Good Afternoon!

Evie practiced separating sets of a certain number into equal groups for her kindergarten sign in. For the first problem, she had to form three equal groups. Each group ended up having three stars in it. The second problem prompted her to create four equal groups that ended up having two circles in each group. As she made the groups, she checked her work by counting how many items were in group, making sure they were equal.

K.NS.10: Separate sets of ten or fewer objects into equal groups.

After reading, ‘What Should Danny Do?’ in K/PREK1, we used greater than and less than signs with colored counters. I had Evie and P count out as many colored counters as they wanted. When they were done, Evie had 21 and P had 10. They quickly said that 21 is more than 10 so we put the correct sign in between the two groups.

Then, I set up a problem for them to solve. I had a specific number of counters and a sign. They had to figure out how many the other group should have to make the problem true!

K.NS.7: Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group.

In PREK2, children matched mittens! On one mitten was the written number while the other mitten had an item configuration. Children matched the written number to the correct configuration.

Several friends explored the new playdoh that was made a few weeks back. Tools such as rolling bins and scissors were used to manipulate the playdoh and form various creations like snakes and cookies!

I was scrolling through social media last night when this Teacher Tom post popped up. I read it and immediately thought of my early childhood experience to that of most children in the United States today. What children are expected to do has drastically changed but children are still the same! Curious. Inventive. Brilliant.

In this article, Teacher Tom shares his views on why early childhood experiences should be play based.

“The evidence tells us that early childhood education should focus on equity, happiness, well-being and joy in learning. This is what Finland has done by basing their educational model on childhood play, which is, again according to the overwhelming preponderance of research, the gold standard.”

http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2022/02/we-must-demand-play-based-education.html

Breakfast– Toasted oatmeal squares with banana.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded chicken, fresh cantaloupe, and fresh green beans/cucumber.

PM snack– Peanuts and whole wheat crackers.

Wee Sprout– Fresh green beans/carrots.

Have a lovely evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 2/10