Starting 2024 Off Right in Enrichment!

Hi everyone!

We hope you all had a good break and a relaxing holiday (lol, I know! I'm talking to the parents of preschoolers here! Relaxing is not in their vocabulary!)

Well, we started the year off with lots of new things in the classroom! Our book this week was The Hat by Jan Brett. The pictures in all of her books are dynamic and detailed. There is so much to look at in Jan Brett books, that sometimes the story takes a back seat. The children learned this week that Ms. Brett often hides clues in her art to tell you what is coming up next in the story! If you're looking for a book to start a conversation with your child, you can't go wrong with any Jan Brett book. And she's a Massachusetts gal! Now, about the book itself... The Hat follows a curious hedgehog "Hedgie" as he explores, and subsequently gets stuck in a wool stocking that's flown off the clothes line. His barnyard friends all make fun of him for "wearing a hat", as he describes it, but all find themselves interested in finding clothes for themselves!

Also, ask your children about Mat Man! Everyone got a chance to add a part of Mat Man's body as we listened to the song that gave us directions on how to put him together!