Happy Friday! What a great first week back after break.  

Today we had some fun playing peek-a-boo with teachers and one another.

We then had another painting session with Miss Annastecia. This time we used our large bugs to create our masterpieces.

Breakfast: Whole grain Kix and pears.

Lunch: Whole wheat warmed flat bread with ham lunchmeat and shredded Colby jack cheese, cucumbers and apples.

Snack: Whole grain cheese crackers and mozzarella string cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Orange pepper.

Have a great weekend.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

**Please make sure that your child has snow gear at school including snow pants, boots, hat/gloves, and winter coat. Thank you!

What a full day!

Throughout the morning, tons of puzzles were completed and many art projects were started.

Evie and Daniel have been tackling our wooden 48 piece puzzles together (rather quickly!) so today, they attempted to complete the 60 piece puzzles. They ended up doing three but not before Daniel shared, “These are much harder!”

Franklin and Mack have been spending much of their morning at the art table lately where they make an array  of creatures including demons! The details they use continue to change and evolve. We love watching their imaginations come to life at the art table!

We have been itching to go outside all week and most of the ice in the backyard finally melted and we were THRILLED! We spent about an hour outside, exploring the snow covered backyard..and eating snow of course!

Breakfast– Whole Grain Cheerios with fresh pears.

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

PM snack– Graham crackers with peanuts.

Wee Sprout– Fresh broccoli/cucumber.

Have a wonderful night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 1/7

Good Afternoon.

This morning friends were very excited about playing in the sensory table full of rice, corn and beans. We scooped, filled and picked apart our corn cob stalks. We did pretty well with keeping the majority of the mixture in the table on not on the floor as well.  

Miss Paige just simply enjoyed tasting all of her toys and sitting up all by herself!

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and banana.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with shredded turkey, cucumbers and apples.

Snack: Whole grain brown rice cakes  with cream cheese.

Have a nice night.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with cinnamon and banana.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat tortilla, fresh oranges/apples/banana, and fresh pepper/cucumber.

PM snack– Blue corn tortilla chips and hummus.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper.

Have a lovely night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 1/6

Good Afternoon.

Please enjoy the pictures from our Wednesday!

Breakfast: Whole grain Chex cereal and banana.

Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs with shredded cheese, whole wheat butter toast, corn and banana.

Snack: Whole wheat Ritz crackers and cheddar cheese slices.

Wee Spouts: Cucumbers and red pepper.

Have a lovely evening.

Marty

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Good Afternoon.

Miss Paige is having fun engaging with the colorful rattle and the many activities in her basket. She is displaying such awesome hand-eye coordination skills by taking toys out of the basket and then playing with them and even at times putting the toys back in the basket. GO PAIGE!!

Adrian and Nesta are having fun snowflake stamp painting. We used the colors green and blue to make our creations.

Breakfast: Whole grain Kix and pears.

Lunch: Whole wheat bread with peanut butter, cheddar cheese singles, mixed veggies and banana.

Snack: Whole wheat cinnamon raisin bagels with butter.

Wee Sprouts: Carrots.

Have a nice night.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

To start our day, the kindergarteners and a few older preschoolers played a few rounds of community helper bingo! Friends worked together to see what helpers were present on their bingo board. I gave them clues for a specific community helper and if they had that helper on their board, they placed a red circle over that square!

Social Studies: K.2.1 Give examples of people who are community helpers (inside the classroom and outside the classroom) and describe how they help us.

Afterwards, Mack got out a glass jar that was full of colorful gems and asked Sophia, “Do you want to make a color pattern with me?!”

They sat and separated the gems by color before creating their own color patterns.

Children took turns coming to the art table to participate in an art activity! They got to choose different trees to put on their paper and if they chose to, add white paint using a q-tip that represented snow! Every single piece was different and unique to that specific child—we put them up this afternoon on the magnet boards and they look spectacular! It was awesome to watch the process and reasoning behind why children did what they did when deciding how they wanted their art piece to end up.

“To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.”

-Joseph Chilton Pearce

Breakfast– Corn Chex and banana.

Lunch– Hummus on whole wheat tortilla, fresh pineapple/banana, and fresh peppers/cucumber.

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

Wee Sprout– Fresh pepper/cucumber.

Have a fantastic night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 1/5

Happy Monday and Happy New Year!

We hope everyone had a lovely winter vacation!

There was a ton of re-connection that happened this morning. Friends were asking each other, “What’d you do over break?” or “What’d you get for Christmas?!”—it was so nice to get back into the swing of things after a few weeks of family time.

It took no time at all for children to get back into their routine. Pairs of children scurried off to a loft for some alone time or got out puzzles to do together.

We had a fantastic first day back—we’re ready for 2021!

Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with butter and fresh pears/banana.

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

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with fresh oranges.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/snap peas.

Have a wonderful evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 1/4

Good afternoon and Happy New Year! I hope you all enjoyed your holiday season.

Friends were very excited to see one another today and had a great day engaging with one another and all the classroom activities.

Breakfast: Whole wheat butter toast with cinnamon and apples.

Lunch: Whole wheat noodle’s with butter and shredded beef, carrots and pears.

Snack: Whole milk yogurt with graham crackers.

Wee Sprouts: Red peppers.

Have a fantastic night.

Marty

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Happy Friday!

As we end this year that was 2020, we are left with a full and grateful heart. This year has brought about challenges and new aspects that we’ve had to adapt to (hello masks) and through it all, our families have been understanding and helpful beyond measure. One of the best aspects of this career is forming trusting and lasting relationships with our families. We are SO thankful for you.

We hope that you and your family have a healthy, happy, and safe Christmas vacation and we can’t wait to see you in 2021!

Breakfast– Brown rice cakes with peanut butter and banana.

Lunch– Homemade english muffin pizzas (shredded cheese, ham, and pepperoni as pizza toppings), fresh cantaloupe/banana, and fresh carrots/snap peas.

PM snack– Goldfish and string cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/snap peas.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 12/18