Good Afternoon.

We want to welcome back Rowan today! Rowan was excited to see all of her friends this morning and they were excited as well. They had a wonderful time reuniting.

Over the “break,” Rowan became a big sister on May 12th.  Lauren and Aran gave birth to a healthy baby girl named Paige. We will be welcoming Paige into the classroom in a few short months.  

We are all very happy for the Smyth family and can’t wait to meet little baby Paige!

Breakfast: Whole grain Kix and apples.

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

Snack: Whole wheat Ritz crackers and Peanut butter.

Wee Sprouts: Tomatoes.

Have a great evening.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

Here is a quick look at our day!

Breakfast– Whole Grain Oatmeal with honey and fresh watermelon.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with shredded cheese, whole wheat tortilla, fresh watermelon, and fresh carrots.

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

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots.

Have a great night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 5/20

Good Afternoon!

“The body benefits from movement, and the mind benefits from stillness.”

-Sakyong Mipham

The rest of our Tuesday consisted of trio blocks, lemons, and outside time. Majority of friends put on their bug finder hat and set off through the backyard environment and the following were gathered in bug jars: pinchers, worms, and rollie pollies!

Breakfast– Whole Grain Cheerios and fresh watermelon.

Lunch– Hummus on whole wheat tortilla, banana, and fresh carrots.

PM snack– Whole wheat bagels with cream cheese and sliced cheddar cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots.

Have a great evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 5/19

Happy Tuesday All.

This is what we call… The Love of Bug Hunting!

Ellie and a few friends from the Preschool classroom were on a mission to see just how many bugs they could find to put in their bug jars.

Some of us really enjoy the actual bugs and everything that goes along with them, while others enjoy finding these bugs and teasing their teachers with them!  

During our inside play, the gross motor area was very popular today!

Friends engage in strengthening their bodies, working on keeping their balance on the soft star rocker and just plain having fun.

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and banana.

Lunch: Whole wheat bread, turkey/cream cheese roll ups, corn and watermelon.

Snack: Whole wheat bagels with peanut butter.

Wee Sprouts: Peas.

Have a great night.

Marty

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Happy Monday!

In K/PREK1, we are reading a chapter book this week titled, ‘Cam Jansen and the Chocolate Fudge Mystery’. Grady shared that chapter books don’t have enough pictures so this lead into a short conversation about the different between picture books and chapter books.

After we read a few chapters, we brainstormed about our FAB topic for the week: calendars. We shared things that we read on the calendar everyday and a few things we came up with were: months, year, date, holidays, and days of the week.

Social Studies: K.1.5 Explain that calendars are used to represent days of the week and months of the year.

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Today’s Facebook live session started with a story titled, ‘A House for Hermit Crab’. An art project followed using the following materials: clear contact paper, black paper, string, scissors. Friends made their own sea creature that we’ll hang up in the environment!

“A little lemon juice makes everything taste better.”—today, several friends came up to the island for a taste of lemon. There were a few who ate the lemon down to the rind while others made the classic ‘lemon face’!

We were expecting rain most of the day so it was a fantastic surprise to be able to go outside for a while this morning!

Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with butter and fresh strawberries.

Lunch– Whole wheat noodles with black beans and butter, fresh watermelon, and fresh cherry tomatoes.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with fresh watermelon.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cherry tomatoes.

Have a lovely evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 5/18

Good afternoon and Happy Monday.

We welcomed back Caroline today after a little over two months of being gone. We missed her dearly and we are so happy for her return.  

A friend was very eager to start reading stories today!

Sometimes reading stories to ourselves makes us VERY happy.

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

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with butter and black beans, carrots and fresh watermelon.

Snack: Whole milk yogurt and graham crackers.

Have a wonderful night.

Marty

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Happy Friday.

This morning we engaged in movement and music. Friends asked for the small pianos and xylophones to make beautiful sounding music.

We then very happily went into the kitchen area and painted with cars and trucks for a little different painting experience. We LOVED it!

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

Lunch: Whole wheat bread with turkey lunchmeat and cheddar cheese slices, cucumbers and banana.

Snack: Whole grain Goldfish crackers and Mozzarella string cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Peas.

Have a fabulous weekend.

Marty

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Happy Friday!

We wrapped up the week in K/PREK1 by reading, ‘Paperboy’, which started a conversation about different jobs where you can earn money. We also looked at five different items that had a dollar value. Using dollar bills ranging from $1-$20, we came up with a combination for each item. For example, a LEGO set cost $15. At first, Grady suggested a $10 bill and all of the $1 bills but there were only 4 $1 bills. So we had to rethink. We decided that a $10 bill and a $5 gave us what we need: $15!

Social Studies: K.4.1 Explain that people work to earn money to buy the things they want. Introduce money names and values.

In PREK2, children identified two coins and had to determine if they were equal or if one was greater than the other. Once they were able to decide, a sign (equal, greater than, less than) was put in the middle of the coins to make the equation true.

The rest of our day was consumed by indoor activities such as art table, Legos, and various games using felt money.

The outside environment is calling our names this afternoon!

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

Lunch– Ham and cream cheese roll ups, whole wheat tortilla, fresh apples/strawberries, and fresh cucumber.

PM snack– Pretzels and string cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber.

Have a lovely weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 5/15

Good afternoon.

Please enjoy the pictures from our rainy day!

Breakfast: Whole grain Corn puffs and apples.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with shredded beef, sweet potatoes and banana.

Snack: Whole grain/wheat crackers and pumpkin seeds.

Wee Sprouts: Mixed Veggies.

Have a wonderful night.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Corn Chex and fresh pineapple.

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

PM snack– Walnuts and whole wheat crackers.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber.

Have a lovely night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 5/14