WF, 12/10/2020

Good Afternoon!

Please enjoy the pictures from our day!

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Breakfast– Corn Chex and fresh banana.

Lunch– Brown rice with pork, fresh pineapple/pears/oranges, and fresh carrots/pepper.

PM snack– Peanuts and whole wheat crackers.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/carrots.

Have a great evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 12/10

WWF 12/10/2020

Good Afternoon.

Our friend Adrian and his family brought in a wonderful story for us to share with everyone about Hanukkah.

This is their family tradition and they thought it would be a nice gesture for Adrian to have all of his friends see what his family celebrates for this holiday season. Thank you Joel and Amy. We LOVED reading all about this wonderful holiday.

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Breakfast: Whole grain Kix and apples.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with shredded pork, carrots and banana.

Snack: Whole wheat crackers and pumpkin seeds.

Wee Sprouts: Peas

Have a nice night.

Marty

LINK TO PICTURES: https://1drv.ms/u/s!AtTCDmdhjIulkOUE31O7XflQestwNQ?e=dI6Znq

WF, 12/09/2020

It’s a sunny Wednesday!

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In our Kindergarten group time today, one of our friends had brought up how he wasn’t able to go see a tree lighting event this year because of Covid. So instead of a story, we stopped what we were doing, and just spent some time discussing all our frustrations in dealing with this virus. Many of them had very grownup feelings. I’m glad they were able to put these feelings into words. This is a skill that even some adults lack.

We didn’t want to end the discussion on a sad note, so I asked them what is one thing they will want to do first once life goes back to normal. To be honest, I thought they would have some fantastical plans. My heart was touched by their responses. A few of them said they wanted to go out to eat, or go to the movies. It was what Franklin said that made my day. He said he would just like to see all his family. Wow! Talk about bringing tears to your eyes!

I know we all feel this way. I encouraged them that when life seems to get to be too much, just focus on what lies ahead. Life will be different, but it will hold onto many wonderful things. I hope this helps all of us become believers in the good this world holds.

If you have not heard so in a while, please let me tell you that you are doing a fabulous job as parents! There is definitely no instructions on how to raise your child in a pandemic in any handbook. Keep doing what you’re doing!

“Sometimes you need to talk to a three year old so you can understand life again.”

Breakfast: Oatmeal & bananas

Lunch: Farm fresh eggs, carrots/peppers, whole wheat bread, & oranges/pineapple

PM Snack: Banana bread & cheddar cheese stick

Wee Sprouts: Carrots/bell peppers

Have a lovely rest of your day!

Ms. Kim

Link to pictures:  https://1drv.ms/u/s!AtTCDmdhjIulkORAm8dvkp5KwLViqw?e=cjVulR

WF, 12/8/2020

Good Afternoon!

For kindergarten sign in, friends had to use a pipe cleaner and three different colored beads to create a pattern! They used red, green, and white beads to make their pattern. A few patterns that were made were:

-red, green, white, red, green, white

-red, green, red, green, red, green

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“We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character — that is the goal of true education.  The complete education gives one not only power of concentration, but worthy objectives upon which to concentrate. The broad education will, therefore, transmit to one not only the accumulated knowledge of the race but also the accumulated experience of social living.

If we are not careful, our colleagues will produce a group of closed-minded, unscientific, illogical propagandists, consumed with immoral acts. Be careful, brethren! Be careful, teachers!”

  ~MLK

The blog post that’s attached down below is a simple idea of changing the ‘me’ into ‘we’. “It’s a small wonder, a miracle indeed, when they discover an aspect of “we,” often at first stumbling across it like over a super cool toy left in the middle of the living room floor. Even if it’s as simple as saying, “We are going up here now.” Even that gives me confidence about our future.”

http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2020/12/the-complete-education.html

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Breakfast– Corn Squares with fresh pears.

Lunch– Hummus on whole wheat tortillas, fresh grapes/clementines, and fresh pepper/carrots.

PM snack– Cheddar block cheese and cinnamon/raisin bagel with peanut butter.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots.

Have a lovely night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 12/8

WWF 12/08/2020

Good Afternoon All!

Today more friends were able to experience and have fun with the 4 way tunnel.

Last week, the few friends we had had in attendance loved it so much, we wanted to have all of our friends have a chance to experience all the fun. This is a fantastic way to get our bodies in motion and use our cognitive skills to make sure we don’t bump into one another.  Smile 

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We also enjoyed having Miss Bekah read to us as well as reading by ourselves.

It was a great day!Smile 

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Breakfast: Whole grain Kix and banana.

Lunch: Whole grain tortilla and turkey lunchmeat, peas and banana/grapes.

Snack: Whole wheat English muffins with peanut butter.

Wee Sprouts: Tomatoes and peppers

Have a lovely evening.

Marty

LINK TO PICTURES: https://1drv.ms/u/s!AtTCDmdhjIulkONcSweSlnCcfnDlGQ?e=DWLMeZ

WF, 12/7/2020

Happy Monday!

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

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Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with butter and fresh pears.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with shredded turkey and butter, fresh watermelon/pears, and fresh green beans/carrots.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with graham crackers.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/green beans.

Have a great night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 12/7

WWF 12/07/2020

Good Afternoon.

YAY!! Today we finally have a full crew of our little ones! It was a great day!

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Breakfast: Whole wheat toast with butter and cinnamon with banana.

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with butter and shredded turkey, corn and pears.

Snack: Whole milk yogurt with graham crackers.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a night night.

Marty

LINK TO PICTURES: https://1drv.ms/u/s!AtTCDmdhjIulkOJXnqN8p5YxUHbUNg?e=KtDBj8

WF, 12/4/2020

Happy Friday!

Throughout the week, we’ve used maps and globes in K group and today, we focused on attention on a globe! As we observed it together, a friend noticed the key. It had various markings and what the markings were. We looked for the lakes, rivers, and mountain ranges in different countries.

Social Studies: K.3.2 Identify maps and gloves as ways of representing Earth and understand differences between a map/globe.

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In PREK2, children worked on subtraction. They used dice and subtracted the two numbers that they rolled.

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What a fun and intricate fine motor activity this morning! Every single child made their way to the art table where they used a needle and thread to string popcorn!

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Breakfast– Brown rice cakes with peanut butter and banana.

Lunch– Ham and sliced cheese on whole wheat bread/flatbread, fresh cantaloupe, and fresh green beans/carrots.

PM snack– Fresh pears, cheddar block cheese, and goldfish.

Wee Sprout– Fresh green beans/pepper.

Have a fantastic weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 12/4

WWF 12/04/2020

Good Afternoon.

This morning we painted with “snowballs,” aka… crumbled up pieces of paper. We chose the colors of red and green to make our masterpieces. While placing the snowballs onto our papers, Adrian began chanting, “Dab, Dab, Dab!” Meanwhile,  his two other friends began saying it as well. It was a very fun dab party. Smile 

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Adrian is a HUGE fan of our loose parts activities. Today, he thought it was going to be a great idea and loads of fun to take ALL of them off our their shelf space and place them onto the dramatic play kitchen area.

Once he had taken them all off and was done engaging, teachers asked him to then clean them up and put them back. He was very cognitive of where they should go. He remembered where each one was placed before he had taken them down. Smile 

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Breakfast: Whole wheat English muffins with cream cheese and Clementine’s.

Lunch: Whole wheat bread with peanut butter, tomatoes and watermelon.

Snack: Whole grain cheese crackers and Cheddar cheese cubes.

Have a lovely weekend.

Marty

LINK TO PICTURES: https://1drv.ms/u/s!AtTCDmdhjIulkOFiOxrnzzdSRuRNYA?e=rbLzVZ