Good Afternoon!

For kindergarten sign in, Evie and Mack had to insert an action verb into five different sentences. For example, the first sentence said, “I can _________ inside the classroom.”

Mack chose to write ‘walk’ while Evie chose to write ‘play’! There were a few different action verbs that worked for each sentence.

K.W.6. 1b: Verbs- Writing sentences that include verbs.

Yesterday, each K/PREK1 group member came up with an action verb that we wrote on our web.

Today, children took their action verb and created a sentence that had the verb in it. As I wrote the sentence, we underlined the verb that they had chosen yesterday!

K.W.6. 1b: Verbs- Writing sentences that include verbs.

Enjoy the pictures from the rest of our day!

Breakfast– Kix and banana.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded chicken, fresh watermelon, and fresh broccoli/cucumber.

PM snack– Whole wheat crackers and sunflower seeds.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/broccoli.

Have a great night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/24

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

Today, while I was reading books one of my friends ripped off one of the sides of the binding. It was explained that we can’t rip our books because if we keep continue a teacher will have to try and fix the book or unfortunately have to throw it away.

So, that led Miss Annastecia into a great idea. She went next door to the preschool classroom and got some old newspaper for friends to rip and shred and then throw away! It was a HUGE success. Friends LOVED it!

The last two days Emma has been very interested in the red dress. Well today, she expanded on her dress up activity. She added in the black hat to look even more fancy. How adorable is this?!?!

We then had a dance party! We twirled, and danced away!

Breakfast: Whole grain Chex cereal and apples.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with butter and red beans, fresh yellow pepper and oranges.

Snack: Whole wheat crackers and pumpkin seeds.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a lovely night.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

We read, ‘The Color Monster’ in K/PREK1 group. Before we got to a specific color, friends shared what was coming up next! They really knew the layout of the story.

We started a two part activity in group. We had  a conversation about verbs, specifically action verbs. I wrote down my example, which was walk, before each friend had the opportunity to share their action verb!

Tomorrow, we will create sentences using these verbs!

K.W.6. 1b: Verbs- Writing sentences that include verbs.

In PREK2 group, each friend got the chance to roll two dice. They added up the dice and figured out the total. When they arrived at the total, they found the number on a circle and flipped it over!

Miss Annastecia set up an art activity this morning that revolved around, ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ written by Eric Carle. Before diving into the activity, she shared with the kids at the table that Eric Carle uses tissue paper for his illustrations in his books.

Friends chose an illustration from the book and created their own tissue paper creation! A few friends chose the butterfly and caterpillar while others chose a specific fruit.

We saw a lot of pairs working together this morning! The activities that we observed ranged from ka-noodle, challenging puzzles (60 and 64 pieces), and war using a deck of cards.

Children gathered in the garden area to watch Miss Annastecia till the vegetable bed using a rake. As kids asked questions about general gardening, Evie was quick to answer them! She’s pretty knowledge about gardening! She also pitched in a little bit!

Needless to say, we got a little dirty this morning!

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with cinnamon and banana.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat flatbread, fresh cantaloupe, and fresh pepper/cucumber.

PM snack– Blue corn chips and hummus.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/carrots/pepper.

Have a wonderful evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/23

Happy Wednesday!

We had a red crew today. Our friend, Paige noticed that she and other friends had on the same color shirts. Noticing this is a great way for friends to understand and know their colors as well as understand and see that there are different shades of that specific color. Great eye-spying Paige!  

We were all quickly cleaning up our toys in the main part of the classroom so that we could get our hands into some shaving cream. The cream was placed right onto the table so that we could spread it all over. Cars and trucks along with gold glitter were added in for more shaving cream fun.

Breakfast: Whole grain oatmeal with cinnamon and oranges.

Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs.whole wheat toast with peanut butter, fresh green beans, banana and oranges.

Snack: Refried beans with Blue corn chips.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh green beans.

Have a lovely evening.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

For kindergarten sign in, Mack and Evie had to identify the number that came before and after a specific number. The FAB focuses on numbers up to 20 but Mack and Evie’s understanding of these numbers is concrete so we started focusing on numbers higher than 20.

There were five numbers that were written down for their sign in and they had to write numbers in the blank spaces. The first problem was:

_____ 20 ______

They worked on number formation as well as number identification.

K.NS.3: Find the number that is one more than or one less than any whole number up to 20.

We read, ‘The Thankful Book’ in K/PREK1 group which is a book from our MACK collection!

Children used two dice to make their own addition problem. They rolled both dice at the same time. They identified the number of each die they rolled and added them together. A few friends chose to do the addition problem in their head while others chose to count the white dots on the dice. Daniel chose to use puff ball manipulatives to figure out the total of his equation.

K.CA.4: Find the number that makes 10 when added to the given number for any number from 1 to 9 (e.g., by using objects or drawings), and record the answer with a drawing or an equation.

In PREK2, children were asked to identify a certain number. Once they found it on the white board, they circled it with a marker!

Enjoy the pictures from the rest of our day!

Breakfast– Whole Grain Cheerios with fresh strawberries.

Lunch– Peanut butter on whole wheat tortilla, cheddar cheese slices, fresh pineapple, and fresh carrots/cherry tomatoes.

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

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/cherry tomatoes.

Have a great night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/22

Good Afternoon.

This morning we happily engaged in the rice and black bird seed sensory table. We love the colorful bowls to pour the mixture into once we scoop it up from either a cup or a serving spoon. We talked about who could and could not eat this mixture. One of our older friends said, “this is yucky if we eat it,”

We also enjoyed having a dance party. These parties are the best and we never pass up a chance to dance and boogie our bodies away.  

We then headed outdoors. We were little laid back with our play at first, but then we got down and dirty in our play. When the preschool class came out we were even happier. We love the big kids and love to play with them.

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and banana.

Lunch: Whole wheat bread with peanut butter, cheddar cheese slices, root blend veggies and strawberries.

Snack:Whole wheat bagels with butter and cinnamon and banana.

Wee Sprouts: Orange peppers.

Have a great night.

Marty

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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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