Good Afternoon!

For PREK1 sign in, we focused on two terms: want and need. Each member chose a notecard from the bottom of the sign in board where they read the card and determined if their word was a want or a need. For example, Adrian chose the word air and quickly shared, “That’s a need! We need air to breathe!”

Later on in PREK1 group, we read, ‘Froggy’s Lemonade Stand’ which allowed us to chat about how we make money and how we spend money. In the story, Froggy decided to make money by starting a lemonade stand. We pointed out though that he would need money to buy the ingredients for the lemonade! Throughout the story, Froggy ran into some speedbumps and ended up making no money. It was a great, authentic conversation that we had surrounding money and how/why we spend it.

This morning we set up a table of shops to attract some “small” business owners.  The kids have been talking about money in group so we set up a way for them to “play” with that idea.  They chose to use cash, card, coins or barter between their own shop and the other shops at the table. As the game progressed the shop owners collected more and more costumers from around the classroom to buy their wares.  They were pretty business savvy in their advertising campaign  and their barter/trade efforts with other shops.  The class played this game all morning!

At PREK2 group today we decided what we would buy with 100 dollars.  We had some well thought out ideas!  Also, Paige wrote her name for the first time this week!  Great work Paige!

In PREK2, they read ‘Wemberly Worried’ and afterwards, they got to envision having $100! The question was posed to them: “What would you buy with $100?”. Answers ranged from a fire truck to a big bunny to a bike!

Breakfast– Overnight oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh cantaloupe.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat tortilla, fresh cantaloupe/strawberries, and fresh cucumber/pepper.

PM snack– Hummus and corn chips.

Wee Sprout– Fresh red pepper/cucumber.

Have a lovely night.

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2024-05-15