Good Afternoon!

We kicked off our Thursday by matching rhyming words for our PREK1 sign in activity. Children came to the board where they chose a yellow card from the bottom of the board. We worked together at finding the matching rhyming word. Once they were able to identify the match, each child wrote their name next to the match!

K.RF.3.1: Identify and produce rhyming words.

Later on in PREK1 group, we continued working on rhyming words by reading ‘The Shape Of Me And Other Stuff’ by Dr. Seuss. There were seven cards up on the chalk board, all waiting for their rhyming word match! Each group member got to choose one card from my hand and work at finding the match. They came to the board where they taped their card to complete the rhyming word puzzle piece or as one friend stated, “Hey! That makes a rectangle.”. (Can you tell we’ve been working on shapes this week?! )

K.RF.3.1: Identify and produce rhyming words.

This morning we offered a pegboard, pegs, and rubber bands to explore, allowing our kids to experiment and figure out what to do with them.  The kids quickly realized they could make shapes like triangles and squares.  As they continued tinkering, several friends wanted to connect their creations to make a long “maze” that went all the way around the board.  One friends said he was pretending to make water, so I offered to add some boats.  After that friends began making roads and airports for cars and airplanes.  We always love watching activities evolve as groups of kids apply their imaginations and creative problem solving skills!

At the art area friends explored with shapes, moon sand and beads.  Some worked together to make volcanoes while others worked by themselves to create mosaics with their materials.  There were many ideas about what to make with the materials offered.

PREK2 During group we read ‘When A Line Bends, A Shape Begins’.  On each page we took a moment for two friends to look and find a shape in the picture.  After the story we tried to recall what shape we had found and what the shape was in the picture. 

Breakfast– Toasted oatmeal squares cereal with fresh pineapple.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded turkey, fresh kiwi/pears/pineapple, and fresh green beans/pepper/broccoli.

PM snack– Trail mix with pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, raisins and granola.

Wee Sprout– Fresh green beans/broccoli.

Have a wonderful night!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-01-23