Group Time: Social and Emotional Development, language and literacy development, Cognitive development (Social systems understanding), creativity, approaches to learning. (Preschoolers and toddlers) While welcoming our preschoolers to daycare, we will be also encouraging the toddlers to sit down with us and participate as well.

Group Time: We will go sing "Who came to daycare today.....". We will go over our helping hands, calendar, weather, and how we feel today? We will continue with traditions around the world, today we will discus Diwali.

Diwali is one of the biggest festival of Hindus, celebrated with great enthusiasm and happiness in India. The festival is celebrated for five continuous days, where the third days is celebrated as the main Diwali festival or 'Festival of lights'.

Different colorful varieties of fireworks are always associated with this festival. On this auspicious day, people light up diyas and candles all around their house. They perform Laxmi Puja in the evening and seek divine blessings of Goddess of Wealth. The festival of Diwali is never complete without exchange of gifts. People send for diwali to their near and dear ones.

Song: Who came to daycare today.....

Book: Diwali

Skills: Cognitive development, motor development, approaches to learning, language and literacy development. (Preschoolers)

-Our word of the week: This week is a review week of our "op" -Drop -Mop -Stop -hop -top

-Letter of the week: "W, w".

-Color of the week: Red and gold

-Number of the week: 13

Art: On paper we will trace our hands a little of our arm and decorate them. Just like Henna hands.

Large motor/outside: dancing

And don't forget tonight is our movie night!!! Hope to see you there!