Hope everyone had a terrific holiday weekend!

**Weather permitting tomorrow, Group A will be headed to the farm tomorrow (Wednesday)!

While the swim group had their first swim session this morning (which went fantastic!), friends who stayed behind spent their morning building with blocks along with moving their bodies throughout the gross motor environment.

Children gathered around the island to bake healthy muffins for our afternoon snack. Every friend got a turn to help measure either a wet or dry ingredient.

Kindergarten: One of this week’s FABs is K.RF.3.1: Identify and produce rhyming words. The kindergarteners worked on this skill using a series of rhyming clip cards.

^The excitement of recognizing star rhymes with car!

Because we did this activity outside, many other friends were interested in joining as well. Even though our younger friends needed more teacher assistance, this provided a great opportunity to simply introduce the idea of rhyming words.

Hearing rhyming words is an important foundational skill for hearing the sounds within words, creating rhymes and reading. Rhyming teaches children how language works! 

Wee Sprouts: Carrots. Breakfast: Kix and oranges. Lunch: Whole wheat bread with hummus, fresh green beans and apples. Snack: Homemade whole wheat fruit muffins and mozzarella cheese.