Good Afternoon!

We worked with shapes today in K/PREK1 group. Each friend had three shapes that they had to identify and place under the shape name. We talked about how many sides each shape has as well as similarities and differences between shapes. For example, we talked about how a square and rectangle are similar and different: they both have four sides but a rectangle is longer than a square.

K.4.1: Identify and describe geometric objects: circle, triangle, square, rectangle, diamond, trapezoid, hexagon, octagon. parallelogram, sphere, and cube.

In PREK2, children played a game using hexagon pieces and a gameboard. The main object of the game was to work on rhyming words! Miss Kim started a conversation about rhyming words and what rhyming words sound like.

‘Peanut’ was the star of our art activity this morning! Friends had various interpretations of what she looks like.

We got some fresh air by going for a short walk before lunch. We even got to see a train that was on the tracks down the road!

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with fresh watermelon.

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

PM snack– Blue corn chips and hummus.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/cherry tomatoes.

Have a wonderful night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 1/19

Good Afternoon!

The kindergarten sign in required children to draw a line from a shape to the shape name. We talked about the number of sides on each shape as the lines were being drawn.

K.4.1: Identify and describe geometric objects: circle, triangle, square, rectangle, diamond, trapezoid, hexagon, octagon. parallelogram, sphere, and cube.

We played a round of memory game with rhyming words in K/PREK1! Cards were placed picture side down and we went around the circle so everyone could have a turn. We played until all of the matches were spoken for. Not only did children have to decide if the two words rhymed but friends had to pay attention to where the cards were which was the hardest part!

K.RF.3.1: Identify and produce rhyming words.

In PREK2, children were given one shape. They looked at the shape and using sticks, made their own shape!

A fun, interactive activity was set up on the backdoor. Miss Annastecia created a contact paper snowman! There were various materials that were set out for friends to put on the snowman including puff balls, foam pieces, wooden sticks, and crinkle paper. Children LOVED adding to the snowman.

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“Children learn as they play, and more importantly in play, they learn how to learn.”

We switched out the swings in the habitrail area. We got out the green bar which proves to be a little more challenging for friends to get up on the bar. BUT it offers a great opportunity for perseverance and hard work.

Breakfast– Kix and banana.

Lunch– Ham on whole wheat tortilla, fresh watermelon, and fresh cucumber/snap peas.

PM snack– Whole wheat english muffins with peanut butter and sliced cheddar cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/snap peas.

Have a great night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 1/18

Good Afternoon

We started our day off pretty excited about breakfast! Our little ones LOVE Kix cereal.  

Ms. Bekah brought in a matching activity from her house that our two year old’s could engage in today! The matching objects were footballs that had different colors on them. Friends could utilize their cognitive skills to try and recall where the same colored football match was from a prior flip of the ball. Our color recognition skills are also an added in skill that we work on.

Meanwhile, our younger friends manipulated puzzles that were age appropriate for their age group.

After we were all done manipulating the puzzles we went over to the sensory table to engage in scooping, pouring and cleaning up sand that we had spilled onto the floor.

Breakfast: Whole grain Kix cereal and apples.

Lunch: Whole wheat bread with peanut butter and cheddar cheese slices, sweet potatoes, oranges and watermelon.

Snack: Whole wheat/gain English muffins with butter and cinnamon and watermelon.

Have a lovely evening.

Marty

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Good afternoon and Happy Monday! I hope you all had a fantastic weekend.

We were very happy to have all eight of our friends back with us at school today!  

One of our two and a half year old friends asked teachers if we could paint today! We all love to paint so we decided that this was a great idea. We painted with snowflake stamps with the colors blue and white!

We then had a great time utilizing our gross motor skills.We used our body and balancing skills to walk up and then down the soft star climber. We also learn how to work with our friends on taking turns and waiting patiently.

Miss Emma was very found of the Frosty the Snowman book today! She carried it around the  classroom most of the morning.However, she did take a quick break to sit down and read it/look at the pictures.

Breakfast: Whole wheat butter toast with cinnamon and oranges.

Lunch: Whole wheat Penne noodles with butter and shredded chicken, corn and apples.

Snack: Whole milk yogurt wit graham crackers.

Wee Sprouts: Crisp crunch carrots.

Have a nice evening.

Marty

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Happy Monday!

Evie and Mack explored uppercase and lowercase letters for their kindergarten sign in. There were blank spaces where they had to write the missing letter.

K.W.2.1: Write most uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet, correctly shaping and spacing.

During K/PREK1 group, we read, ‘Dinosaur Alphabet Book’. Afterwards, we played ‘Shape-ing-o’ which is a shape bingo game! We helped one another throughout the game. There were a mixture of 2-D and 3-D shapes. We’ll play again later in the week to see if our knowledge of shapes has grown after exploring them in various activities.

K.4.1: Identify and describe geometric objects: circle, triangle, square, rectangle, diamond, trapezoid, hexagon, octagon. parallelogram, sphere, and cube.

In PREK2, friends worked together to match shapes. Children took the shapes and found the match on the sheet that was provided. As they found the match, they talked about the name of each shape.

One of our favorite books in our MACK collection is ‘What Should Danny Do?’. It’s an interactive game where children get to make Danny’s choices for him. The choices that we make for Danny will affect his day. At each stopping point in the story where there’s a dilemma, two choices are made available: a good choice and a poor choice.

We love reading the book multiple times, making different choices to see how it changes his day!

We switched out the sensory bin to colored rice! Friends were quick to explore the bin and the materials that were put in there as well.

Breakfast– Whole wheat english muffins with butter and fresh apples.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with marinara sauce and shredded cheese, fresh oranges, and fresh cucumber/carrots.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with granola.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/carrots.

Have a wonderful night.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 1/17

Happy Friday!

Mack and Evie looked at our groups on their kindergarten sign in: 1 syllable, 2 syllables, 3 syllables, and 4 syllables. We read several words that were written on notecards and when they determined how many syllables each word had, they placed the card onto the correct group.

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

We read two ‘Frog and Toad’ stories in K/PREK1 group. Afterwards, we formed a circle where laminated cards were placed face down in the center of our circle. Throughout our activity, friends got to choose three cards that had an image on it along with three numbers. Evie chose first. She got a picture of a flower and determined that ‘flower’ has two syllables. She found the number 2 on her card and clipped that number using a clothespin.

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

We put shaving cream out for our morning sensory experience. Most friends enjoyed working their hands around in the shaving cream while others used their finger to draw pictures or write their name!

After the shaving cream experience came to a close, water color palettes were made available for friends to use. Brushes with small tips were given to friends who wanted to explore the palettes. Our watercolor creations turned out beautiful!

Breakfast– Brown rice cakes with peanut butter and fresh apples.

Lunch– Peanut butter sandwiches on whole wheat bread, fresh pineapple, and fresh cucumber.

PM snack– Pretzels with sliced cheddar cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber.

Have a wonderful weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 1/14

Good Afternoon and Happy Friday!

Our friends were all about engaging with the baby dolls again today. Most of our morning was spent getting the babies to sleep, feeding them and even lying down and going to sleep with them. How sweet!

Paige and another friend wanted to sit on the stools and watch our fish, Hey Diddle Diddle and Orangie swim around their water home.

A few friends noticed the many letters on the wall. Then a conversation started about what letters were seeing. Then friends moved onto looking at the wall abacus and how they could manipulate the balls all around the paths.

What a great Friday!!!

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

Lunch: Whole wheat bread with hummus, peas and oranges.

Snack: Pretzels and Cheddar cheese slices.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a fantastic weekend.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

Evie and Mack counted three different configurations. Once they figured out the total, they circled each group with a certain marker color.

K.NS.5: Count up to 20 objects arranged in a line, a rectangular array, or a circle. Count up to 10 objects in a scattered configuration.

After reading, ‘A to Z Have You Ever Felt Like Me?’ in K/PREK1, we worked together to identify uppercase letters and put them in order. C started by finding the A, followed by Evie who found the B, and so on. There were a few letters that proved challenging and friends were quick to help one another!

K.RF.2.4: Identify and name all uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet.

In PREK2, children were asked to pull out a certain color of puff ball out of the group. When they pulled out every puff ball of that color, they had to count how many they had!

Miss Kim set up an activity this morning where children explored chemical reactions. They used baking soda and teal water color. When they added the two together, a chemical reaction occurred where the mixture bubbled up over the test tube!

We enjoyed a second day outside exploring the snow and ice! The fresh air felt lovely!

Breakfast– Whole Grain Cheerios with banana.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded pork, fresh apples/banana, and fresh cucumber/cherry tomatoes.

PM snack– Peanuts and wheat thins.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/cherry tomatoes.

Have a wonderful night.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 1/13

Good Afternoon.

This morning Paige showed interest in the ball maze. She took the small ball and placed it on the ramp section and happily watched the ball go down through the maze.

Our friend Arthur was extremely happy to be back in the classroom. Just look at that smile.  

Emily was happy to be back at school as well. We LOVE that our littles enjoy school so much.

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and pears.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with shredded beef, corn and pears.

Snack: Whole wheat thin crackers and sunflower seeds.

Wee Sprouts: Crunch carrots.

Have a lovely evening.

Marty

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Good Afternoon.

We were happy to see a couple more friends join in our classroom fun today!

Today we were excited working with glue. Some of the older friends enjoyed squeezing glue from their glue bottle while our younger friends attempted but still needed some guidance. Once our glue was placed onto our construction paper we put down white cotton balls. We pretended the cotton balls were snow balls.  

Since we had warmer weather today, we bundled up in our snow pants, boots, hats and gloves and headed outside for some fresh air and to have fun playing in the snow. We enjoyed sledding down the small hill, eating the snow and just walking on snow hearing it crunch underneath our feet.

Breakfast: Whole grain Oatmeal with cinnamon and cantaloupe.

Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs, whole wheat butter toast, peas and apples.

Snack: Whole wheat tortilla with refried beans.

Wee Sprouts:  Cucumbers.

Have a lovely night.

Marty

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