Happy Monday!

Throughout the week, K/PREK1 will be diving deeper into stories, specifically identifying the characters, setting, and specific events. Today, we read ‘The Napping House’ and while we were reading, we stopped and identified the new characters that were being introduced. At the end of the story (even before I could ask the question!), Lucy said, “And the setting is in a house!”. We talked about what the word ‘setting’ meant when referring to a book.

Afterwards, we worked as a team to complete the chalkboard activity. Three of our favorite books were dissected as we identified the characters and setting of ‘The Gruffalo’, ‘Cinderella’, and ‘Up, Up, Down’. I read each strip individually. For example, I read ‘Gruffalo, mouse, owl, snake, fox’. We decided that they were characters and not a setting before children identified the characters as being from ‘The Gruffalo’!

K.RL.2.3: Identify important elements of the text (e.g. characters, setting, or events).

PREK2 worked with Robert Munsch stories in group. Each child was given a Robert Munsch story and asked who the main character was in their book. They looked at the pages of their book and told the group and Miss Kim who the main character was.

Children had the opportunity to decorate their Valentines Day bag! We used heart stickers, markers, and crayons to cover the front and back of our bag.

*Just as a reminder, we will be handing out valentines on Thursday. If you have any questions, please ask!

Ruby and David worked together as they made their way through this Look and Find book. They identified different animals and remained completely engrossed in the book until the very last page. Animals is one of our favorite topics to learn about!

A group of our older friends made different ramps using wooden boards in the habitrail area. They tested each incline by placing toy cars at the top and observing which car hit the bottom first.

“It must not be forgotten that the basic law of children’s creativity is that its value lies not in its results, not in the product of creation, but in the process itself. It is not important what children create, but that they do create, that they exercise and implement their creative imagination.”

-Vygotsky

Breakfast– Whole wheat english muffin with peanut butter and fresh oranges/banana.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with butter and black beluga lentils, fresh oranges/banana, and fresh carrots/cherry tomatoes.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with craisins.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/cherry tomatoes.

Have a terrific evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 2/11