Rosemary and Anna enjoyed coloring with chalk this morning. David didn’t feel like drawing, but he had a good time repeatedly dumping the chalk out and putting the pieces back in the bucket.
An activity they always love to do together are the slides. The climb up is just as fun as the ride down!
Breakfast was whole grain oatmeal and bananas. Lunch consisted of whole wheat bread with hummus, pears, and bell peppers. Afternoon snack was wheat crackers and string cheese.
Have a good night!
Amanda
Today was a beautiful day for our trip to the farm. When we first got to the farm, we checked out how the grass seed we spread a couple of weeks ago was doing. It’s growing well!
We collected lots of feathers and pet a baby goat.
Next, Ms. Charlotte had lots of very interesting skulls and pelts to show us.
Then we ran through some paths made in the fields:
Later, we found that some new tree clippings had been added to these piles since the last time we were at the farm. They were full of chopped pine trees!
The smell of pine was so strong and heavenly! We wished we could bottle it up and send it to you via the internet…
These “mountains” were huge (Clara for scale):
It was a wonderful day at the farm, exploring nature, moving our bodies and breathing fresh air. Have a great afternoon! –Jessica
Rosemary and Anna enjoyed coloring with chalk this morning. David didn’t feel like drawing, but he had a good time repeatedly dumping the chalk out and putting the pieces back in the bucket.
An activity they always love to do together are the slides. The climb up is just as fun as the ride down!
Breakfast was whole grain oatmeal and bananas. Lunch consisted of whole wheat bread with hummus, pears, and bell peppers. Afternoon snack was wheat crackers and string cheese.
Have a good night!
Amanda
Hello! This morning started out with some focused pattern work:
Journal time:
And play dough!
But this afternoon, we were treated to some groundbreaking entertainment! City workers came to work on the sewer lines outside our house and it was fascinating for our friends.
The perks of being in a neighborhood setting—witnessing real-life work!
Kindergarten: Today Elizabeth and Elliott continued to work on their stockings. They finished cutting out their fabric and began sewing. There was lots of discussion of the correct size and spacing of stiches!
Have a great day! –Jessica
Wee Sprouts: Carrots. Breakfast: Whole grain oatmeal and fresh apples. Lunch: Whole wheat bread with hummus, fresh cauliflower/carrots and oranges. Snack: Blue corn chips with refried beans.
We have notice how much our friend Truman loves to stand, so we introduced him to the bouncer! It has fine motor activities on it, like a spinner, beads, and a little steering wheel.
Then a few of us went outside on the bridge to enjoy the nice weather. We played with balls and looked in on our friends next door.
Breakfast was Whole Grain Cheerios and bananas. Lunch consisted of whole wheat tortillas with cheddar cheese, strawberries, and cucumbers. Afternoon snack was toasted whole wheat bagels with cream cheese.
Have a good night!
Amanda
Anna got comfy in our reading area with soft pillows and a book.
In the afternoon she played with not one, but two shakers!
David asked for the soft slide to be pulled out today in the gross motor area. Climbing up and down it is so enjoyable to him!
Breakfast was whole wheat toast with butter and grapes. Lunch consisted of whole wheat pasta with cheddar cheese, apples, and broccoli and cauliflower. Afternoon snack was organic whole milk yogurt and apples.
Have a good night!
Amanda
Good Afternoon!
It was Tangram Tuesday.
Friends took turns using the tangram outlines and different shapes to complete the tangrams. Not only did friends notice the difference between shape but also color!
We’re continuing to explore our new scale! Using different items, friends ask the question, “Which side is heavier?”
We worked our legs on our bikes this morning. Active and ‘on the go’ could be used to describe our morning! 
Wee Sprouts—Cucumbers.
Breakfast—Whole Grain Cheerios with fresh pears.
Lunch—Whole wheat tortillas with mozzarella cheese, strawberries/grapes, and cucumbers/tomatoes.
PM snack—Toasted whole wheat bagel with cream cheese.
Have a great night!
Anna got comfy in our reading area with soft pillows and a book.
In the afternoon she played with not one, but two shakers!
David asked for the soft slide to be pulled out today in the gross motor area. Climbing up and down it is so enjoyable to him!
Breakfast was whole wheat toast with butter and grapes. Lunch consisted of whole wheat pasta with cheddar cheese, apples, and broccoli and cauliflower. Afternoon snack was organic whole milk yogurt and apples.
Have a good night!
Amanda
This Week at a Glance:
Tuesday—swim class at the Y
Wednesday—trip to the farm for Group A [Elizabeth, Elliott, Emerson, Daniel, Jackson, Clara, Addi, Eren]. This is potentially our last trip to the farm, dependent on the weather next week!
*Next Friday (October 30th)—the WF Halloween Parade! Next Friday we will have our Halloween parade at 4:00 pm (outside, weather permitting). Parents are welcome to join us as we showcase our costumes and perform a short Halloween song! If children would like to dress up, they can bring their costumes to school and the teachers will help them get dressed before the parade.
Hello! This morning we began to work with the corn kernels we popped off the corn cobs last week. Friends used glue and popsicle sticks to make a design with the kernels. The complexity of friend’s designs varied with age, but everyone was very focused in this fine motor skill work.
Habitrail was a busy area today as friends worked with cars and explored a toy from the basement, our wooden fire station!
Several large creations were made today as well, including a car track and swimming pool complete with a “kiddie pool.”
Today for snack the Purple Porch brought us a unique fruit known as a “Jujube”! We learned that the jujube has a small pit and tastes very sweet. After hearing a teacher spell “jujube” out loud, Clara declared, “it has a pattern! J-u-j-u!”
Reactions were mixed with some friends refusing to try, others disliking the taste and some loving the sweet flavor!
Kindergarten: For kindergarten today Elliott and Elizabeth decided to start a “stocking project.” Today we chose the color felt we wanted to work with, drew a stocking shape and cut it out. Future steps that the two decided on include sewing the stocking together, stuffing it and then taking it home. We will see where this project takes us!
Have a wonderful Monday! –Jessica
Wee Sprouts: Broccoli. Breakfast: Whole wheat bread with butter and fresh apples. Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with a homemade cheddar cheese sauce, fresh cauliflower and oranges. Snack: Organic whole milk yogurt and jujubes from the Purple Porch!
Happy Friday! Our day has been fabulous.
We worked with our new balancing scale:
Created patterns with the Connect 4 game:
Painted:
Listened to stories:
And rode bikes!
In addition, I (Jessica) may have inadvertently sparked a renewed interested in knitting/crocheting after bringing in some of my personal crochet projects to work on during my break. Today friends were very dedicated in learning (or relearning) how to finger knit! They have all sorts of projects planned for next week.
Other friends also got in on the yarn action by making some braids.
We got really excited about our finished products!
Kindergarten: Today the kindergarteners worked on math FAB 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, or holds more. We started with three different containers and made a prediction about how many cups of water we thought they would hold. Next, we poured water into the container and then the measuring cup. We had to look very close to see what line the water came up to! Then we recorded the actual capacity in our journals.
At the end, Elizabeth and Elliott were able to identify which containers held the most and least, and have a lot of fun while doing it.
Have a wonderful weekend! –Jessica
Wee Sprouts: Carrots. Breakfast: Brown rice cakes with almond butter and grapes. Lunch: Whole wheat tortillas with hummus, fresh green beans and oranges. Snack: Cheddar block cheese and pretzels.
