Happy Friday!
We ended our week in PREK1 by reviewing syllables. We used one of our favorite things to help us do this: fruit!
Each PREK1 child chose a card from the bottom of the sign in board and we read their fruit aloud. We worked together by either clapping our the number of syllables or placing our hand on our chin to see how many times it moved when we said our fruit aloud. We found out that there were several three syllable fruits!
K.RF.3.2: Orally segment words into syllables.
Today we harvested the giant sunflower from our garden. We laid it on the ground because there had been a lot of talk during the summer about how tall the sunflower was. We measured the sunflower laying on the ground and found it was three kids tall 
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We explored the huge head of the flower filled with seeds! We learned by observing that the sunflower is made up of hundreds of tiny flowers. Under each tiny flower one seed forms. We used magnifying glasses to look closely and experimented with different tools to remove the seeds. Everyone did a great job practicing awareness of one another and helping to keep everything fair as friends shared seeds and made room for others to have a look. What kind friends!
We enjoyed a relaxing morning getting creative with paint in the art center!
Breakfast– Brown rice cakes with cream cheese and banana.
Lunch– Refried bean and cheese quesadillas on whole wheat tortilla, fresh watermelon/pineapple, and fresh cucumber/pepper.
PM snack– Tortilla chips with homemade guacamole and cheddar cheese slices.
Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper.
Have a wonderful weekend.
-Wee Friends Teachers
Link to pictures: 2024-09-06