Good Afternoon!

“Don’t just teach your kids to read, teach them to question what they read. Teach them to question everything!” -George Carlin

Children were anxious to explore our new play dough that we made the last couple of days. Today, we opened up the orange play dough. A few of our older preschoolers worked in shapes to their play dough exploration. Maxwell rolled four pieces of play dough to make a square. We worked together to count the sides and the vertices. After, we looked at the shape of the table we were sitting at. A kindergartener shouted, “It’s a hexagon!”. When asked how many sides a hexagon has, several children answer, “Six!”. Together, we counted the number of vertices on the table.

K.G.2: Compare shapes using informal language to describe their similarities, differences, and parts (e.g., number of sides, length of sides, and vertices.)

Our younger children used their imaginations to create a whole grocery store! Sophia made turkey roll ups that she offered to teachers while Maddie opened up a candy store, offering a wide selection of sweets. “This kind of candy is good; it’s not real!”, commented Maddie.

In large group, we read, ‘The Gruffalo’s Child’ to follow up on our group time yesterday when we read, ‘The Gruffalo’. I told them we were going to do something a little different; I wasn’t going to read the first couple of pages (at first) but instead they were going to tell me what they thought the words said based on the pictures on each page. We continued to read on and before I started reading the words, children shared what they took away from the pictures.

K.RL.4.1: Describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear.

Breakfast– Whole grain cheerios and PPC kiwi.

Lunch– Hummus on whole wheat flatbread, fresh apples, and PPC peppers.

PM snack– Whole wheat bagel with peanut butter and block cheese.

Wee Sprout– Mixture of fresh PPC veggies: carrots, peppers, and cherry tomatoes.

Have a great night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 1/30