Good Afternoon!
K/PREK1 friends continued to fill in our community helper chart. I read a description or list of tools needed for a job and children had to decide whether it went under farmer, veterinarian, or doctor. Without prompting, children added on to the tools or description, sharing personal stories that they had of each community helper.
Social Studies: K.2.1 Give examples of people who are community helpers (inside the classroom and outside the classroom) and describe how they help us.
In PREK2, children worked together to form two lists: rules at home and rules at school. One of our FAB’s this week focuses on rules at home/school and why we integrate them into each setting.
Evie and Penny explored the morning activity where they used a combination of materials available to display their knowledge of one to one correspondence. Different wooden shapes were made available plus various colored bunnies and bears. After placing several wooden pieces onto their tray, they each took a bear/bunny and placed one on each shape.
The notch blocks continued to be a focus in habitrail as children explored various ways to use them. One focus today was balance and how a tower may fall over if blocks dominated one side of the creation. This observation had children focusing on making sure that blocks were somewhat balanced.
We read several books..everyday..to different children. Not only do children love snuggling up with a teacher to read one of their favorite stories but this gives teachers an opportunity to form meaningful bonds with children.
There are several friends in our classroom who head to the reading area by themselves to ‘read’ stories. While they are not reading the words, they are observing the pictures and coming up with their own story. They are demonstrating literacy components such as turning the pages the correct way or making sure they’re holding the book the right way.
When children get older, they’re quick to identify punctuation when a teacher is reading to them—a simple story time is turned into an opportunity to authentically assess what aspects of literature children understand.
An open reading area all throughout the day is the best—not only for a quiet space for children but research shows that there are SO many benefits that comes from simply reading to children.
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/reading-to-children-benefits_ca_5cd54375e4b07bc729765bbb
Breakfast– Corn Chex and fresh oranges/banana.
Lunch– Hummus on whole wheat flatbread/tortilla, fresh apples/oranges, and fresh celery/peppers.
PM snack– Whole wheat bagel with cream cheese and string cheese.
Wee Sprout– Fresh celery/peppers.
Have a wonderful evening.
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 1/7
What a GREAT imagination. 
