WF, 1/23/2018

Good Afternoon!

**Housekeeping request: We’ve been having several children bring in toys from home. This is causing problems from time to time so we’re asking that you have your child leave their toys in the car.  Wee Friends offers interactive, engaging, and developmentally appropriate toys for our students to utilize while they’re here. We would greatly appreciate your help with this!

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It was a BIG day for our kindergarteners. When Maddie signed into her kindergarten sign in binder, she read the words that I had written which prompted me to get out our BOB books. Shortly after breakfast, her interest peaked which lead to reading the first four BOB books! Not only was she excited and proud of herself, but younger peers watched as she navigated several BOB books.

Another kindergartener is fascinated with dinosaurs and often integrates them into his journaling. Today, he memorized how to spell ‘Psittacosaurus’ which is one of his favorite dinosaurs. His face beamed as he commented, “I didn’t even need to look how to spell it—I remembered!”

Children will learn to read and write when they are ready. What can we do until they are ready?: Support, encourage, nurture, and love them while they come upon these big ‘life’ milestones.

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Lucy and Ruby explored a ‘shape matching’ activity at the island this morning. As they matched the shape, we talked about the characteristics of each shape.

K.4.1: Identify and describe geometric objects: circle, triangle, square, rectangle, diamond, trapezoid, hexagon, octagon, parallelogram, sphere, and cube.

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“Learning is not a race for information, it’s a walk of discovery.”

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Breakfast– Kix and PPC kiwi.

Lunch– Shredded cheese on whole wheat flatbread, PPC banana, and PPC cucumber.

PM snack– Whole wheat english muffin with peanut butter and mozzarella cheese stick.

Wee Sprout– PPC snap peas/cherry tomatoes.

Have a fantastic evening.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF, 1/23