Happy Friday!
Our student teacher, Miss Katie, started up an activity this morning that focused on patterns. Ruby helped Miss Katie sort beads by color before calling interested friends to the table. Miss Katie demonstrated a few patterns such as: ABAB, ABCABC, AND AABB. After demonstrating what certain patterns look like, each child got the chance to create their own pattern using beads and pipe cleaners.
Our older friends were challenged by pulling colors from a container that were not already sorted. A few younger children who were interested in the activity focused mainly on using their fine motor skills while still talking about patterns based on what their older peers were doing.
K.CA.5: Create, extend, and give an appropriate rule for simple repeating and growing patterns with numbers and shapes.
It has been a building week! Anna used various shapes to create a star while Maddie expanded her ‘animal checkup’ that she built.
“Children are not a distraction from more important work. They are the most important work.”
-John Trainer, M.D.
Breakfast– Rice cakes with peanut butter and PPC pears.
Lunch– Turkey and shredded cheese on whole wheat flatbread, PPC pears/fresh strawberries, and PPC cucumber/cherry tomatoes.
PM snack– Ritz crackers and block cheese.
Wee Sprout– PPC cucumbers/cherry tomatoes.
Have a great weekend!
-Mindy