1. December Family Involvement Mrs. Brittney, Mrs. Erin, Mrs. Renee
Holiday
Traditions
We will:
Write letters to Santa
Learn and practice singing Christmas songs
Go on a Caroling Field Trip
Identify letters and match letters on a Christmas Tree
Create a Candy Candy by patterning with pipe cleaners and beads
Use the scientific method to conduct a science experiment with candy canes, baking soda, and vinegar
Make graphs to illustrate which of the Gingerbread Man stories we liked best
Read books and sing songs related to the Holiday Season.
Important Dates
*Dec. 12: Caroling Field Trip
*Dec. 18: December Family involvement. See below for more details.
*Dec. 19: Pajama Day at GPA
*Dec.20-Jan.1: Christmas
Break
*-Jan. 12: Ms. Marla’s Story Time from Weldon Library
*Jan. 23: GPA Family Involvement
Homework
Help your child cut the tree into strips, then identify the numbers, and put in numerical order to build a Christmas Tree.
Literacy Connection
Little Jack Horner
Leadership
Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, then to be Understood
December Family Involvement
Monday, 12/18/2017
Mrs. Brittney, Mrs. Erin, Mrs. Renee
11:00 – 11:30 a.m.- GPA Gym
Enjoy activities with your child in our gym and then join us in our classroom from 11:30-11:45 for a short Christmas Party!
Please be respectful of the times, as other teams will be using the gym and parking lot immediately after us. Thank you!

2. Seek First to Understand
Little Leaders
At Glasgow Preschool Academy, we are looking forward to when our
littlest Scotties go to Kindergarten. South Green Elementary and Highland Elementary are both Leader in Me schools, so we are beginning to teach our preschoolers about the traits of leadership that they will need in elementary school.
In preschool, this week, we are learning to first understand the feelings and ideas of others. We listen to others without interrupting, and then we voice our own ideas.
Seek First to Understand
(to the tune of The Farmer in the Dell)
Seek first to understand,
Then be understood,
Listen with your eyes, ears, and heart,
Without interrupting!