WF, 03/14/2025 | Wee Friends Early Childhood Program LLC

Happy Friday!

PREK1 friends ended the week by exploring numbers and number words. Each group member found their name on the sign in board and followed the prompt, asking them to find a specific number on the board. In the direction, we identified their number word along with the corresponding number that they circled!

K.NS.2: Write whole numbers from 0 to 20 and recognize number words from 0 to 10.

This morning we set up a sensory loaded imaginative play world based on some requests from our kids to play with the animals we have been using to sort this week. The kids created pond and forest habitats with water and natural materials. They were able to use the silk plants and animals they had used in sorting activities to explore imaginative play and building ideas. As their play evolved, some kids began using the flat rocks and sticks to make bridges that connected the ponds. This kind of exploratory play lays the foundation for larger ideas down the line filled with a strong sense of creativity, innovation and the confidence to try things. We can only hope that our kids retain this sense of playfulness with ideas and bring it into the work they do in their adult lives.

Outside there was a lot of interest in the garden. A few friends asked if they could do some garden clean up, so we got to work. Slowly, almost everyone in our outdoor area joined in the garden work. We got out some tools like a hoe, spade and shovel to assist us. A couple of kids chose to start a “deep weed removal project” working to dig deep rooted weeds out of the garden beds. I can only wish that I was as passionate about weed removal as these kids are!