Good Afternoon Families!

Today in the art center we created patterned paper collages.  Older friends used a circle stamp and scissors to jut their paper into the shapes they wanted.  Younger friends picked the papers they liked and had a teacher help cut it into pieces for them to arrange and glue into interesting patterns on their paper.  Several friends named their artwork.  We had a piece named “Colors when the sun goes down” and “Forest”.  Beautiful thoughts, beautiful minds!

I wanted to share some information I ran across during a recent child development training, concerning the value of art in early childhood.  “The arts can improve attention, sequencing, analysis and ultimately cognitive skills.  When children are engaged in creative activities, it can improve their ability to focus.  A child’s ability to pay attention promotes memory skills and learning abilities.”  There is a lot more than one might think coming from time spent in the art center. 

There was also a lot of time spent in the reading nook this morning as well.  There was independent interest, with friends looking at books or retelling stories to other friends.  There were also plenty of teacher read stories creating a large audience!

PREK2: In group today we read the story “Gracias, Thanks”.  After the story we thought about things that we were thankful for or appreciated either at home or at school.  We could use examples from the story or our own ideas.  If anyone is wondering about the recurrence of insects being appreciated, there was a cricket sound appreciated in the story.  We talked as a group about the sound of a cricket and if anyone had heard one.  One friend relayed a story of a time that a cricket got in the house…so there was a lot of insect talk right at the end:)

Breakfast: Cheerios with fresh cantaloupe.

Lunch: Organic brown rice with pork, fresh watermelon/banana, and fresh pepper/cucumber.

PM Snack: Whole wheat crackers with peanut butter, pepita seeds and sunflower seeds.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh red and yellow bell peppers.

Link to photos:2023-11-09

Enjoy the rest of your day!

~Wee Friends Teachers