Happy Friday!
Enjoy a few pictures from our day!
Breakfast– Brown rice cakes with peanut butter and fresh pineapple.
Lunch– Ham and cream cheese rollups, whole wheat flatbread, fresh apples, and fresh green beans/cucumber.
PM snack– Goldfish and cheddar cheese slices.
Wee Sprout– Fresh green beans/cucumber.
Have a great weekend!
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 2/28
Hello!
We want to wish Sophia a HAPPY 5TH BIRTHDAY! We hope you had the best day!
In K/PREK1, we read ‘Stick and Stone’ which is from our MACK book collection. Throughout the story, Stick and Stone help each other out in certain ways. For example, Stick held a bubble wand so that Stone could blow the bubbles. Without Sticks help, Stone wouldn’t have been able to do this because he doesn’t have arms.
We talked about different attributes that each character had such as Stone being wider and Stick who is taller. We discussed how these attributes help them as well as prohibit them from doing activities or movements.
K.M.1: Make direct comparisons of the length, capacity, weight, and temperature of objects, and recognize which object is shorter, longer, taller, lighter, heavier, warmer, cooler, and holds more.
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After breakfast, Miss Kim read ‘Rosie Revere Engineer’. Children have been interested in space lately so we explored the concept of movement using a variety of tools including balloons, straws, tape, paper, and markers.
Friends blew up their balloon and created their own rocket to see how they move.
Breakfast– Kix and fresh banana.
Lunch– Brown rice with shredded beef and cheese, fresh pineapple/banana, and fresh carrots/cucumber.
PM snack– Sophia’s birthday treat: oatmeal raisin cookies with string cheese.
Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/cucumber.
Have a great night!
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 2/27
Good Afternoon.
Some of our friends would like to say…. Peek-A-Boo to all of you and enjoy the pictures from our snowy Thursday.
Breakfast: Whole grain corn puffs and oranges.
Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with shredded beef and shredded Colby jack cheese, tomatoes and apples.
Snack: Whole wheat Triscuit crackers and pumpkin seeds.
Have a wonderful evening.
Marty
LINK TO PICTURES: https://1drv.ms/u/s!AtTCDmdhjIulj7c2s_rDlk1MZEaBSg?e=2LO1JG
Happy Snowy Wednesday!
We absolutely love to see the spark of friendships being made and continued on throughout our friends day in the classroom.
Caroline enjoyed engaging in play with one of her younger friends today… Miss Nesta! Both girls had a wonderful time playing together on the habi-trail. Just look at those happy faces. 
Breakfast: Whole grain Oatmeal with honey and apples.
Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs with shredded Colby cheese, whole wheat English muffins with butter, carrots and pears.
Snack: Blue corn chips with warmed refried beans.
Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.
Have a great night! Drive safely.
Marty
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Good Afternoon!
Enjoy the pictures from our day!
Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with honey and fresh apples.
Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat tortilla/flatbread, fresh pears/banana, and fresh cucumber/pepper.
PM snack– Blue corn chips with hummus.
Wee Sprout– Fresh peppers/cucumber.
Have a fantastic evening.
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 2/26
Good Afternoon!
Our MACK focus this week is:
Children will learn about kindness and the power of positive words.
In K/PREK1, we read ‘Down the Road’ which focuses on the main character, Hetty, as well as her two parents. Before we started reading the book, we looked at the front cover and came up with different ideas on what the book could be about since no one had read it before!
After several friends shared their theories, we dove into the book.
Hetty, the main character, was never able to do chores by herself until one day, she was told she could go buy eggs by herself for scrambled eggs the next morning. Once she purchased a dozen eggs, she was walking home. She wasn’t paying attention to where she was walking and the author mentioned a big rock coming up on the path.
Children observed the picture and shared their predictions on what could happen to Hetty and the eggs that were in her basket. Hetty ended up falling and the eggs fell to the ground but there were zero cracks on the eggs!
When she was almost home, Hetty noticed a big, red apple tree so she stopped to pick a few apples. As you can see in the picture, the egg basket started to tip so again, we used the picture as well as our knowledge of Hetty to determine what may happen next.
This time, the eggs weren’t so lucky!
Children predicted several events within the story and once we found out what actually happened, we heard, “That’s what I thought would happen!” several times. We loved the anticipation of not knowing what was going to happen until we turned the page.
K.RL.2.4: Make predictions about what will happen in a story.
Friends came to the art table to explore painting with a different utensil. Today’s focus was manipulating and moving paint with gift cards! We saw different strategies for how to move the paint around the paper.
“Reading should not be presented to children as a chore, or a duty. It should be offered as a gift.”
-Kate DiCamillo
Breakfast– Whole Grain Cheerios with fresh pears.
Lunch– Hummus on whole wheat tortilla, fresh apples, and fresh carrots.
PM snack– Whole wheat cinnamon raisin bagels with butter and cheddar cheese slices.
Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots.
Have a wonderful evening.
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 2/25
Good Afternoon.
Today we enjoyed a sensory and fine motor activity.
Playdoh is always a very fun and exciting activity we all seem to love! We enjoyed using pipe cleaners as an added bonus to our regular playdoh toys.
We then engaged in some movement and music!
Miss Rebekah found some fun interactive songs for us to join along in as well as some regular songs that we could just dance too. 
Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and apples.
Lunch: Whole wheat bread with hummus, corn and pears.
Snack: Whole grain bagels with peanut butter.
Wee Sprouts: Peas.
Have a nice evening.
Marty.
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Good Afternoon and happy Monday! I hope you all had a great weekend.
Even though the sunshine wasn’t present today the temps were nice enough for us to enjoy some much needed outside play! We all had a blast and enjoyed every second.
At lunch today we had a “P” lunch. Pasta, Peas and Pears. We all worked on sounding out the letter P and thought of different words that also begin with the letter P.
Breakfast: Whole wheat toast with sweet pea butter and oranges.
Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with butter and black beans, peas and pears.
Snack: Whole milk yogurt with graham crackers.
Wee Sprouts: Corn.
Have a wonderful night.
Marty
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Happy Monday,
Enjoy a few pictures from our day!
Breakfast: Whole wheat English muffins w/ PB & bananas
Lunch: Whole wheat pasta w/ beans, carrots, bananas & strawberries
PM Snack: Yogurt & granola
Wee Sprouts: Fresh carrots
Link to pictures: https://1drv.ms/u/s!AtTCDmdhjIulj7Rs43LQAHO1NRO5rA?e=u3xQMq
Have a great rest of your day!
Ms. Kim
Good Afternoon!
Yesterday in K/PREK1 group, we read a story titled ‘Be Kind’ which is a part of our MACK curriculum book collection. Towards the end of the story, there’s a picture of a service member coming home with an American flag draped over his back and shoulders. Several friends inquired about this and why the picture was illustrated this way.
Various questions and statements were made:
“What’s that blanket that he has on his back?”
“Is that Indiana’s flag too?”
“What are other flags for other places?”
…and when I pulled up the American flag and explained why there were 50 stars and 13 strips, many friends asked, “What’s a colony?”
SO:
Today, we answered those questions. First, we talked about what a colony is. We used the map of the United States as a reference and noticed that all of the colonies were together, along the Atlantic Ocean. Many friends thought it was unfair that Indiana wasn’t included 
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Then, we identified just a few flags from other countries. Grady was able to identify the flag from France and Canada, stating, “My grandparents live in Canada!”
You never know what can come from a new and exciting story!
Our week ended on a fun and inspiring note—see everyone tomorrow for conferences!
Breakfast– Whole grain Cheerios with fresh blackberries.
Lunch– Brown rice with shredded chicken, fresh cantaloupe, and fresh organic spinach/cucumber salad.
PM snack– Our newly five year old friend brought in homemade chocolate covered strawberries and whole wheat crackers.
Wee Sprout– Fresh peppers/cucumber.
Have a lovely night!
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 2/20