and take away my magic. I also don’t want to miss anything that you do at preschool.
Why does santa live at the north pole? Love Dylan Santa lives at the north pole because he likes living where its cold all year round.
Why did you get here? Love Hailey because I want to be at school and I heard how fun your school is!
Where does his magic come from? Love Sophia Santa gives all of us elves magic so we can fly to see you.
How and where did you get here? Love Hayley I flew to your school and I come of the first day of school in December.
Do you eat cookies or chocolate milk? I know Santa’s reindeer like carrots. Love Christopher I love both cookies and chocolate milk. I am so glad you know Reindeer love carrots. They need carrots to give them energy especially on Christmas eve!
Why does he eat every cracker? Love Sophia I have a small tummy but I was hungry the day you gave me crackers. Thank you for feeding me but please don’t feed me to much because Santa feeds us when we get to the North Pole.
Where did you come from? Brooklyn I came from Santas workshop at the North Pole.
Do you throw food? I never throw my food! Food is way to yummy to be thrown on the floor! I hope you don’t throw your food!
I wish santa was here but we will have fun with you! Love Caleb I will have so much fun watching all of you play at preschool
Gregory, How old are you? I want all the lego stuff. Love Johnathan I am 86 elf years old, I am still very young in elf years
Do you know Harrison? That is our elf, my mom has our elf beside the cupboard! Love Isla I do know Harrison. I fly back to the North Pole with him everynight! He flies faster then me so I have to try really hard to keep up to him.
How are you? I like you. I would like to play with you. I want to see where you are tomorrow! I liked that you were up high. You are funny. I hope to see you another day Love Afton I am very happy to be at your school. I love to be up high so that the little friends don’t touch me because then I lose my magic and can’t fly back to santa.
I want to send you a card. How do you fly to santa everynight? See you soon Love Lily I fly with my magic to see santa everynight. I would love to see the card you want to make me.
I love Gregory. Where do you live? I love Santa, Can you tell Santa this Gregory! I want to give Gregory a flower. Love OliviaI live at the north pole at night and at your school in the day. I love flowers, and It makes me feel special when I get them from friends.
Santa I love you and I pray for you and I am blessed. Love Hannah Thank you Hannah. I have so much fun watch you and your friends play!
I forgot my question for you but I might ask you some other time. Love Jasper Please ask me when you remember your question! I forget things all the time too, but santa always seems to remind me!
I like you I want to see where you are tomorrow. Love Brodie I will be so many different places! I cant wait for you to find me! Lets play a guessing game...where will I be tomorrow?
Thank you for coming and picking our school. You are so cool. Love Rylee Thank you for letting me come to your school and it makes me so happy that you love to look for me.
I want to see where you go next. I want my own game system and toys like at preschool. Love Kaleb I will be a new spot each day. I can’t wait to play this hide and seek game!
How do you fly? How did you come here? How did you pick our school? How did you hide so good?
Love Jayvan My magic makes me fly. I picked your school because I heard how fun it is!
Why Can’t you talk and just not tell us your secrets? How is santa doing at the north pole? Love Charli Santa does want me to talk because I can’t keep the secrets! I talk a lot when I go to the north pole everynight with all the other elves. When I am at your school I want to sit and watch so I don’t miss anything you do! Santa is doing good at the north pole, he is really busy this year because there are so many good boys and girls!
Do you like corn? Or apples too? Love Leila My favourite fruit is apples! I like corn too, my favourite corn is corn on the cob.
I love Gregory and santa! Love Hayley we love all of our little friends at school.
How come you cant talk? How come you have to stay up there for the whole day? Love Madyson I can talk, I only talk around other elves. I like to stay up high so nobody can touch me and take away my magic. I also don’t want to miss anything that you do at preschool.
Why does santa live at the north pole? Love Dylan Santa lives at the north pole because he likes living where its cold all year round.
Why did you get here? Love Hailey because I want to be at school and I heard how fun your school is!
Where does his magic come from? Love Sophia Santa gives all of us elves magic so we can fly to see you.
How and where did you get here? Love Hayley I flew to your school and I come of the first day of school in December.
Do you eat cookies or chocolate milk? I know Santa’s reindeer like carrots. Love Christopher I love both cookies and chocolate milk. I am so glad you know Reindeer love carrots. They need carrots to give them energy especially on Christmas eve!
Why does he eat every cracker? Love Sophia I have a small tummy but I was hungry the day you gave me crackers. Thank you for feeding me but please don’t feed me to much because Santa feeds us when we get to the North Pole.
Where did you come from? Brooklyn I came from Santas workshop at the North Pole.
Do you throw food? I never throw my food! Food is way to yummy to be thrown on the floor! I hope you don’t throw your food!
Gregory magically & mysteriously moves from the Shelf to the Windowsill...our LFLP friends were asked...How did he do it?
"he got there with
his sparkle magic"
"maybe Gregory jumped on the fan then Mrs. Ferguson turned on the fan and it spun him around and then it threw him off and he landed on the window way up there."
"maybe he flied up there"
"maybe Santa bringed him and put him up there"
"he float up there with his magic"
"he jumped on the bookshelf then to the wall and walked up it with
glue then he got on the roof and had some glue too and he went upside down and then he walked over to the window and he sat down and forgot the peppermint stick so he had to go back down to get the candy cane and had to do it all over again"
"maybe Gregory jumped on the fan then Mrs. Ferguson turned on the fan and it spun him around and then it threw him off and he landed on the window way up there."
"maybe he flied up there"
"maybe Santa bringed him and put him up there"
"he float up there with his magic"
"he jumped on the bookshelf then to the wall and walked up it with
glue then he got on the roof and had some glue too and he went upside down and then he walked over to the window and he sat down and forgot the peppermint stick so he had to go back down to get the candy cane and had to do it all over again"
