Good Afternoon!
Two of our friends started kindergarten at Wee Friends today! One of the individualized activities that we implement in our kindergarten curriculum is a sign in activity each day that aligns with our FAB for the week.
Their sign in entries focused on their family and how many members are in their household. As they drew their family, they shared about the details that they were adding as well as what family member they were drawing. One friend shared, “I need a brown marker because my dog is brown!”.
Our PREK1 sign in focused on the same topic. One friend was getting ready to write his name under ‘four’ but stopped and shared, “But I have Nacho (his dog)!”. He quickly decided that his family had five members, not four.
In PREK1 group, we read ‘Kindergarten Hat!’. It was a book about students starting kindergarten and all of the feels that come with starting something new. It was a very pertinent conversation to have today!
Social Studies: K.3.6 Identify and compare similarities and differences in families, classmates, neighbors and neighborhoods, and ethnic and cultural groups.
There have been some great examples of learning through teaching others in our classroom today. A friend asked what a piece he found in the train box was called. He learned it was a crane with a magnet on the end which was meant to stick to the magnetic train cars and move them. We talked about how a real crane can move heavy objects in a train yard or on construction sites just like this one. Later, he asked what that piece was called again, then ran over to another friend and said “it’s a crane and it can lift things”. This is such a great example of deep learning when a child has interest, asks questions, learns something new and then teaches someone else what they have learned!
With all of the rain we’ve gotten lately, our garden is bursting with green beans and cherry tomatoes! Miss Ashley and several friends worked to find green beans that were ready for picking. Everyone got the opportunity to have several green beans.
A few older friends grabbed some bug jars and looked under the stepping squares in the garden. They were on the hunt for rollie pollies and worms.
We hope you enjoy a few more pictures from our day!
Breakfast: Whole wheat toast with butter/cinnamon and fresh bananas.
Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with marinara sauce and cheese, fresh watermelon/green grapes/bananas and fresh cucumbers/peppers.
PM Snack: Whole milk yogurt with golden kiwis.
Wee Sprouts: Fresh peppers/cucumbers/garden green beans.
Have a wonderful afternoon!
~Wee Friends Teachers
Link to pictures: 2026-08-17
