Good Afternoon.

This morning while Miss Annastecia was in our classroom, she brought over her yoga activity game.  Friends were pretty excited to roll the dice and see what position they needed to move and stretch their bodies to. They had a GREAT yoga session with much enthusiasm.

Arthur enjoyed the wooden popper sticks activity. He utilizes his hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills to place the colored stick into a hole in the wooden base. giving a small amount of pressure the stick will pop out if its hole. This activity can also enhance a child’s color recognition and matching skills.

When Miss Annastecia was getting ready to leave our classroom andgo to the preschool classroom, friends wanted to give her a hand slap (five) as she was exiting.

Breakfast: Whole grain Kix cereal and pears.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with butter and black beans, peas and carrots and watermelon.

Snack: Sunflower seeds and Wheat crackers.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a splendid night.

Marty

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Good Afternoon.

Today was another busy day today full of fun.  

We had our PTQ (Paths To Quality) visit today and our friends were excited to see her when she arrived. Emily enjoyed her so much, she decided to stick close by nd check out what she was working on.

With the temperatures being extra fridgid these days, we decided to bring some of our snow from our outdoor environment inside for a cold and wet sensory activity! Boy, were our little hands super chilly when we were all done. We had a great time and enjoyed being able to eat and play with the snow.

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

Lunch: Farm fresh eggs, whole wheat butter toast, corn and pears.

Snack: Whole wheat flat bread with cream cheese.

Wee sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a warm night!

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh watermelon.

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

PM snack– Air popped popcorn with butter and raisins.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cherry tomatoes/cucumber.

Have a great night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 1/26

Good Afternoon!

In K/PREK1 group, we read ‘Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs’ which is one of our favorite fiction stories! Children love to fantasize about food falling from the sky as well as sharing what foods they would pick for each meal.

An activity was done in PREK2 group that focused on the story, ‘The Rabbit Listened’. There were several animals that were identified in the story so after the story was done, children put the animals in order for which they appeared in the story!

At the art table, friends got to paint ice in circular trays! They used a variety of water colors. Everyone had a different takeaway from seeing watercolors on the ice.

As the activity went on, the ice transformed and started to melt. This resulted in children commenting on the properties of ice and how easily the ice was broken since it had been sitting out. A group of friends talked about what would happen if hot water was poured on the ice melt. A simple art exploration turned into a science experiment that prompted conversations about the properties of water!

Children gathered on the building rug which was transformed to the yoga rug! Miss Annastecia brought in yoga dice from home. Each child was given a turn to roll the yoga dice to determine what pose the group tried next. The pose that was most challenging was ‘Cowface’. Cowface required children to sit straight up with their legs crossed over each other while bent. They had to take their arms and try to connect them behind their back (one arm over shoulder and one under)—it was challenging for all of us!

Breakfast– Kix and banana.

Lunch– Peanut butter sandwich on whole wheat bread, string cheese, fresh watermelon, and fresh cucumber.

PM snack– Whole wheat english muffins with cream cheese and sliced colby jack cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber.

Have a wonderful night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 1/25

Good Afternoon.

Today we engaged in many different activities that kept our day very busy! We played in the  moon sand that is ohhhh so soft! During this activity we can scoop,  pour and even clean up any sand that falls to the floor. Our two year old’s LOVE cleaning up the sand.

Then we had fun “skating” on paper plates while listening  to the song, Listen and Move by Greg and Steve. Friends are encouraged to follow along with what the narrator of the song is asking of us. We had a great time.  

Emily enjoyed our colorful bucket people loose parts activity this morning. She can take the little person with their specific color and match it with the same color bucket. We can also work on her knowledge of the colors.

We then engaged in the Roll and Race activity. There are different colored and textured ramps that friends can race their cars down. We talked about if the cars made different sounds as they zoomed down the tracks and if one track made the car goes at a faster or slower pace.

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and Apples.

Lunch: Whole wheat tortilla with refried beans and shredded cheddar cheese, sweet potatoes and apples.

Snack: Whole wheat English muffin with butter and cinnamon and watermelon.

Have a great night. Stay warm.

Marty

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Good Afternoon. I hope you all had a great weekend.

Our two friends were happily engaged in dramatic play this morning. They both took turns covering one another up with a silky “blanket” to go night-night.

Emma really has been showing a lot of interest in sitting on the rocking chair. Teachers help her up into the chair and then she happily rocks herself. She really gets her body moving so she can feel the chair move.  

Emily was working hard while concentrating on placing the large beads onto the balancing structure today! While working on her hand-eye coordination to get the beads onto the sticks she can also start to understand the color of the beads.

Breakfast: Whole wheat butter toast with cinnamon and apples.

Lunch: Whole wheat Penne pasta with butter and red beans, squash and pears.

Snack: Whole milk yogurt with graham crackers.

Wee Sprouts: Corn.

Have a lovely evening.

Marty

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Happy Monday

For kindergarten sign in, Evie wrote down the number of sides and vertices of several shapes. She noticed a pattern: the number of vertices and sides were the same for each shape!

K.G.2: Compare shapes using informal language to describe their similarities, differences, and parts (e.g., number of sides, length of sides, and vertices).

K/PREK1 group read, ‘Room On The Broom’ before diving into a discussion about authors and illustrators. We identified what an author does and what an illustrator does. We took our discussion one step further as we talked about characters in our favorite stories.

Many of our favorite books were up on the chalkboard. I read the titles aloud. Then, I read a character or characters and children told me what book the characters belong to.

K.RL.3.2: Define the role of the author and illustrator of a story in telling the story.

Dr. Seuss was the topic of PREK2 group as they talked about authors and illustrators. Dr. Seuss is one of our favorite authors!

We started an art project last week where children used various sized circular stamps. Today, they used the three primary colors to fill in the circles. Not only did they use the primary colors on their painting but they mixed the primary colors together, making new colors! Friends chatted while they painted about the colors that the primary colors made such as blue and yellow made green!

The light table was made available in the science area. Our FAB’s for the last few weeks have focused on shapes which children are quite interested in! A group of friends got out the plastic shapes. They used the plastic shapes to make new shapes or a specific design!

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

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with butter and kidney beans, banana, and fresh carrots.

PM snack– Cottage cheese and fresh pears.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber.

Have a wonderful night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 1/24

Happy Friday!

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Brown rice cakes with peanut butter and banana.

Lunch– Hummus on whole wheat bread/english muffins, fresh apples, and fresh cucumber/broccoli.

PM snack– Pretzels and sliced cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper.

Have a wonderful weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 1/21

Good Afternoon!  Enjoy some pictures from our fun-filled day.

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

Lunch:  Hummus on whole grain wheat flatbread, fresh pears and mixed vegetables.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole grain wheat Ritz crackers and mozzarella cheese stick.

Wee Sprouts:  Cucumbers.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Rebekah

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Good Afternoon.

Let’s start off by showing our happy faces and smiles.

This morning we happily sat in our big bocks and rowed our boats while listening to the Row Row Your Boat song. We got our arms moving and pretended to row to many different places. We went to The North Pole, South Bend, and Japan. We sure did travel far!

We enjoyed using our dot markers on our snowmen cut out. We will take one home and one will hang up on our classroom windows. We used bright colors such as blue. green, red etc… Friends had so much fun filling up their snowmen.

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and Apples’.

Lunch: Whole grain Brown rice with butter and black beans, mixed veggies and pineapple.

Snack: Sunflower seeds and Whole wheat wheat thins crackers.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a great night.

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