Happy Friday!

K: Our kindergarteners had circuit time this morning where they worked through two different activities that focused around our FAB’s for the week.

We formed two groups of two so that each child had a partner to work with. The first activity required children to count the number of syllables in a word and then place a clip by the correct number. Grady and David were the first group to count syllables. They tried to count syllables using both methods: clapping and chin but kept coming back to the clapping method as they found this to be easier!

While Grady and David counted syllables together, Penny and N used picnic mats and picnic food to count using one to one correspondence. On each picnic mat, there were ten pictures of various foods with the numbers 1-10 written on the food. They placed ants on each food item to correspond with the number. Not only did this require children to use their one to one correspondence skills but it also required them to identify the given numbers. Grady turned to David at one point and asked, “What’s the number that has a 1 and a 0?”. They talked through it together, ultimately getting help from Penny and N. As a group, they came to the conclusion that the number Grady was referring to was 10!

K.RF.3.2 Orally segment words into syllables.

K.NS.4: Perform one-to-one correspondence tasks.

In K/PREK1, we read ‘My Magic Breath’. What a FANTASTIC story! ( I would highly recommend it). Throughout the book, children were able to use their breath to relive the good memories from the day and blow around the sad/mad times that they had. Not only were we able to practice our deep breathing but children vividly remembered what emotions they had felt throughout their morning.

Afterwards, children picked one card which had a friends name on it. They used either the clapping method or chin method to figure out how many syllables were in their friends name.

…and guess what we found out. We are a thoughtful, spunky, brave group of two syllable humans! We ALL (including myself) have two syllables in our names. What a bonding experience .

K.RF.3.2 Orally segment words into syllables.

In PREK2, children had to make a connection between the number of stickers they counted and the corresponding number! Children used their one to one correspondence skills as they counted the stickers present on their paper.

We hope you have a fantastic weekend!!

Breakfast– Brown rice cakes with peanut butter and fresh banana.

Lunch– Ham/turkey on whole wheat tortilla/flatbread, fresh pears, and fresh cucumber.

PM snack– Block cheese and pears.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 9/6