Happy Friday!

This morning we independently looked at books on the reading step or sitting on a big plastic block.

A friends was interested in engaging her gross motor muscles to do some hopping.  So we went over to the habitrail area and we each chose a big plastic block and began hopping/jumping off of them with her.

During outside time today, we took out 2 large pieces of white paper and crayons for all Wee Frienders to draw with crayons at the easel.  We filled both pieces of paper with our colorful drawing creations.

Our 2 youngest friends, engaged in playing peek-a-boo with the curtains.

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

Lunch:  Marinara sauce, pepperoni and mozzarella cheese pizzas on whole grain wheat English muffins, fresh strawberries and peas.

Afternoon Snack:  Pretzels and mozzarella cheese stick.

Wee Sprouts:  Cucumbers.

Have a fabulous weekend!

Rebekah

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Happy Friday!

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

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

Lunch– Homemade english muffin pizzas with pepperoni and shredded cheese, fresh strawberries/oranges, and fresh broccoli/cucumber.

PM snack– Pretzels and sliced cheddar cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh broccoli/cucumber.

Have a wonderful weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 6/11

Good Afternoon!

We started adding to our character chart yesterday in K group and today, we added Charlotte and Templeton to our character list. We wrote beside the name the part in the story that the character plays. We were finally introduced to Charlotte today and it was quite the buildup for friends as we were reading!

There’s been several words that children have inquired about that they didn’t know the meaning for! We stop a few times each day as we’re reading to identify new words.

For kindergartener sign in, children have to write the setting of Charlotte’s Web so far. Most children wrote farm while a few others added Fern’s house that was at the beginning of the story.

The rest of our day was full of observing a few kindergarten children create books with detailed drawings and word to go along with their illustrations, extensive work on the building rug, and some fresh air earlier this morning.

Breakfast– Toasted oatmeal squares and banana.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded turkey, fresh pineapple/pears, and fresh cucumber/pepper.

PM snack– Triscuits and pistachios.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper.

Have a lovely night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 6/10

Good Afternoon!

This morning was a water play/toy washing day.  We engaged in using our paint brushes, sponges and cup to pour warm soapy water on our toys to help clean them. Friends did some splashing and treasure hunting to find their paint brush hidden in the soapy water.  We had a blast!

We also noticed a bug crawling on our ceiling.  We enjoyed observing it even though it was too high for any of us to reach.

During outside time, we continued looking for bugs in the garden.

Breakfast:  Kix cereal and fresh banana.

Lunch:  Whole grain brown rice with turkey, fresh banana/strawberries and carrots.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole grain Wheat Thins and sunflower seeds.

Wee Sprouts:  Fresh green beans.

Have a great evening!

Rebekah

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Good Afternoon!

We are on the third day of reading Charlotte’s Web in K group. We explored the main characters for our sign in activity. Children had to write the name of one character that has been identified and one thing that we’ve learned about them.

In group, we read another chapter and afterwards, we identified a few of the main characters so far and what their role is in the story.

With the humidity making it super warm in the morning, we decided to head outside much earlier than we usually do. We went outside right after breakfast which allowed us to still get some fresh air. We love having the ability to switch up our schedule to accommodate our friends needs. 

Breakfast– Overnight night oats and fresh strawberries.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat flatbread, fresh mango/oranges, and fresh snap peas/cherry tomatoes.

PM snack– Blue corn tortillas and hummus.

Wee Sprout– Fresh peppers/snap peas.

Have a wonderful night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 6/9

Good Afternoon!  We spent the majority of our morning outside. Enjoy some pictures from our day!

Breakfast:  Overnight oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh strawberries.

Lunch:  Farm fresh scrambled eggs with cheese,  whole grain wheat toast with butter, fresh pears and green beans.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole grain wheat flatbread with peanut butter and fresh banana.

Wee Sprouts:  Red bell peppers.

Have a wonderful evening!

Rebekah

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Good Afternoon!

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Whole Grain Cheerios with fresh apples.

Lunch– Peanut butter on whole wheat bread, fresh pineapple, and fresh cucumber/carrots.

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

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/carrot.

Have a lovely evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 6/8

Good Afternoon!

This morning we all created a foam shape collage.  We engaged our fine motor skills to spread the glue with a foam brush or squeeze it from the bottle.  Miss Bekah taught us a phrase; dot, dot, not a lot to help us remember to squeeze small amounts of glue from our bottles onto our papers instead of large amounts.  We all did wonderful using small amounts of glue to place our shapes onto.  We all made colorful foam shape creations.

Breakfast:  Whole grain Cheerios and fresh apples.

Lunch:  Cheese quesadillas on whole grain wheat tortillas, fresh apples, corn/peas.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole grain wheat bagels with cream cheese and colby-jack block cheese.

Wee Sprouts:  Cucumbers.

Have a great night!

Rebekah

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Happy Monday!

On this rainy day we…

engaged in scooping/pouring and enjoying the sensory feel of the moon sand on our hands…

and used our gross motor skills on an obstacle course with a tunnel, colored squares for hopping, rainbow mats for crawling under and jumping off a plastic block…

and our youngest friends also engaged in some gross motor play on the habitrail as well.

Breakfast:  Whole grain wheat toast with butter and fresh oranges.

Lunch: Whole grain wheat pasta with shredded chicken, fresh pears/oranges and peas.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole milk yogurt and fresh cantaloupe.

Wee Sprouts:  Fresh carrots.

Have a great evening!

Rebekah

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Happy Monday!

In K group, we started reading, ‘Charlotte’s Web’. Chapter books like Charlotte’s Web offer detailed story telling without the pictures. We’ll read a couple chapters a day and recall the important events that happened that day. An activity like this helps children work on comprehension and identifying important events. The active characters and setting often change so these things authentically come up in conversation.

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We are here! The last week of FAB’s for the school year. We are ending our FAB cycle by diving into maps: creating them and reading them. The kindergarteners drew a map of their bedroom, complete with doors, windows, a bed, and any other item they have in their room. As they drew the map, they talked about the placement of each item and where it is within their bedroom.

Social Studies: Create maps 2 dimensionally and 3 dimensionally.

Children were offered an art opportunity this morning that involved paint and canvas’s!

Friends used a variety of colors to paint their canvas. Some children chose to paint the entire canvas while others chose to paint a portion of it.

The rest of our day consisted of children becoming invested in various activities and spaces in our environment. The weather prohibited us from going outside but that didn’t stop the kids from moving their bodies or asking for an activity that peaked their interest. 

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

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with shredded beef and butter, fresh cantaloupe, and fresh cucumber/carrots.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with granola.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/cucumber.

Have a wonderful night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 6/7