Good Afternoon!

Syllables was the focus of kindergarten sign in today! First, we talked about what syllables are before discussing the two ways that we can count syllables: clapping and hand on chin.

Together, we counted the syllables in the word apple before they tackled the three following words with little teacher assistance: banana, hand, and table.

We read the story, ‘The Listening Walk’, in K/PREK1 group. This week, we start our 12 week MACK (Mindful Attention with Curiosity and Kindness Curriculum) curriculum. This is a curriculum that encompasses the whole child so we’re not only meeting the cognitive needs to our child through the FAB’s but the social emotional needs as well. We have a library of books that speak specifically to the MACK curriculum. They are broken down into five topics: mindfulness, emotions, acts of kindness and friendship, peace and diversity, and gratitude. Our MACK for the week is:

Children will learn that mindfulness involves paying attention on purpose in the present moment with curiosity and kindness. Children will use their sense to describe what they are feeling and seeing in the world around them.

Afterwards, we continued to explore syllables by bringing our older preschool friends into the mix. For group, we used our names to start the conversation of syllables. Children chose to use the clapping method or the hand to chin method to see how many syllables were in each group members name! We found out that we are quite the two syllable word bunch!

K.RF.3.2: Orally segment words into syllables.

Several friends explored the welcome activity which was an open ended activity revolving around shapes! Daniel chose to use the shapes to make a picture, having to look specifically for certain shapes. Other children held the shapes in their hand, placing them strategically on the wooden board.

Miss Kim set up an art exploration that offered children the chance to use a variety of materials such as pinecones, feathers, beans, leaves, and crinkly paper. Children were able to use these materials as they wish so everyone’s creation look quite different!

Breakfast– Whole Grain Cheerios with fresh pineapple.

Lunch– Melted shredded cheese on whole wheat tortilla, fresh cantaloupe/pineapple, and fresh cucumber.

PM snack– Whole wheat bagel with peanut butter and string cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber.

Have a wonderful night.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 8/30

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Good Afternoon!

A friend was working on her forward roll.  Several friends went over to join her and practice doing them. 

We then engaged with our stacking cups and shape sorters.  We worked our fine motor, hand-eye coordination, color recognition  and sorting by size skills as we worked stacking them back together in the cup or on the pole of the stacker.

We then headed into the kitchen to draw with markers on a piece of cardboard. Paige shared with Miss Bekah that her markers weren’t working.  They were working, so Miss Bekah explained to her and the rest of her friends that the colors do not show up as bright because the cardboard is brown which is different than the white paper we usually use.

We then headed outside to run around the circle, go down the slide, play with the sea animals and trucks at the tables and watch the trash truck empty our trash bin.

Breakfast:  Whole grain wheat toast with butter and cinnamon/sugar mixture and fresh oranges.

Lunch:  Whole grain wheat pasta with black beans, fresh apple slices and cucumbers.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole milk yogurt and graham crackers.

Have a great evening!

Rebekah

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Happy Monday!

Enjoy a few pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with butter and banana.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with butter and shredded chicken, fresh pineapple, and fresh carrots/cucumber.

 PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with graham crackers.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/cucumber.

Have a wonderful night.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 8/29

Good Afternoon!

This morning was full of water and soap bubbles as we washed our toys from the front area of the classroom!  We used sponges and toothbrushes to get them clean.  While we washed the Duplos, we worked on our color recognition skills to identify the different colors we were cleaning.

During outside time, a few friends were busy drawing with chalk.  They were working on their tracing skills to trace a baby doll or have an older friend trace their body on the sidewalk.

Other friends were busy playing with trucks in the rocks inside the climbing house or walking their baby doll down the rock path.

Breakfast:  Whole grain brown rice cakes with cream cheese and fresh strawberries.

Lunch:  Ham lunchmeat on whole grain wheat bread, strawberries and cucumbers.

Afternoon Snack:  Goldfish crackers, bananas and mozzarella cheese stick.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Rebekah

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Happy Friday!

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

 

 

Breakfast– Brown rice cakes with peanut butter and banana.

Lunch– Hummus on whole wheat bread, green beans/cucumbers, oranges/bananas

PM snack– Pretzel sticks & string cheese

Wee Sprout– Fresh green beans/cucumber.

Have a lovely weekend!

-Mindy

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Good Afternoon!

For kindergarten sign in, our three kindergarteners played a round of ‘Community Helper Bingo’!

I read a description and they had to look at on their board to see if they had that specific community helper. They did fantastic at helping one another out with clues that were a little more challenging.

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.

The six K/PREK1 children are thriving during their daily journal experience. They’ve been working on their letter recognition as well as letter sounds, depending on readiness, and have thoroughly enjoyed getting to have this time to journal each day.

The welcome activity involved wooden circles and felt bunnies. Some children chose to sort the materials while others placed them on top of one another, creating a one to one correspondence learning experience.

When we went outside, friends took turns exploring a new game that Miss Tami brought in! Anywhere from two to four kids played at a time. They each held a frisbee and had to catch a koosh ball with the frisbee that a friend threw to them. It required quite a lot of concentration!

Breakfast– Toasted oatmeal squares with fresh strawberries.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded pork, fresh strawberries/pears, and fresh cucumber/pepper.

PM snack– Whole wheat crackers with peanut butter.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper.

Have a great evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 8/25

Good Afternoon!  Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast:  Kix cereal and fresh apples.

Lunch:  Whole grain brown rice with black beans, fresh apples and tomatoes.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole grain wheat Ritz crackers with peanut butter.

Wee Sprouts:  Red bell peppers

Have a terrific evening!

Rebekah

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Good Afternoon!

This morning we were busy in the the housekeeping area trying on dress-up hats and shoes and picking out a purse to go on a trip.

Friends were interested in playing instruments, so the drums were brought down for something different to play.  Miss Bekah talked to us and showed us how to make fast and slow beats with our hands on them.  We then used our hands to make fast and slow beats. 

Dax was interested in the xylophone on the wall.  He used his mallet to tap on the bars to hear the different sounds each one made.

We then headed over to the block area to build with Magna-Tiles and Duplos.

While music was playing in the background, the song See The Bunnies Sleeping? came on.  Miss Bekah then did her version of the song for us to act out.

We then headed outside to engage in our favorite activities.  What a busy, fun-filled day!

Breakfast:  Overnight oatmeal with cinnamon/sugar mixture and fresh strawberries.

Lunch:  Farm fresh scrambled eggs with cheese, whole grain wheat tortillas, fresh oranges and tomatoes.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole grain wheat flatbread with cream cheese.

Wee Sprouts:  Yellow bell peppers.

Have a wonderful evening!

Rebekah

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Good Afternoon!

In K/PREK1 group today, we read, ‘Albert The Fix-It Man’. Albert had so many talents and could fix almost anything! He had several tools that he used to do his jobs.

Afterwards, we continued our discussion from yesterday about community helpers. I had six job descriptions taped up onto the chalkboard. I read one at a time and children had to work together to see what job matched that job description. I read the first description which was, “I make things out of wood. I use a hammer, saw, nails, and other tools to do my job.” Then, I read each job title and as a group, they talked about what job title fit the description. ‘Carpenter’ was the only job title friends were unsure about. Every other job title they could identify!

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.

James has been very interested in building a marble track like we have in the past. He took it upon himself to see how his peers felt about this. He grabbed a clipboard, a piece of paper, and a pencil. He went around asking each peer if they wanted to build a marble track. For yes’s, he made a tally mark while no’s were displayed as X’s. Throughout the whole process, the results were fairly even!

On our agenda this week: build a marble track!

The balls along with the hoop were made available as soon as we went outside this morning. Maggie and Imogen tried their hardest to make baskets and they found that the more they worked at it, the easier it got! Hannah made her first basket and came running to the top of the yard shouting, “I made my basket!!”

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh watermelon/banana.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat tortilla, fresh cantaloupe, and fresh cucumber/pepper.

PM snack– Blue corn chips with hummus.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper.

Have a lovely night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 8/24

Good Afternoon!

This week, we’ll be focusing on community helpers in K/PREK1 group. After reading, ‘Strictly No Elephants’, I brought up the term ‘community helper’ and everyone was quite unsure of what that meant. So, we identified what the word ‘community’ meant first.

Afterwards, we talked about ten community helpers that we run into in our daily lives. Each helpers name was written on the board and we worked together to come up with a way that they help us and our community. A few friends shared personal stories associated with a specific community helper. James, who has a dog at home, talked specifically about the importance of a veterinarian because his dog hurt her leg so she’ll need surgery.

Throughout the week, we’ll identify more helpers that make up our community.

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.

Our PREK2 friends have been enjoying a daily, structured journal time. This allows them to work on the letters of their name and putting words to their drawing with the help of Miss Kim!

We started our yearly art project that we’ll display in the reading area! We used two complimentary colors, teal and a burnt orange, along with white. There were a couple steps to this project.

The first step was to place several dots of each color around the canvas. Some friends chose to spread out the paint dots while others chose to put the dots closely together. Rowan chose to put the paint dots on top of each other!

Once the dots were placed on the canvas, children took a squeegee and ran the colors together. Each friend took the squeegee and placed it at the top of the canvas and pulled the squeegee towards them and the bottle of their canvas. This allowed the colors to run together and made every single canvas unique based on the amount of dots and how the squeegee was used. We can’t wait to get them hung in the reading area!

Enjoy the pictures from the rest of our day!

Breakfast– Kix and fresh apples.

Lunch– Peanut butter sandwiches on whole wheat bread, fresh watermelon, and fresh cherry tomatoes/purple beans/cucumber.

PM snack– Whole wheat bagel with cream cheese and cheddar sliced cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper.

Have a lovely night.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 8/23