Amber Albus helps her student Ava Karg get rolling on some gingerbread man cookies at the Blessed Beginnings Preschool at Bethany of Fox Valley United Methodist Church in Aurora.
Amber Albus shows Delainey Torkilsen how to create a gingerbread man.
Amber Albus rolls out dough for children to make gingerbread men at the Blessed Beginnings Preschool. | Photos by Judy Buchenot~For Sun-Times Media
Amber Albus shares gingerbread men with her students, (left to right) Ava Karg, Delainey Torkilsen and Savannah Richardson.
Amber Albus shares gingerbread men with her students, (left to right) Ava Karg, Delainey Torkilsen and Savannah Richardson.
Judy Buchenot
As a director and teacher for the Blessed Beginnings preschool in Aurora, 37-year-old Amber Albus frequently experiences what she terms “teachable moments — those times when you have a child’s interest, and so you go with it and they learn something new.” Whether it is …