Good afternoon!

Daniel and Pascale enjoyed the sound cylinders. The various cylinders that the classroom provides have different materials in them to make the sounds that our friends hear. Some are quiet as feathers, and some are loud like bells. While our friends are engaged in this activity, they are using their hand-eye coordination, as well as their sense of hearing.

Fine motor activities are always a big hit with our little ones. The pegs have multiple ways to incorporate learning experiences.  The recognition of colors, hand-eye coordination and the understanding of various shapes are all educational learning tools that help each of our friends achieve many of their milestones.

Breakfast: Kix and fresh PPC banana.

Lunch: Scrambled eggs with shredded cheese, whole wheat butter toast, peas and apples.

Snack: HM banana spinach muffins, whole grain wheat crackers with no-nut butter and banana.

Wee Sprout: Peas

Have a fantastic evening!

Marty

LINK TO PICTURES:  https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIuli_IvzaBb2w8lyrBSGw

Link to pictures for 3/13:  https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIuli_It1kkveUiP-A1Idw

Good Afternoon!

This morning, children came to the art table for an exploration using play dough and plastic eggs. There were no set rules or regulations so children dove into the activity and used the two materials in every which way.

A few of our older friends turned it into a building activity where they used the play dough as a binding agent to build. They took pieces of play dough and attached eggs together using the play dough.

Dinosaur egg fossils were created as well as an egg pizza! A basic activity for all developmental levels resulted in a creativity boom!

Miss Kim gathered willing helpers at the island to make a snack for this afternoon. We made spinach banana muffins and were very anxious to help out.

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with honey and PPC blueberries.

Lunch– Scrambled eggs with shredded cheese, whole wheat tortilla, PPC banana, and PPC cucumber/cherry tomatoes.

PM snack– Homemade spinach/banana muffins and string cheese.

Wee Sprout– PPC cherry tomatoes.

Have a great night!

-Mindy

Link to today’s pictures: WF 3/14

Link to 3/13 pictures: WF 3/13

Good Afternoon!

In pre-k/k group, we read, ‘The Revenge of the Magic Chicken’. Before we read the story, we talked about punctuation and the three different punctuation marks that we see as well as what they’re used for. Throughout the story, we pointed out the different punctuation marks that we talked about. I read a couple of sentences with an exclamation point and showed what an exclamation point does to a sentence!

Our journal experience was full of children pushing their boundaries, sharing their ideas, and collaborating with peers.

K.W.6.2b: Punctuation—Recognizing and naming end punctuation.

The excitement of journaling has filtered down to our younger friends. For the last couple of weeks, children have been asking to journal. Our younger children have been getting the hang of the journaling process. We love putting our ideas and thoughts on paper and getting to put a sticker and a date stamp on after!

Breakfast– Whole wheat english muffins with peanut butter and PPC pears.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with butter and shredded pork, PPC banana/fresh strawberries, and PPC cauliflower.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with PPC blueberries.

Wee Sprout– PPC cauliflower.

Have a great night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/12

Hello!

Here are the picture links from last week!

3/9/2018: WF 3/9

3/8/2018: WF 3/8

3/7/2018: WF 3/7

3/6/2018: WF 3/6

Have a great Wednesday!

-Mindy

Good afternoon.

Music was in the WWF air today.  Our friends were making many beautiful sounds and having loads of fun exploring the different musical instruments. Mack and Miss Marty were exploring the different tempos that could be used during their drum session. Mack was going at a slower pace, while Miss Marty was going at a faster pace. They then joined together and made their tempos all on the same drum.

We then moved onto the habitrail slide and had fun sliding down by ourselves or with friends. While being engaged on the slide, our friends can learn a very important life lesson. Taking turns can be difficult, but our WWF’ers do a great job of incorporating this skill into their play everyday.

Breakfast: Whole wheat toast with butter and cinnamon and fresh PPC blueberries.

Lunch: Whole grain wheat pasta with butter and shredded pork, fresh PPC blueberries and carrots.

Afternoon snack: Mozzarella string cheese stick and pretzels.

Wee sprouts: Carrots

Have a wonderful evening!

Marty

Link to pictures:  https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulivwnDl0_iJ4MvQHqtw

Good Afternoon!

Today was a musical morning.  We enjoyed marching as we were playing our drums and listening to the different sounds that our instruments made.

We built with the waffle blocks from the kitchen.  We worked to fit them together to make long puzzles.

We all had big smiles on our faces as we were swinging on the trapeze bar.

Breakfast:  Whole grain wheat English muffins with sunflower butter and fresh PPC banana.

Lunch:  Turkey and cheese on whole grain wheat flatbread, fresh PPC banana and carrots.

Afternoon Snack:  Goldfish crackers and mozzarella cheese stick.

Wee Sprouts: Carrots.

Have a great weekend!

Rebekah

Link to pictures:  https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulidcPSWPhjHo1ylQdSg

Happy Friday!

Our student teacher, Miss Katie, started up an activity this morning that focused on patterns. Ruby helped Miss Katie sort beads by color before calling interested friends to the table. Miss Katie demonstrated a few patterns such as: ABAB, ABCABC, AND AABB. After demonstrating what certain patterns look like, each child got the chance to create their own pattern using beads and pipe cleaners.

Our older friends were challenged by pulling colors from a container that were not already sorted. A few younger children who were interested in the activity focused mainly on using their fine motor skills while still talking about patterns based on what their older peers were doing.

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

It has been a building week! Anna used various shapes to create a star while Maddie expanded her ‘animal checkup’ that she built.

“Children are not a distraction from more important work. They are the most important work.”

-John Trainer, M.D.

Breakfast– Rice cakes with peanut butter and PPC pears.

Lunch– Turkey and shredded cheese on whole wheat flatbread, PPC pears/fresh strawberries, and PPC cucumber/cherry tomatoes.

PM snack– Ritz crackers and block cheese.

Wee Sprout– PPC cucumbers/cherry tomatoes.

Have a great weekend!

-Mindy

Good Afternoon!  Enjoy the pictures from our playful Thursday!

Breakfast:  Whole grain Cheerios and fresh PPC blueberries.

Lunch:  Whole grain brown rice with shredded beef, fresh PPC banana/kiwi and corn.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole grain wheat crackers and colby-jack block cheese.

Hope you all had a great Thursday!

Rebekah

Link to pictures:  https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulidZGgvE5n4vcJR-XsQ

Good Afternoon–

Here are a few pictures from our day!

We hope you had a great Thursday!

Breakfast– Corn chex and PPC blueberries.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded beef, fresh apples, and fresh carrots/cucumber.

PM snack– Homemade carrot muffins with peanuts.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/cucumber.

Have a lovely night!

-Mindy

Good Afternoon!

Today we celebrated 2 birthdays. One friend is 1 year old, and our other friend, Emma is celebrating her 3rd birthday.  Happy Birthday! We hope you have a great day.

A friend requested the pom-poms this morning.  We were given a small and large scoop and bowls to place them into.

We were busy talking on the telephone.

We enjoyed playing with the balls, turning the star rainbows into a teeter-totter and going down the slide in the habitrail area.

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios, fresh banana and a homemade birthday muffin.

Lunch:  Scrambled eggs with shredded cheese, whole grain wheat toast, fresh banana and broccoli.

Afternoon Snack:  Graham crackers, mozzarella cheese stick and homemade birthday brownie.

Wee Sprouts:  Broccoli.

Have a great night!

Rebekah

Link to pictures: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulidYCQ4d0bqI-i0LA8Q