Happy Monday!

We read, ‘Bunny’s Book Club’ in K/PREK1 which is a book from Dolly Parton’s book club so several friends in group shared that they had the book at home!

After reading the story, we read four words on the chalkboard. We talked about ‘word families’ and what happens when we change the first letter on a word. We worked together to come up with two rhyming words.

K.RF.3.5: Add, delete, or substitute sounds to change words.

In PREK2 group, children worked on addition up to 10. Miss Kim put a specific number of shapes in each circle and children had to add the shapes together!

Miss Kim brought in some dried flowers from her house for a nature collage project! Children had the opportunity to come to the art table to create their own collage using nature items and contact paper. Friends loved searching through the collection of items to see what was available.

We were thrilled that we started off the week with the best weather on tap for the week!

Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with butter and fresh oranges.

Lunch– Homemade macaroni and cheese, fresh oranges, and fresh carrots.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with graham crackers.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots.

Have a wonderful night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/21

Good Afternoon and Happy Monday! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.

This morning we made bright, beautiful pictures using the dot markers. 

Outside was our next stop! We are absolutely LOVING the nicer weather.

Breakfast: Whole grain English muffins with peanut butter and pears.

Lunch: Whole wheat Penne pasta noodles with marinara and mozzarella cheese, peas and oranges.

Snack: Whole milk yogurt and graham crackers.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a fantastic evening.

Marty

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Happy Friday!

What a great way to end our week!

Enjoy the pictures from our day.

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

Lunch– Melted shredded cheese on whole wheat flatbread, fresh oranges/banana/strawberry, and fresh snap peas/cucumber.

PM snack– Pretzels and sliced cheddar cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh snap peas/cucumber.

Have a wonderful weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/18

Good Afternoon and Happy Friday!

Emma and Paige really enjoyed working at the Duplo center to build colorful Duplo masterpieces. They worked individually, but shared the big basket of the blocks quire nicely.

Then we were able to get outdoors this morning and enjoy ourselves before the rain came in. The preschool teachers brought out the scooters and some of really enjoyed those.We can work on utilizing our gross motor skills by pushing ourselves with our feet around the circle path.

Breakfast: Whole grain brown rice cakes with peanut butter and strawberries.

Lunch: Whole wheat warmed tortillas with cheese, mixed veggies and watermelon.

Snack: Banana bread (for Marty’s B-day snack) and cheddar/mozzarella mixed sticks.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a great weekend.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

We read, ‘Same, Same, But Different’ in K/PREK1.  It’s a book from our MACK collection. The book revolves around two boys who live in completely different parts of the world. While they are very different, there are similarities to how they live their life, what they eat, and the things that surround them. Children loved comparing and contrasting the two main characters throughout the story.

Afterwards, each child chose one notecard out of my hand. We read the notecards aloud. I read one sentence at a time where the noun was missing. They used context clues in the sentence to see who’s word fit in the blank. They each got the opportunity to come to the board and tape their word into the missing space.

K.W.6.1a: Nouns/Pronouns– Writing sentences that include singular and/or plural nouns (e.g., dog/dogs, cat/cats).

When the breakfast table was cleaned off, the art table QUICKLY became full (it’s quite the transition period!). Evie focused intently as she used a sketch book to aid in her drawings. Crayons and markers covered our papers that made their way into children’s cubbies! The class was very productive today!

Millie asked to paint at the art easel and James quickly joined her. They have been loving the water color option at the easel (as opposed to tempera!).

A few friends camped out at the island where they explored various games. James attempted ka-noodle for the first time today while Daniel asked Rowan if she’d want to play war which is one of our favorite card games.

We have gotten spoiled this week with the weather considering it’s only mid March! By the end of our morning outside time, friends were taking off their jackets—it was so nice!

Breakfast– Toasted oatmeal squares and banana.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded turkey, fresh oranges/banana, and fresh snap peas/cucumber/cherry tomatoes.

PM snack– Whole wheat crackers with hummus.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/snap peas.

Have a wonderful evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/17

Good Afternoon and Happy St. Patrick’s Day! I hope you all wore your green  

What another beautiful day! Keep ‘em coming!!! Please enjoy the pictures from our day.

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and pears.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with butter and red beans, sweet potatoes, and pears.

Snack: Pumpkin seeds and whole wheat crackers.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a lovely night.

Marty

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Happy Wednesday! It is GORGEOUS outside today!!!!

Paige and a friend wanted to be cozy in a chair, so they both decided to share it while feeding their babies.

We had a great time painting this morning with fun colors. Some of us also wanted to use our hands and not just our paint brushes.

We then headed outside and had a great time playing and enjoying the day. We quickly noticed a worker man at our house. It was the roofing man to fix a part of the WWF classroom roof. We were all pretty curios and interested to see what he was doing, so we happily watched him and heard the loud sounds he was making. What an exciting outside time  

Breakfast: Whole grain Oatmeal with cinnamon and

Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs with shredded cheese, Whole wheat toast with peanut butter, corn and strawberries.

Snack: Hummus and Blue corn chips.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a great night.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh pears.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat bread, fresh cantaloupe/strawberries, and fresh cucumber/cherry tomatoes.

PM snack– Air popped popcorn with butter and applesauce.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/peppers.

Have a wonderful night.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/16

Good Afternoon!

We read, ‘Strictly No Elephants’ in K/PREK1 which is a book from our MACK collection! It’s one of our favorites because it opens our imagination and mind to the possibility of having unique animals as pets!

When we were done reading, each friend got a sentence to complete. I read their sentence aloud with two different words: a singular noun and a plural noun. They used the text around their word to determine whether or not the noun should be singular or plural.

K.W.6.1a: Nouns/Pronouns– Writing sentences that include singular and/or plural nouns (e.g., dog/dogs, cat/cats).

In PREK2, children worked together to fill in the missing spaces with the correct number!

We love puzzles. We love wooden puzzles. We love foam puzzles. We love challenging 48 piece puzzles. There are so many benefits to puzzles—the most obvious being fine motor skills. Below, I’ve attached two articles.

The first article is a short list of things to do at home (and school!) to help strengthen your child’s fine motor skills!

https://www.naeyc.org/our-work/families/help-your-child-build-fine-motor-skills

The second article is a Teacher Tom blogpost about puzzles. In this blogpost, he says, “I like sitting with children as they sort through puzzles. For one thing, it’s a great exercise in non-intervention. As children turn pieces around and around trying to find the piece that fits, it can take every ounce of willpower to restrain myself from offering unsolicited advice. For another, even in a busy classroom, a child bent over a puzzle is a study in focus, their thoughts revealing themselves in the movements of their little fingers as they study shape and pattern, as they seek out the perfect fit. For most children, it’s a silent, solo activity, although they might team up with friends, talking their way through a process.”

http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2021/04/first-puzzles-are-hard-then-you-turn.html

Oh my goodness! We’ve been loving the outside time we’ve been getting so far this week. The balance bikes have been our absolute favorite activity so far this season.

Breakfast– Whole Grain Cheerios with fresh apples.

Lunch– Homemade whole wheat pancake, sliced rotisserie chicken breast, fresh watermelon, and fresh carrots/cucumber.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with granola.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/carrots.

Have a wonderful night.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/15

Good Afternoon. I hope you are all having a wonderful day!!!

Today we want to wish Hannah a very Happy Third Birthday!! She is VERY excited about being three.

We were all happy about getting our hands deep into the sensory table bird seed mixture today! We used small colorful bowls, measuring cups, and small bowl like sifters to scoop and pour the mixture.

Then we headed outdoors. We love this whole going outside thing!  

Breakfast: Whole grain Kix (requested by the B-day girl) and apples.

Lunch: Whole wheat warmed tortillas with refried beans and shredded mozzarella cheese, sweet potatoes and watermelon.

Snack: HM Blueberry muffins with yogurt. (Hanna’s Birthday treat for us.)  

Wee Sprouts: Yellow Pepper.

have a fantastic night.

Marty

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