What is happening..


We are continuing to learn about our unit of study “Where We Live”, students will be taking neighborhood walks to take a closer look at where we live. The children will move from inquiring and thinking critically about themselves, their classmates and their family to the spaces that those people live in. Additionally, the children will inquire and learn about the homes of animals, both pets living in homes and those animals that create their own homes. Some questions that we will focus on for this unit are:


What types of homes do the people in my city (NYC) live in?

How do people and animals make homes?

We will read about different kinds of homes and discuss where different members of their families live. In this unit, our goal is to foster an awareness of the diversity of living environments and explore how New Yorkers live in many types of homes and buildings.


Books we will be reading:


ABC Book of American Homes, by Michael Shoulders

ABC NYC, by Joanne Dugan

Animals at Home, by David Lock:

Annie and the Wild Animals, by Jan Brett

Corduroy, by Don Freeman

Dreaming Up: A Celebration of Building, by Christy Hale



Art with Ms. Lorna



In Art we have been exploring color by mixing with paint. We have been talking about our favorite colors, identifying colors in our environment, and associating different colors with different feelings. In January, we will be working with collage and construction materials to make homes for people and animals as part of the classroom unit, “Where We Live.”


Happy New Year!



Music with Ms. Sarah


Everyone has done so well exploring some musical fundamentals in our first few months: using our voices, treating instruments with respect, and moving safely. Next, we’ll be exploring musical opposites: high and low, presto and lento (fast and slow), forte and piano (loud and soft). As we expand our musical vocabulary, we’ll gain new ways to talk about and engage with music. At home, I encourage you to talk about music. Try to elicit describing words as well as creative thinking with questions like, “What does this piece of music remind you of?” A great starting point is Camille Saint-Saëns’ collection called “Carnival of the Animals.” Prompt the conversation with, “This piece of music is about an animal. What animal do you think it is about?” Listen to the piece fully and make a guess. Then, have a conversation about what musical clues led to this guess. Finally, listen again while moving like the animal. Have fun with it!


Parent Engagement 


In addition to staying safe, we talked about how to keep ourselves healthy. One way we do that in our Pre-K program is by washing our hands before eating, after play outside or after touching things that are dirty. We learned a new song to help remind us how to wash our hands. You might want to sing it with your child:


Top and bottoms, top and bottoms, in between, in between, scrub the germs away, scrub the germs away, now their clean, now their clean. 

School Meals for January


Breakfast Menu


Lunch Menu 



Attendance is an important part of Pre-K

If your child is absent, please be sure to email an absent note. 


IMPORTANT DATES
@ 3rd AVENUE
January 6th 
Trip to Whole Foods
January 13th
Silly Sock Day
January 14th 
Virtual Theater Program with Chicken Shed Begins!
January 18th
Martin Luther King Jr. Day - School Closed
January 20th
Trip to Subway Station
 January 21st
Virutal Chicken Shed Visit
 January 28th
Virtual Chicken Shed Visit
THE LITTLE BROOKLYN PRE-K CENTER
3RD AVENUE LOCATION
305-307 3rd AVENUE
BROOKLYN, NY 11215
718-237-6720
Carla Leonardi
Site Coordinator
Ms. Grazia
Teacher- Class 114
Ms. Vanessa
Teacher- Class 114
Mr. Sylan
Assistant Teacher- Class 114
Ms. Stacey
Assistant Teacher- Class 114
Ms. Vanessa
Teacher- Class 116
Ms. Amal
Assistant Teacher- Class 116
Ms. Olga
Teacher- Class 118
Ms. TaraMarie
Assistant Teacher- Class 118
Ms. Lorna
Art Teacher
Ms. Sarah
Music Teacher