Good Afternoon!

Our PREK1 group members came to sign in this morning. Each child chose a card that had one of three things on it: a shape, letter, or color. We looked at the three categories that were available and friends chose which group their image belonged to!

Later on in PREK1 group, we focused on a second text genre today: poetry! We read ‘It’s Raining Pigs and Noodles’ and each friend chose one poem to read. One of the poems focused on an invisible friend which peaked the interest of a few of our friends! So much so that a few children journaled around the concept of being invisible.

K.DA.1: Identify, sort, and classify objects by size, number, and other attributes. Identify objects that do not belong to a particular group and explain the reasoning used.

K.RL.3.1: Recognize familiar narrative text genres (e.g. fiction, nonfiction, fairytales, poems).

This morning, we offered a new  “mixing experiment” since our interest in mixing ingredients to see what happens, is still strong in our group.  We tried flour, water and oatmeal today.  Friends described it as pancake batter or muffins as they mixed it.  Several kids enjoyed filling muffin tins and pretending to bake.  Other descriptive words included slimy, gooey, cold and bumpy.  These kinds of projects do many things for the development.  One thing these activities do is cause kids to focus their attention.  If you look at the pictures, you can see that intense focus on their faces.  Those are the moments kids are experiencing deep learning through experimentation and developing sustained attention.  The ability for sustained attention is a skill that is lacking among school age kids in a world emersed in technology.  The ability to focus attention is their first step in the ability to learn, retain knowledge, be observant and develop creative ideas of their own.  

We had to come inside today because of an approaching rain storm.  When we came in, Arthur illustrated the rainstorm in a drawing.  We love to see our kids using art to represent things they are experiencing and thinking about. 

Breakfast: Puffins cereal with fresh strawberries.

Lunch: Peanut butter on whole wheat tortilla, fresh grapes/pineapple, and fresh peppers/cucumbers.

PM Snack: Whole wheat bagels with cream cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers/peppers.

Have a wonderful afternoon!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to Pictures: 2025-09-23