We practiced coin recognition today. Students worked in pairs to play a coin exchange game. They took turns rolling a die and then putting that many pennies onto a mat. When they had 5 pennies they could trade them for a nickel. When they got 2 nickels they could trade for a dime. You get the idea. The first child to get a quarter was the winner. My husband visited at story time to share the children's book he's written. Half of the pictures are still black and white as the illustrator is still working on them, but they were able to get the gist of it. Students worked with their big buddies to finish their scenery and begin making their sock puppets. I don't think we'll wait until next Thursday to start putting on the puppet shows--we need to get the show on the road! Thanks for the donation of socks. We have exactly what we need!