Happy Monday! I hope you all had a great weekend.

The kids were super excited to see their new pictures hanging up on our picture frames today! They are all so cute and have grown so much!

Miss Paige is getting to be such a big girl. She LOVES to look at her jungle gym mat dangles as she works on reaching out for them.  

Meanwhile, our toddler group is engaged in the permanence boxes.

This activity enhances our friends hand-eye coordination, color recognition and fine motor skills. 

Breakfast: Whole grain English muffins with butter and oranges.

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with shredded cheese and marinara sauce, mixed veggies and oranges.

Snack: Whole milk yogurt with granola.

Wee Sprouts: Snap peas.

Have a nice night.

Marty

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Happy Friday! I hope you all have had a GREAT week.

Today we say Goodbye to our good friend, Ellie. Sadly, she  has graduated to Infant/Toddler classroom and will be moving into the Pre-school classroom. We are VERY happy that she is just a classroom away and that we will still see her daily.  

These last few weeks Ellie has been a wonderful “Teacher’s Assistant”to Rebekah and I, helping us show the many new toddlers we have in the classroom the ropes! She has LOVED her title and did a great job!

Adrian enjoyed engaging in the four piece knobbed puzzle. This activity enhances his fine motor, hand-eye coordination and cognitive skills. We LOVE puzzles!!! 

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and oranges.

Lunch: Warmed whole wheat English muffins with marinara and shredded cheese, mixed veggies and watermelon.

Snack: Whole grain cheese crackers and block cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Peppers.

Have a fantastic weekend.

Marty

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Happy Friday!

After we read, ‘I’m The Best!’ in K group, we used the community helpers from group yesterday as a catalyst for an activity today! Each friend got to come up to the board and choose a community helper. They took the word card back to their mat and they had to say aloud a tool that the community helper uses to do their job! So, for example, a child had ‘police officer’. They shared that a police officer needs a police car to do their job. We all had a discussion where other peers shared different tools that the community helper would need.

Social Studies: K.2.1 Give examples of people who are community helpers (inside the classroom and outside the classroom) and describe how they help us.

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The rest of the day was full of bead bracelets, marker creations, magnatile towers, and TONS of happiness and smiles.

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

Lunch– Turkey on whole wheat flatbread, fresh watermelon/oranges, and fresh snap peas/carrots.

PM snack– Cheddar block cheese and pretzels.

Wee Sprout– Fresh snap peas/carrots.

Have a wonderful weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 8/28

Good Afternoon!

We read, ‘Be Glad Your Nose Is On Your Face’ in K group  which is a huge collection of funny poems! Each friend got a turn to pick a poem before we started in on the activity for group time. There were 9 community helpers that were taped to the chalkboard. We read them aloud and after, I read a description of a community helper and by working together, we were able to match each helper to their description!

Social Studies: K.2.1 Give examples of people who are community helpers (inside the classroom and outside the classroom) and describe how they help us.

It was quite the busy morning! Friends requested beads + pipe cleaners as well as the art easel. We saw older friends take their younger peers under their wing and help them with these activities—one of the many benefits of a multi-age classroom!

The rest of our morning was a mixture of inside time where our younger friends got in some wonderful gross motor activity while the outside offered up more of a quiet down time. Miss Kim brought out a big blanket and some of our favorite books for a quieter activity in the shade!

Breakfast– Whole Grain Cheerios with banana.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded beef, fresh pears/banana, and fresh cherry tomatoes/carrots.

PM snack– Wheat thins and peanuts.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cherry tomatoes/carrots.

Have a wonderful evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 8/27

Good Afternoon.

What’s better than story time when we are enjoying the fresh air?!? Friends LOVE when we read outdoors and quickly gather around teachers to listen.  

Breakfast: Whole grain Chex cereal and apples.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with shredded beef, carrots and watermelon.

Snack: Whole grain brown rice cakes with cream cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh green beans.

Have a fantastic night.

Marty

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Good Afternoon.

We had a great water play day today and everyone was so excited to get outside and get started. Happy faces, happy feet, happy bodies in motion.  

Breakfast: Whole grain Kix cereal and apples.

Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs with shredded cheese, whole wheat toast with butter, carrots, fresh peaches.

Snack: Whole wheat Ritz crackers and hummus.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a great night.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

In our K group, we read ‘Farmer Duck’ which transitioned us into a conversation about community helpers. For the kindergarten sign in this morning, children had to write down one community helper and then verbally share how that specific community helper helps us.

We created a web where we wrote down as many community helpers that we could think of. This list will help us tomorrow as we start a group activity!

Social Studies: K.2.1 Give examples of people who are community helpers (inside the classroom and outside the classroom) and describe how they help us.

Water Wednesday was a huge success! Friends took turns walking or running through the sprinkler. Of course, there’s always a few that prefer to stand back and watch which is perfectly fine! After a while in the sprinkler, some friends decided to head over to the water table where they explored with water and how it moves.

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh peaches.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat bread, fresh watermelon, and fresh carrots/cucumber.

PM snack– Blue corn chips with hummus.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/cucumber.

Have a wonderful evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 8/26

Good Afternoon!

Yesterday, we focused on rules that we follow inside the classroom so today in our K group, we created a web with rules that we follow while we’re in our outdoor environment. As we did yesterday, friends also share why it’s important to follow these rules outside.

Social Studies: K.2.3 Give examples of classroom and school rules and explain how each helps us.

In PREK2 group, friends made a list of people who help us around our community. Once they shared their community helper, they wrote their name next to it.

“It is a happy talent to know how to play.”

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Breakfast– Kix and fresh peaches.

Lunch– Melted shredded cheese on whole wheat tortilla, fresh watermelon/cantaloupe, and fresh cucumber/pepper.

PM snack– Whole wheat bagel with

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper.

Have a lovely night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 8/25

Good Afternoon.

Please enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast: Whole grain Kix cereal and oranges.

Lunch: Whole wheat bread with peanut butter, mozzarella cheese, tomatoes and pears.

Snack: Whole wheat bagels with cream cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh Green beans.

Marty

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Happy Monday!

We read, ‘What Do You Do With A Problem?’ in our kindergarten group. Afterwards, we talked about our kindergarten sign in which required children to pick one rule that we follow inside and either write or draw it. Then, they had to verbally share why we have this rule.

This theme continued on into our group session where we created a web with various indoor rules. Once friends stated the rule, they had to say why we follow that specific rule.

The FAB’s that we’ll be focusing on this week are:

Social Studies: K.2.1 Give examples of people who are community helpers (inside the classroom and outside the classroom) and describe how they help us.

Social Studies: K.2.3 Give examples of classroom and school rules and explain how each helps us.

In PREK2, children focused on the four pictures that were on the board. They had to verbally share who they think uses those tools. After they shared, they wrote their name on the white board.

We saw friends come into the environment this morning and quickly become engaged in building activities, art table, and fine motor manipulative work.

What a beautiful start to our week.

Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with butter and banana.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with butter and shredded turkey, fresh watermelon, and fresh green beans/tomatoes.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with fresh peaches.

Wee Sprout– Fresh green beans/tomatoes.

Have a wonderful night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 8/24