Good Afternoon!
In PREK1 group today, we read ‘Sassafras’ which is a fiction story about a skunk named Sassafras. Throughout the story, Sassafras learned that his friends weren’t bothered by his smell as much as he thought. We wrote the title of the story as well as the characters, setting, and three events. Friends have loved working together this week filling in our chart!
K.RL.2.3: Identify important elements of the text (e.g. characters, setting, or events).
We spent most of our morning outdoors, coming in only for lunch so we could enjoy as much of the warm spring weather as possible. We offered Wee Sprouts along with several outdoor activities to enhance play. Several kids worked on large group water color paintings at our outdoor easel. They did a great job practicing their social emotional skills as they asked to trade and shared colors!
We offered imaginative play activities throughout the outdoor space. Kids enjoyed finding ways to creatively use wood, sticks, rocks and bugs along with water trays. They found they could use pieces of wood as boats for their bugs. One friend decided to use the spiders to play “Anansi and the Magic Stick”. In the story, Anansi’s magic stick creates a flood while he is sleeping, so the kids enjoyed playing out that narrative with their collected natural materials. Using materials with no specific purpose pushes kids into high level cognitive, creative and executive function development as they find multiple solutions for every combination of items.
Kids practiced their writing and spelling skills with side walk chalk as they prepared a game of “Stop, Go and Slow” for the balance bikes.
Breakfast: Puffins cereal with fresh apple slices.
Lunch: Brown rice with turkey, fresh watermelon/banana and fresh cucumbers/peppers.
PM Snack: Whole wheat crackers with peanut butter and sunflower/pepita seeds/raisins on top.
Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers/peppers.
Have a wonderful night.
-Wee Friends Teachers
Link to pictures: 2026-03-26