Happy Monday!

PREK1 group members came to sign in this morning where we talked about the number of days in a given month. We looked at a few months, specifically May and June to see if they have the same number of days. Children quickly figured out that the statement on the board was false!

Later on in group, after reading ‘What Do You Do With An Idea?’, we did our daily calendar activity. Our calendar activity consists of our ‘mat guard’ for the week crossing off the current day. All together, we say aloud the date: “Today is Monday, May 19th 2025.”. At the beginning of the calendar year, we work together to make a calendar for the year using our favorite journal entries from the current year. This makes it super unique and special to us as kids can’t wait to get to the month that has their journal entry!

We also talked about why we use a calendar. Some ideas that were shared were:

1. So we can know what day/month/year it is!

2. A place to write birthdays and holidays.

3. When vacations are coming up.

Social Studies: K.1.5 Explain that calendars are used to represent days of the week and months of the year.

Today friends explored a sensory science activity.  Kids were encouraged to mix and experiment in an open-ended way using color, water and a variety of tools.  Some enjoyed mixing the colors to make hues of green.  Others experimented with displacing the water in the jars as they added sensory balls to their mixtures.  Kids got plenty of time to practice fine motor, focused attention, creative problem solving and cognitive development.

PREK2:  This week older kids are talking about keeping track of the year using a calendar.  Though its a bit complicated an idea for some of our youngest, our group could talk about keeping track of time though the awareness of seasonal change.  We talked about different times in the year as a group.  Then we each came up to the board to sort what season we might do or see different things.  Our older kids in the group enjoyed chiming in to help the youngest kids if they were stumped on what season their card belonged to.  This not only helped younger kids, it helped older kids to gain more from the activity through teaching others. 

Breakfast– Toasted whole wheat bread with butter and fresh watermelon.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with marinara sauce and shredded cheese, fresh mango/pear/banana/orange, and fresh cucumber.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with granola and fresh blueberries.

Wee Sprout– Fresh pepper/cucumber.

Have a wonderful night!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-05-19