Good Afternoon!  Today we worked on finding activities that we could engage our hands in useful and helpful ways. Teachers also gave friends positive encouragement of the use of their hands during the activities.

We used our hands for building with our stacking trains and Magnatiles…..

then headed into the kitchen to manipulate playdough and use a variety of tools with them….

and finally headed out to the play kitchen to make some delicious foods to share with our friends.  A few friends were asking others; “ who wants a burger?,” in their play.

Paige engaged with our baby dolls.  She chose her baby from the basket, laid with her in the cube and made her baby dance.

Breakfast:  Whole grain Cheerios and banana.

Lunch: Turkey and cream cheese rollups, whole grain wheat flatbread, banana and mixed vegetables.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole grain wheat bagel with peanut butter and apples.

Wee Sprouts:  Cucumbers.

Have a great evening!

Rebekah

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Good Afternoon!

This morning we engaged in several activities with our musical shakers.  We shook our shakers while singing Shake Your Sillies Out.  We then moved our bodies by marching, jumping, and crawling around the front while shaking our shakers.  Lastly, we danced and shook our shakers to the Freeze Dance song and stopped shaking our shakers when we were told to ‘Freeze’ in the song.

After dancing, a few friends dumped the basket of snowballs. So, we decided to use them for a tossing game. We placed a piece of masking tape on the floor for us to stand on to toss our snowball from there, to practice tossing from a distance.  We also worked on our color recognition and  hand-eye coordination skills while tossing our snowball into one of the colored plastic blocks.

We then headed outside to get some fresh air and enjoy our favorite activities.

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

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

Afternoon Snack:  Whole milk yogurt and raisins.

Wee Sprouts:  Cucumbers.

Have a great night!

Rebekah

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Happy Monday!

What a perfect week to talk about weather! It looks like this week is going to have a little of everything!

After reading, ‘Mud Puddle’ in K group, we made a weather web where each child got to add one word to the web.

Science: K.3.5 Describe and give examples of weather changes and illustrate how weather affects people and the environment.

During K sign, children drew a picture of their favorite weather! We had drawings of summer (with additions of the beach and bonfire), winter with snow, and winter with icicles.

In PREK2 group, they started a chart that focuses on the daily weather. Each day this week, they’ll add the temperature and weather of that current day.

Friends gathered at the art table to cut using scissors and drawing pictures. Franklin and several of his K friends explored the new dinosaur animal balance game. It requires a ton of patience which they remind each other of often .

We took advantage of our outside time this morning as it looks like winter will be gracing us with its presence tomorrow!

Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with peanut butter and banana.

Lunch– Whole wheat noodles with butter and shredded chicken, fresh pears, and fresh carrots/cucumber.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with fresh oranges.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/cucumber.

Have a wonderful evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 4/19

Good Afternoon!

In K group, we read one of my favorite books: ‘The Mountain That Loved A Bird’. It was the perfect book to wrap up a week where we’ve been talking about plants and animals. If you haven’t read this book, put it on your list to grab!

In the middle of the story, a few friends knew how the story would end and shared by raising their hands. For a conversation starter this evening, ask you K kid about this book (it’s one of their favorites too!).

Science: K.4.2 Observe plants and animals, describing how they are alike and how they are different.

During the kindergarteners sign in activity, lots of laughs were had. They had to use a red and green marker while categorizing things that were living and things that were non living. One kindergartener laughed hysterically at the thought of MILK being alive!

Our PREK2 friends sorted animals into three categories: herbivore, carnivore, or omnivore!

The classroom sign in for today invited friends to add a drawing to the picture! They could add a plant, flower, or tree—we had lots of all three!

Millie, Maggie, and James worked together to build a car using plastic and wooden blocks. They were all using wooden blocks as phones and later on, they started taking a drink from a wooden triangular prism. When asked what they were drinking, we were told, “Sparkling water!”

Even though it’s been a little chilly the past few days, we welcomed the sunshine and enjoy our time outside this morning and later on in the afternoon.

Breakfast– Brown rice cakes with peanut butter and banana.

Lunch– Melted shredded cheese and ham on whole wheat flatbread, fresh watermelon, and fresh carrots/cucumber.

PM snack– Goldfish and string cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/carrots.

Have a lovely weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 4/16

Happy Friday!

We started our morning off with a dance party.  We listened and danced to several songs by Raffi.  Apples and Bananas, Baby Beluga and Mr. Sun to name a few.

We then headed into the kitchen to do some coloring under the table.  Miss Bekah taped some big pieces of white paper underneath the bottom of the sensory table.  She also found 2 pillows to rest our heads on.  We then laid on our backs and colored away. This activity helps them understand awareness of their space and see their drawings from a different perspective.

Breakfast:  Whole grain brown rice cakes with cream cheese and banana.

Lunch:  Turkey sandwiches on whole grain wheat bread, peas and pears.

Afternoon Snack:  Goldfish crackers and mozzarella cheese stick.

Wee Sprouts:  Fresh green beans.

Have a great weekend!

Rebekah

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Good Afternoon!

Kindergarteners were introduced to a few popular trees as well as various leaves that can appear on trees. They chose a tree to draw and once they finished their drawing, they identified the various parts of the tree (roots, trunk, branches, leaves).

We chatted about how trees are similar to small plants/flowers such as roots soaking up water from the ground to feed the tree or plant.

Science: K.4.2 Observe plants and animals, describing how they are alike and how they are different.

Enjoy the pictures form the rest of our day!

Breakfast– Oatmeal squares with fresh watermelon.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded turkey, fresh cantaloupe, and fresh carrots/green beans.

PM snack– Whole wheat crackers and pumpkin seeds.

Wee Sprout– Fresh green beans/snap peas.

Have a wonderful night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 4/15

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

Breakfast:  Kix cereal and watermelon.

Lunch:  Whole grain brown rice with shredded turkey, corn and watermelon/apples.

Afternoon Snack:  Ritz crackers and sunflower seeds.

Wee Sprouts:  Cucumbers.

Have a great evening!

Rebekah

Link to pictures:  https://1drv.ms/u/s!AtTCDmdhjIulkbwb2WFqE48HUvyVcw?e=ETyjI7

Good Afternoon!

Our friends having been talking about trains this week.  They have been using the habitrail ladder to sit on and pretend they are riding on a train for a long time. So today, we used our imaginative play skills with Miss Annastecia.  We used our stools as train cars, thin wood blocks as tickets and wore dress up hats to turn us into Conductors while we read the book, The Magic Train Ride by Sally Crabtree.

We then made a train with our bodies with Miss Bekah by holding on to the friend in front of us while walking around the front area of the classroom.

After that, we went into the kitchen to paint with our train cars.  Miss Annastecia made a train track on a big piece of paper with the question, “Where will your magic ticket take you?”  Some of the answers were; “jungle, underwater, and the most popular response was the train would ‘bring them to school.” We had a great time driving our painted wheels around the track.

Breakfast:  Whole grain oatmeal and fresh oranges.

Lunch:  Farm fresh scrambled eggs, oranges, toasted English muffin with butter and mixed vegetables.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole grain flatbread with cream cheese and fresh pears.

Wee Sprouts:  Green beans.

It was a Terrific Train Themed Day!

Rebekah

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Good Afternoon!

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh pears.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat flatbread, fresh watermelon, and fresh green beans/cucumber.

PM snack– Blue corn chips with hummus.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper.

Have a great night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 4/14

Good Afternoon!

We read ‘The Tiny Seed’ in K group today which coincided with our activity/conversation starter. The Tiny Seed is a story about the cycle that a seed goes through before it gets settled into the ground where roots are started, leading into it becoming a plant!

Once the story was finished, we looked at a diagram of the plant life cycle and the specific steps a seed takes before it becomes an adult plant.

Science: K.4.2 Observe plants and animals, describing how they are alike and how they are different.

Kindergarteners completed their sign in activity which focused on the specific area in our classroom where we can find books about plants and animals (the science area!). Next, they had to write what genre these books belong to—everyone quickly responded “nonfiction!”.

In PREK2 group, friends talked about specific habitats and what types of animals live in each habitat!

Miss Kim set up an activity in the art area this morning that allowed us to move a body a little! In the bin, littles balls were placed with a piece of paper and a couple different paint colors. Once the bin was closed tight, they either sat down or stood up and shook the container which moved the paint and balls all around. All of the finished art pieces had various designs on it depending on how soft or hard the bin was shaken!

The sunshine greeted us as we headed outside this morning. A few friends camped out in the housekeeping area, using weeds from around the yard to add to their play. The rock area was a busy place as children worked together to fill trucks with rocks. We got the bikes out which is one of our favorite outdoor activities. We LOVE our balance bikes.

Breakfast– Whole Grain Cheerios with fresh pears.

Lunch– Hummus on whole wheat bread, fresh oranges, and fresh carrots/cucumber/snap peas.

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

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/snap peas.

Have a lovely night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 4/13