Happy Friday!
Enjoy the pictures from our day!
Breakfast– Brown rice cakes with peanut butter and fresh pears.
Lunch– Peanut butter on whole wheat bread, cheddar block cheese, fresh oranges/banana, and fresh broccoli.
PM snack– Goldfish, string cheese, and oranges/grapes.
Wee Sprout– Fresh pepper/broccoli.
Have a great weekend!
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 2/5
Good Afternoon.
Today we engaged in shaving cream sensory play but pretended it was snow. 
We used paint brushes, trucks/bulldozers, silver glitter to make our “snow” shiny, and snowflake stampers. Miss Bekah also drew the letter of our first name and sounded that letter out for our friends to guess who’s name that letter started with. We had a great time.
Breakfast: Whole grain English muffins with peanut butter and oranges.
Lunch: Whole grain English muffins with shredded mozzarella cheese, corn and pears.
Snack: Whole grain cheese crackers and Cheddar cheese slices.
Have a lovely weekend and stay WARM!!
Marty
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Good Afternoon!
In K Group, we read, ‘When Sophie Gets Angry..Really, Really Angry’. The MACK for this week is: Children will learn a variety of strategies for managing strong emotions constructively, including expressing their emotions, listening to others, problem solving, and using mindfulness techniques. In the story, Sophie who is the main character, has some very strong emotions toward people in her family and she decided to run out in nature, which eventually allows her to calm her mind and her body. When she heads home, she is more level headed and ready to interact with her family. We chatted about strong emotions and how we handle them.
Afterwards, we gathered in a circle on the floor where we sorted food into six food categories: fruit, vegetables, milk and dairy, bread and grain, sweets, and meat and eggs. Once all of the food was sorted into the correct category, we talked about each category and which food we should eat a lot of and which food we should eat sparingly.
K.DA.1: Identify, sort, and classify objects by size, number, and other attributes. Identify objects that do not belong to a particular group and explain the reasoning used.
Maggie and James both requested our new playdoh this morning and they quickly got to work. James shared that he was making cookies for the teachers: chocolate chip cookies to be exact!
Our Wee Friends Valentines Day shop is open for business! Valentines manipulatives were spread out onto the circle table along with play money and bags. Children got a turn to go shopping and talk about what items cost a specific amount of money.
One of the art activities that spikes our older friend’s interest is the drawing books. Franklin found a drawing book that had an array of characters including horses, knights, and castles! He remained focused and drew every creature or structure that he saw.
Breakfast– Oatmeal squares and banana.
Lunch– Brown rice with shredded turkey, fresh banana/grapes, and fresh broccoli/cherry tomatoes.
PM snack– Graham crackers and peanuts.
Wee Sprout– Fresh broccoli/cherry tomatoes.
Have a lovely night!
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 2/4
Good Afternoon.
Please enjoy the pictures from our Thursday!
Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and apples.
Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with shredded turkey, mixed veggies and pears.
Snack: Pretzels and mozzarella string cheese.
Wee Sprouts: Fresh green beans.
Have a nice night.
Marty
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Good Afternoon.
Miss Paige is working hard on her crawling skills. She’s not a huge fan of tummy time but is starting to get there. We are super pleased with her progress and determination.
Meanwhile, the bigger kids are strengthening their gross motor skills while climbing, balancing and sliding down the soft star climber.
Breakfast: Whole grain oatmeal and oranges.
Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs with Colby jack cheese, Whole wheat English muffins with butter, peas and pears.
Snack: Whole wheat Ritz crackers and cream cheese.
Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.
Have a glorious evening.
Marty
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Happy Wednesday!
Enjoy the pictures from our day!
Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh pears.
Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat flatbread, fresh pineapple/pears, and fresh broccoli.
PM snack– Hummus with blue corn chips.
Wee Sprout– Fresh pepper/broccoli.
Have a great evening!
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 2/3
Happy Friday!
After reading the third and final story in our Miss Nelson book, we played a memory game that had us matching the shape word to the correct shape. As friends found matches, they shared aspects of the shape that they knew. For example, “the square has four sides!” or “That’s not an octagon because it has six sides.”
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.)
Our Friday was jammed packed with interaction between peers. Children scattered throughout the environment and got into their Friday rhythm.
Maggie and Millie occupied housekeeping all morning, using a wide variety of toys in their play.
Franklin and a few older peers made their own books at the art table. Once they were finished with their book, they asked a teacher to staple it together!
Breakfast– Brown rice cakes with peanut butter and fresh pears.
Lunch– Melted shredded cheese and ham on whole wheat flatbread, fresh oranges/pears, and fresh broccoli/carrots.
PM snack– Pretzels and cheddar block cheese.
Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/broccoli/pepper.
Have a fantastic weekend!
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 1/29
Happy Friday! I hope you all have had a GREAT week.
Please enjoy the pictures from our day!
Breakfast: Whole wheat butter toast with cinnamon and oranges.
Lunch: Whole wheat bread with peanut butter, cucumbers and apples.
Snack: Whole grain Cheese crackers and Cheddar cheese.
Wee Sprouts: Fresh green beans and cucumbers.
Have a lovely weekend.
Marty
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Good Afternoon!
One of our favorite books lately is the ‘Miss Nelson’ book that has three different stories in it. K group members love the character of Viola Swamp. Yesterday, we read ‘Miss Nelson Is Missing’ and today, we read, ‘Miss Nelson Is Back’. Afterwards, we played a memory game that revolved around book titles and characters.
This specific group LOVES memory games. We’ve been pulling any memory game we can think of as they’re very interested in them lately. They love the competitive nature of these memory games and enjoy pushing themselves and their peers.
On the pieces of paper, I wrote book titles as well as characters that are in those stories. For example, on one piece of paper was ‘The Gruffalo’ and on another was, ‘Mouse and Fox’ who are main characters in the story.
Friends liked this game so much, they asked to play a second round!
K.RL.3.2: Define the role of the author and illustrator of a story in telling the story.
In PREK2, children played ‘Shape Ka-boom’ which is an interactive game that focuses on shapes and identifying them. Friends take turns pulling one stick at a time with a shape on it and they have to identify it. If someone pulls the ka-boom stick, they have to put all of their sticks back into the jar! They love this game!
For kindergarten sign in, children matched three illustrations to the correct wording from a popular story: The Itsy Bitsy Spider! Children looked at the illustration that was drawn by the illustrator and identified the correct sentence that was written by the author.
K.RL.4.1: Describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear.
Children came to the art table all morning long to explore the new playdoh that was made earlier this week! It’s one of our favorite sensory activities.
Mack and Franklin continued their morning trend by playing the memory rhyming word game. A few of their younger peers looked on as they played, observing what they were doing and soaking in rhyming words that Mack and Franklin worked with.
Breakfast– Kix and fresh pears.
Lunch– Brown rice with shredded beef, fresh oranges/pears/banana, and fresh broccoli/cherry tomatoes.
PM snack– Whole wheat crackers and sunflower seeds.
Wee Sprout– Fresh cherry tomatoes/broccoli.
Have a lovely evening!
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 1/28
Good Afternoon.
A friend brought in a puzzle from home today for us to try and we had a great time working through it with Miss Annastecia. This was a larger floor puzzle with 48 pieces, so it was a little more challenging for us, but we DID IT!!! 
We worked in our journals today! Friends love coloring with markers and crayons to make beautiful creations.
Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and oranges.
Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with shredded beef, mixed vegetables and pears.
Snack: Whole grain brown rice cakes with peanut butter.
Have a nice evening.
Marty
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