Good Afternoon!

Children ventured on over to their PREK1 sign in this morning that asked them to use the book, ‘The Grouchy Ladybug’ to answer a question about the sequence of the story. They had to find a specific event and determine what happened right after that event.

K.1.4: Identify and order events that take place in a sequence.

We read, ‘The Apple Pie Tree’ since we are peak apple picking time! When we finished reading the story, I read five different sentence strips and children worked together to put them in sequential order in which they happened in the story.

K.1.4: Identify and order events that take place in a sequence.

PREK2: Today at group time we read “The Big Umbrella”.  At the end of the story we all picked who we might bring under our own big umbrella.

Magnetic exploration continued!  Today we experimented with black iron rich sand mixed with regular beach sand.  We put the two kinds of sand on a tray with a magnet underneath and observed how the magnet interacted with he sand.  We found that the black sand moved but the white sand did not and we learned that iron is what makes the black sand attracted to the magnet.  Several friends noticed that the grains of sand were standing  up like “spikes” or “hair”.  This was a strong area of interest and conversation.  Some pretended they were creating hair styles as they explored with the magnet.  Some said it looked like lots of tiny people were standing up and running around.  We learned that the particles of sand line up like that because they become magnetized when in contact with the magnet.  This makes them attracted to each other as well, causing them to arrange themselves in those interesting formations.

In the art center we created with play dough beads and pasta.  Some friends made faces while others made cakes or cinnamon rolls. 

The sensory bin was filled with black beads today.  Several friends experimented with pipes on different configurations and tried pouring the beads through the shapes they made. 

Breakfast: Whole grain cheerios with fresh watermelon.

Lunch: Brown rice with shredded turkey, fresh carrots/bell peppers, and fresh peaches/plums.

PM Snack: Trail mix with pepita seeds, sunflower seeds, peanuts and granola.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh tomatoes and carrots.

Have a great night!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to Photos: 2023-10-05