Pre-K: Gingerbread Fun continues…Jan Brett Author Study…Holidays are coming! 12/12/25

December 8-12, 2025

Dear Pre-K Parents:

We are getting excited about our upcoming Holiday Season in Pre-K.  We have been practicing for our Holiday Show which will be next Tuesday at 1:00 pm in the Assembly Room.  There will be bags of cookies and drinks for all to enjoy after the program.  

This week in Pre-K we continued our journey of Gingerbread children’s stories by reading 2 additional books written by author Jan Brett.  We compared these books/stories to the 5 we read last week.  We also read several other Jan Brett’s books including The Mitten, a favorite to many.  

In Art this week we made Gingerbread Fairy Moss Gardens with beautiful live flowers.  Additionally we painted mittens by marble painting, created hibernating bears and worked on special gifts for our families.  We practiced writing our lowercase letters and continued work in our Journals at the Skills Table.  We also had many alphabet games and puzzles to challenge us this week.  We painted Gingerbread men, worked with chalk at the easel and lots of glitter for the gifts we made.

In Science we learned about hibernation, migration and adaptation.  We discussed the various animals that the season of winter affects.  We also planted  paperwhite bulbs and have been watching the roots grow in the soil through our clear planter.  We can see the stem beginning to develop where the flowers will soon grow.

We enjoyed Be Ahead of the Game on Monday where we worked on catching, kicking, throwing and rolling skills as well as following multi-step directions. 

Other Highlights this Week

Audrey’s ‘Me Week’ – fabulous job, Thank you to Audrey’s parents for reading to us on Monday and her awesome Show and Tell on Wednesday!  Another Great Poster Too!

Math Bag:  Trip, Charlie and Audrey!  Well Done!  

Our classroom Elf has moved every day this week!  He’s on the move and watching us groove!

We hope you have a wonderful weekend as you celebrate this time of year together.

Warm regards,

Miss Jan, Karen and Dana