Good Afternoon!
In pre-k/k group, we read ‘How The Elephant Got It’s Trunk’. Throughout the story, we shared with one another our thoughts on what would happen next. We learned how the main elephant character got it’s trunk. At the end, the author asked us if we believe this version or not. The vote was split 50/50. After everyone voted, we talked about whether we thought this book was fiction or non-fiction!
As children were dismissed, each child had to come up with a shape and we talked about the characteristics of each shape, specifically how many sides it has. The shapes we discussed were heart, square, triangle, rectangle, hexagon, and circle.
Our day’s full of motor development. We exhibit fine motor skills when we work at the circle table with manipulatives or color at the art table. These lay the ground work for children to complete self help tasks and hand/eye coordination.
Gross motor skills are the big motions that you see: running, skipping, marching, riding a bike. We have two areas where we engage in gross motor work: in the habitrail area and outside!
Both are crucial to development and such an important part here at Wee Friends!
http://msue.anr.msu.edu/news/building_fine_motor_skills_and_why_it_matters
Breakfast– Kix and PPC banana.
Lunch– Homemade chicken avocado salad on whole wheat flatbread, PPC peaches, and PPC cucumbers/peppers.
PM snack– Homemade cinnamon muffins and block cheese.
Wee Sprout– PPC peppers/cucumber.
Have a wonderful night!
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 9/11