WF 09/28/2023 | Wee Friends Early Childhood Program LLC

Good Afternoon!

PREK1 friends were asked to come sign in this morning! When they got to the board, they were given three different numbers and they had to determine which number was less than 13. We talked about number sequence and every child signed their name under the number 10!

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.

Later on in group, we read ‘Jump Frog Jump’ before introducing a new concept: greater than, less than, and equal to signs. I associated the greater than and less than signs to an alligator eating food. For example, would an alligator want to eat 10 pieces of pizza or 13 pieces of pizza? It would want to eat the bigger number so the mouth of the alligator will open to the bigger number. Then, we introduced the equal sign when the two numbers are the same.

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.

PREK2: Today during group we read “Pie In The Sky”. We counted several item through out the book. Since the book was about a making a cherry pie, we counted a group of ten cherries at the end. We each got a chance to try.

Today during our welcome activity we explored different ways to group numbers in a way that was fun and hands- on. We had a few different levels of difficulty so everyone could be challenged in a way that fit their developmental level. We had trays with groups of twos and fives, a ten-twenty- thirty tray and a one hundred tray grouped in tens. Some older friends were able to count thirty objects and talk about groups of ten. Other friends were able to count to ten, others just began to count…but everyone seemed to agree that 100 buttons is a lot!