With the holidays upon us, we give special thanks to our wonderful room mothers, volunteers, and classroom helpers.  Please remind everyone: Our next Pre-kindergarten screening will take place on Friday, January 9, 2009.  If you know anyone in Thornton with a child who is 3, 4, or 5, please have them call the office to set-up their appointment.  We hope to help more children in our district   get the readiness skills they need before kindergarten!

 

The pre-Kindergarten students have been working on letters and their sounds.  We have also begun to recognize the setting and characters in a book read to them. The children have grown so much since beginning the school year.

 

Our Step II classes with Mrs. Ryan and the kindergarten class have helped the children understand their feelings as well as others.  We are practicing sharing, taking turns, and helping our friends feel better when they are sad.

 

October was a very busy month with our Halloween parties, parades, and trick or treating. November was celebrated with fall, seasonal poems, and a sharing of fruits and vegetables dressed as pilgrims.

 

December is a very festive month for pre-kindergarten.  Besides poems, songs and books, the children are eagerly awaiting our seasonal party and sing-a-long.  Mr. Lemmon is helping Pre-Kg. with our musical arrangement of ‘Jingle Bells’. This month is adorned with craft projects of all kinds.  The children will enjoy looking for the Gingerbread Boy and decorating cookies of their own.  (We will try to catch that tricky fellow and devour him at snack time after reading many clues to locate him.   We shall share the original Gingerbread Boy story and the newer version by author Jan Brett entitled “Gingerbread Baby, a wonderful story. (Remind Santa about all Jan Brett’s great books and visit her website.)

 

            The holidays are a time to spend with family and friends.  The greatest gifts can’t be found in toy stores and do not cost a penny.  And when you give them to your children, the results last a lifetime.  What are they?  Your time, love, and attention! And please, this holiday season,

 

READ, READ, READ, TO YOUR CHILDREN

 

 

                                                                               Happy holidays to one and all!  Mrs. Sopko