Good Afternoon.

This morning we happily engaged in a water/sponge sensory activity.

We gave the children two bowls, one with water in it and the other with no water. We also gave them a sponge to dip into the water bowl to squeeze the water out into the other bowl. We also (of course) dumped the bowls of our water into the tray.

It was an interesting sensory and cognitive activity that they all seemed to really enjoy! 

We then were able to enjoy some wonderful outdoor time.

Breakfast: Whole grain Chex cereal and apples.

Lunch: Whole wheat bread with peanut butter, carrots and banana/strawberries.

Snack: Whole wheat English Muffins with cream cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Snap peas.

Have a nice night.

Marty

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Happy Monday!

We read, ‘Autumn’s First Leaf’ in K group. It revolved around three leaves whose names were Pointy, Phil, and Paige. Throughout the story, Pointy started turning gold first which made Phil and Paige jealous. In the end, all of the leaves ended up gold with orange and red accents.

Afterwards, we talked about three important things that make up a story: characters, setting, and events. Friends were quick to share the three main characters and where the story took place. We chose two specific events that occurred in the story.

We’ll continue to add to our information sheets throughout the week as we read different stories.

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

In PREK2, children also talked about characters, events, and setting after reading, ‘Clifford’s Halloween’. They worked together to identify these three important aspects of a story!

Since it’s almost October, we decided to get out our fall decoration bins! Children loved exploring the Halloween manipulatives at the circle table and wearing witch hats in the housekeeping area.

Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with butter and banana.

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

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with fresh apples.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots.

Have a lovely evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 9/28

Good Afternoon I hope you all had a fabulous weekend.  

Today teachers introduced to our little ones their journal binders. Their binders each have their names on them so friends can start to see their name in print and also begin to pick out their own personal binder to color in with markers and or crayons.

While our Wee Wee’s  are too young to read, we focus on the first letter of their names when they are looking for their particular binder. Friends had a great time.

We then engaged in some gross motor activities to get our bodies in motion since we were unable to enjoy outside time.

Breakfast: Whole wheat butter toast with oranges.

Lunch: Whole wheat noodles with marinara sauce and shredded cheese, mixed veggies and banana/pears.

Snack: Whole milk yogurt with granola.

Wee Sprouts: Corn.

Have a great night.

Marty

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Happy Friday!

This week, we’ve been classifying things based on various attributes and deciding if an object doesn’t belong to a group and explaining why. For kindergarten sign in, children had to sort pictures of food into six food groups: bread/grain, fruit, vegetables, meat/eggs, milk/dairy, and sweets. We chatted about what the foods had in common and I asked the question, “What is your favorite food group?” once we were all done. Several friends chose the ‘sweets’ category. One child said sweets but then quickly changed his mind and said, “I like it all!”

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.

After we read, ‘Rah, Rah, Radishes’ in K group, I had everyone look at three specific food groups and asked if anything looked off. A friend shouted, “Carrots aren’t in the milk food group!”. We saw a few things wrong so we fixed them since they weren’t in the correct food group!

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.

In PREK2, children sorted puff balls depending on their size. They talked about the terms smallest and biggest. To wrap up, they placed several puff balls in a line from smallest to biggest.

What a glorious end to our week, full of smiles and laughter.

Hope everyone has a ‘relaxing’ weekend!

P.S. congratulations to Sophia who lost a tooth today!

Breakfast– Brown rice cakes with peanut butter and banana.

Lunch– Ham on whole wheat bread/tortilla, fresh pears/banana, and fresh carrots.

PM snack– Block cheese and goldfish.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 9/25

Good Afternoon.

This morning we spent some time engaging in playdoh.  

This is a fun sensory activity that we all love. We can roll, squish, pound and cut the soft dough for much enjoyment.

During our outdoor play, the rocks were our go-to activity for quite some time. We love to dump, scoop and fill our trucks and mixers.

Breakfast: Whole grain Chex cereal and banana.

Lunch: Whole wheat bread with turkey lunchmeat, corn and pears.

Snack: Whole grain cheese crackers and pumpkin seeds.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh green beans.

Have a lovely weekend. We are in for a cold week next week.

Marty

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Good Afternoon.

Enjoy the pictures from  our day!

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and apples.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with shredded chicken, corn and apples.

Snack: Pretzels and mozzarella string cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh green beans.

Have a nice night.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

In K group, we hit the last text genre: fairytale! Throughout the week, we’ve read a book from each genre: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and fairytale.

Today, we read ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’ before heading to the journal table. We also focused on this topic during our kindergarten sign in. One of the questions was, “What is one character you could find in a fairytale?”. A few of the answers that were shared were Beast, Prince, and Princess!

In PREK2, children worked on giving reasons why an item doesn’t belong in a specific group. For example, Daniel had two pictures of bread and a picture of lettuce. He chose the lettuce because the other two pictures were grains!

Children scattered throughout the house, occupying every space! A balance beam was made by a kindergartener for a few of her younger friends while Franklin and Sophia used modeling clay at the art table. Magnatiles have been our favorite building activity lately and today, Daniel and Jack worked together for a while to create a detailed animal sanctuary!

While outside, our babies received tons of love and so did the trucks that were working in the alley! They had several sets of eyes watching them as they worked in their bucket truck!

Breakfast– Kix and banana.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded chicken, fresh cantaloupe, and fresh pepper/carrot.

PM snack– Whole wheat crackers and pistachios.

Wee Sprout– Fresh pepper/carrot.

Have a great evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 9/24

Good afternoon.

Friends enjoyed painting at the art easel today. We used lovely Fall colors and brushes to create our masterpieces.  We enjoyed this different way to paint  as we typically are at the table.  

Breakfast: Whole grain Oatmeal with honey and oranges.

Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs with shredded cheese, whole wheat toast with butter, mixed veggies and banana.

Snack: Whole grain brown rice cakes with cream cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh green beans.

Have a great night.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

In K group, we focused on poetry today by reading ‘It’s Raining Pigs and Noodles’. Each child got to pick on poem from the book. Afterwards, we sorted shapes into categories. As we were placing shapes into the correct jar, I heard friends saying, “The hexagon has none!” or “The circle jar has the most!”

This week, we’re using comparison words such as most, few, none, and equal. Within prompting, children use these words on their own as a descriptive word!

When we were done, we identified the hexagon jar as having ‘none’, the circle jar as having the ‘most’, and several different jars that were equal!

K.NS.9: Use correctly the words for comparison, including: one and many; non, some and all; more and less; most and least; and equal to, more than and less than.

In PREK2, children worked on greater than and less than. There were two numbers that were focused on and they worked together to figure out which was greater than or less than.

Throughout the morning, the environment started to smell more and more like…red cabbage! That’s because children got a turn to break apart cabbage and place it in a pot. We used the torn cloth from yesterday and dyed the cloth by placing the pot onto the stove. In one pot, the cabbage was mixed with salt while the other pot was mixed with salt and vinegar. Children made guesses as to what color the cloth would turn out in each pot.

We’re anxious to see the results later on this afternoon!

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with fresh oranges.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat tortilla, fresh apples/oranges, and fresh pepper/snap peas.

PM snack– Air popped popcorn with butter and banana.

Wee Sprout– Fresh pepper/snap peas.

Have a wonderful evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 9/23

Good Afternoon!

Marigolds + torn cloth—tune in later this week for a fun activity that we have planned!

Enjoy the pictures from the day!

Breakfast– Whole Grain Cheerios with fresh apples.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with butter and black beans, fresh cantaloupe, and fresh carrots.

PM snack– Whole wheat toast with peanut butter and cheddar block cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/garden tomatoes.

Have a lovely evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 9/22