WF, 4/5/2019 | Wee Friends Early Childhood Program LLC

Happy Friday!

I saw this Teacher Tom blog post earlier this week and it resonated with me. Throughout the day, children are deeply involved in various activities ranging from experimenting in the habitrail, creating at the art table, or strengthening their knowledge of dinosaurs in the science area. As teachers, majority of the time we stand back, ready to assist at any minute but what good does it do if we walk up, interrupting their meaningful play to ask an irrelevant question? We want to have meaningful conversations with kids about what they’re doing, questions they have, or think of ideas on how to extend an experience BUT there is a lot to be said for waiting until children are willing and able to have this conversation.

http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2019/04/they-say-theres-no-such-thing-as-stupid.html

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We are out of pink markers. For preschool aged children, this can be a challenging time. K/PREK1 friends thought we should do something about it. Enter: a letter to Miss Tami. We said our thoughts aloud and constructed a letter to Miss Tami explaining our dilemma. A friend shared, “We do like all of the other colors but pink is one of our favorites!”. Lucy looked at her peers and said, “We do have to do a better job at helping our younger friends put the markers all the way into the block so they don’t dry out!”

K.W.1: Write for specific purposes and audiences.