Good Afternoon!
**Wee Friends Families—we have a large group of younger children who are interested in wooden puzzles (6-12 piece puzzles). If you have any that your children have outgrown, we would love any donations that you may have! Thank you!
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Our PREK1 group came to the sign in board where they worked at locating a four sided shape. Once they found a four sided shape, they circled the shape, identified the shape, and wrote their name! There were a few shapes mixed in that had either zero or three sides, sparking up a conversation about how shapes have a specific number of sides.
Later on in group, we read ‘The Boy With Big, Big Feelings’. We talked about our own feelings as well as identifying feelings in others. We completed an exercise where we closed our eyes, did some deep breathing, and thought about our day (who we played with, what activities we did, etc). After we took a minute to rethink about our morning, everyone opened their eyes. I asked friends to keep their voices quiet but to raise their hand when this certain emotion applied to their morning. For example, I asked, “Raise your hand if you felt sad at any point this morning?” (a few friends raised their hand). Then, I asked, “Raise your hand if you felt angry at any point this morning?”—we continued on with a few other feelings but we talked about how we often feel many emotions in a given time so our friends can feel the same emotions too!
K.G.2: Compare shapes using informal language to describe their similarities, differences, and parts (e.g. number of sides, length of sides, and vertices).
MACK WEEK 3: Children will learn to recognize and name emotions in themselves and others.
We have been playing with different ways to use shapes as well as putting them together to make new shapes. Today at our welcome activity, we offered three different shape trays for kids to explore openly. They made many discoveries through this exploration. Some friends found that they could use a large half circle from the circle tray to roll the round wooden pieces down. Others found they could balance the pieces to create tall towers, or as one friends made “pineapple ice cream cones”. Others found colored pieces on their trays and chose to sort them by color. It was great to see all the creative ways kids chose to use the shapes.
At the art center, writing work continued. Some kids wrote the names of their family members on cards they chose from the materials box. Others made books and practiced sounding out stories to write down. All these little projects allowed for deep child led learning experiences in the area of language and writing.
We hope you enjoy a few more pictures from our day!
Breakfast: Puffins cereal with fresh apple slices.
Lunch: Peanut butter on whole wheat tortilla, fresh grapes/oranges, and fresh cucumber/peppers.
PM Snack: Whole wheat bagel with cream cheese.
Wee Sprouts: Fresh snap peas/cucumbers.
Have a lovely day!
~Wee Friends Teachers
Link to Pictures:2025-09-16
