Good Afternoon!

**Our winter packet will be sent home this week that will include:

-2018 Tax Receipts.

-Parent-Teacher Conference Information for our conference day on Friday, February 15th (will include both a meeting time preference form & a form to communicate what you’d like to discuss at conferences).

-Re-enrollment forms for fall 2019 which will be due with the re-enrollment fee no later than Friday, February 22nd.

Thanks!

-Tami

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K/PREK1: While reading ‘Kitten’s First Full Moon’, I asked the group, “How many fireflies do you see?”. The fireflies were on the page in a sporadic fashion so children counted each firefly they saw and said the answer aloud. A few of our older friends were able to look at a picture of three fireflies and know that there was three without having to count them.

When we had finished the story, the word ‘syllable’ was brought up. I took six word cards out and each child was able to pick one word. These words looked familiar to us because they were in the book that we just finished reading. We read the word aloud to the group and using either the clapping method or the ‘hand under the chin’ method, each friend said how many syllables were in their word. They grabbed a piece of tape and taped their word under the correct category.

The ‘2 syllable’ group had the most words until the final word was put into the ‘1 syllable’ group which elicited children to shout, “It’s equal now!”. We talked about how the two groups had the same number of words while the ‘3 syllable’ group had none!

K.RF.3.2: Orally segment words into syllables.

K.NS.5: Count up to 20 objects arranged in a line, a rectangular array, or a circle. Count up to 10 objects in a scattered configuration.

PREK2: Each child was given a mitten with a number on it. Using teddy bear manipulatives, they counted out the number that they were given. At this age, children usually use their index finger to count one at a time, also known as one-to-one correspondence.

At the circle table, a STEM activity was offered. Using paper cups, teddy bears, and large popsicle sticks, children built a variety of bridges. Friends took the bears and placed them on the bridges that they built. A few of our older friends challenged themselves to see how many bears they could put onto their creation.

Miss Melinda gifted us a few new books and a new CD so we decided to listen to the new CD this morning! It had some great songs; it made us just want to grab a friend and dance! THANK YOU, MISS MELINDA!

Breakfast– Whole wheat cinnamon raisin bagel with butter and fresh fruit (grapes, cantaloupe, oranges).

Lunch– Whole wheat noodles with marinara sauce and shredded cheese, fresh fruit (pineapple, grapes, cantaloupe), and fresh veggies (broccoli, carrots, snap peas).

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with banana.

Wee Sprout– Fresh veggies (Snap peas, peppers, broccoli).

Have a terrific evening.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 1/14