Good Afternoon!

Evie and Mack took several illustrations from one of our favorite stories, ‘The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear’ and put them in order for their kindergarten sign in. First, we read all of the authors words then Mack and Evie sorted them by the order in which they happened in the story.

K.1.4: Identify and order events that take place in a sequence.

In K/PREK1 group, we read a book from our MACK collection titled ‘The Sandwich Swap’. It’s a great story that focuses on friendship and communicating when needed. It fit perfectly with our MACK for the week:

Children will learn to define friendship and to recognize the friendships they have with their peers.

In PREK2 group, children read ‘If You Give A Pig A Pancake’. They took specific events that occurred in the story and placed them in order.

Children explored the welcome activity this morning at the circle table. Various lines were drawn on paper and gems were made available. Without given any instructions, children started placing the gems along the different lines!

Thankfully, the rain held off for the most part today so we were able to get our regular outside time in the morning and afternoon!

Breakfast– Whole Grain Cheerios with fresh cantaloupe.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded turkey, fresh pears/strawberries, and fresh cherry tomatoes/cucumber.

PM snack– Whole wheat crackers with sunflower seeds.

Wee Sprout– Fresh pepper/cucumber.

Have a lovely night.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 10/7

Good Afternoon.

Today was a great  day! We did many activities to help us chase the rainy day blues away!

First, we used dot markers to color a large piece of cardboard. We enjoyed learning all of the different colors we were using to make our cardboard full of life and color.

Second, we engaged in a parachute activity which turned into many different types of activities within the same parachute! We shook it really fast, really slow, friends helped teachers shake it, we hid our legs under the chute, we placed our legs on top, we rolled balls across, and we shook the chute with the balls on top. We had a parachute BLAST!!!

Third, we enjoyed cruising on the habi-trail.  

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and apples.

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

Snack: Sunflower seeds and Whole wheat thins.

Wee Sprouts: Carrots and Peas.

Have a lovely night.

Marty

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Happy Wednesday and Good Afternoon.

PLEASE NOTE: WEE FRIENDS WILL BE CLOSED FOR OUR ANNUAL HOLDAY BREAKS THE FOLLOWING DATES.  THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25TH AND 26TH FOR THANKSGIVING AND DECEMBER 20TH THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST FOR CHRISTMAS.

Please enjoy the pictures from our day!  

Breakfast: Whole grain oatmeal with cinnamon and strawberries.

Lunch: Farm fresh eggs with whole wheat butter toast, peas and carrots and oranges.

Snack: Whole grain blue corn chips and refried beans.

Wee Sprouts: Corn

Have a wonderful night.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Here’s a few of our intense hide and go seek session from outside this morning!

Breakfast– Overnight oatmeal with fresh strawberries.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat tortilla, fresh pineapple, roasted squash from the farm, and fresh cucumber/snap peas.

PM snack– Pumpkin bread and fresh cantaloupe.

Wee Sprout– Fresh snap peas/cucumber.

Have a wonderful evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 10/6

Good Afternoon!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ROWAN!

We celebrated Rowan turning four years old today! We are so glad that she had a great day and that we were able to celebrate her birthday with her!

In K/PREK1, we continued to dive into calendars and why we use them. Afterwards, we had a quick conversation about clocks and what they’re used for. Tomorrow in group, we will get to explore a play clock and what the various things are that make up a clock!

In PREK2, children listened to the story, ‘Room on the Broom’ and afterwards, they put into order what animal came next in the story!

There was so much going on this morning! Activities were scattered throughout the environment that attracted friends. From playdough to Halloween manipulatives to gross motor play in the habitrail area—we had a full morning!

Breakfast– Corn chex and fresh pears.

Lunch– Refried beans and melted shredded cheese on whole wheat tortilla, fresh oranges/pears, and fresh carrots.

PM snack– Homemade pumpkin bread (thanks Rowan + family!) and fresh apples.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots.

Have a wonderful night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 10/5

Good Afternoon.

Today we had two friends that were dressed for Halloween and it was so cute to see them all decked out in their orange and black clothing.

We engaged in a super fun sensory activity this morning that was two fold. We played in shaving cream first. We got our animals all “dirty” (with the cream) and then gave them a bath with water. We LOVED this activity and engaged in it for a pretty lengthy time.  

Then Paige and Emily moved onto a gross motor activity to get their bodies in motion. They happily played on the water squares jumping, standing and crawling on them.

Breakfast: Whole grain Chex cereal and banana.

Lunch: Whole wheat warmed tortilla with refried beans and shredded Colby cheese, squash and strawberries.

Snack: Whole wheat English muffins with butter and cinnamon.

Wee Sprouts: Squash bites.

Have a fantastic evening.

Marty

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Happy Monday!

During K/PREK1 group, we always do a quick calendar activity before journaling. We talk about the month that we’re currently in along with the date and the day of the week. At the beginning of each month, we highlight the ‘stay at home days’ so that we can identify days that we’re at school versus when we’re at home. We also highlight birthdays in each month as well as holidays! Children love to explore the calendar and say things like “It’s two more days until the weekend!” after looking at the calendar and the days that are already marked off.

For kindergarten sign in, Evie and Mack started diving into concepts of time, specifically calendars and clocks!

K.M.2: Understand concepts of time, including: morning, afternoon, evening, today, yesterday, tomorrow, day, week, month, and year. Understand that clocks and calendars are tools that measure time.

PREK2 friends played an interactive game that dove into shapes, categories, and counting! They can’t wait to play again!

Children used fall stamps at the art table this morning. Friends chose from a bat, kitten, and a pumpkin. The process of stamping was discussed before children began and they caught on very quickly!

Even though it was a gloomy morning, children had a blast cooking up a storm in the housekeeping area and kicking our red balls around the outdoor environment. Several of our friends are involved in soccer so they love practicing outside!

“The greatest thing that we can do is to help somebody know that they are loved and capable of loving.”

-Fred Rogers

Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with butter and fresh mango.

Lunch– Whole wheat noodles with butter and black/kidney beans, fresh cantaloupe, and fresh broccoli/cucumber/carrots.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with almond granola.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/cucumber/broccoli.

Have a great night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 10/4

Happy Monday. I hope you all had a great weekend.

This morning friends wanted to color with markers, so we got out their journal binders for them to make their creations. Friend can find their binder with their names on them so they know which one is theirs.

Emily and Evie (from the preschool classroom) engaged in the dramatic play center outdoors this morning. They cooked up scrumptious foods to share with everyone that wanted to join in their pretend play.

Paige enjoyed engaging with a ball over by the garden area today.

Breakfast: Whole grain English muffins with cinnamon and banana.

Lunch: Whole wheat elbow pasta with butter and shredded chicken, cucumbers and pears.

Snack: Whole milk yogurt and graham crackers.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a lovey night.

Marty

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Happy Friday!

Today we….

added black paint using a bat stamp and pumpkin stamp to our paintings from yesterday….

and our two youngest friends engaged in a sensory experience with pom-poms while friends were painting.

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

Lunch:  Ham on whole grain wheat tortillas, fresh strawberries and peas.

Afternoon Snack:  Pretzels and mild cheddar cheese slices.

Wee Sprouts:  Corn.

Have a fabulous weekend!

Rebekah

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Happy Friday!

October is here already?!

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

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

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

PM snack– Fresh banana/strawberries and sliced cheddar cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/carrots.

Have a wonderful weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 10/1