Good Afternoon!

This morning we all went our own separate ways to different areas of the classroom to play.  We explored the wooden loose parts, drove trucks and planes, climbed up the steps onto the habi-trail and built with Magna-Tiles.

We then were busy making our own music while shaking our shakers, rain stick and tambourine.

A friend then asked for the See The Bunnies Sleeping Song.  We acted out the sleeping part and being flamingos in the pictures.  The other animals we acted out were; pigs, horses, lions, and bunnies.

Miss Tina and I attended a conference over the weekend. Jim Gill who is a children’s songwriter and musician was the keynote speaker, so we listened and danced to a few of his songs,  the Silly Dance Contest and Jump and Count.

Today was trash truck Monday, so we were excited to see the truck come and empty our trash bin while we were outside.  After seeing the trash truck we headed to bury our feet in the sandbox and step out of it, dig and pour with shovels and small cups, use our fingers to poke holes into a sand mountain and drive and empty the dump truck in the rocks.

Breakfast:  Toasted whole grain wheat bread with butter and fresh pears.

Lunch:  Whole grain wheat pasta with butter and shredded cheese, fresh oranges and peas and carrots.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole milk yogurt and watermelon.

Wee Sprouts:  Red bell peppers.

Have a great evening!

Rebekah

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Happy Monday!

Our three kindergarteners were given five different items, varying in length. They had to sort the items starting with the shortest to the longest. Daniel fixed a mistake he had made very quickly while Bo and C compared the lengths of the items before placing them in order.

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, or holds more.

After reading, ‘Kindness Grows’ in K/PREK1 group which is a book from our MACK section, each child got a different colored pipe cleaner. We measured the pipe cleaners using a ruler. When I got the ruler out, I asked the group, “Does anyone know what this is called?”. A few friends called it a tape measurer while Rowan raised her hand and suggested, “Ruler?!”

Each child used the ruler to measure their pipe cleaner and we wrote down how long it is. Once we had the measurements of each pipe cleaner, we sorted them starting with the shortest to the longest!

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, or holds more.

An art activity was available at the art table this morning. We didn’t use brushes though: we used spray bottles to distribute the water colors! Each friend used a leaf stencil so leave prints were left behind once they were done spray their paper.

Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with peanut butter and fresh pears.

Lunch– Whole wheat noodles with butter and shredded beef, fresh watermelon, and fresh cucumber/carrots.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with granola.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/carrots.

Have a great night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 10/10

Good Afternoon!

Kindergarteners explored our clock this morning as they had to find five specific times. We talked about both hands, the minute hand and the hour hand and how they correlate to the numbers on the clock!

K.M.2: Understand concepts of time, including: morning, afternoon, evening, today, yesterday, tomorrow, day, week, month, and year. Understand that clocks and calendars are tools that measure time.

We continued this activity into K/PREK1 group after we read Croc Around the Clock. The three kindergarteners shared what they learned with their two preschool peers. Each friend got one time card and they had to find the time by moving both hands.

K.M.2: Understand concepts of time, including: morning, afternoon, evening, today, yesterday, tomorrow, day, week, month, and year. Understand that clocks and calendars are tools that measure time.

Our morning was busy with art table creations and notch block towers! Our imaginations were soaring today as our creativity was on display!

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

Lunch– Hummus on whole wheat flatbread, fresh banana/pear, and fresh carrots/pepper/cucumber.

PM snack– Pretzels and string cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper.

Have a fantastic weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 10/7

Happy Friday!

This morning we had our gross motor skills in motion as we crawled through the tunnel or watched as our friends crawled through.

Miss Tina read us several bilingual books that were written in both English and Spanish to introduce us to a new language.  She read several books to us in English first and then we got to hear her read it in Spanish to hear the difference in the languages.  We were very interested in learning the names of the animals in Spanish.

We pulled down our sheer curtain for our friends to look and walk through and feel the texture of the fabric in their hands.

Breakfast:  Whole grain brown rice cakes with cream cheese and fresh apple slices.

Lunch:  Turkey lunchmeat on whole grain wheat tortillas, fresh apple and pear slices and peas and carrots.

Afternoon Snack:  Goldfish crackers, cheddar block cheese slices and banana.

Wee Sprouts:  Red bell peppers.

Have a lovely weekend!

Rebekah

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Good Afternoon!  Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast:  Whole grain Cheerios and fresh pears.

Lunch:  Whole grain brown rice with shredded roast beef, fresh strawberries and orange bell peppers.

Afternoon Snack:  Ritz crackers with peanut butter and fresh pineapple.

Have a terrific evening!

Rebekah

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Good Afternoon!

Enjoy the pictures from our Thursday!

Breakfast– Whole Grain Cheerios with banana.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded turkey, fresh pineapple/banana, and fresh green beans/cucumber.

PM snack– Pumpkin bread and peanuts.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper.

Have a wonderful night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 10/6

Good Afternoon!

This morning Miss Tina set up a playdough sensory experience for us.  We enjoyed using our rolling pins to poke it, hammers to pound it and craft sticks to cut it.  We also used a variety of different shaped cookie cutters to make our shape cut outs.

Arthur and Paige then went into the front area to engage with the textured ramps using our cars and trains.  They watched as their cars and trains went down the different ramps and how they bumped or zig-zagged down the ramp.

Arthur and Emily then built together with the Magna-Tiles.  They placed Little People inside and then covered them up with another tile and continued to build it higher and higher.

We then headed outside to stand at the window of the climbing house, ride the teeter-totter, cook in the play kitchen and scoop with a funnel in the sandbox.

Breakfast: Overnight Oatmeal with cinnamon/sugar mixture and fresh strawberries.

Lunch:  Farm fresh scrambled eggs with shredded cheddar cheese, toasted English muffins with cream cheese, bananas and cucumber slices.

Afternoon Snack:  Blue corn chips and hummus.

Have a wonderful evening!

Rebekah

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Good Afternoon!

First, we want to wish a HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Rowan! She turned FIVE years old today! We were so happy that we were able to celebrate her birthday with her today.

For kindergarten sign in, children took five Wee Friend activities and sorted them in the order in which they happened. For example, children said they eat breakfast here before they sign in!

We read The Napping House in K/PREK1 group. Before we started reading, I asked how the story started. A friend responded, “The grandma is sleeping in the bed!”. I asked how the story ends and a friend shared, “There’s a rainbow!”—both were right! We also talked about a few specific events that occurred in the middle of the story. We checked our answers throughout the story and our group members did a FANTASTIC job at identifying the beginning, end, and middle parts of the book before reading it!

K.1.4: Identify and order events that take place in a sequence.

K.RL.2.2: With support, retell familiar stories, poems, and nursery rhymes, including key details.

Here’s a sneak peak at the rest of our day!

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh cantaloupe.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat tortilla, fresh pears, and fresh cucumber/green bean.

PM snack– Rowan’s birthday treat: homemade pumpkin bread and block cheese,

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/green beans.

Have a great night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 10/5

Good Afternoon!

This morning we painted using our dot markers.  We talked about the different colors we were using to paint with on our papers to make our beautiful masterpieces.

We then were busy walking on our stepping circles and liquid square mats.  We felt the different textures with our feet and watched the liquid as it moved as we walked on them.

We then headed outside to get some fresh air and play.

Breakfast:  Oatmeal Squares-Brown Sugar cereal and fresh apple slices.

Lunch:  Peanut butter on whole grain wheat flatbread, fresh pears, peas and mozzarella cheese stick.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole grain wheat bagels with butter and cinnamon sugar mixture.

Wee Sprouts:  Red bell peppers.

Have a terrific evening!

Rebekah

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Good Afternoon!

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Toasted oatmeal squares with fresh strawberries.

Lunch– Peanut butter sandwiches with whole wheat bread, fresh strawberries/cantaloupe, and fresh green beans/cucumber.

PM snack– Whole wheat bagel with butter and string cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh green beans/cucumber.

Have a wonderful evening.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 10/4