Happy Monday!

This week’s focus will be on calendars: why we use them, what we can find on a calendar, and the terms that we use.

For sign in, children answered the question: ‘Why do we use a calendar?’

We continued this conversation into K group as we read, ‘A Child’s Calendar’ which focuses on the twelve months of the year. On each page, one month is the focus. Illustrations and words tell what the month is filled with. For example, in July, fireworks and celebrating America were the main event!

Social Studies: K.1.5 Explain that calendars are used to represent days of the week and months of the year.

In PREK2, children read and chatted about cicadas! They identified the life cycle of a cicada and dove into each stage a little bit.

Children got their sensory fix this morning in the sandbox! Right as we headed outside, the sandbox immediately became full of friends chatting with one another about what to make. My personal favorite? Sand ice cream!

There were several children who were hunting for bugs. Using a bug jar, they placed the bugs into the jar. Millie and James quickly realized that the bugs needed food so they went around the yard looking for weeds for their bugs to eat. Not only did they keep their bugs fed but our yard now has much less weeds .

Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with butter and fresh apples.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with marinara sauce and shredded cheese, fresh oranges/apples, and fresh carrots/snap peas.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with fresh strawberries.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/broccoli.

Have a lovely evening.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 5/17

Happy Friday!

Enjoy a sneak peak into our day!

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

Lunch– Ham on whole wheat tortilla, fresh apples, and fresh carrots.

PM snack– String cheese and goldfish.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/cucumber.

Have a great weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 5/14

Good Afternoon!  Enjoy some of the pictures from our day!

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

Lunch:  Whole grain wheat English muffin pizzas with marinara sauce and shredded mozzarella cheese, fresh grapefruit and mixed vegetables.

Afternoon Snack:  Goldfish crackers with mozzarella cheese stick.

Wee Sprouts:  Red bell peppers.

Have a great weekend!

Rebekah

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Good Afternoon!

This morning a few friends worked on their stacking skills.  One friend used a stacking pole to stack his triangles back onto it, while the other friend independently stacked his blocks together to make a tall stack.

We then headed into the kitchen to do some painting with watercolor ice cubes. We had a discussion about how we had to put them into the freezer for watercolors  to freeze into ice cubes. Friends loved watching them begin to melt as they moved their ice cube across their papers.   Friends shared the ice cubes were “cold and looked like candy;” because of  the variety of colors they saw.

The chalk was brought out for us to draw on the chalkboard.  Friends were drawing in a circular motion with their chalk which is a pre-writing skill that will help them when they are ready for writing the alphabet letters.

Breakfast:  Whole grain Cheerios and fresh apples.

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

Afternoon Snack: Triscuits and sunflower/pumpkin seeds.

Wee Sprouts:  Cucumbers.

Have a great evening!

Rebekah

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Hello!

We hope you enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Whole Grain Cheerios with banana.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded chicken, fresh pineapple/banana, and fresh carrots/cucumber.

PM snack– Graham crackers and sunflower seeds.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/carrots.

Have a wonderful night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 5/13

Good Afternoon!

Today is our friend Paige’s 1st birthday!  Happy Birthday Paige!  We are so glad we got to celebrate your birthday with you.

We engaged with our musical instruments this morning.  We enjoyed playing them to sing Happy Birthday to our friend Paige.  After singing to her, we playing while singing other familiar songs; BINGO, Old MacDonald Had a Farm and Shake or Sillies Out.  Instead of shaking our sillies out we tapped our sillies out using the instruments.

Friends were busy outside filling their dump truck with sand.  They used a shovel to scoop the sand and put it in the truck.  When they were ready to scoop the sand out of the dump truck, they said they were using their “excavator hands” to do it.

Another friend was playing with the sea animals.  He decided to sort the animals by kind and place each kind separately using the stools.  The frogs he also sorted by the colors on them and skin type; bumpy skin and smooth skin.

Breakfast:  Whole grain oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh pears.

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

Afternoon Snack:  Hummus on whole grain wheat flatbread.

Wee Sprouts:  Red bell peppers/snap peas.

Have a lovely night!

Rebekah

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Good Afternoon!

Kindergarteners tackled addition problems using cents and money today for their sign in activity and group activity. We identified the four main coins and also talked about how much each coin is worth!

Social Studies: K.4.1 Explain that people work to earn money to buy the things they want. Introduce money names and values.

In PREK2 group, children played a version of BINGO: money bingo!

New additions were placed in the housekeeping area this morning! We added materials that centered about being a vet: animals, pretend tools, clipboards with check-in sheets, and other materials. Friends loved exploring the new additions!

Before heading outside this morning, Sophia and Mack worked together to build a SUPER tall magnatile tower! We can easily say it’s the tallest tower that’s been built (at least lately!).

It was such a gorgeous day that children took full advantage of our balance bikes! Our three year old’s are becoming more confident when riding the bikes—they can be quite challenging!

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh pears.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat bread, fresh oranges/grapefruit, and fresh cucumber/pepper.

PM snack– Blue corn tortilla chips and hummus.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper.

Have a great evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 5/12

Good Afternoon!

In K group, we read ‘The Paperboy’ which sparked a conversation about the way in which adults get money. I asked how adults get money to buy things they need and want: “Their jobs!” a friend shared. We talked about the various jobs that people and child can do to earn money. After we read the story, friends shared things that the main character may buy with his paper route money (toys and food being the most popular!).

Kindergarteners completed a simple sign in that required them to draw lines from the coin to the coin name. Most children noticed the difference in color between a penny and the rest of the coins.

Social Studies: K.4.1 Explain that people work to earn money to buy the things they want. Introduce money names and values.

Our newest fine motor activity was placed on the circle table for the welcome activity. Two wooden rainbow shapes were placed on trays with wooden tongs and various colored felt balls. Children used the tongs to place the felt balls onto the rainbow, often implementing some sort of pattern.

Breakfast– Kix and banana.

Lunch– Refried beans and melted cheese on whole wheat tortilla, fresh pineapple, and fresh cucumber/carrot.

PM snack– Whole wheat cinnamon raisin bagel with butter and block cheddar cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrot/cucumber.

Have a great evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 5/11

Good Afternoon!

Today we engaged in a painting and sensory experience. We had 4 different brushes to choose from. We had a thin brush, a thick brush, a sponge and a tooth brush to explore and use to spread the paint on our papers to make our beautiful masterpieces.  Our 1 year old friends joined us and explored the feel of the paint on their brushes.

It was a beautiful day for riding bikes outside.  Look at the faces our friends made as they rode down the hill.

Breakfast:  Chex cereal with fresh oranges.

Lunch:  Peanut butter sandwich on whole grain wheat bread, sweet potatoes and fresh banana.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole grain wheat bagel with cream cheese.

Wee Sprouts:  Cucumbers.

Have a wonderful evening!

Rebekah

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Good Afternoon!

We began our morning in the habitrail and block area. We were busy climbing, playing with balls and using our imaginative play skills while walking the animals around.

We then engaged in an art activity using dot paint markers on coffee filters.  We had a choice of a small, medium or large size coffee filter to paint on.  We then dotted away making our coffee filters very colorful.  Some of us even put 2 dots on top of each other which we noticed created a new color.

While we were outside, we all spent a large amount of time engaged with the trucks and Little People down by the small house.  We were busy driving our trucks around the path and hauling mulch and rocks.

Breakfast:  Whole grain wheat English muffins with butter and cinnamon and fresh oranges.

Lunch:  Whole grain wheat pasta with shredded turkey, green beans and fresh apples.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole milk yogurt and graham crackers.

Wee Sprouts:  Snap Peas.

Have a great evening!

Rebekah

Link to pictures:  https://1drv.ms/u/s!AtTCDmdhjIulkdNfXEF1kRst25jBSQ?e=jmDqav