Good Afternoon!
Maxwell and Lucy dove into several books this morning as we concentrated on different aspects of the makeup of stories.
Maxwell grabbed the story ‘The World’ which he quickly noticed that one page had no words. He said, “I know that they’re inside a house by a fire.” I asked him how he knew that and he said, “I looked at the picture.” We talked about how big of a roll pictures play in a story because besides the words, the picture can also tell you what’s happening.
Lucy looked at ‘Ten Little Ladybugs’ and commented on how on each page, there was one less ladybug. We talked about this pattern and how it was a number sequence so Lucy wrote out her numbers from 10 all the way down to 0.
I grabbed ‘Mud Puddle’ by Robert Munsch which we’ve read several times before. We looked at the cover and I asked Maxwell and Lucy to tell me everything they remember about this story. They gave me key, detailed events that happened in the story and even used some of the exact words that we’ve heard in the book.
K.RL.2.2: With support, retell familiar stories, poems, and nursery rhymes, including key details.
In K-PREK1, we started off by looking at a picture that was on the board. I asked, “What is this?” and children quickly responded, “A calendar!”. We talked about things we see on a calendar to which friends answered months, days, weeks, birthdays, holidays, and stay at home days (which we highlight so we can see school days vs. stay at home days).
‘A Child’s Calendar’ was the book choice of the day which tied in nicely to our activity. Throughout the book, each month was talked about in detail and specific things that happen in each month. For this age, holidays and birthdays are easily identified!
K.M.2: Understand concepts of time, including: morning, afternoon, evening, today, yesterday, tomorrow, day, week, month, and year. Understand that clocks and calendars are tools that measure time.
In PRE-K2, ‘The Big Leaf Pile’ was read and afterwards, children used their acquired knowledge to answer the question, “In what season do leaves fall from the trees?”. Friends took turns signing in under the correct season before heading to journal!
We are getting into the fall/Halloween spirit. Two friends requested ‘spooky music’ as they call it which allowed us to practice our scary faces, stirring techniques, and rattling of our bones. We are becoming expert skeletons..
Breakfast– Kashi Blueberry Clusters and PPC pears.
Lunch– Brown rice with shredded chicken, fresh apples, and PPC cherry tomatoes/cucumber.
PM snack– Whole wheat crackers and pumpkin seeds.
Wee Sprout– PPC cherry tomatoes/cucumber.
Have a great night!
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 10/11
