WF 05/16/2024 | Wee Friends Early Childhood Program LLC

Good Afternoon!

In PREK1 group, we read ‘Caps For Sale’. The peddler sold various caps for 50 cents. After we read the story, we looked at the four main coins, their names, and values. We talked about various ways to make 50 cents if we wanted to buy a cap from the peddler. First, we talked about the quarter and came to the conclusion that we would need two quarters to buy a cap. After, we went to dimes, nickels, and pennies to figure out how many of each we would need.

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What a beautiful day it was on the farm! Our big kid group spent the morning collecting samples of pond ecology! We used nets to dip into the pond to see what we pulled up. We emptied our catch into a white tray to observe. We caught fresh water shrimp, pond beetles, a dragon fly nymph and a lot of sea weed. We filled a jar with our pond catch to bring back to the classroom. Though, as our friends pointed out, we did not catch any fish, we did catch an array of plants and animals representative of the pond ecosystem!

We took a nature walk down a new path to the back of the farm where we found a big fallen tree. We took turns walking across the log and practicing balance. We all enjoyed finding walking sticks for the trip back!

Back at Wee Friends, children have been interested in a mixture of challenging and new activities such as using scissors and starting to write letters. Arthur and a few other three year old’s have showed a heightened interest in scissors. We have talked about making safe choices with them and what we use scissors for. Paige and Arthur both worked on writing letters and practicing letter formation using stencils.