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

Good Afternoon!

Today we welcomed our new friend Hannah and her family to our Wee Friends family.  We are so happy to have you in our classroom.

Ben and Dax pulled themselves up to the standing position at the window sill and the corner of the wall.  Dax held on to it to walk around it.  Eliza got up on her knees today and was showing us her crawling skills to get the toy she saw and wanted to play with.  What an exciting day for our friends as they hit a new milestone.

We were busy playing with doctor tools, looking at books on the bookshelf, tossing, carrying or shaking a variety of balls and building a train track for our train cars

We then bundled up and headed outside to engage in our favorite activities.

Breakfast:  Toasted whole grain wheat bread with butter and cinnamon/sugar mixture and bananas.

Lunch:  Whole grain wheat pasta with shredded roast beef, fresh pears and corn.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole milk yogurt and graham crackers.

Wee Sprouts:  Cucumbers.

Have a great evening!

Rebekah

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Good Afternoon!

This week, one of the concepts we’re going to be talking about is calendars and clocks, specifically what we use them for. Kindergarteners had to write down what we use clocks and calendars for on their sign in activity.

Everyday in K/PREK1 group, we go over our calendar activity where we talk about the month, day of the week, date, and year. We also identify various holidays in each month as well as birthdays. We read, ‘A Child’s Calendar’ in group where each month was discusses as well as what the weather may look like in each month as well as holidays in each month. For the most part, that’s how children identify months; by important dates to them such as birthdays and holidays.

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.

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

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

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with marinara sauce and shredded cheese, fresh pears/strawberries, and fresh carrots/cucumber.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with graham crackers.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/cucumber.

Have a wonderful night.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 10/3