Good Afternoon!

Our pre-k/k group started out the week adding to a diagram that focused on plants and animals. Throughout the week, we’re going to be diving into plants and animals and looking at the similarities and the differences between the two. Today, we focused on what we already know about both. We came to the conclusion that there are a few things that both plants and animals have in common: they both need water and food!

Throughout the week, we’ll add to our diagram and expand it if need be.

Science: K.4.1 Give examples of plants and animals.

We used various materials throughout the house to build with this morning! Magnatiles, magnets, and puzzles consumed our morning and allowed our creative juices to get flowing.

I found a couple interesting, informative articles on the PBS website. I’ve attached the link to one article and from there, you can read other articles on their site. This article talks about the importance of fostering creative play in the early years of a child’s life.

http://www.pbs.org/wholechild/parents/play.html

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

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with butter and black beans, PPC mango/pears, and PPC cauliflower/cucumber.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with PPC blueberries.

Wee Sprout– PPC cauliflower.

Have a fantastic evening.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 4/9

Happy Monday! We hope you enjoyed your weekend.

Today was a fun day for the swing. Mack decided he wanted to just lounge on it and Emma decided she wanted to have fun twirling and swinging back and forth. Either way, our Wee Wee’s love the swing!

The magnatiles are another fun way we spent our morning. Building, creating and placing the tiles in front of our faces to look at our classroom in different colors all ways we enjoy these awesome magnetic tiles.

Breakfast: Whole wheat English muffins with sweet pea butter and PPC pears.

Lunch: Whole wheat whole grain pasta with butter and black beans, peas and oranges.

Snack: Whole milk yogurt with graham  crackers.

Wee Sprouts: Peas.

Have a fantastic evening!

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

Maddie sprawled out in the science area this morning to explore addition and subtraction clip cards. For more challenging equations, Maddie used colored counters to help her find the answer but for most of the equations, she either used her fingers or nothing at all! Once she figured out the answer to the equation, she clipped the correct answer and moved on to the next clip card.

K.CA.1-2: Solve real world problems, objects, or drawings that involve addition and subtraction within 10. Demonstrate the equation (e.g., 5= 3 + 2 and 5= 4 + 1).

After Maddie finished, several other peers explored the clip cards at the round table. A few of our younger friends needed help identifying some numbers so we worked as a team to find each answer.

Groups of children explored the welcome activity this morning. Colored gems were used along with ice cube trays. We used these two items in several different ways: patterns, one to one counting, and number recognition.

“When educating the minds of our youth, we must not forget to educate their hearts.”

Dalai Lama

Breakfast– Rice cakes with peanut butter and PPC banana.

Lunch– Ham and shredded mozzarella cheese on whole wheat tortilla, PPC banana, and PPC peppers/cucumber.

PM snack– Pretzels and block cheese.

Wee Sprout– PPC peppers.

Have a lovely weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 4/6

Happy Friday! We hope you have enjoyed your week.

There are many different activities that sensory can be incorporated into our play! Today friends were excited and very happy to be engaged in the sensory bin filled with corn and black beans. We can scoop, fill, dig and even have fun pouring the mixture onto the floor.

Breakfast: Whole grain Kix with apples.

Lunch: Whole Wheat tortillas with ham and mozzarella cheese, peas and pears.

Snack: Pretzels, mozzarella cheese sticks and banana.

Have a wonderful weekend, we’ll see you Monday.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

In pre-k/k group, we read a story titled, ‘No More Monsters for Me’. In the story, the main character really wanted a pet but ended up taking in a monster in stead. She quickly found out that monsters do not make good pets! After the story, we solved two story problems together by filling in the two blanks based on what we read. We worked together to solve the two problems!

K.CA.1-2: Solve real world problems, objects, or drawings that involve addition and subtraction within 10. Demonstrate the equation (e.g., 5= 3 + 2 and 5= 4 + 1)

The rest of the day involved several activities where children were engaged, inquisitive, and fulfilled.

Pre-k/k group journaled about castles, grandparents, and house with flowers!

The art table and building rug were overflowing with curiosity. We used our one to one correspondence skills to count trains, taught our younger peers how to play UNO, and used brand new markers!

Breakfast– Corn chex and PPC pears.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded chicken, fresh pineapple, and PPC cauliflower.

PM snack– Peanuts and wheat thins.

Wee Sprout– PPC cucumber/cauliflower.

Have a great evening.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 4/5

Happy Sunny Thursday! There is nothing better on a cold day, than having some sunshine brightening our day.

The Wee Wee Friends classroom has a love for balls. We have many different colors, textures and sizes of balls to choose from. Today Mack and Emma decided to use teamwork with one another to play catch and kick the balls to one another. We use our gross motor, hand-eye coordination and life skills while engaging in this fun activity.

We also love playing with our colorful, see through small scarf tissues. Daniel puts one over his head then moves it down to his face to play a little peek-a-boo! Peek-a-boo is always a fun game to play, especially with our little ones. 

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios with apples.

Lunch: Whole grain rice with chicken, broccoli and oranges.

Snack: Whole grain cheese crackers and block cheese cubes.

Wee Sprouts: Broccoli.

Have a fantastic evening!

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

**A clarification on yesterday’s blog dress up request: What we’d like are your child’s old ‘real’ shoes that they’ve outgrown (e.g., sparkly shoes, boots, cowboy boots, and slippers are ideal). Thank you!

We had a terrific day catching up with Lulu who was able to visit us for the day!

Enjoy the pictures!

Breakfast- Whole grain oatmeal, fresh apples, and homemade carrot cake energy balls.

Lunch– Scrambled eggs with shredded cheese, whole wheat bread, PPC banana, and PPC cherry tomatoes.

PM snack– Air popped popcorn with butter and PPC banana.

Wee Sprout– PPC cucumbers.

Have a lovely night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 4/4

Good afternoon! Question of the day… Are we in the Winter season or Spring??   We thought Spring, but I guess not. Looking outside sure tells a different story.  Let’s all hope for some more Spring weather soon.

Today we were working hard on stacking the numbered birthday cake per the request of a friend. This activity enhances our hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills, color and number recognition. We even sang Happy Birthday to each of our friends! It was a festive morning.

Early literacy is a great way to expand our cognitive skills and learn so many other things along the way! Today while Miss Marty was reading, friends were picking many books that had animals and the sounds they make incorporated into the story. We had a great time mimicking the sounds that all the different animals make.

 

Breakfast: Whole grain Kix and oranges.

Lunch: Eggs with shredded cheese, whole wheat buttered toast, mixed vegetables and banana.

Snack: Whole wheat crackers with hummus and string cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Mixed Vegetables.

Have a great night! We’ll see you tomorrow.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

**WEE WEE request: Our Wee Wee friends have been showing interest in dress up clothes. If any family has dress up shoes that they’d be willing to donate, we’d appreciate it! –Thanks!

In pre-k/k group, we read ‘Bunny Cakes’ which was about two main characters, Max and Ruby, making individual birthday cakes for their grandmother. After the story was done, we read two different story problems and created addition equations. Together, we filled in the blanks and found the answer to both problems!

K.CA.1-2: Solve real-world problems, objects, or drawings that involve addition and subtraction within 10. Demonstrate the equation (e.g., 5= 3 + 2 and 5= 4 + 1).

Our journal experience was fantastic today! Every member of our pre-k/k group wrote their own journal description. A few of our journal descriptions: ‘Kreses Town’, ‘Me and Grady’, ‘Me and My Whole Family’ and ‘Grandma Grandpa Cousins’.

Maddie explored the welcome activity this morning which revolved around addition using dominos. Maddie put the sand numbers out on her tray. She took one domino and added up all of the dots and put the domino on the total that she came to. For example, on the sand number 4, she put the domino that displayed two dots on each side, equaling 4!

K.CA.1-2: Solve real-world problems, objects, or drawings that involve addition and subtraction within 10. Demonstrate the equation (e.g., 5= 3 + 2 and 5= 4 + 1).

A few friends helped Miss Kim make homemade carrot cake energy balls! There were three steps that we had to complete.

Step 1: Put all of the ingredients into the mixing bowl.

Step 2: Stir all of the ingredients together.

Step 3: Roll the mixture into individual balls. Roll the balls in coconut.

They were very good and we enjoyed having a unique, special snack!

Breakfast– Kix and PPC banana.

Lunch– Hummus on whole wheat flatbread, fresh apples, and fresh carrots.

PM snack– Homemade carrot cake energy balls and string cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots.

Have a lovely night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 4/3

Good afternoon.

Today has been a busy day in the classroom. We were engaged in many activities, but the one we enjoyed the most was our car and truck track. Miss Rebekah made friends a track to drive our cars and trucks on out of colored tape. We had so much fun driving them in and out of the taped lines and finding places to park them. While being engaged in this activity, friends were also able to utilize their recognition of the colors and shapes of the cars and trucks.

We always love to read books. Whether it’s by ourselves, with friends, or teachers reading them to us, its definitely an activity we enjoy on a daily basis.

 

Breakfast: Whole grain cheerios and fresh PPC banana.

Lunch: Whole wheat whole grain flat bread with hummus, mixed vegetables and PPC banana.

Snack: Whole wheat English muffins with cream cheese and apples.

Wee Sprouts: Corn.

Have a wonderful evening!

Marty

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