Happy Tuesday!
We hope you enjoy the pictures from our day!
Breakfast– Corn Flakes and fresh strawberries.
Lunch– Hummus on whole wheat tortilla, fresh pineapple, and fresh snap peas/cucumber.
PM snack– Whole wheat cinnamon raisin bagels with peanut butter and sliced cheese.
Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/snap peas.
Have a lovely evening!
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 3/3
Good Afternoon and Happy March!
This morning Ellie and Caroline experimented with a science activity that involved magnets. They would take the small round circles with the magnetic wands and move them around on their colorful trays. Marbles were also part of this fun activity!
We then headed outside for some fun in the sun! We did have some briskness to the air, but we LOVED every second being outdoors. We also really enjoyed engaging with some friends in the preschool classroom.
Breakfast: Whole wheat toast with butter and pineapple and banana.
Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with marinara sauce and shredded mozzarella cheese, carrots and pears.
Snack: Whole milk yogurt with strawberries.
Wee Sprouts: Orange pepper.
Have a nice evening.
Marty
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Good Afternoon!
K/PREK1 children dove into the story, ‘The Day The Crayons Came Home’. We’ve read, ‘The Day The Crayons Quit’ which is the first story around this theme. We talked about letters and what’s included. Penny asked what the address portion of the postcard is used for.
Afterwards, each child picked a white piece of paper with an image on it. They looked at the patterns on the chalkboard and figured out what pattern their white card completed. Once they completed their pattern by taping the piece of paper at the end, they stated the pattern aloud. For instance, Grady had the green, blank circle and relayed the pattern: “Full circle, blank circle, full circle, blank circle, full circle, blank circle”.
K.CA.5: Create, extend, and give an appropriate rule for simple repeating and growing patterns with numbers and shapes.
After reading ‘Parker Looks Up’, PREK2 children graphed which image they liked best. According to the graph, children preferred the ‘Michelle Obama’ image more than slimy fish, jeweled necklace, and horses.
The morning activity focused on different shapes made out of colored tape. Children took it upon themselves to trace the shapes using colored gems. Penny used her gems and implemented a pattern along the triangle.
Oh my goodness, did the fresh air feel FANTASTIC! We were so excited to get outside and loved having open spaces to run and explore. The weather outlook for the week looks extremely promising! 
Breakfast– Whole wheat bagel with butter and fresh pears.
Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with marinara sauce and shredded cheese, fresh oranges/banana/apple, and fresh snap peas/cucumber.
PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with banana.
Wee Sprout– Fresh snap peas/cucumber.
Have a wonderful evening!
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 3/2
Good Afternoon.
We added a little cold excitement to our sensory table today! Since it has been so very cold for us to go outside and play in the snow, we brought the snow into us! 
Friends were so excited! We spoke about the temperature of the snow, the color of the snow and if we could eat the snow!
We then decided to have a dance party and incorporate the shakers into our play. We had a great day!
Breakfast: Whole grain brown rice cakes with peanut butter and pineapple.
Lunch: Whole wheat bread with no nut butter, mixed veggies, and apples.
Snack: Pretzels and cheddar block cheese.
Have a great weekend.
Marty
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Happy Friday!
Enjoy a few pictures from our day!
Breakfast– Brown rice cakes with peanut butter and fresh pineapple.
Lunch– Ham and cream cheese rollups, whole wheat flatbread, fresh apples, and fresh green beans/cucumber.
PM snack– Goldfish and cheddar cheese slices.
Wee Sprout– Fresh green beans/cucumber.
Have a great weekend!
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 2/28
Hello!
We want to wish Sophia a HAPPY 5TH BIRTHDAY! We hope you had the best day!
In K/PREK1, we read ‘Stick and Stone’ which is from our MACK book collection. Throughout the story, Stick and Stone help each other out in certain ways. For example, Stick held a bubble wand so that Stone could blow the bubbles. Without Sticks help, Stone wouldn’t have been able to do this because he doesn’t have arms.
We talked about different attributes that each character had such as Stone being wider and Stick who is taller. We discussed how these attributes help them as well as prohibit them from doing activities or movements.
K.M.1: Make direct comparisons of the length, capacity, weight, and temperature of objects, and recognize which object is shorter, longer, taller, lighter, heavier, warmer, cooler, and holds more.
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After breakfast, Miss Kim read ‘Rosie Revere Engineer’. Children have been interested in space lately so we explored the concept of movement using a variety of tools including balloons, straws, tape, paper, and markers.
Friends blew up their balloon and created their own rocket to see how they move.
Breakfast– Kix and fresh banana.
Lunch– Brown rice with shredded beef and cheese, fresh pineapple/banana, and fresh carrots/cucumber.
PM snack– Sophia’s birthday treat: oatmeal raisin cookies with string cheese.
Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/cucumber.
Have a great night!
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 2/27
Good Afternoon.
Some of our friends would like to say…. Peek-A-Boo to all of you and enjoy the pictures from our snowy Thursday.
Breakfast: Whole grain corn puffs and oranges.
Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with shredded beef and shredded Colby jack cheese, tomatoes and apples.
Snack: Whole wheat Triscuit crackers and pumpkin seeds.
Have a wonderful evening.
Marty
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Happy Snowy Wednesday!
We absolutely love to see the spark of friendships being made and continued on throughout our friends day in the classroom.
Caroline enjoyed engaging in play with one of her younger friends today… Miss Nesta! Both girls had a wonderful time playing together on the habi-trail. Just look at those happy faces. 
Breakfast: Whole grain Oatmeal with honey and apples.
Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs with shredded Colby cheese, whole wheat English muffins with butter, carrots and pears.
Snack: Blue corn chips with warmed refried beans.
Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.
Have a great night! Drive safely.
Marty
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Good Afternoon!
Enjoy the pictures from our day!
Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with honey and fresh apples.
Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat tortilla/flatbread, fresh pears/banana, and fresh cucumber/pepper.
PM snack– Blue corn chips with hummus.
Wee Sprout– Fresh peppers/cucumber.
Have a fantastic evening.
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 2/26
Good Afternoon!
Our MACK focus this week is:
Children will learn about kindness and the power of positive words.
In K/PREK1, we read ‘Down the Road’ which focuses on the main character, Hetty, as well as her two parents. Before we started reading the book, we looked at the front cover and came up with different ideas on what the book could be about since no one had read it before!
After several friends shared their theories, we dove into the book.
Hetty, the main character, was never able to do chores by herself until one day, she was told she could go buy eggs by herself for scrambled eggs the next morning. Once she purchased a dozen eggs, she was walking home. She wasn’t paying attention to where she was walking and the author mentioned a big rock coming up on the path.
Children observed the picture and shared their predictions on what could happen to Hetty and the eggs that were in her basket. Hetty ended up falling and the eggs fell to the ground but there were zero cracks on the eggs!
When she was almost home, Hetty noticed a big, red apple tree so she stopped to pick a few apples. As you can see in the picture, the egg basket started to tip so again, we used the picture as well as our knowledge of Hetty to determine what may happen next.
This time, the eggs weren’t so lucky!
Children predicted several events within the story and once we found out what actually happened, we heard, “That’s what I thought would happen!” several times. We loved the anticipation of not knowing what was going to happen until we turned the page.
K.RL.2.4: Make predictions about what will happen in a story.
Friends came to the art table to explore painting with a different utensil. Today’s focus was manipulating and moving paint with gift cards! We saw different strategies for how to move the paint around the paper.
“Reading should not be presented to children as a chore, or a duty. It should be offered as a gift.”
-Kate DiCamillo
Breakfast– Whole Grain Cheerios with fresh pears.
Lunch– Hummus on whole wheat tortilla, fresh apples, and fresh carrots.
PM snack– Whole wheat cinnamon raisin bagels with butter and cheddar cheese slices.
Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots.
Have a wonderful evening.
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 2/25