Good Afternoon!
Throughout the week, we’ve been talking about calendars and what they represent. Yesterday and today, blank calendars were put in the art area. One of our kindergarteners has been creating his own calendar over the last few days, focusing on writing each month at the top as well as writing a number in each square. After, he identified the two weekend days by highlighting it with a green marker.
Social Studies: K.1.5 Explain that calendars are used to represent days of the week and months of the year.
The welcome activity used loose parts and a wooden tray. We use loose parts as an open ended activity. As seen below, the loose parts can be used in a variety of ways and it’s up to each children how they want to use the materials.
Loose parts are a crucial aspect of indoor and outdoor play as it requires imagination. Your child is probably using loose parts in their play at home and not even realizing it!
http://www.letthechildrenplay.net/2010/01/how-children-use-outdoor-play-spaces.html
The rest of our morning was full of using our fine motor skills to complete puzzles and explore with pegs before enjoying our outside time!
Breakfast– Kashi Blueberry Clusters with PPC mango.
Lunch– Brown rice with shredded beef, PPC banana/fresh oranges, and PPC cucumber/cherry tomatoes.
PM snack– Graham crackers and sunflower seeds.
Wee Sprout– PPC cucumber and peppers.
Have a fantastic night!
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 5/24