Happy Monday!
The FAB’s for this week:
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.
Social Studies: K.2.3 Give examples of classroom and school rules and explain how each helps us.
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In K/PREK1, we started off with our yoga session that was led by David. He chose ‘Superhero Yoga’ and chose two poses for us to do. As children are in their specific pose, they’re practicing their deep breathing. We quietly transition to our mats and get ready for whatever story we’re reading.
Today, we dove into ‘Wemberly Worried’ which focused on the main character Wemberly. It didn’t take children long to realize that Wemberly worries A LOT. First, Penny told us the meaning of the word ‘worried’. Children shared their worries or fears: “being around new people” and “starting a new school” were shared multiple times.
We’re discussing rules that we follow both inside the classroom and outside the classroom throughout the week. Each group member came up with one rule and they had to state if it’s a rule we follow inside or outside (or both) AND why we have this rule. We had TONS of discussions today that focused around rules and what happens when we don’t follow the rules. For example, N shared that, “If you don’t follow the rule and choose to run inside, you may knock a friend down and they may get hurt.”
Social Studies: K.2.3 Give examples of classroom and school rules and explain how each helps us.
In PREK2, friends talked about specific community helpers and the tools they use to do their job. Each group member had the opportunity to come up to the board and draw a line that connected the community helper to the tool they use.
Several friends sat down to interact with the morning activity that integrated counting, patterns, and number recognition. Mack sat down and filled his number tray with the correct number of blocks. He took his index finger and counted each block he had. Daniel used the pattern book and with the help of older peers, completed an ABC pattern using the colors yellow, green, and blue.
Children flocked to the art table where they helped Miss Kim make salt dough. This salt dough was used to make dinosaur fossils which we will complete later on this week!
“A garden is a grand teacher. It teachers patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust.”
-Gertrude Jekyll
Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with peanut butter and fresh pears.
Lunch– Whole wheat noodles with butter and shredded beef, fresh banana, and fresh carrots/green beans.
PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with fresh pears.
Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots.
Have a fantastic evening.
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 8/26
