Good Afternoon!

We continued our discussion topic in K/PREK1 about money and today’s focus was on chores and allowance. In ‘Here and There’, which dives into specific topics and how each country varies, two pages solely focused on ‘chores’.

Before we started reading, I asked Grady and David what the word ‘chores’ meant. They both shared it’s something that you help with at home but also shared their displeasure for these .

We learned that in the United Kingdom, parents focus more on the whole child and their happiness so children tend to do less chores. Grady quickly shared, “I want to live in the United Kingdom! Is that a relation to the United States?”—this prompted us to get out the map of the world and identify the countries we were learning about. We also learned that in Spain, the government passed a law in 2014 that states that children must help with housework, do their homework, and respect their parents. They both shared quickly that Spain didn’t sound too fun. This law also states that in a union of marriage, each spouse has to do the same amount of work.

Before heading to the journal table, we created a web where we brainstormed chores that we do at home or chores that we’ve heard about. On the web, we wrote:

-Pick up dog poop.

-Dishes.

-Make the bed.

-Rake the leaves.

Social Studies: K.4.1 Explain that people work to earn money to buy the things they want. Introduce money names and values.

In PREK2, each child got a turn to spin the coin wheel! Sophia spun the wheel and gathered the coins pictured on the section she landed on. At the end, children figured out who had the most money.

On our Facebook Live session this morning, Miss Annastecia read ‘Yoga Bunny’. At first, only Evie wanted to join but friends quickly gathered around to listen.

After the story was read, each friend got to choose a couple of different yoga poses to demonstrate for our friends at home.

Even after our video ended, Evie continued to show interest for 30 minutes! She did several yoga poses, worked on her flexibility and balance as well as her breathing.

Breakfast– Whole Grain Cheerios with fresh cantaloupe.

Lunch– Homemade whole wheat pancakes, ham, banana, and fresh cucumber/green beans.

PM snack– Whole wheat bagel with cream cheese and block cheddar cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh green beans.

Have a lovely evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 5/12