Good Afternoon!

In pre-k/k group, we read ‘Small Pig’ which is a story about a small pig who leaves home after his owner cleans his pig pen! He searches the city for nice, soft mud. He thought he found some but it turned out to be cement! With the help of firefighters and policemen, he was able to get unstuck and head back home with his owners.

After we finished reading the story, we talked about ‘cause and effect’ at a fundamental level. I picked out two main events that occurred in the book. We read each event and as a group, we talked about what happened because of each event. Maddie was eager to share her thoughts with her peers!

Miss Tami brought in paper weights of all different shapes and sizes yesterday. Today, we got the light table out and explored the paper weights using the light table as well as the light from my phone. We put the light at different angles on each paper weight. Children loved holding them (they’re heavy!) and exploring them intently.

We were able to have a lot of one on one time this morning.

Anna sat at the circle table with the sand paper letters. We took turns holding a letter and we talked about that letter as well as words that start with it. For example, Anna held the letter ‘t’. I came up the with words ‘Tucker’, ‘train’, and ‘turtle’. Using her knowledge of letters, she was able to match the beginning sounds that she was hearing to the letter ‘t’!

Maddie used wooden blocks to create an intricate structure. A teacher talked with her about what she was making and the shapes that she was using. Her final product was a house and bakery. The small shapes were the decorations in each space.

“We can best help children learn, not by deciding what we think they should learn or thinking of ingenious ways to teach it to them, but by making the world, as far as we can, accessible to them, paying serious attention to what they do, answering their questions—if they have any—and helping them explore the things they are most interested in.”

-John Holt

Breakfast– Kix and PPC pears.

Lunch– Hummus on whole wheat flatbread, mixed fresh fruit, and PPC cucumber/fresh carrots.

PM snack– Whole wheat bagel with cream cheese and block cheese.

Wee Sprout– PPC cucumber/fresh carrots.

Have a terrific evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 7/24