Good Afternoon!

Two of our kindergarteners completed sign in before heading outside. They were asked to count a specific number of colored puff balls using their one to one correspondence skills: eight yellow balls, seven red balls, and eleven blue balls. One of our kindergarteners ended up having nine red balls and said aloud, “Oh I have nine red balls. I need to get rid of two.”—doing subtraction without even knowing it!

K.NS.4: Perform one-to-one correspondence tasks.

We read, ‘The Gruffalo’ in K/PREK1 group. Before we started reading, I asked the group to pay attention to the characters in the story because I was going to be asking about them when we started our activity. This lead into a quick conversation about what ‘characters’ are in a story.

After the story was done, children worked together to name all of the characters in the book. We started going through each character to see how many syllables each word had. James, who was gone on Tuesday when we did our first syllable lesson, asked what syllables were. Since he wasn’t here for our syllable group lesson, friends gave him a quick crash course using our names to explain what syllables are! It was a great re-teaching experience where children became the teacher. We learned that most of the characters have one syllable in their name!

K.RF.3.2: Orally segment words into syllables.

Rowan showed interest in gems and rocks earlier in the week so Miss Kim went down into the basement and brought up the rock collections. Children were able to use a magnifying glass to look closely at each rock. As they looked at a specific rock, children were told the names of each rock as well as where they came from—most came from volcanoes!

It was a beautiful morning! We’ve been spoiled with great weather the last few weeks. A group of older boys gathered in the housekeeping area where they used a collection of nature including mulch and purple flowers.

Breakfast– Kix and banana.

Lunch– Brown rice with turkey, fresh watermelon, and fresh pepper/cucumber.

PM snack– Peanuts and triscuits.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper.

Have a great night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 9/1

Good Afternoon! The last day of August.  The month seemed to fly by. 

This morning we were all engaged up in the front area of the classroom.  We built with Magna-Tiles,  looked at the objects inside the Peek-a-Blocks and stacked them and drove the truck and train cars back and forth on the carpet.

We then headed outside.  The bikes were out for us to enjoy riding down the hill and several friends were busy digging in the sandbox.

Breakfast:  Overnight oatmeal with cinnamon/sugar mixture and bananas.

Lunch:  Farm fresh scrambled eggs, whole grain wheat toast with peanut butter, fresh pineapple and mixed vegetables.

Afternoon Snack:  Blue corn chips and refried beans.

Wee Sprouts:  Cucumbers.

Have a wonderful evening!

Rebekah

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Good Afternoon!

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh cantaloupe.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat bread, fresh pineapple/strawberries, and fresh cucumber/snap peas.

PM snack– Air popped popcorn with butter and raisins.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/snap peas.

Have a great night!

-Mindy

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Good Afternoon!

This morning we did several activities with our big plastic blocks.  First we pretended they were boats as we listening to the song, Row, Row, Row Your Boat and acted out the motions of rowing with our arms as we sang the song.  We then flipped over our blocks and pretended we were riding on a train.  We read the book Magic Train Ride by Sally Crabtree while sitting on the train.  Miss Bekah then asked us where we would like to go on our train ride?  A friend said, “my house.”  Paige said, “momma’s house.” Emily said,  “the zoo.”  They had some great ideas of places they would like to go.

We then headed outside to enjoy the refreshing air and sunshine along with some of our favorite activities.

Breakfast:  Whole grain Cheerios and fresh oranges.

Lunch:  Peanut butter on whole grain wheat tortillas, fresh strawberries, corn and 1/2 mozzarella cheese stick.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole grain wheat bagels with cream cheese and cucumbers.

Wee Sprouts:  Red bell peppers.

Have a terrific evening!

Rebekah

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Good Afternoon!

Syllables was the focus of kindergarten sign in today! First, we talked about what syllables are before discussing the two ways that we can count syllables: clapping and hand on chin.

Together, we counted the syllables in the word apple before they tackled the three following words with little teacher assistance: banana, hand, and table.

We read the story, ‘The Listening Walk’, in K/PREK1 group. This week, we start our 12 week MACK (Mindful Attention with Curiosity and Kindness Curriculum) curriculum. This is a curriculum that encompasses the whole child so we’re not only meeting the cognitive needs to our child through the FAB’s but the social emotional needs as well. We have a library of books that speak specifically to the MACK curriculum. They are broken down into five topics: mindfulness, emotions, acts of kindness and friendship, peace and diversity, and gratitude. Our MACK for the week is:

Children will learn that mindfulness involves paying attention on purpose in the present moment with curiosity and kindness. Children will use their sense to describe what they are feeling and seeing in the world around them.

Afterwards, we continued to explore syllables by bringing our older preschool friends into the mix. For group, we used our names to start the conversation of syllables. Children chose to use the clapping method or the hand to chin method to see how many syllables were in each group members name! We found out that we are quite the two syllable word bunch!

K.RF.3.2: Orally segment words into syllables.

Several friends explored the welcome activity which was an open ended activity revolving around shapes! Daniel chose to use the shapes to make a picture, having to look specifically for certain shapes. Other children held the shapes in their hand, placing them strategically on the wooden board.

Miss Kim set up an art exploration that offered children the chance to use a variety of materials such as pinecones, feathers, beans, leaves, and crinkly paper. Children were able to use these materials as they wish so everyone’s creation look quite different!

Breakfast– Whole Grain Cheerios with fresh pineapple.

Lunch– Melted shredded cheese on whole wheat tortilla, fresh cantaloupe/pineapple, and fresh cucumber.

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

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber.

Have a wonderful night.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 8/30

Reminder:  We will be closed next Monday, September 5th in observance of Labor Day. Thank you.

Good Afternoon!

A friend was working on her forward roll.  Several friends went over to join her and practice doing them. 

We then engaged with our stacking cups and shape sorters.  We worked our fine motor, hand-eye coordination, color recognition  and sorting by size skills as we worked stacking them back together in the cup or on the pole of the stacker.

We then headed into the kitchen to draw with markers on a piece of cardboard. Paige shared with Miss Bekah that her markers weren’t working.  They were working, so Miss Bekah explained to her and the rest of her friends that the colors do not show up as bright because the cardboard is brown which is different than the white paper we usually use.

We then headed outside to run around the circle, go down the slide, play with the sea animals and trucks at the tables and watch the trash truck empty our trash bin.

Breakfast:  Whole grain wheat toast with butter and cinnamon/sugar mixture and fresh oranges.

Lunch:  Whole grain wheat pasta with black beans, fresh apple slices and cucumbers.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole milk yogurt and graham crackers.

Have a great evening!

Rebekah

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Happy Monday!

Enjoy a few pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with butter and banana.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with butter and shredded chicken, fresh pineapple, 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 8/29

Good Afternoon!

This morning was full of water and soap bubbles as we washed our toys from the front area of the classroom!  We used sponges and toothbrushes to get them clean.  While we washed the Duplos, we worked on our color recognition skills to identify the different colors we were cleaning.

During outside time, a few friends were busy drawing with chalk.  They were working on their tracing skills to trace a baby doll or have an older friend trace their body on the sidewalk.

Other friends were busy playing with trucks in the rocks inside the climbing house or walking their baby doll down the rock path.

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

Lunch:  Ham lunchmeat on whole grain wheat bread, strawberries and cucumbers.

Afternoon Snack:  Goldfish crackers, bananas and mozzarella cheese stick.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Rebekah

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Happy Friday!

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

 

 

Breakfast– Brown rice cakes with peanut butter and banana.

Lunch– Hummus on whole wheat bread, green beans/cucumbers, oranges/bananas

PM snack– Pretzel sticks & string cheese

Wee Sprout– Fresh green beans/cucumber.

Have a lovely weekend!

-Mindy

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Good Afternoon!

For kindergarten sign in, our three kindergarteners played a round of ‘Community Helper Bingo’!

I read a description and they had to look at on their board to see if they had that specific community helper. They did fantastic at helping one another out with clues that were a little more challenging.

Social Studies: K.2.1 Give examples of people who are community helpers (inside the classroom and outside the classroom) and describe how they help us.

The six K/PREK1 children are thriving during their daily journal experience. They’ve been working on their letter recognition as well as letter sounds, depending on readiness, and have thoroughly enjoyed getting to have this time to journal each day.

The welcome activity involved wooden circles and felt bunnies. Some children chose to sort the materials while others placed them on top of one another, creating a one to one correspondence learning experience.

When we went outside, friends took turns exploring a new game that Miss Tami brought in! Anywhere from two to four kids played at a time. They each held a frisbee and had to catch a koosh ball with the frisbee that a friend threw to them. It required quite a lot of concentration!

Breakfast– Toasted oatmeal squares with fresh strawberries.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded pork, fresh strawberries/pears, and fresh cucumber/pepper.

PM snack– Whole wheat crackers with peanut butter.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper.

Have a great evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 8/25