Good Afternoon!

**If you haven’t turned in the yellow pre-conference form, please have that in by this Friday at the latest as we like to refer to them while completing conference forms. Thanks!

We had a late start today because of a weather delay! Even though our routine was a little off, children were able to become involved and acclimated quite well.

Here are a few pictures from our morning!

Breakfast– No breakfast because of late start.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs, whole wheat toast/tortilla, PPC apples, and PPC cherry tomatoes/peppers.

PM snack– Air popped popcorn with PPC banana.

Wee Sprout– PPC peppers.

Have a great evening.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 2/7

Good Afternoon!

Anna and a few of her peers explored a new activity this morning that revolved about categorizing and sorting animals based on their habitats. After Anna sorted all of the animals, we counted each habitat to see which habitat had the most animals.

K.DA.1: Identify, sort, and classify objects by size, number, and other attributes. Identify objects that do not belong to a particular group and explain the reasoning.

Maddie took on a 100 piece puzzle this morning. Lucy and Anna were quick to jump in and help her finish it. They worked great together, communicating and helping one another.

The rest of our morning included several different activities where we used our hands.

Children had the opportunity to paint coffee filters using water colors. Max and a peer built a detailed track using wooden blocks.

Puzzles called our names: floor puzzles and wooden puzzles!

Breakfast– Kix and PPC kiwi.

Lunch– Refried bean and shredded cheese on whole wheat flatbread, PPC banana, and PPC snap peas/cucumber.

PM snack– Whole wheat bagel with peanut butter and string cheese.

Wee Sprout– PPC cucumber/snap peas.

Have a great evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF, 2/6

Good Afternoon!

Today we…..

went down the slide with the dancing scarves and played with the balls…

brought snow in for our sensory activity…

looked at books and gave each other a high five.

Breakfast:  Whole grain Cheerios and fresh PPC pears.

Lunch:  Refried beans and cheese on whole grain wheat flatbread, fresh PPC kiwi and corn.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole grain wheat bagel toasted with cream cheese and pinto beans.

Wee Sprouts:  Corn.

Have a wonderful night!

Link to pictures:  https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulicVfgghXbT_CH6K5QQ

Good Afternoon!

Just a friendly reminder, we will be closed Friday, February 16 for parent-teacher conferences.  We will provide care for your child during your conference time.  Thank you.

This morning we enjoyed dancing with our scarves. While we were dancing, Miss Rebekah turned on the song, Bop Until You Drop Greg and Steve.  This song contains many actions we could use with our scarves.  For example, they danced high and low, in slow motion and floated in the air like a feather.

Aggie and Daniel helped Emma by adding magnatile squares to her tower.

We spent some time independently looking or having a teacher read us some stories.

Breakfast:  Whole grain wheat English muffins with butter and fresh oranges.

Lunch:  Whole grain wheat pasta with shredded beef, fresh PPC banana and carrots.

Afternoon Snack:  Cottage cheese and graham crackers.

Wee Sprouts:  Broccoli.

Have a great evening!

Rebekah

Link to pictures:  https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulicUASMTh2rPj70EIUg

Happy Monday!

**VALENTINE’S DAY: Valentine’s Day is next Wednesday. Every child will get to make their own decorative storage bag. Your child can bring in Valentine’s for their classmates. We have 17 children total. Please put your child’s name on the card (or have them write it for our older friends) but don’t write their peers names on the cards as it’s harder to hand them out in a timely fashion. Also, we ask that you refrain from bringing any sweets attached to the Valentines cards. Thanks so much!

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In pre-k/k group, we’re diving into the different narrative text genres this week. Today, we focused on fiction stories, ‘The Boss Baby’ specifically. We also brainstormed several different fiction stories that we know of.

Throughout the week, we’ll be focusing on fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and fairy tale stories. We’ll compare and contrast what each genre has to offer.

K.RL.3.1: Recognize familiar narrative text genres (e.g., fiction, nonfiction, fairy tales, poems).

Franklin and Chloe each took turns interacting with the word puzzles. Once they completed each puzzle, we talked about the letters that made up each word.

Paint was made available at the art table this morning. Children had the opportunity to pick several different colors of paint to put on their paper.

“Laughter is timeless. Imagination has no age. And dreams are forever.”  -Walt Disney

Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with butter and PPC pears.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with butter and shredded beef, PPC pears, and fresh carrots.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with PPC kiwi.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots.

Have a terrific night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 2/5

Good Afternoon!

As Emma and Mack were drawing in their journals with markers, they removed all the markers from the marker block and lined them up across their papers.

Today was a busy day in the habitrail area. We were busy taking turns going down the slide, throwing the balls and running to get them and playing peek-a-boo with the dancing scarves.

Breakfast:  Whole grain cinnamon raisin bagels with cream cheese and fresh apples.

Lunch:  Ham and mozzarella cheese on whole grain wheat tortillas, fresh PPC bananas and mixed vegetables.

Afternoon Snack:  Graham crackers and colby-jack block cheese.

Wee Sprouts:  Mixed vegetables.

Have a great weekend!

Rebekah

Link to pictures:  https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulicQe7ovQyUq2cXl18Q

Happy Friday!

While play dough seems like a simple activity for children, it offers many benefits. Not only are children allowed to explore their imaginations (i.e., chocolate covered worms. YUM), but it’s a positive sensory input. We work the play dough through our hands to sculpt and mold whatever we wish.

Below I’ve posted an article that explains how working with play dough hits various developmental targets and gives some ideas for how to spice up your child’s play dough experience.

https://www.naeyc.org/our-work/families/playdough-power

We were HUNGRY today. Our breakfast of rice cakes with peanut butter and lunch consisting of ham and cheese on whole wheat tortillas were quite a hit. Throughout the day, we have conversations about healthy food choices that we make. Of course, there’s always our prominent ‘Wee Sprouts’ which consist of a veggie from Purple Porch Co-op. When children get hungry during meals, they come up to the island to get a drink of water or eat a couple veggies. Making the right food choices allow us to be the best versions of ourselves.

“The children ARE the curriculum.” –Lisa Murphy (http://www.ooeygooey.com/)

Breakfast– Rice cakes with peanut butter and PPC pears.

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

PM snack– Pretzels and block cheese.

Wee Sprout– PPC cucumber/snap peas.

Have a lovely weekend.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 2/2

Happy first day of February. Enjoy some of the pictures from our day!

Breakfast:  Whole grain Cheerios and fresh apples.

Lunch:  Whole grain brown rice with shredded chicken, apples and peas.

Afternoon Snack:  Pretzels and mozzarella string cheese stick.

Wee Sprouts:  Peas.

Hope you all had a great day!

Rebekah

Link to pictures:  https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulicMG4YQV06qNOPtedg

Good Afternoon!

***Attached to each daily sheet is the time for your child’s conference. There is also another copy that we put up in the science area by the cubbies. We’re all looking forward to conferences!

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In pre-k/k group: It was our fourth day in a row where we read a book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. Today we read ‘Room on the Broom’ which we’ve read before but it’s been a while. Still, the older children in group remembered the important events in the story and the order in which they happened. We looked at the pictures to preview what the words might say. We have a conversation on almost every page, sharing what our thoughts were on the pictures or what may happen next.

K.RL.3.2: Define the role of the author and illustrator of a story in telling the story.

K.RL.4.1: Describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear.

Maddie sorted shapes this morning based on one characteristic: how many sides the shape had. She found out that there are more four sides shapes than three sided or six sided.

K.G.2: Compare shapes using informal language to describe their similarities, differences, and parts (e.g., number of sides, length of sides, and vertices).

Our building exploration continued as children chose to build by themselves OR…

Engage in cooperative play with their peers, ultimately heading toward a common goal.

Lucy, Anna, and Max worked diligently on two floor puzzles while Ruby and Emma created hot lava using magnets. After they made the hot lava, they had to jump over it without touching it!

Before lunch, Lucy, Maddie, and Anna played a quick game of ‘SORRY!’ together. They communicated on the directions and rules that they had to follow.

Breakfast– Kashi Blueberry Clusters and PPC kiwi.

Lunch– Brown rice with turkey, PPC banana/oranges, and PPC snap peas/carrots.

PM snack– Sunflower seeds and graham crackers.

Wee Sprout– PPC snap peas and carrots.

Have a terrific night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 2/1

Good Afternoon!

This morning our sensory play activity was with shaving cream. We added cars to our play to drive around and make tracks. We were also given a paint brush and some water to pretend we were making our cars dirty with the cream. We then decided to take our cars  through a carwash to get them clean. Mack used imaginative play to pretend he was making eggs with his shaving cream in his bowl of water.

We also enjoyed stacking our square magnatiles together, as they are our absolute favorite of the tiles and looking at books.

Breakfast:  Kix cereal and fresh apples.

Lunch:  Scrambled eggs with shredded cheddar cheese, whole grain toasted wheat bread, applesauce and peas.

Afternoon Snack:  Blue corn chips,  black beans and colby-jack block cheese.

Enjoy your evening!

Rebekah

Link to pictures:  https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulicIbbbZNbgfTY4boxQ