WF, 05/11/2026 | Wee Friends Early Childhood Program LLC

Good Afternoon!

**Starting today, Miss Tina will be joining us on Monday and Tuesdays for the majority of the summer as a few teachers will take turns having some time off. Miss Tina knows most of our kiddos from her time at Wee Wee over the last few years! We are excited to have her back for the summer!

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This morning, we kicked off our week by starting to talk about money, values, and how and what we spend our money on! For PREK1 sign in, we specifically looked at the penny and added up how many pennies were on the board.

In group, we read ‘Those Shoes’ which is a book about buying goods and deciphering between wants and needs. We also talked about what ‘thrift shops’ are since the main character was searching the local thrift shops for shoes that were his size and at a price that he could afford.

Social Studies: K.4.1 Explain that people work to earn money to buy the things they want. Introduce money names and values.

Older friends have been talking about the value of money in group. We took the opportunity to expand on this and offer a way for kids to explore these ideas through play. Kids enjoyed the “flower shop cooperative play” activity where they could buy flowers or sell them to costumers. During their play, teachers were able to share the values of different coins and how to add up numbers for the total price. Kids were also interested in looking at numbers on bills. They found 1’s, 5’s, 10’s and 20’s.