Good Afternoon.

We had a very busy day today and we absolutely loved every second of it. We read lots and lots of stories off the kids book shelf and even more off of the teacher shelf.

Once we started reading the teacher stories, Eric Carle books were on the top of our list of favorites. Every friend in the classroom was interested in hearing all of them.

We then had a great time engaging in music colorful play scarves.

While engaged in this fun activity we were able to have multiple learning adventures. We talked about what color of scarf we had, who else had the same color of scarf, and we put our scarves on a specific body part that our music narrator spoke about.

 

Breakfast: Whole grain Kix cereal and oranges.

Lunch: Whole wheat bread with peanut butter, broccoli and oranges.

Snack: Whole wheat bagels with cream cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Peas.

Have a lovely night.

Marty

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Happy Monday!

After reading, ‘Tacky and the Winter Games’ in K group, we played one round of shape bingo! This week, we’ll be working on identifying various 2-D and 3-D shapes. I gave the group a description of the shape I was referring to and friends worked together to identify it! Once they did, they found the shape on their bingo board and covered it with a colored counter.

K.4.1: Identify and describe geometric objects: circle, triangle, square, rectangle, diamond, trapezoid, hexagon, octagon, parallelogram, sphere, and cube.

In PREK2, the focus was on lowercase letters versus uppercase letters. Miss Kim wrote her group member’s names in all uppercase letters and friends worked together to write their name in lowercase letters. We find that lowercase letters are more challenging to write when children are first starting out because there are move curves to the letters as opposed to uppercase letters which are made up of mostly straight lines.

Each kindergartener came up to the island where they signed in to start their day. There were a few steps that they had to follow to complete their journal:

1. Trace the lines of each shape with a marker (some counted as they did this!).

2. Identify the shape.

3. Kid spell or work with a teacher to write the names of the shapes.

K.4.1: Identify and describe geometric objects: circle, triangle, square, rectangle, diamond, trapezoid, hexagon, octagon, parallelogram, sphere, and cube.

K.W.2.1: Write most uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet, correctly shaping and spacing.

Last week, an art project was started about one of our favorite topics as of late: eels!

Today, friends took turns painting the eel.

Before Franklin started painting, he got out a science book and turned to the glossary that he learned about last week. He was able to find ‘eels’ and figure out what page the information he was looking for was on.

Other engaging activities were taking place throughout the morning.

Daniel and Evie used small lights to observe glass figurines. They made comments to each other based on what they saw.

Our younger friends have been frequenting the art table quite often lately! They love to create pictures for family members, teachers, or peers. Children’s drawing skills are continuing to grow and we love to watch the process children go through as they start putting their thoughts down onto paper.

Breakfast– Whole wheat bagel with butter and fresh pears.

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

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with graham crackers.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/cherry tomatoes.

Have a wonderful night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 1/18

Good afternoon, I hope you all had a fantastic weekend.

Paige says, Hello with a big smile to get the blog started.  

Today we read stories in a different location than the normal reading center. The rocking chair was quite the hit as friends would choose a book, we would read it, then the book would be put away and then another friend would take a turn reading. It was a great way for  allof our friends to get some individual lap time.

Breakfast: Whole wheat butter toast with cinnamon and oranges.

Lunch: Whole wheat noodles with butter, black beans and kidney beans, peas and apples.

Snack: Whole milk yogurt and graham crackers.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a fantastic night.

Marty

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Happy Friday!

After reading, ‘The Giving Tree’ in K group, we brought back out the laminated number sheets from yesterday per the kids request! They each got a new sheet with four numbers on it but under each number, there was a matching dot illustration.

Today, we worked for deliberately with the numbers. Every child said aloud the four numbers that were on their sheet. After, I asked questions like, “Who has the highest number out of all 5 sheets?” or “Who has the lowest number?”.

Friends took it upon themselves to start comparing their numbers and found peers who had the same number as they did!

We moved into addition problems. I told Franklin, “Find the two smallest numbers on your sheet and add them together.” Each friend had different instructions but at the end, children were adding up all of the numbers on their sheet. They completely took over this activity and expanded it on their own!

K.NS.4: Perform one-on-one correspondence tasks.

In PREK2, children found the first letter of their first name and drew a line from the uppercase letter to its lowercase counterpart!

During kindergarten sign in, children took three scattered configurations and counted each. They took the configurations and matched it to the correct number that was written on their sign in.

K.NS.5: Count up to 20 objects arranged in a line, a rectangular array, or a circle. Count up to 10 objects in a scattered configuration.

Earlier in the week, I shared that we’ve had a fascination with eels recently! A few of our kindergarteners have been invested in eels and using them in their art and play which spearheaded this art activity!

Today, we extended our eel art activity by exploring paper mache! A few days ago, friends started using tape and newspaper to create their own eel and today, we tackled the paper mache! Check back in next week to see the next step.

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

Lunch– Roast beef and cheddar cheese on whole wheat bread, fresh cantaloupe, and fresh snap peas/cucumber/pepper.

PM snack– Pretzels and string cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/snap peas/pepper.

Have a wonderful weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 1/15

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

The neighbors were getting a delivery and friends happened to see the large Lowe’s truck just outside our classroom. We were very happy to watch them unload the appliance out of the back of the truck. We can never see too many large trucks!!

We then got a little silly with our play. A friend started this fun trend by placing our small dramatic play/housekeeping bowl on top of his head and then many more friends started doing it.  

Breakfast: Whole wheat English muffins with peanut butter and oranges.

Lunch: Whole wheat bread, turkey lunchmeat with cream cheese roll-ups, carrots and apples.

Snack: Whole grain cheese with cheddar cheese slices.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh green beans.

Have a  fantastic weekend. We will see you Monday!

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

In K group, our activity started with each friend choosing a laminated piece of paper that had four various numbers on it, ranging from 1-20.. Each friend took a turn identifying the numbers that were on their sheet. Once everyone identified their numbers, each group member closed their eyes and placed their index finger on their board. They opened their eyes and looked to see what number they had chose. Friends grabbed the colored counters and counted out the correct number of counters and placed them in the number circle.

K.NS.4: Perform one-on-one correspondence tasks.

K.NS.5: Count up to 20 objects arranged in a line, a rectangular array, or a circle. Count up to 10 objects in a scattered configuration.

In PREK2, children played alphabet Go Fish! Throughout the game, they had conversations about the difference between uppercase and lowercase letters.

We’ve been focused on syllables this week during our K focused groups and during sign-in, friends sorted several words based on the number of syllables. There were three groups: 1 syllable, 2 syllables, and 3 syllables. We read the words together and friends used mostly the clapping method to figure out how many syllables were in each word. There were a few times were friends corrected themselves which is fantastic!

K.RF.3.2: Orally segment words into syllables.

The rest of our morning offered up endless building experiences and playdoh creations.

Breakfast– Whole Grain Cheerios and fresh apples.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded pork, fresh banana/apple/orange, and fresh cherry tomatoes/cucumber/snap peas.

PM snack– Whole wheat crackers and pepitas.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/cherry tomatoes/snap peas.

Have a lovely night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 1/14

Hello All.

Lately many of us have been interested in matching. Whether it is matching the color of our  shirts, matching our socks, or matching our colors with various toys in the classroom,  we have all enjoyed this fun way of learning and understanding our colors.

Our magnatiles have been a HUGE part of us matching with one another. We enjoy placing the colorful tiles up tp our faces and have a teacher sing random color songs to us. Other friends will then most always go find that same color tile and mimic the behavior so we can match.

Our cocoon swing was a big hit today as well. This cozy swing allows us to just take a break from all of our playing, or calm our bodies if needed. We LOVE it! Us teachers wish they would make one just our size because it looks so cozy.

Breakfast: Whole grain Kix cereal and oranges.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with shredded pork, corn and apples.

Snack: Whole grain brown cakes with cream cheese.

Have a nice evening.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

A few of our kindergartners have shown an interest in eels lately. They have conversations about them, complete eel focused journals, and use a variety of art materials to create their own eels!

So today, a few kindergarteners gathered at the art table to start an art project that revolved around eels. Miss Annastecia got out several science books and introduced what an ‘index’ is. Friends flipped to the back of the book to the index and tried to find what pages ‘eels’ could be found. They really understood this concept and were ecstatic when they found ‘eel’ in the index!

Check back in with us throughout the week to see the progress that we’ve made!

We spent some time outside this morning and it was fantastic to be able to get some fresh air! A few of our friends discovered patches of ice. They used it as their personal ice rink. A few others pretended the snow was food. They made all sorts of goodies with it!

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with fresh oranges.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with fresh tortilla, fresh cantaloupe, and fresh cucumber/carrots.

PM snack– Popcorn & Bananas

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/snap peas.

Have a lovely night!

-Mindy

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Happy Wednesday!  

Today we were so very excited to be painting because we were given very special stampers and animal sponges to paint with.

We used a doggie, bunny, cow and drum roll please….. a DINOSAUR sponge as well as a paw print stamper. We were all so excited and happy to be using these tools to paint our creations with.

We then got our juices flowing with a little gross motor activity. We listened to music and thought it would be a great idea to get out our water squares to jump and hop on.

Breakfast: Whole grain Kix and cantaloupe.

Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs, whole wheat English muffins with butter, mixed veggies and pears.

Snack: Whole wheat Ritz crackers and mozzarella string cheese.

Have a glorious evening.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

In K group, we read, ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’ which lead into our group activity. We took the names of all of the crayons in the books and sorted them by the number of syllables in each word. By far, the 1 syllable group had the most colors! As I held each paper out, children worked on reading the color instead of me telling what what it was. They were able to use their prior knowledge of letter sounds to figure out what the color was!

K.RF.3.2: Orally segment words into syllables.

During kindergarten sign in, children used the letter box to match the lowercase letters to their uppercase counterpart. As they placed the popsicle stick into the box, they said aloud what letter it was.

K.RF.2.4: Identify and name all uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet.

In PREK2 group, friends went fishin’ for some letters! Each friend got to use a set of tongs to search in a bin for different letters. When they pulled out a letter, they identified the letter before looking for a new one!

Our preschool aged friends also partook in their sign in this morning that required them to identify the letter B. When friends found the letter B, they signed their name under that group.

The rest of our day had a little of this and a little of that—tons of building, art area creations, and snuggles with peers and teachers while reading our favorite stories.

Breakfast– Corn Chex and fresh oranges.

Lunch– Melted shredded cheese on whole wheat flatbread, fresh apples, and fresh snap peas/carrots.

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

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/snap peas.

Have a great night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 1/12