Happy Monday!

SO much excitement today!

First, we welcomed a new friend into our classroom today! James is two and a half years old and had such a great day exploring the environment. We are so thankful to have him and his family here!

Next, kindergarten officially kicked off today! We will have 6 children in the kindergarten group. We went over a few housekeeping, procedural things throughout the day!

Each week, we’ll have a specific focus: FAB’s (Framework of Academic Balance) that we’ll work into our day in various ways.

This week’s FAB is:

Social Studies: K.3.6 Identify and compare similarities and differences in families, classmates, neighbors and neighborhoods, and ethnic and cultural groups.

In K/PREK1 group, we read ‘The Family Book’ which shares the ways a family can look and how families are different. We talked about similarities and differences in our families, specifically when it comes to siblings! We found out that everyone in group has at least one sibling!

In PREK2 group, children discussed their eye color and charted it by writing their name under their eye color!

The rest of our day went a little like this:

Breakfast– Whole wheat bagel with peanut butter and fresh banana.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with marinara sauce and cheese, fresh cantaloupe, and fresh carrots.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with graham crackers.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots.

Have a wonderful night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 8/17

Happy Friday!

Several friends asked to paint this morning so Miss Annastecia set up a simple yet extremely interesting art activity. Children used a few different colors of paint and mixed them on a piece of cardboard. Kids kept saying, “Oh! My yellow and blue made green!”—they were so interested in the colors they were making on their cardboard!

We ended our week by using our imagination at the art table, drawing detailed pictures and diving into the LEGO bin where friends naturally come together to work towards an end result.

“Being happy NEVER goes out of style.”

Lilly Pulitzer

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

Lunch– Chicken Breast lunchmeat on whole wheat toast, fresh pears, and fresh pepper/cucumber.

PM snack– Fresh watermelon, goldfish, block cheddar cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh pepper/cucumber.

Have a lovely weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 8/14

Good Afternoon and Happy Friday! I hope you all have a had a wonderful week.  

Friends loved listening to stories today!

Ellie and Nesta chose books for me to read today and we happily and patiently took turns listening to each others chosen books.

Early literacy is a very important and integral part of our day in the Infant/Toddler classroom.

Reading to our friends daily, starting in infancy can help with the development of language and literacy skills. Reading stimulates the part of the brain that allows children to understand the meaning of language and build on social skills.

The sandbox is a  happy and very used space in our outdoor environment.

Friends can feel the sand in their hands, they can build on their hand-eye coordination skills by scooping up the sand then dumping it into a pail or the other various items available and of course… they can get so dirty! Which teachers seem to think that’s the best part for our friend’s. We LOVE to get dirty!!! 

Breakfast: Whole grain brown rice cakes with cream cheese and oranges.

Lunch: Warm whole grain tortilla’s with shredded cheese, corn and strawberries.

Snack: Whole wheat Triscuit crackers and mozzarella string cheese.

Have a fantastic weekend.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

There was so much going on this morning! Children were diving into activities left and right.

To start their morning, Evie and Daniel got out the alphabet floor puzzle. They worked together and were able to complete it! When it came to finding what letter came next, they sang the alphabet up until the missing letter—what teamwork!

There were several building activities going on throughout the morning. Jack, Mack, and Grady worked together to build a ‘crystal tower’. Jack shared, “If we had built this with LEGOS, we would have used a LOT more LEGOS than magnatiles.” We talked about what building material is easiest to build with!

Speaking of LEGOS! The conversation we had lead friends to get out the LEGOS at the circle table! Daniel and Jack chatted prior to building to come to an agreement on what they’d like to build together.

At the art table, children used a different medium: chalkboard and chalk! Friends drew a variety of things: castles and dinosaurs seemed to take up the chalkboards mostly! They used a couple different shapes such as triangles and squares within their drawing.

“Our task is to help children communicate with the world using all their potential, strengths, and languages, and to overcome any obstacle presented by our culture.”

-Loris Malaguzzi

Breakfast– Whole Grain Cheerios and fresh watermelon.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded chicken, fresh cantaloupe, and fresh cherry tomatoes/cucumber.

PM snack– Triscuits and peanuts.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/cherry tomatoes.

Have a lovely night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 8/13

Good Afternoon.

Please enjoy the pictures from our Thursday.

Breakfast: Whole grain Chex cereal and apples.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with shredded chicken, cucumbers and oranges.

Snack: Whole what crackers and pumpkin seeds.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a fantastic night.

Marty

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Good Afternoon.

This morning we engaged in an exciting art activity.

We utilized our fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination and color recognition skills to use the small sponge brushes to apply paint onto our paper.

Breakfast: Whole grain oatmeal with honey and oranges.

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

Snack: Whole wheat crackers and peanut butter.

Wee Sprouts: Snap peas.

Have a wonderful evening.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

Enjoy a few pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with fresh oranges.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat tortilla, fresh strawberries/oranges, fresh cucumber/carrots.

PM snack– Hummus with blue corn chips.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/carrots.

Have a great night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 8/12

Good Afternoon!

A HUGE Happy 5th Birthday to Mack! We had a terrific time celebrating your birthday today!

This week and next, we’ll be welcome friends back from vacation and an extended time at home! We can’t wait to have a full class, charging ahead to our fall schedule!

Today, we welcomed back Evie who spent the last month of the eastern part of the country—we loved listening to her stories. We were extremely happy to have her back in the environment!

Breakfast– Kix and fresh watermelon.

Lunch– Hummus on whole wheat flatbread, fresh oranges/apples, and fresh cucumber/carrots.

PM snack– Mack’s birthday treat: fruit popsicles and string cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/carrots.

Have a wonderful night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 8/11

Good Afternoon.

Today we welcomed Nesta back from her Vermont vacation. We were all so happy to see her and welcome her back.  

Adrian enjoyed some outdoor gross motor  fun while he was exploring all the wonderful activities to engage in outdoors.

Breakfast: Whole grain corn puffs with oranges.

Lunch: Whole wheat bread with hummus, squash and watermelon.

Snack: Whole wheat bagels with cream cheese.

Have a great night.

Marty

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Happy Monday!

Enjoy a few pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Whole wheat bagel with butter and fresh pears/banana.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with butter and shredded chicken, fresh watermelon, and fresh cherry tomatoes/carrots.

PM snack– Graham crackers with whole milk yogurt.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/cherry tomatoes.

Have a wonderful night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 8/10