Good Afternoon!

We kicked off our week by diving into what we did over the weekend, specifically where we went. Friends thought for a moment and shared where in the community they had went. Several children shared that they went to gymnastics—popular weekend activity! Throughout the week, we’ll discuss places in our community as well as specific places in our classroom!

Later on in PREK1 group, we talked about the grocery store while reading a few pages from Here and There. First, we talked about the grocery store as we know it as well as the kinds of grocery stores we have. Then, we started reading Here and There, where we found out that in Indonesia, they have ‘floating markets’ on rivers where people sell goods—how fun! Kids were all about that, stating, “I want to go there!”.

This morning we invited kids to use their imaginations to create cooperative imaginative play using “loose parts materials”.  They used boxes, blankets and recycled materials of different shapes.  What manifested in the group was a make believe “donut delivery shop”.  Cardboard rolls cut into pieces became the donuts which were packed in boxes for sale.  Small cardboard rectangles became phones used to order and receive calls from customers.  The large boxes were the homes of customers who order donuts.  Several friends worked to package donuts and deliver them while others ordered from “home”. There was a moment where the donut shop became overwhelmed with calls and we had to create an “on hold system” so orders could be placed one at a time.  Katherine later decided she wanted to grow her store into an “everything store” where a customer could order anything they wanted…maybe her version of the original Amazon book store…but with donuts .

The space under the tree was busy this morning as the art table and water table were at maximum capacity our entire time outside! We love having multiple spaces to utilize water when it’s warm out.

PREK2: At lunch today we got to try asparagus!  Arthur, who had been interested brought some in and we sautéed and mixed it into the pasta.  He was so excited to try it even though he said he had tried it the night before and hand not enjoyed the flavor :).  We made a class chart at group time deciding whether we liked or did not like the asparagus.  Hannah shared that she” kind of liked the asparagus but also kind of did not like it”, so we decided she should place her name on the line between the columns.

Breakfast– Whole wheat english muffins with butter and banana.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with shredded chicken and asparagus (thanks Arthur!), fresh oranges/banana, and fresh cucumber/snap peas.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with granola.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper/snap peas.

Have a lovely night!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-06-02