WF, 11/9/2021 | Wee Friends Early Childhood Program LLC

Good Afternoon!

We finished reading, ‘Freckle Juice’ today in K/PREK1 group! Afterwards, we started talking about numbers and how they are in a specific order. We looked at the five numbers on the chalkboard, identified them, and then worked together to fill in the blank spaces. We wrote the number that comes before and after each number that we said aloud.

K.NS.3: Find the number that is one more than or one less than any whole number up to 20.

Mack and Daniel explored the light table. Mack took the initiative to get out the colored shapes. He also got out a game board and made up his own game! Mack shared direct and specific instructions when Daniel sat down to play with him.

One of our favorite table top games is a wooden activity that has ramps, balls, and various materials. It is completely open ended and children can explore the activity how they wish.

This morning, friends used this game in a variety of ways such as building vertically to practice balancing while others used the materials to work on one to one correspondence, matching up one ball to one cylinder.

It was quite the active morning outside! There was a lot of running, climbing, and jumping!

We have several spaces in the outdoor and indoor environment that require a little more focus out of our children to make sure their body is safe. What’s a phrase adults use when cautioning children to pay attention to where their body is? “Be careful!”—I often say this a lot and have tried to cut it out of my vocabulary, trying to be more direct and truthful, using statements that may help a child consider what they’re about to attempt.

Here’s a situation that Teacher Tom went through and thought I’d shared his thoughts!

http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2021/10/in-matter-of-seconds.html