WF, 5/24/2017

Good Afternoon!

In large group this week, we’ve been reading stories that dissect what a day/week/year looks like. So far, we’ve talked about ‘day’ and ‘week’. In general, children have a challenging time gaging time. It’s important to discuss these terms in a way that is meaningful to them.

Yesterday, when we discussed the term ‘day’ and what it looked like, a friend suggested, “It’s kind of like the time between when you wake up in the morning and go to bed at night.” As a group, we came up with the seven days of the week. Today, we separated those days into ‘school’ days and ‘stay at home’ days. We were having a little trouble remembering the two stay at home days so we came up with a way to remember it; Stay at home days are the two days that start with S (Stay at home- Saturday and Sunday).

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Miss Melinda read ‘A Tree Is A Plant’ to a few older friends this morning before heading outside to plant all of our flowers and vegetable plants.

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They were such great helpers!

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Once they got done with the big flower bed in the garden, we concentrated on the individual flower pots. Each older friend was in charge of a pot, focusing on clearing out the leaves and ‘gunk’ as friends called it.

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Inside, several different activities were explored.

The gems were put out on the table for the welcome activity and friends used the gems for different purposes all morning long. Anna and a few friends sat at the art table and used markers before deciding they’d like to get the glue out and make a collage.

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It was a great Wednesday. We hope you had a great day!

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Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with honey and strawberries.

Lunch– Scrambled eggs, tortilla, banana, and a mix of fresh vegetables (cucumber, cherry tomatoes, peppers)

PM snack– Air popped popcorn and

Wee Sprout– Cucumbers/cherry tomatoes.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 5/24