Good Afternoon!

In K group, we read a book from our MACK collection. This week, our MACK focuses on identifying traits within oneself that makes one a good friend.

Once we finished reading the book, we took five events that occurred within the story and sorted them based on whether they happened in the morning or evening time. We looked at the scenery of each specific scene to help us figure out if the event happened in the morning or evening.

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.

Kindergarteners signed in throughout the morning. They were given four scenes from one of our favorite stories: the Gruffalo. I read each scene and using their understanding and recall of the story, they placed the four events into the order in which they happened.

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

In PREK2, children read ‘Croc Around The Clock’. After, they talked about the terms morning, afternoon, and evening. They talked about events or activities that we do in each time during the day.

Here’s a glimpse into the rest of our day!

Breakfast– Whole Grain Cheerios with fresh oranges.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded pork and cheese, fresh cantaloupe/banana, and fresh broccoli/cucumber.

PM snack– Peanuts and graham crackers.

Wee Sprout– Fresh broccoli/cucumber.

Have a great night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 2/18

Good Afternoon.

Today we had a great time working on our balancing skills. We always love to engage with the soft star rocker, but today we expanded our play. We thought it would be a great idea to stand up and balance our body!

Miss Paige got so much enjoyment engaging with her friends playing, “Gitcha, Gitcha.” She really loves all of her big kid friends.

Breakfast: Whole grain Chex and apples.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with shredded pork, green beans and pears.

Snack: Whole wheat Ritz crackers with Peanut butter.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh green beans.

Have a nice night.

Marty

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Good Afternoon.I’m glad we all got through the winter storm. That was a doosey!!

Today we engaged in the waffle blocks and had a great time building, stacking and making lines with them. We even talked about the colors that the blocks were.

We then engaged in the permeance boxes. This activity enhances our hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills as well as building on our color recognition.

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and apples.

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

Snack: Whole grain brown rice cakes with cream cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a lovely evening and continue to stay safe and warm.

Marty

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Happy Wednesday!

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh pears.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat tortilla/flat bread, fresh pears/oranges, and fresh broccoli/cucumber.

PM snack– Hummus with blue corn chips.

Wee Sprout– Fresh broccoli/green beans.

Have a lovely evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 2/17

Happy Monday!

We read, ‘Croc Around the Clock’ in K group. We talked about several different times, specifically when it is  ____ o’clock: 9:00, 12:00, 3:00, etc. After the book was done, each friend got one time that they had to find on the clock. Franklin had to move the clock hands so that the time was 5:40. We talked about the terms hour hand and minute hand and what we use a clock for.

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.

Our PREK2 friends are continuing to thrive during journal time. Their drawings are getting more detailed and they’re becoming more confident in their letters and letter sounds which is evident when they write their journal descriptions.

We left the cold and snowy weather behind and pretended we were in a tropical environment with lovely sunrises and sunsets. Miss Annastecia placed a few examples of sunsets and sunrises on the lazy Susan and the colors that you can find in both. Friends came to the art table and used water colors to make their own sunrise or sunset.

Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with peanut butter and banana.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with marinara and shredded cheese, fresh pears, and fresh cucumbers.

PM snack– Strawberry smoothies made with strawberries and whole milk yogurt along with granola.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber.

Have a fantastic evening!

-Mindy

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Good afternoon and Happy Monday! I hope you all had a nice weekend.

Please enjoy the pictures form our day!

Breakfast: Whole wheat butter toast with cinnamon and apples.

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with marinara sauce and shredded cheese, mixed veggies and banana.

Snack: Whole milk yogurt with graham crackers.

Have a nice evening.

Marty

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Happy Friday!

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Brown rice cakes with peanut butter and banana.

Lunch– Homemade english muffin pizzas, fresh oranges/banana, and fresh cucumber/green beans.

PM snack– Homemade peanut butter muffins, homemade strawberry jelly, and string cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/green beans.

Have a fantastic weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 2/12/2021

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

Today friends were very excited to start celebrating Valentine’s Day. We engaged in several activities that our little ones LOVED!

~ Ring around the heart. (A heart was placed in the center of us and we sang to the the tune of Ring around the Rosie and walked around the heart in our friends circle.)

~ Peek-a-boo. (Friends covered their eyes while Ms. Bekah placed our heart under a friends bottom, then we guessed who had the heart.)

~ Hide and seek the heart. (Our heart was hidden in various areas around the classroom and friends would find it.)

~Last but not least… We handed out all the Valentine’s that we received in our bags that we decorated. What a fantastic day.

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

Lunch: Whole wheat English muffins with marinara sauce and shredded cheese, mixed veggies and banana.

Snack: Whole grain cheese crackers and Cheddar cheese.

Have a lovely weekend.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

After we read ‘Stellaluna’ in K group and filled in our chart with the characters and setting, we gathered in a circle and began talking about equal groups. We did a few examples together and we started with the number 10. I put 10 gems into the middle of the group and asked how we would go about sorting these two gems into two equal groups. Franklin thought about it and quickly said, “Well there would be five gems in each group because 5 plus 5 is 10.”—this lead into some more challenging problems such as taking 12 gems and sorting them into three equal groups. We continued on and did a few more examples together.

K.NS.10: Separate sets of ten or fewer objects into equal groups.

Our kindergarten sign in required children to write numbers in the provided blank spots that made the equation true. For example, one problem read ‘16 > _____’. Using their knowledge of greater than, less than, and equal to, they were able to fill in each blank space with an appropriate number.

K.NS.7: Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group.

In PREK2, children talked about the terms greater than and less than. Miss Kim put colored counters into two boxes and after counting both groups, children identified which group was greater and which had less.

Miss Kim set up a cooking station at the island this morning and on the agenda was peanut butter muffins for tomorrows snack! Children waited patiently for their turn to help either adding an ingredient to the mixture or simply stirring the batter before it was put into the oven.

A sneak peak into the rest of our day!

Breakfast– Corn Chex and fresh pineapple.

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

PM snack– Whole wheat crackers and sunflower seeds.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/cucumber.

Have a lovely night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures:  WF 2/11

Hello all and Good Afternoon.

PLEASE NOTE: Located on your child’s cubby is a list of the names of our friends that will be here tomorrow if you want to send in Valentine’s Day cards with your child.

We welcomed the radiant sunshine today through our classroom windows. It was a nice thing to see and somewhat feel.

We are gearing up to receive Valentine’s cards by coloring/decorating our bags! They all look beautiful.

We also enjoyed engaging in a little gross motor activity to keep our winter inside blues away. We really enjoy getting our bodies in motion and being able to climb and jump.

Breakfast: Whole grain Kix cereal and oranges.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with shredded chicken, mixed veggies and pears.

Snack: Pretzels and mozzarella string cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Snap peas.

Have a lovely evening.

Marty

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