Good afternoon and Happy Friday!

Miss Tami brought over some long wooden boards from the WF classroom for us to race our cars and trucks down and our friends LOVED the activity!

We can learn hand-eye coordination and imagination skills  from this fun activity as well as seeing that not always do our cars/trucks stay on the boards and that sometimes they fall off!

We engaged happily in yet another fun activity that our little guys can obtain a different method of “coloring”. We used our dot markers to make colorful pictures full of circles. Who says we need the old tried and true markers and crayons?!?!?!  

Breakfast: Whole grain brown rice cakes with peanut butter and oranges.

Lunch: Whole wheat bread with Turkey lunchmeat and sliced cheddar cheese singes, corn and pears.

Snack: Pretzels and Mozzarella string cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Green Beans.

Have a fantastic weekend!

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

We read ‘What Do You Do With An Idea?’ in K/PREK1 group this afternoon. The book focuses on ‘ideas’ and the process people go through to make it a reality. Before we started reading the story, Penny commented, “An idea is something you want to do.”

Throughout the story, the author talked about how one should treat an idea and even used the phrase, “Feed it good food”. Grady asked, “But how can the idea eat food?! It doesn’t have a mouth.”

This brought up a conversation surrounding fiction stories and how the information and even characters in fiction stories aren’t real. Penny said, “You can’t even see an idea. You can see it in your mind.”

After we finished the story, we thought of four different ideas we may try to implement next week if the weather cooperates. Each child got one vote for which idea they liked the best and together we graphed the results.

Looks like we’ll be trying to go on a nature walk!

K.W.5: With support, build understanding of a topic using various sources. (Identify relevant pictures, charts, grade- appropriate texts, personal experiences, or people as sources)

In PREK2, children used ice cube trays and puff balls to finish several patterns that Miss Kim started.

Rainbows and shields (made for the teachers to protect us..of course!).

Fresh air and movement.

These things consumed our morning, fulfilling our bodies and minds.

Breakfast– Whole Grain Cheerios with fresh strawberries.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded chicken and cheese, fresh cantaloupe/apples, and fresh snap peas/carrots.

PM snack– Whole wheat crackers and almonds.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/snap peas.

Have a wonderful evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/5

Good Afternoon.

Ellie and Caroline worked nicely together strengthening their fine motor and hand-eye coordination skills building with the colorful magna-tiles we all love so very much. They are in the next phase of  their play after parallel play and this is called Cooperative play

Cooperative play typically ranges around the ages of  three and a half to four years of age but Ellie and Caroline seems to have jumped ahead some and are talking through their course of action with one another while building with their tiles.  

Outside time was a little brisk when we first ventured out but the beautiful sunshine was out and helped keep the briskness more tolerable. We are so very happy we are finally able to be outdoors.

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and strawberries.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with shredded chicken and shredded cheese, pineapple and strawberries (talk about a very colorful lunch) and carrots.

Snack: Whole grain Triscuit crackers and pumpkin seeds.

Wee Sprouts: Peas.

Have a fantastic night.

Marty

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Good Afternoon.

Please enjoy the pictures of our Wednesday!

Breakfast: Whole grain oatmeal with honey and banana.

Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs with shredded Colby Jack cheese, peas and apples.

Snack: Blue corn chips with refried beans.

Wee Sprouts: Peppers.

Have a great night.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with honey and fresh strawberries/pineapple.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat tortilla, fresh cantaloupe, and fresh carrots/pepper.

PM snack– Air popped popcorn with butter and fresh strawberries.

Wee Sprout– Fresh pepper/cherry tomatoes.

Have a wonderful evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/4

Good Afternoon!  Enjoy some of the pictures from our day!

Breakfast:  Whole grain Kix cereal and fresh banana.

Lunch:  Turkey and cheese on whole grain flatbread, fresh banana and mixed vegetables.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole grain wheat bagels with no nut butter.

Wee Sprouts:  Cucumbers.

Have a great night!

Rebekah

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Happy Tuesday!

We hope you enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Corn Flakes and fresh strawberries.

Lunch– Hummus on whole wheat tortilla, fresh pineapple, and fresh snap peas/cucumber.

PM snack– Whole wheat cinnamon raisin bagels with peanut butter and sliced cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/snap peas.

Have a lovely evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/3

Good Afternoon and Happy March!

This morning Ellie and Caroline experimented with a science activity that involved magnets. They would take the small round circles with the magnetic wands and move them around on their colorful trays. Marbles were also part of this fun activity!

We then headed outside for some fun in the sun! We did have some briskness to the air, but we LOVED every second being outdoors. We also really enjoyed engaging with some friends in the preschool classroom.

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

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with marinara sauce and shredded mozzarella cheese, carrots and pears.

Snack: Whole milk yogurt with strawberries.

Wee Sprouts: Orange pepper.

Have a nice evening.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

K/PREK1 children dove into the story, ‘The Day The Crayons Came Home’. We’ve read, ‘The Day The Crayons Quit’ which is the first story around this theme. We talked about letters and what’s included. Penny asked what the address portion of the postcard is used for.

Afterwards, each child picked a white piece of paper with an image on it. They looked at the patterns on the chalkboard and figured out what pattern their white card completed. Once they completed their pattern by taping the piece of paper at the end, they stated the pattern aloud. For instance, Grady had the green, blank circle and relayed the pattern: “Full circle, blank circle, full circle, blank circle, full circle, blank circle”.

K.CA.5: Create, extend, and give an appropriate rule for simple repeating and growing patterns with numbers and shapes.

After reading ‘Parker Looks Up’, PREK2 children graphed which image they liked best. According to the graph, children preferred the ‘Michelle Obama’ image more than slimy fish, jeweled necklace, and horses.

The morning activity focused on different shapes made out of colored tape. Children took it upon themselves to trace the shapes using colored gems. Penny used her gems and implemented a pattern along the triangle.

Oh my goodness, did the fresh air feel FANTASTIC! We were so excited to get outside and loved having open spaces to run and explore. The weather outlook for the week looks extremely promising!

Breakfast– Whole wheat bagel with butter and fresh pears.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with marinara sauce and shredded cheese, fresh oranges/banana/apple, and fresh snap peas/cucumber.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with banana.

Wee Sprout– Fresh snap peas/cucumber.

Have a wonderful evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/2

Good Afternoon.

We added a little cold excitement to our sensory table today! Since it has been so very cold for us to go outside and play in the snow, we brought the snow into us!  

Friends were so excited! We spoke about the temperature of the snow, the color of the snow and if we could eat the snow!

We then decided to have a dance party and incorporate the shakers into our play. We had a great day!

Breakfast: Whole grain brown rice cakes with peanut butter and pineapple.

Lunch: Whole wheat bread with no nut butter, mixed veggies, and apples.

Snack: Pretzels and cheddar block cheese.

Have a great weekend.

Marty

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