Happy Wednesday!

In K group, we’ve been focusing on identifying the order in which events happen. Today, we read ‘Stellaluna’ and after we were done, I read aloud four sentences of events that occurred within the story. Together, we worked to put them into the order in which they happened. Once we were done, a friend said, “We just made a story!”

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

PREK2 friends read, ‘The Rainbow Fish’ and placed four events in the order in which they happened in the story!

This morning, we opened up the art table so that we could dissect a sunflower and large beans from Miss Charlotte’s garden. Friends took all of the sunflower seeds and made a bird feeder. The feeder wasn’t even outside ten minutes before a squirrel found it!

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with fresh strawberries.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat tortilla/flatbread, fresh pears/oranges, and fresh green beans/tomatoes.

PM snack– Air popped popcorn with butter and fresh apples.

Wee Sprout– Fresh green beans/cherry tomatoes.

Have a great night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 10/7

Good Afternoon!

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Corn Chex and fresh strawberries/pears.

Lunch– Hummus on whole wheat tortilla, fresh oranges/banana, and fresh cherry tomatoes/green beans.

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

Wee Sprout– Fresh green beans/cherry tomatoes.

Have a wonderful night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 10/6

Good Afternoon.

Today Miss Bekah put down some masking tape on the carpet for friends to race their cars over. There were three different patterns of tape for our little guys to race their cars over. It was a great experience and our little ones had a great time.

 

During outdoor play we sat down at the table and drew beautiful pictures with crayons.

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and apples.

Lunch: Whole grain tortilla with shredded mozzarella cheese, carrots and strawberries.

Snack: Whole wheat/grain Bagels with butter.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a great night.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

First, we want to wish a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Rowan who turned 3 today! We are thrilled we could spend your special day with you!

Today in K group, we started discussing calendars and clocks. We chatted about what they’re used for and after reading, ‘Croc Around The Clock’, we shared reasons why we have clocks:

“It tells us when it’s time to go to bed!”

“It tells us when it’s time to eat.”

(aka two of our favorite things apparently!)

Afterwards, we talked about the calendar that we use everyday. We always say the date aloud so today, we said, “Today is Monday, October 5th, 2020.” We identified where the days of the week, month, and year are on the calendar.

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.

In PREK2, children read the book titled, ‘The Tortoise and the Hare’. They placed events into the order that they occurred!

I had a few friends who helped me make two batches on playdough this morning! We measure out all of the ingredients and watched as the mixture turned colors thanks to the food coloring gel!

Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with peanut butter and fresh apples.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with butter and black beans, fresh pineapple/pears, and fresh red cabbage/carrots.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with fresh apples (thanks for the yummy apples, Rowan!)

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/cucumber.

Have a lovely night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 10/5

Good Afternoon. I hope you all had a fantastic weekend.

Nesta was pretty happy and excited to see Miss Annastecia  and Miss Mindy today at outside time. Just look at those big smiles.  

Stories are always a huge success with our little ones. Sometimes they even enjoy “reading” to themselves.

Breakfast: Whole wheat toast with peanut butter and oranges.

Lunch: Whole wheat Pasta with butter and black beans, peas and cantaloupe.

Snack: Whole milk yogurt with granola.

Wee Sprouts: Tomatoes.

Have a nice evening.

Marty

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Happy Friday!

Drawing at the art table; reading; and several rounds of wrestling outdoors—> recipe for the perfect Friday morning.

I love scrolling through Teacher Tom’s blog once a week if I can and found an article that caught my eye: “What If We Raised A Generation That Could Recapture Childhood at Will?”

An interesting statistic that Teacher Tom begins with: “According to the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking, 98 percent of kindergarteners qualify as “creative geniuses.” By age 25, only three percent can make that claim.”

“I sometimes try to imagine what it would do to the world if we raised an entire generation that could recapture childhood at will. It would be a world in which our institutions, like schools, would exist not to create standardized products as if off an assembly line, but rather to fill the world with one-of-a-kind humans free to pursue their highest potential according to her or his own genius.”

Breakfast– Brown rice cakes with peanut butter and banana.

Lunch– Ham on whole wheat bread/tortilla, fresh pears/banana, and fresh green beans/carrots/cucumber.

PM snack-Pretzels & Colby Jack Cheese

Wee Sprout– Fresh green beans, carrot, cucumber.

Have a great weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 10/2

Good Afternoon

This morning I made up some random words to the tune of The Wheels on the Bus and friends marched around Miss Rebekah’s body and had the best time.

We then went over to the gross motor area and did some climbing. The soft star climber is a favorite of all our little ones.

We practice taking turns climbing it and then sliding down.

Breakfast: Whole grain corn puffs with pear slices.

Lunch: Whole wheat bread with turkey lunchmeat, peas and banana.

Snack: Whole grain cheese crackers and mozzarella storing cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Peppers.

Have a nice weekend.

Marty

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Happy Thursday and Happy October!

Yesterday in K group, friends were able to put a greater than, less than, or equal to sign between two numbers. Today, we did the opposite! We started with one of the three signs and for each child, I picked one number. They had to come up with another number to make the equation true! For example, I gave Z the number 8 and she had to tell me a number that was smaller than 8: she gave me 2! Then, she read the equation, “Eight is greater than two!”

We’re also continuing to fill out our charts where we discuss characters, setting, and events that occur within the story that we read that day.

Today, we read one of my favorite stories: The Giving Tree. At the end of the story, Z phrased her takeaway from the story beautifully: “The tree just kept giving her things to the boy to make him happy. All the tree wanted was for the boy to be happy.”

K.RL.2.3: Identify important elements of the text (e.g., characters, settings, or events).

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 used spiders as a manipulative when referring to the term ‘equal to’. Miss Kim had a jar of 20 spiders. She gave the four group members each a spider and they quickly noticed that they had the same number of spiders. Miss Kim kept giving each friend one spider, resulting in four equal groups of spiders!

Our morning involved a ton of hands on activities: sensory bin, painting our clay creations, and workbench for a few of our older friends!

It was the perfect fall morning. A little chilly but thankfully the sun came out later in the morning! Children occupied the art table while other older peers got some energy out by wrestling—rules were set to make sure that everyone stayed safe!

Breakfast– Whole Grain Cheerios with fresh strawberries/banana.

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

PM snack– Triscuits and peanuts.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/green beans.

Have a wonderful evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 10/1

Good Afternoon and Happy October.

Please enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast: Kids choice: Whole grain Kix and whole grain Cheerios with oranges.

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

Snack: Whole wheat crackers and pumpkin seeds.

Wee Sprouts. Snap peas.

Have a wonderful night.

Marty

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Good Afternoon Families.

PLEASE NOTE: The following is the Wee Friends upcoming closures for the rest of the 2020 year!

We will be CLOSED Thursday, November 26th and 27th in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday and CLOSED a full two weeks on  December 21st through January 1st 2021 for our annual Christmas vacation. Please mark these important dates on your calendars. 

This morning we extended our sponge play from yesterdays  activity and we painted with them. We took all of the animal sponges and dipped them into multiple colors and then applied the sponge to our papers. It was a great way to incorporate our hand-eye coordination, sensory and fine motor skills into our play. We were also able to talk about the colors of paint and what animal the sponge was. We LOVED it.  

Breakfast: Whole grain Oatmeal with honey and oranges.

Lunch: farm fresh scrambled eggs, whole wheat butter toast, tomatoes and apples.

Snack: Whole wheat Ritz crackers with Peanut butter,

Have a fantastic evening.

Marty

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