Happy Friday!
For Kindergarten:
An activity was set up in the science area that appealed to all developmental levels.
Our older friends used the gems to count using one to one correspondence. Children started making their own patterns or extending patterns that I started. At first, some children couldn’t start a pattern by themselves but we discussed what a pattern is: the repetition of something. So for example, Lulu picked her favorite colors yellow, blue, and purple and started a pattern using those colors. Once she had blue, yellow, and purple, she repeated those exact same colors, creating a pattern!
K.CA.5: Create, extend and give an appropriate rule for simple repeating and growing patterns with numbers and shapes.
Our younger friends manipulated the jewels in a variety of ways. Anna chose all of the green colored gems and counted them. Friends also called out all of the colors that they saw. A few friends took the gems and used descriptive words to describe what they felt.
Someone suggested separating the gems by color. Once we did, we looked at each group and figured out what colored gem had the most in the group as well as the least amount.
Miss Melinda read a story to a small group titled, ‘Draw Me A Star’. On each page, it said to draw something. It went in order; star, sun, people, house, dog, cat, bird, butterfly, flower, clouds, rainbow, moon, and then the star (comes full circle). Addi and Jackson both sat down and drew the prompt on each page.
Afterwards, they must have been in a cleaning mood because they cleaned the art easel! Jackson and Addi take the initiative to help teachers and their younger friends.
It was a morning full of creation building! (we often ask for pictures to be taken)
We had a terrific week!
Breakfast– Rice cakes with cream cheese and banana.
Lunch– Turkey on whole wheat bread/english muffin, kiwi/banana, and cherry tomatoes.
PM snack– Raisins and graham crackers.
Wee Sprout– Cherry tomatoes.
Have a wonderful weekend.
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 3/10