Happy Monday!

In K/PREK1, we are reading a chapter book this week titled, ‘Cam Jansen and the Chocolate Fudge Mystery’. Grady shared that chapter books don’t have enough pictures so this lead into a short conversation about the different between picture books and chapter books.

After we read a few chapters, we brainstormed about our FAB topic for the week: calendars. We shared things that we read on the calendar everyday and a few things we came up with were: months, year, date, holidays, and days of the week.

Social Studies: K.1.5 Explain that calendars are used to represent days of the week and months of the year.

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Today’s Facebook live session started with a story titled, ‘A House for Hermit Crab’. An art project followed using the following materials: clear contact paper, black paper, string, scissors. Friends made their own sea creature that we’ll hang up in the environment!

“A little lemon juice makes everything taste better.”—today, several friends came up to the island for a taste of lemon. There were a few who ate the lemon down to the rind while others made the classic ‘lemon face’!

We were expecting rain most of the day so it was a fantastic surprise to be able to go outside for a while this morning!

Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with butter and fresh strawberries.

Lunch– Whole wheat noodles with black beans and butter, fresh watermelon, and fresh cherry tomatoes.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with fresh watermelon.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cherry tomatoes.

Have a lovely evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 5/18

Good afternoon and Happy Monday.

We welcomed back Caroline today after a little over two months of being gone. We missed her dearly and we are so happy for her return.  

A friend was very eager to start reading stories today!

Sometimes reading stories to ourselves makes us VERY happy.

Breakfast: Whole wheat toast with butter and cinnamon and banana.

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with butter and black beans, carrots and fresh watermelon.

Snack: Whole milk yogurt and graham crackers.

Have a wonderful night.

Marty

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Happy Friday.

This morning we engaged in movement and music. Friends asked for the small pianos and xylophones to make beautiful sounding music.

We then very happily went into the kitchen area and painted with cars and trucks for a little different painting experience. We LOVED it!

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

Lunch: Whole wheat bread with turkey lunchmeat and cheddar cheese slices, cucumbers and banana.

Snack: Whole grain Goldfish crackers and Mozzarella string cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Peas.

Have a fabulous weekend.

Marty

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Happy Friday!

We wrapped up the week in K/PREK1 by reading, ‘Paperboy’, which started a conversation about different jobs where you can earn money. We also looked at five different items that had a dollar value. Using dollar bills ranging from $1-$20, we came up with a combination for each item. For example, a LEGO set cost $15. At first, Grady suggested a $10 bill and all of the $1 bills but there were only 4 $1 bills. So we had to rethink. We decided that a $10 bill and a $5 gave us what we need: $15!

Social Studies: K.4.1 Explain that people work to earn money to buy the things they want. Introduce money names and values.

In PREK2, children identified two coins and had to determine if they were equal or if one was greater than the other. Once they were able to decide, a sign (equal, greater than, less than) was put in the middle of the coins to make the equation true.

The rest of our day was consumed by indoor activities such as art table, Legos, and various games using felt money.

The outside environment is calling our names this afternoon!

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

Lunch– Ham and cream cheese roll ups, whole wheat tortilla, fresh apples/strawberries, and fresh cucumber.

PM snack– Pretzels and string cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber.

Have a lovely weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 5/15

Good afternoon.

Please enjoy the pictures from our rainy day!

Breakfast: Whole grain Corn puffs and apples.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with shredded beef, sweet potatoes and banana.

Snack: Whole grain/wheat crackers and pumpkin seeds.

Wee Sprouts: Mixed Veggies.

Have a wonderful night.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Corn Chex and fresh pineapple.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded beef, fresh pineapple/banana, and fresh cucumber.

PM snack– Walnuts and whole wheat crackers.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber.

Have a lovely night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 5/14

Good Afternoon!

A little money, a little glitter, and a little sun

In K/PREK1 group, David and Grady worked together to place the correct coin to the name as well as figuring out the amount of each coin.

When we came to dime, they weren’t too sure of the worth of the dime so I said it’s worth the same as two nickels which helped them come to 10 cents!

Miss Annastecia set up the art table for an activity this morning that corresponded with a book she read. Children used a wide variety of manipulatives to complete their art creation! Friends were able to talk through their thoughts on how to use the cut out circle within their drawing.

We took advantage of the lovely day today and headed outside a little early to enjoy the fresh air and sunshine! We hope you were able to do the same!

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with honey and fresh cantaloupe.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat tortilla, fresh pineapple, and fresh carrots/green beans.

PM snack– Blue corn chips and hummus.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots.

Have a wonderful night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 5/13

Good Afternoon All.

What a BEAUTIFUL DAY!

This morning friends were engaged in the Dramatic play center cooking up yummy foods to feed their babies and teachers.

We had squash, pancakes and ice cream. Boy, what an assortment we had there!  

We then headed outdoors and used our dot paint markers to make pictures on the easel.

Their creations are in art cubbies to take home this evening.

Breakfast: Whole grain Kix cereal and apples.

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

Snack: Blue corn chips with refried beans.

Wee Sprouts: Corn.

Have a fantastic evening.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

We continued our discussion topic in K/PREK1 about money and today’s focus was on chores and allowance. In ‘Here and There’, which dives into specific topics and how each country varies, two pages solely focused on ‘chores’.

Before we started reading, I asked Grady and David what the word ‘chores’ meant. They both shared it’s something that you help with at home but also shared their displeasure for these .

We learned that in the United Kingdom, parents focus more on the whole child and their happiness so children tend to do less chores. Grady quickly shared, “I want to live in the United Kingdom! Is that a relation to the United States?”—this prompted us to get out the map of the world and identify the countries we were learning about. We also learned that in Spain, the government passed a law in 2014 that states that children must help with housework, do their homework, and respect their parents. They both shared quickly that Spain didn’t sound too fun. This law also states that in a union of marriage, each spouse has to do the same amount of work.

Before heading to the journal table, we created a web where we brainstormed chores that we do at home or chores that we’ve heard about. On the web, we wrote:

-Pick up dog poop.

-Dishes.

-Make the bed.

-Rake the leaves.

Social Studies: K.4.1 Explain that people work to earn money to buy the things they want. Introduce money names and values.

In PREK2, each child got a turn to spin the coin wheel! Sophia spun the wheel and gathered the coins pictured on the section she landed on. At the end, children figured out who had the most money.

On our Facebook Live session this morning, Miss Annastecia read ‘Yoga Bunny’. At first, only Evie wanted to join but friends quickly gathered around to listen.

After the story was read, each friend got to choose a couple of different yoga poses to demonstrate for our friends at home.

Even after our video ended, Evie continued to show interest for 30 minutes! She did several yoga poses, worked on her flexibility and balance as well as her breathing.

Breakfast– Whole Grain Cheerios with fresh cantaloupe.

Lunch– Homemade whole wheat pancakes, ham, banana, and fresh cucumber/green beans.

PM snack– Whole wheat bagel with cream cheese and block cheddar cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh green beans.

Have a lovely evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 5/12

Good Afternoon.

This morning we engaged in strengthening our fine motor, cognitive and hand- eye coordination skills.

We love engaging in puzzles!

We then took our love for fine motor activities outdoors.

Miss Rebekah placed a long piece of paper on our easel and we had a great time coloring away!

Breakfast: Whole grain cheerios and apples.

Lunch: HM Pancakes with butter, corn and apples.

Snack: Whole wheat cinnamon raisin bagels with cream cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Mixed veggies.

Have a great night!

Marty

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