Good Afternoon!

*Just a reminder, tomorrow is PAJAMA DAY! Thanks!

*Since we are about a month away, here’s a reminder about our summer vacation. We will be closed starting Thursday, June 30th and we’ll resume on Monday, July 11th.

Elliott was interested in a math book that he found so we made our way through it. Our discussion ranged from shapes to right triangles to time to money. We learned new vocabulary and I found out that Elliott has previous knowledge on some of these topics!

This is ONE of the many amazing things that occurs during our day: taking part in conversations that allow us as teachers to gain knowledge about each individual child. This allows us to target our day and activities that we may present to better fit our group of friends as well as their interests.

We’re coming up on the end of our FAB that allowed us to learn about the difference and similarities between globes and maps. As children walked through the door, they were greeted with a map sign in board!

During large group, we read a Magic School Bus story that allowed us to learn about the inner workings of the Earth. Elliott commented, “The inside of the Earth is HOT!” When we got to the part about volcanoes, Eren was hooked. After finishing the story, children were interested in learning more about volcanoes so I retrieved a short video that we watched about how a volcano forms and how it looks when it erupts. This specific extension was quite popular. Our group of friends enjoy SEEING what they’re learning about.

Elizabeth used what she had learned during our large group time and transferred it to her journal. After she finished her drawing, she sounded the word ‘volcano’ without assistance!

Our younger peers sat down at the table this morning where they were interested in completing a journal! They enjoy getting to voice their thoughts with a teacher as well as use the date stamp and the choice to pick out a sticker to put on their journal!

While the older group headed to the farmers market, the bikes were a hot commodity.

It was a great morning for a trip down the street to the South Bend Farmer’s Market. We made a list yesterday of all of the things that we wanted to get while we were there so once we arrived, we revisited the list that we had made.

After we picked out our vegetables that we get to plant in our garden, the group took a walk around.

A HUGE thanks to Vite’s Produce who gave each of our friends their own plant to take home! How thoughtful!

We also noticed a lady who was weaving so we decided to stop and see what she was doing. The group found out that she was using what’s called a ‘loom’. It takes her 12 hours to put the loom together before she can start her work!

We had a FANTASTIC day here at Wee Friends. We hope you had a great day as well!

-Mindy

Breakfast– Kix and peaches/grapes.

Lunch– Whole grain brown rice with butter and turkey, oranges, and peppers.

PM snack– Sunflower seeds and graham crackers.

Wee Sprout– Snap peas.

Link to pictures: 5/26