Happy Friday!
To wrap up our week, we continued talking about shapes in PREK1 group as well as our sign in focus. Today, children signed under the shape that had zero sides! A few friends tried counting the sides on the circle but quickly realized that there were no straight sides!
K.4.1: Identify and describe geometric objects: circle, triangle, square, rectangle, diamond, trapezoid, hexagon, octagon, parallelogram, sphere, and cube.
The conversation about sides led into group where we used the shapes we talked about yesterday. As a group, we talked about each shape, identified it, and then counted the number of sides.
K.4.1: Identify and describe geometric objects: circle, triangle, square, rectangle, diamond, trapezoid, hexagon, octagon, parallelogram, sphere, and cube.
At the art table, trays with playdough were made available. Kids jumped at the chance to explore one of their favorite sensory activities. PLUS, they used letters which made for the greatest activity to culminate our week talking about letters!
Children were quick to identify the letters in their name. Hannah realized that she only has a few specific letters in her name because she has multiple of each letter!
There are those letters that are used a lot in names and this activity forced friends to ask for something that they want as well as patiently waiting for a turn—E’s and A’s are used a lot come to find out! 
Arthur was ecstatic when he finally finished spelling his name with his playdough cutouts! One of the best things is watching that facial expression when a goal is accomplished,..like “YES! I DID IT!”.
At the circle table, friends experimented with tangram shapes to help build letters. Of course, children looked for the sheet with the first letter of their name. Hannah kept saying phrases like, “I only have two more triangles to find!”—what a great activity to combine letters and shapes!
Breakfast– Brown rice cakes with cream cheese and fresh blueberries/pears.
Lunch– Turkey on whole wheat bread/tortilla, fresh pears, and fresh cucumber/pepper.
PM snack–
Wee Sprout– Fresh pepper/cucumber.
Have a lovely weekend!
-Wee Friends Teachers
Link to pictures: 2024-09-13