Happy Valentine’s Day!

We read, ‘101 Dalmatians’ in K/PREK1 group. Afterwards, each group member got one illustration from the book. We all formed a circle and shared the illustration that everyone had. Together, they worked to put the illustrations into the order in which they occurred in the book!

K.1.4: Identify and order events that take place in a sequence.

It was all about self love and showing others love today! An art activity was set up at the art table where children used various paint colors to dot their paper heart using an eye dropper. Once they were done, they folded the heart into half to make prints on both sides.

While they were doing this activity, Miss Annastecia was writing down things that children loved about themselves. Some answers were:

“I am beautiful.”

“I am a good big brother.”

“I am helpful.”

“I have a kind heart.”

It can be challenging for children to show self love as well as  talking about what characteristics or personality traits that make them who they are. But after talking about things that we can love about ourselves, most children were able to come up with an amazing example!

Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with butter and banana.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with marinara sauce and ground beef, fresh pears, and fresh cucumber/carrots.

PM snack– Homemade strawberry banana smoothie and graham crackers.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/cucumber.

Have a great evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 2/14

Happy Valentine’s Day! I hope you are all having a great day.

Today, friends were VERY excited about handing out their Valentine’s cards to one another in their decorated bags!

 

We then headed into the kitchen for a fun sensory Valentine activity. We put glue on our pre-cut hearts and then placed pink and white petals onto our hearts.

We then took our heart boards and placed colorful pegs into the holes. This activity helps us with our hand-eye coordination and our color recognition skills.

Breakfast: Whole wheat butter toast with cinnamon and oranges.

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with butter and black beans, sweet potato’s and pears.

Snack: Whole milk yogurt with graham crackers and strawberries.

Wee Sprouts: Cooked carrots.

Have a fantastic night!

Marty

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Happy Friday!

In K/PREK1 group, we read, ‘The Wild Toboggan Run’. Afterwards, children worked together to identify the characters, setting, and events. Children were curious about toboggans so we pulled up a video of toboggans at the Olympics as well as classic wooden toboggans!

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Our art table was in full transformation mode this morning as it turned from a Valentines Day bag decorating center to a sensory playdoh experience!

Breakfast– Brown rice cakes with peanut butter and banana.

Lunch– Turkey sandwiches on whole wheat bread, fresh pineapple/banana, and fresh green beans/cherry tomatoes.

PM snack– Pretzels and block cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh green beans/cherry tomatoes/cucumber.

Have a wonderful weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 2/11

Good Afternoon and Happy Friday! I hope you all have had a great week.

PLEASE NOTE: Monday, to help celebrate Valentine’s Day… It will be a pajama day, or if your child has a fun Valentiny outfit they would rather wear, that’s awesome too!

Today, as we are gearing up for Valentine’s Day, we decorated our bags. We used vibrant colored markers to make our bags look fun. We’re all pretty excited to share our Valentine’s  

We sang, danced and acted out many fun songs today to get our bodies in motion!

We then extended our gross motor activity by engaging the soft star climber. We practice patience while waiting for one friend at a time to climb up and then slide down.

 

Breakfast: Whole grain brown rice cakes with peanut butter and banana.

Lunch:Whole wheat bread with Turkey and cream cheese roll ups, corn and pineapple.

Snack: Whole grain goldfish crackers and Block cheddar cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a fantastic weekend, we will see you Monday!

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

Evie practiced separating sets of a certain number into equal groups for her kindergarten sign in. For the first problem, she had to form three equal groups. Each group ended up having three stars in it. The second problem prompted her to create four equal groups that ended up having two circles in each group. As she made the groups, she checked her work by counting how many items were in group, making sure they were equal.

K.NS.10: Separate sets of ten or fewer objects into equal groups.

After reading, ‘What Should Danny Do?’ in K/PREK1, we used greater than and less than signs with colored counters. I had Evie and P count out as many colored counters as they wanted. When they were done, Evie had 21 and P had 10. They quickly said that 21 is more than 10 so we put the correct sign in between the two groups.

Then, I set up a problem for them to solve. I had a specific number of counters and a sign. They had to figure out how many the other group should have to make the problem true!

K.NS.7: Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group.

In PREK2, children matched mittens! On one mitten was the written number while the other mitten had an item configuration. Children matched the written number to the correct configuration.

Several friends explored the new playdoh that was made a few weeks back. Tools such as rolling bins and scissors were used to manipulate the playdoh and form various creations like snakes and cookies!

I was scrolling through social media last night when this Teacher Tom post popped up. I read it and immediately thought of my early childhood experience to that of most children in the United States today. What children are expected to do has drastically changed but children are still the same! Curious. Inventive. Brilliant.

In this article, Teacher Tom shares his views on why early childhood experiences should be play based.

“The evidence tells us that early childhood education should focus on equity, happiness, well-being and joy in learning. This is what Finland has done by basing their educational model on childhood play, which is, again according to the overwhelming preponderance of research, the gold standard.”

http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2022/02/we-must-demand-play-based-education.html

Breakfast– Toasted oatmeal squares with banana.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded chicken, fresh cantaloupe, and fresh green beans/cucumber.

PM snack– Peanuts and whole wheat crackers.

Wee Sprout– Fresh green beans/carrots.

Have a lovely evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 2/10

Good Afternoon.

Please enjoy the pictures from our Thursday!

Breakfast: Whole grain Chex cereal and apples.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with butter and shredded cheese, sweet potatoes and banana.

Snack: Sunflower seeds and whole wheat Triscuit crackers.

Wee Sprouts: Peas and carrots mixture.

Have a lovely night.

Marty

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Good Afternoon.

Emma and some friends were climbing on the habi-trail having fun with one another and Emma decided to play Peek-A-Boo through the bars of the habi-trail structure.

Paige was happily engaged in building with the duplo blocks today. She manipulated the blocks with much determination. She did a fantastic job getting the blocks to stick to one another so she could be a tall tower.

Yay, the temps warmed up so we could enjoy the snow and fresh air. Winter can be so much fun for us when the temps cooperate.  

Breakfast: Whole grain Oatmeal with cinnamon and apples.

Lunch: Farm fresh eggs with shredded cheese, whole wheat tortilla, mixed peas and carrots along with apples and pears.

Snack: Whole grain blue corn chips with refried beans .

Wee Sprouts: Broccoli.

Have a fantastic evening.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh oranges.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat flatbread, fresh oranges/apples, and fresh cucumber/cherry tomatoes.

PM snack– Blue corn chips and hummus.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/cherry tomatoes.

Have a wonderful night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 2/9

Good Afternoon!

Evie dealt with greater than, less than, or equal to signs during her kindergarten sign in. She identified two numbers and had to determine which number was bigger. She chose the sign to put in between the two numbers. An easy way for children at this age to understand the concept is to use an alligator mouth; the alligators mouth always eats the bigger number!

K.NS.7: Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group.

We read, ‘The Rabbit Listened’ in K/PREK1 which was a story about feelings emotions. At the end of the story, friends shared what they took away from the story: “The bunny listened to Taylor!” was a comment that I heard several times.

Afterwards, we talked about the characters, setting, and events that made up the storyline. Friends were eager to share their comments and answers!

K.RL.2.3: Identify important elements of the text (e.g., characters, settings, or events).

In PREK2, children used popsicle sticks to identify which group had more and which group had less. They also talked about the phrase ‘equal to’ when dealing with two groups.

Evie and Daniel explored the sketching books this morning. Children love the step by step directions that are easily followed, especially when it’s a challenging drawing! These types of books offer children assistance and guidance but also an opportunity for imagination.

“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.”

-Albert Einstein

Breakfast– Kix and banana.

Lunch– Refried beans and melted shredded cheese on whole wheat tortilla, fresh pears, and fresh carrots.

PM snack– Whole wheat english muffins with peanut butter and block swiss cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh pepper/carrots.

Have a wonderful night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 2/8

Good Afternoon.

Today we were all excited to dive into painting. We painted with our hands/fingers with purple, red and pink. This is our absolute favorite style of painting, as we can get our hands all messy! What a great sensory experience.  

Our little sweet girl just wanted to say, “Cheese” for the camera. She’s all ready for Valentine’s Day with her cute heart outfit.

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and Apples.

Lunch: Whole wheat/grain flatbread with refried beans and shredded cheese, broccoli and bananas.

Snack: Whole wheat English muffins with peanut butter.

Have a great night.

Marty

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