Good Afternoon.

This morning we happily engaged in utilizing the textured stepping circles. We can talk about how they feel on on feet and we can also talk about their colors.

Yesterday we carved our classroom pumpkin.. Today, we glued our dried seeds onto a piece of colored construction paper. Some friends didn’t like the sticky feel of the glue on their fingers/hands. While other friends didn’t seem to mind all that much. However,it was an enjoyable experience for us all.  

Breakfast: Whole grain Kix cereal with pears.

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

Snack: Whole wheat Triscuit crackers and Sunflower seeds.

Wee Sprouts: Cooked carrots.

Have a lovely night.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

We want to say a BIG happy birthday to Imogen! She turned three years old today! We are so glad we were able to celebrate your birthday with you.

In K/PREK1 group, we read, ‘Be Glad Your Nose Is On Your Face’ which is a collection of poetry! Each group member got to pick out one poem. Before we started reading, Mack asked, “Who wrote this?!”. We talked about the author and where one may find this book in the library. Evie said, “It’d be in the P section because the last name starts with P!”

K.1.19: Learn and apply knowledge of alphabetical order (first letter) when using a classroom or school library/media center. (2006 standard)

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Children scattered throughout the environment this morning, occupying the circle table, housekeeping area, and art table until we went outside.

Our special tent was brought up and friends were anxious to get a turn. It allows friends to have a quiet, one on one experience with another peer. Most children sat quietly in the tent, reading books with their friend!

The chilly weather this morning didn’t stop us from having fun! Thankfully the sun made an appearance which we always love.

Breakfast– Whole Grain Cheerios with fresh pears.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded chicken, fresh cantaloupe/pears, and fresh carrots/pepper.

PM snack– Homemade banana muffins and peanuts.

Wee Sprout– Fresh pepper/carrots.

Have a great night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 11/4

Good Afternoon.

Today we started our day off with a dance party.

A two year old friend asked to listen to music and when it was put on for all to hear, everyone chimed right in and started dancing away. The way our little ones move their bodies to the music is so cute!

We cut open our class pumpkin today. Friends were all very eager to see what Miss Bekah was going to pull out and give us out of a pumpkin!?!?!

As we watched her cut it open and stick her hand down inside, we were all very happy to see what she pulled out and wanted to touch it. The babies even joined in the sensory fun. Everyone took a turn smelling the pumpkin as well. Some of us thought it smelled good, while others didn’t think the same.

The soft star half circles were stacked on top of one another and this then made for a fun game of Peek-A-Boo.  What great imaginations.

Breakfast: Whole grain Oatmeal with cinnamon and oranges.

Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs, whole wheat flatbread, peas and pears.

Snack: Whole wheat Ritz crackers with peanut butter.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a great night.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

We want to wish Cassie a happy birthday today! We are so happy that we were able to spend your birthday with you!

We took out our canvases that we started yesterday. The nature materials were all dried and in place so we started painting! Some children chose to paint the open, white spaces while others chose to paint the nature items.

Enjoy the rest of the pictures!

Breakfast– Overnight oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh oranges.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat tortilla, fresh cantaloupe/strawberries, and fresh cucumber/broccoli/carrot.

PM snack– Cassie’s birthday treat: apples with peanut butter dip and fresh veggies.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots.

Have a wonderful night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 11/3

Good Afternoon!

Mack and Evie focused on sorting books by the author’s last name, just like librarians do! First, we talked about how books are sorted at the library and using that knowledge, they decided which book came first, middle, and last depending on the first letter of the authors last name.

K.1.19: Learn and apply knowledge of alphabetical order (first letter) when using a classroom or school library/media center. (2006 standard)

In K/PREK1 group, we filled in five sentences with the correct noun based on the context clues in each sentence. For example, the first sentence read, ‘There are three red ________ on the table.’ Mack had to choose is the word should be crayon or crayons. Each group member was assigned two sentences and when they chose the word to fill in the blank, they came up to the black board to tape the word into place.  Once all of the sentences were complete, we went back and looked to see if we could find a pattern.

We noticed that all of the sentences that had a number word more than one had an ‘s’ on the end of the noun while the sentences that had ‘a’ before the noun didn’t need an ‘s’ because it meant ‘one’.

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

In PREK2 group, children went fishing! They were asked to find a specific letter, mostly a letter  that they’re familiar with such as the first letter of their name.

We started an art project for the reading area wall display! It’ll be a multi step project and today’s step was choosing nature materials to glue onto their individual canvas. We can’t wait to hang these up in our classroom!

It was quite a chilly day but we managed to get outside in the morning and afternoon!

Breakfast– Kix and fresh oranges.

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

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

Wee Sprout– Fresh broccoli/cucumber/carrot.

Have a wonderful night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 11/2

Good Afternoon.

We had a fun filled and happy day! Look at these smiles and the sheer joy on our Wee Wee faces.

One of our older friends asked me for puzzles today. We worked on the more difficult puzzles together and the puzzle pieces were placed in their correct spots very nicely. My motto is… “Teamwork makes the Dream Work!”

When engaging in an activity that is a little more challenging for us, we are able to really put our cognitive skills to the test. It’s great to strengthen our minds with more difficult tasks.

Our one year old’s also wanted to engage in puzzles. We have large wooden shaped puzzles with three to five pieces for our younger ones to help simulate their minds and their learning.

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and apples.

Lunch: Whole wheat peanut butter sandwiches, sliced cheddar cheese, corn and pineapple.

Snack: Whole wheat English muffins with butte and cinnamon.

Have a lovely evening.

Marty

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Good Afternoon and Happy November.

WEE FRIENDS WILL BE CLOSED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY NOVEMBER 25TH AND 26TH FOR THE THANKGIVING HOLIDAY.

Today we enjoyed talking to one another about the fun we had Trick or Treating and all the candy we received.  

We had fun engaging in a sensory activity at the table today. Playdoh is always a fun activity that we enjoy. Pipe cleaners were added into our play to make the experience more exciting. We bent them to make a rainbow and we also stuck them in the doh utilizing our fine motor skills.

 

Our littlest friends got out the colorful rings.  Emma love to place them around her neck and play with them. She will go throughout the classroom with them on and have a blast!   

 

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

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with marinara and shredded cheese, broccoli florets with banana and pears.

Snack: Whole milk yogurt with graham crackers.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a great night.

Marty

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Welcome to November!

The kindergarteners sign-in focused on singular and plural nouns. I read a sentence aloud, giving them two options to choose from (singular and plural noun) and they circled which word completed the sentence.

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

We switched up our housekeeping theme today: enter…the pirates! Tools were put into housekeeping as well as new dress up clothes.

James and Millie searched through the reading area to see if we had any books about pirates and sure enough we did! They were able to find a book that had a big picture of a pirate ship for Miss Annastecia to draw.

After the pirate ship was done, children worked together to color the ship before it was put into the housekeeping area.

We bundled up and headed outside. The fresh, crisp air felt nice!

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

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with butter and red/black beans, fresh apples, and fresh carrots/cucumber.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with granola.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/cucumber.

Have a lovely night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 11/1

Happy Friday!

A few housekeeping announcements:

**We need updated shot records for your child by Monday, January 3.

**Holiday vacations coming up:

Thursday, November 25 and Friday, November 26

Monday, December 20 through Friday, December 31

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We had a day full of baking, pajama cuddles, outside play, and Friday fun—we hope everyone has a safe and happy Halloween!

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

Lunch– Ham on whole wheat tortilla, fresh cantaloupe/watermelon, and fresh carrots/cucumber.

PM snack– Homemade tortilla chips with peanut butter/yogurt dip.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper/carrots.

Have a lovely weekend! See you in November!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 10/29

Happy Friday! I hope you all have  had a great week.  

Today we were all excited see one another in our jammies. Some of us wore Halloween jammies and others of us wore other styles. We all looked great! What a comfy cozy day!

One of our older friends asked if we could turn over our soft star climber and play with it that way. This way of utilizing the climber is a great way to enhance our balancing skills as well as working on being brave and trying new ways of playing.

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

Lunch: Whole wheat flatbread with Turkey lunchmeat, broccoli florets and banana.

Snack: Pretzels and mild cheddar cheese slices.

Wee Sprouts: red pepper.

Have a fantastic Halloween weekend and have fun Trick or Treating.

Marty

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