Good Afternoon!
Enjoy the pictures from our day!
Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh strawberries.
Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat flatbread, fresh pineapple/banana, and fresh cucumber/pepper.
PM snack– Air popped popcorn with butter and applesauce.
Wee Sprout– Fresh pepper/cucumber.
Have a great night!
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 9/28
Good Afternoon! Enjoy some of the pictures from our day!
Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and apple slices.
Lunch: Peanut butter on whole grain wheat bread, cantaloupe, sweet potatoes and 1/2 mozzarella cheese stick.
Afternoon Snack: Whole grain wheat bagel with butter and cinnamon’/sugar mixture and cucumbers.
Wee Sprouts: Red bell peppers.
Have a great evening!
Rebekah
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Good Afternoon!
Our three kindergarteners explored greater than, less than, and equal signs using three tools that resembled an alligator mouth! They inserted the alligator mouth into the equation and once they found the correct alligator mouth, they drew the sign between the two numbers.
K.NS.7: Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group.
We read, ‘The Snail and the Whale’ by Julia Donaldson during our K/PREK1 group today. Once we had finished the book, I asked children to raise their hands if they’d like to say aloud a character that was in the story. Immediately, several hands went into the air and friends started rattling off every character that was in the story. The same thing happened with the setting. We talked about how most books have more than one setting. They became quite specific when sharing a setting. For example, instead of saying, “In the ocean”, a friend shared, “On the rock in the ocean”.
We turned our attention to the chalkboard where there were several numbers and signs. I used an alligator mouth as a guide when dealing with greater than, less than, or equal to. When children have two numbers that they’re comparing, it’s easiest to have a guide like an alligator mouth! The alligator mouth is always going to want to eat the bigger number: does an alligator want to eat three pieces of pizza or ten pieces of pizza?
We looked at the first problem that had a 7 and an equal sign. We talked about what an equal sign means and I asked if I put an 8 on the other side of the equal sign, would the problem be solved. Friends quickly shouted, “No, they’re not the same!”. We went through every equation, adding the second number after the sign to make the equation true! Children caught on VERY quick and even shared, “We did that fast!”
K.RL.2.3: Identify important elements of the text (e.g. characters, settings, or events).
K.NS.7: Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group.
The rest of our morning was full of building, playdough, outside play and children wanting us to “take a picture to share with my mommy and daddy!”
Breakfast– Whole grain Cheerios with fresh watermelon.
Lunch– Peanut butter on whole wheat bread, cheddar block cheese, fresh cantaloupe/apples, and fresh cherry tomatoes/cucumber/carrots.
PM snack– Whole wheat bagel with cream cheese and string cheese.
Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/cherry tomatoes.
Have a wonderful night.
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 9/27
Good Afternoon!
This morning we started off our day busy with a variety of toys from the habi-trail area. We were tossing the snowballs around the floor and into a basket. We then moved to the color rings and were wearing them or found that we could balance them on the ballet bar and then watch them slide down between the bar and the mirrors. We then walked and sat on the stepping stones and liquid squares.
We then headed into the kitchen for a shaving cream sensory activity. We added glitter to make our shaving cream sparkle. We used a sponge brush and paint brush to help spread it onto our animals. The animals we had were, a cow, pig, lion and elephant. Miss Bekah asked the older friends which animals belongs on a farm or at the zoo? Emily and Paige did great identifying where they would find each of the animals.
Eliza enjoyed exploring the texture of the dress- up skirt. She also worked her fine motor skills while pulling the books off the bookshelf to look at them.
We then headed outside to ride on the teeter-totters, scoop up the rocks with our hands to place them into a bucket, drive our construction trucks through the rocks and dig and make sand castles in the sandbox using different containers.
Breakfast: Whole grain wheat toast with peanut butter and fresh oranges.
Lunch: Whole grain wheat pasta with red beans, fresh cucumbers and watermelon.
Afternoon Snack: Whole milk yogurt and graham crackers.
Have a marvelous evening!
Rebekah
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Happy Monday!
This week, we’re going to be diving into important parts that make up a book: characters, setting, and events. We used ‘Room on the Broom’ for kindergarten sign in since it’s one of our favorites! Each kindergartener wrote a few characters in the story, where the story took place (setting), and one event that occurred in the story.
K.RL.2.3: Identify important elements of the text (e.g. characters, settings, or events).
The kindergartener shared what they did for their sign in activity since the theme continued into K/PREK1 group. We read, ‘The Kissing Hand’ and after we were done reading, we talked about the three things that make up a story: characters, setting, and events. When we got to events, I asked for two events that occurred in the story and I was told four events that happened!
K.RL.2.3: Identify important elements of the text (e.g. characters, settings, or events).
The light table was a busy space this morning when Miss Kim got it out. Children used simple shapes to make more complex shapes.
Breakfast– Whole wheat bagel with peanut butter and fresh oranges.
Lunch– Whole wheat noodles with butter and red beans, fresh watermelon, and fresh cherry tomatoes/cucumbers.
PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with granola.
Wee Sprout– Fresh cherry tomatoes/cucumber (from Daniel’s garden at home!).
Have a lovely evening!
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 9/26
Happy Friday!
Kindergarten sign in centered around groups of words and choosing the one word in each group that didn’t belong. For example, the words head, foot, hand, and blue were grouped together. Children had to choose which word didn’t belong into the group. Daniel thought about it and said, “blue since it’s a color!”. After Daniel finished sign in this morning, he sighed and shared, “That one was HARD!” 
K.DA.1: Identify, sort, and classify objects by size, number, and other attributes. Identify objects that do not belong to a particular group and explain the reasoning used.
We read, ‘Today, I Feel Silly’ in K/PREK1 group which is a book from our MACK collection! Afterwards, we turned our attention to the chalkboard where various groups of shapes were drawn on a piece of paper. For example problem, there were two groups of shapes. Children worked together to count each group and then answer a question such as, “Which group has the most shapes?”
K.NS.9: Use correctly the words for comparison, including: one and many; none, some and all; more and less; most and least’ and equal to, more than, and less than.
Our welcome activity centered around food! (our FAVORITE topic)
Children took the pictures of food and sorted them into six groups: meat and eggs, cheese and dairy, vegetables, fruit, bread and grains, and sweets.
Breakfast– Brown rice cakes with peanut butter and banana.
Lunch– Chicken breast (lunchmeat) on whole wheat bread, fresh pineapple/apple, and fresh cucumber/cherry tomatoes.
PM snack– Pretzels and cheddar block cheese.
Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/cherry tomatoes.
Have a wonderful weekend!
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 9/23
Good Afternoon!
Friend enjoyed our Fall sensory bin with corn, beans, pine cones and a gourd so much yesterday, we opened it up again today. They were busy scooping with different size measuring cups and spoons and pouring the mixture into some of our extra drinking cups.
Ben and Eliza engaged with pom-pom balls as their sensory experience in a bowl and in a whisk. Eliza was busy shaking her whisk full of pom-poms.
Even though the cooler Fall temperatures were here today, it didn’t stop us from enjoying some of our favorite outside activities.
Breakfast: Whole grain brown rice cakes with peanut butter and fresh oranges.
Lunch: Turkey lunchmeat on whole grain wheat bread, cucumbers and apple slices.
Afternoon Snack: Colby block cheese and Ritz crackers.
Wee Sprouts: Cherry tomatoes.
Have a great weekend!
Rebekah
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Good Afternoon!
Kindergarten sign in had several parts! First, children had to sort four shapes from smallest to biggest. Once they had them sorted by size, they identified the shape before drawing it. The trapezoid and hexagon were challenging to draw so a few friends traced the wooden shape to practice the motion of drawing it.
K.DA.1: Identify, sort, and classify objects by size, number, and other attributes. Identify objects that do not belong to a particular group and explain the reasoning used.
We filled in the last text genre on our chart! We have been seeing so many monarch butterflies the last few months in the backyard so we decided to learn about them thanks to a non-fiction book in the science area titled, ‘Butterfly Life Cycle’. Did you know that the butterfly life cycle lasts about one month AND a caterpillar has sixteen legs?!
K.RL.3.1: Recognize familiar narrative text genres (e.g. fiction, nonfiction, fairytales, poems)
When we were done filling in our chart, each friend looked at a specific row of shapes. They had to identify which shape didn’t belong in the group and share why. For example, Rowan had the shapes on the green piece of paper. She said that the diamond didn’t belong because it was a different color than the other shapes.
K.DA.1: Identify, sort, and classify objects by size, number, and other attributes. Identify objects that do not belong to a particular group and explain the reasoning used.
The welcome activity centered around shapes. Since there were no directions, children guided their own experience so it looked different for every child. Bo decided to make a unique creation that involved mirror shapes; what he did on one side, he did on the other! Millie chose to strictly work with triangles but she placed them upright around her wooden tray.
Hello, FALL!
We bundled up in our jackets and headed outside this morning. We were greeted by crisp, cool air which made for a lovely outdoor play experience!
Breakfast– Toasted oatmeal squares with banana.
Lunch– Brown rice with shredded chicken, fresh strawberries/banana, and fresh cherry tomatoes/carrots/cucumber.
PM snack– Ritz whole wheat crackers and peanuts.
Wee Sprout– Fresh cherry tomatoes/cucumber/carrots.
Have a wonderful night.
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 9/22
Good Afternoon! Enjoy the pictures from our day!
Breakfast: Kix cereal and fresh oranges.
Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with red beans, cherry tomatoes and apple slices.
Afternoon Snack: Sunflower seeds and Triscuit crackers.
Have a terrific evening!
Rebekah
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Good Afternoon!
This morning we were busy digging, scooping and pouring in the moon sand sensory table one last day before we switch it to a different sensory experience tomorrow.
We also listened to Miss Bekah read us some teacher stories. Some of us stood at the window on the reading step to watch the rain come down and listen to the thunder.
Ben and Eliza enjoyed interacting and playing with the Peek-a-Blocks together.
Breakfast: Overnight Oatmeal with cinnamon/sugar mixture and fresh pears.
Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs with shredded cheese, whole grain wheat flatbread, orange bell peppers and bananas.
Afternoon Snack: Refried beans and Blue corn chips.
Have a wonderful evening!
Rebekah
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