Good Afternoon!
This week, we’ll be diving into money and how/why we use it! PREK1 friends came to sign in this morning. They shared what their family has spent money on lately. Answers ranged from gas to groceries to food.
In PREK1 group, we read a few pages from the book ‘Here and There’ that focused on grocery stores and what they look like in different countries. We all figured out that we take our car to the go to the grocery store but that’s not the case for everyone!
Afterwards, we completed six word problems focused around money! Throughout the week, we’ll work with money and the values on coins/dollar bills.
Social Studies: K.4.1 Explain that people work to earn money to buy the things they want. Introduce money names and values.
Hannah came over to explore a coin sorting activity this morning. After we talked about all the coins I wondered if she would enjoy teaching someone else what she had learned. She said she would like to do that, so she made a chart labeling the name, value, size and/or color of the coins. Hannah told several friends about how to identify coins. There were a couple of the youngest friends who were a little overwhelmed with the wealth of information they had been given 
— so we talked about strategies Hannah could use if her student was struggling. She did a great job picking one coin to show the youngest friends and they were excited to succeed at finding it.
Nesta came over a little later and was also interested in making a coin chart to teach younger kids. She helped the younger friends find coins based on size and color. This helped them sort. Amelia was a little confused at first but once Nesta told her to look for the smallest or the brown colored coin she found them right away. It was a valuable learning experience for the younger kids but even more for the older kids who learned teaching skills and patience as well as new information.
It was the perfect morning to explore the art table outside. While we were outside, it was full with children coming and going, drawing pictures using a mixture of crayons and markers. Children are in a great routine of putting their drawing up on the clothesline with their name on it.
A few friends gathered in the mud kitchen where they decided to make dinner together! They gathered a ton of nature (i.e. leaves they found on the ground, mulch, grass, and weeds) and used it as their food.
Breakfast– Whole wheat english muffin with butter and banana.
Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with shredded chicken and fresh peppers, fresh cantaloupe/yellow watermelon, and fresh cucumber/pepper.
PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with granola.
Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper.
Have a lovely night.
-Wee Friends Teachers
Link to pictures: 2024-05-13