Light a Candle

Every year Mrs. Troy teaches the children this wonderful song.  It always brings a tear to my eye. 

I hope you enjoy! 

Happy Holidays!

Gingerbread Baby Dress Rehearsal

December 11

We have been busy learning all about different holiday traditions this month. It has been fun listening to all the students share their hand print projects.  They are all hanging up in the hallway outside our classroom.  If you are at Rowe take a few minutes to look at them.  They are great!  Thank you for working with your children to make this project a success!

One of my favorite holiday traditions is making gingerbread houses and watching the students perform the Gingerbread Baby play.

My bookshelf is full of books about gingerbread characters.
Here is a list of books we have read so far:

Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett.
The Gingerbread Man retold by Jim Aylesworth 
The Gingerbread Man  retold by Karen Schmidt
The Gingerbread Girl by Lisa Campbell Ernest
Keep Running Gingerbread Man by Steve Smallman
The Gingerbread Boy by Richard Egielski
Gingerbread Cowboy by Janet Squires

We have been discussing the different characters, settings, endings, and refrains.

Here are some photos of recent activities.  

Family Traditions Project

I am looking forward to seeing the family tradition projects on Tuesday.  Here is the sample I made with my family.