Happy Monday!

After reading a fitting story for today titled, ‘Snow’, K/PREK1 group members told me what the four season were called (in order!). After I wrote the seasons, we went one by one and children shared what they associate each season with.

Tomorrow, they will get to do a matching activity focusing on the four seasons.

Science: K.3.5 Describe and give examples of weather changes and illustrate how weather affects people and the environment.

In PREK2 group, children used cardboard tiles that had weather related images on them. They chatted about the weather images and what season they may fit into.

It was a musical Monday!

Right after breakfast, Millie asked if we could get out instruments! Several children gathered on the music rug to explore various instruments including drums, tambourine, melody harp, accordion, and a big maraca.

Children worked on beats and repeating of patterns. They followed a teachers lead while also making their own beat pattern.

Mack, Daniel, and Bo took their musical interest to the next level: they created their own band and used wooden boards as their instruments!

Breakfast– Whole wheat bagel with butter and fresh apples.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with butter and shredded chicken, fresh watermelon, and fresh carrots.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with graham crackers.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/pepper/cucumber.

Have a wonderful night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 4/18

Good Afternoon. I hope you all had a great Easter Holiday!

Friends absolutely adore our two fish. While looking at them, Arthur enjoyed trying to grab each one of them. As they swam away, Arthur gave a giggle.  

Breakfast: Whole wheat English muffins with butter and cinnamon and pears.

Lunch: Whole wheat elbow noodles with butter and black beans, peas and oranges.

Snack: Pretzels and mozzarella string cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a lovely night.

Marty

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Happy Thursday!

Evie and Mack chose a fresh flower from a bouquet that I brought in. They broke apart the flower and glued each part to a piece of construction paper. As they glued the pieces, they identified what the part of the flower was called.

We had a huge collection of stuffed animals so today, each friend got to chose one to take home and care for.

As they picked their animal, they had to identify what the animal ate and whether or not it was a herbivore, carnivore, or omnivore.

We headed outside this morning and Miss Annastecia painted our nails! Each friend got to chose their own nail polish. What better combo than nails and pajamas?!

Miss Kim made a special snack for us that is a well known Passover dish. We loved it!

Breakfast– Kix and fresh pears.

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

PM snack– Homemade apple walnut charoset: “Passover apple salad”

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/snap peas.

Have a safe and happy holiday weekend.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 4/14

Good Afternoon.

WF/WWF WILL BE CLOSED TOMORROW IN OBSERVANCE OF GOOD FRDAY.

Emily and Arthur enjoyed walking on the circular sensory steps today! Each circle has a different texture that friends can feel as they walk across them. We can also work on our color recognition with this fun activity.

This friend thought it would be a great idea to put a large ball underneath her shirt to have a “baby”  

We then went outside for a while to enjoy the wonderful sunshine and of course the…blustery wind. Some friends enjoyed the wind, others weren’t too fond of it! But we ALL loved the sunshine.

Breakfast: Whole grain Kix cereal and pears.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with butter and shredded chicken, corn and pears.

Snack: Whole wheat crackers and Pumpkin seeds.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh red and orange pepper.

Have a fantastic Easter weekend, we will see all of you Monday!

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

**Given we have a short week this week, we will celebrate by making tomorrow PAJAMA DAY!

We read, ‘How Do Apples Grow’?’ in K/PREK1 group. It was very informative, offering up things that we didn’t know about the process in which apple trees grow.

When the story was over, each friend chose two notecards. One card had the name of  an animal while the other card was some kind of plant or tree. They had to share one similarity and one difference when comparing the two things.

For example, Evie chose chipmunk and maple tree. She said the similarity was that they both need water to survive while a difference is that chipmunks can run and trees cannot!

Science: K.4.1 Observe plants and animals, describing how they are alike and how they are different.

In PREK2 group, children brainstormed about plants. They shared every bit of information they knew about plants and Miss Kim wrote it down on the whiteboard.

An art activity was made available this morning that centered around plants (which continued throughout most of our morning!).

Three of our plants were front and center on the lazy Susan. .

The first step was for children to draw what they saw using a pencil.

Once their pencil drawing was complete, they were given a black sharpie marker to outline their drawing.

The last step was water color! Children used a variety of water colors to paint their plants based on what they saw.

All of our drawings came out absolutely amazing and they all looked completely different! Children really took their time and used details in their creation.

The sign in question of the day asked children to guess how tall the tallest bean plant was today. Children wrote their name under their guess before a few friends measured it using a ruler.

Mack and Evie worked together to figure out how tall the plant was: it  measured in at 10.5 inches! A few friends helped out by watering the plants. They take this job VERY seriously.

Breakfast– Whole Grain Oatmeal with cinnamon and banana.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with shredded cheese, whole wheat bread/tortilla, fresh cantaloupe/banana, and fresh cucumber/broccoli/cauliflower.

PM snack– Pretzels and raisins.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cauliflower/broccoli.

Have a wonderful night.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 4/13

Good Afternoon.

NOTE: Tomorrow is Jammie day!

Today we engaged in the sensory table. Scooping, pouring and searching the mixture to find two little toy ants that hide in the rice and beans.

We also enjoyed reading books.

Meanwhile, Arthur and Paige were happily engaged in Parallel play. Arthur was engaged in building with Duplo blocks, while Paige was building on the floor with blocks and cars.

Breakfast: Whole grain Oatmeal with cinnamon and Apples.

Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs with shredded cheese, whole wheat flatbread, sweet potatoes and pears.

Snack: Cream cheese on whole wheat tortillas.

Have a lovely night.

Marty

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Good Afternoon! 

We headed outside early this morning to enjoy the beautiful weather.  We took our marker block and some paper out with us to enjoy creating beautiful drawings at the art table.

We then continued engaging in many of our favorite activities.

Breakfast:  Whole grain Kix cereal and fresh pears.

Lunch:  Hummus on whole grain wheat bread, fresh banana and Root Blend Vegetables (beets, carrots, parsnips, sweet potato)

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

Wee Sprouts:  Fresh red peppers.

Have a fantastic evening!

Rebekah

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Good Afternoon!

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Whole Grain Cheerios with fresh oranges.

Lunch– Peanut butter sandwiches on whole wheat bread, fresh strawberries, and fresh cucumber/carrots/cauliflower.

PM snack– Whole wheat bagel with cream cheese and block cheddar cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/carrots.

Have a great night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 4/12

Happy Monday!

The first thing I want to do is send out a HUGE thank you to Tami’s husband, Charles, and her son, Chase, for their amazing work this weekend in our backyard space ALONG with three of our awesome dads: Mark, Dan, and Kyle were a gigantic help. They essentially created a brand new garden space for us and spruced up the yard, along with a few other projects. We (and the kids!) appreciate it so much!

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Mack and Evie wrote down a few items that animals and plants need to survive for their kindergarten sign in.

In K/PREK1 group, we transferred that information to a Venn Diagram with the help of our older preschoolers. The first thing they did was come up with a few items that are similar between plants and animals (water and food!).

Science: K.4.1 Observe plants and animals, describing how they are alike and how they are different.

In PREK2 group, they also worked with a Venn Diagram as they compared the physical characteristics of plants and animals.

We headed outside this morning to check out the new additions to the backyard! Children were thrilled to explore the new white sand at the top of the sandbox. We noticed right away that there were two new teeter totters in the backyard! They sure got broken in this morning .

Enjoy a few more pictures from our outside time!

Breakfast– Whole wheat bagel with butter and fresh pears.

Lunch– Whole wheat noodles with marinara sauce and shredded cheese, fresh apples/pears, and fresh snap peas/cucumber.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with granola.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/snap peas.

Have a great night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 4/11

Good Afternoon! I hope you all had a great weekend.

We want to give a special thank you to all the parent volunteers that came over yesterday to help with the beautification of the WF outdoor. environment. We GREATLY appreciate each and every one of you.  

PLEASE NOTE: WF WILL BE CLOSED FRIDAY IN OBSERVANCE OF GOOD FRIDAY!

THURSDAY, IT WILL BE A JAMMIE DAY FOR OUR FRIENDS.

Friends really enjoyed the new white sand in the sandbox. One friend mentioned how it was different from our other sand in the bottom portion of the sandbox

Then we headed over to the new teeter-totters to have fun on them outside.

We played in the outdoor area for a little while and then went on a wagon ride through the neighborhood. We saw so many things that intrigued us.

Breakfast: Whole wheat toast with butter and cinnamon with oranges.

Lunch: Whole wheat Elbow noodles with butter and shredded cheese, peas and apples.

Snack: Whole milk yogurt with graham crackers.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a fantastic night.

Marty

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