Good Afternoon!

**As a reminder, Wee Friends is closed next Friday, April 14th in observation of Good Friday. Thank you!

This week during journal time, we’ve been focusing on listening to words and hearing specific sounds in those words. A few friends have been working on identifying the ‘th’ blend as well as a couple vowel sounds.

Today, Maddie and Lulu described their journal: “something that you don’t know”. Together, we sounded out all of the words, focusing on the vowel sounds. When we got to the word ‘that’, I asked what the first sound was and Maddie thought for a moment before shouting, “It’s t-h!”.

Kid spelling allows children to learn letters and the sounds they make when they’re developmentally ready for it.

K.RF.4.3: Recognize the long and short sounds for the five major vowels.

In kindergarten:

Jackson and Addi are continuing to work with plus and minus signs. Today we used them in equations and had to come up with the total or answer. We used stickers as a manipulative to solve the equations. Once we got to the subtraction problems, we re-introduced it by talking about what it means. When you see a subtraction sign, we ‘take away’ from the first number.

This activity allowed us to work on our addition and subtraction as well as our one-to-one correspondence skills by counting the stickers, number recognition, and writing our numbers.

K.CA.1-2: Solve real-world problems, objects, or drawings that involve addition and subtraction within 10. Demonstrate the equation (e.g., 5= 2+3 and 5= 4+1).

Miss Melinda brought in a potato today for friends to taste test. We talked about all of the foods that are made based on potatoes including french fries and mashed potatoes!

We retrieved some out of date seeds from downstairs. We’re getting ready to compile a list of vegetables we want to grow in the garden within the next month or so. Various seeds were separated into paper cups.

Friends compared the seeds by talking about the size and color.

We ended the morning by turning on music! Rosemary requested Lion King music and even though we didn’t have the soundtrack to the movie, we found music that resembled the soundtrack. She shared a few ballet moves that she knows and her peers were quick to follow along.

Breakfast– Cheerios and blackberries.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded chicken and cheese, carrots/cherry tomatoes, and banana/strawberries.

PM snack– Wheat thins and pumpkin seeds.

Wee Sprouts– Carrots and cherry tomatoes.

Have a lovely night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 4/6