Good Afternoon. I hope you all had a great weekend.

We are looking forward to our Parent Teacher conferences Friday!  

We are having technical difficulties uploading our pictures for today! We send our apologies.

We had a a great day. We were finally able to go outside and enjoy the last of the snow and fresh air!

Breakfast: Whole wheat butter toast with cinnamon and oranges.

Lunch: Whole wheat noodles with butter and shredded cheese, mixed veggies and pears.

Snack: Whole milk yogurt and graham crackers.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a great evening.

Marty

Happy Monday!

Mack and Evie worked with four pipe cleaners that were all different lengths for their kindergarten sign in. They put them in order from shortest to longest then proceeded to write down the colors in order.

In K/PREK1 group, we focused on our MACK for the week which is: Children will learn about kindness and the power of positive words.

We read, ‘The Invisible Boy’ which focuses on a boy named Brian. In the beginning of the story, he is very different from the other characters in his class. His character is black and white as opposed to his classmates who are in color. Throughout the story, he starts getting some color to his illustration because his classmates start noticing him and talking to him. Children commented on the illustrations throughout the story, explaining what they meant and what the illustrator was trying to communicate.

PREK2 friends made an educated guess about the footprints that were identified in the story they read for group. Each child got to add their guess to the web.

HOLY MOLY, was it nice outside this morning! We were all thrilled to head outside and thankfully, it was perfect snow for sledding! Several children went up and down the hill at least 20 times. They had a blast!

Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with butter and fresh pears.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with black/kidney beans and butter, fresh oranges/apples, and fresh cucumber/carrots.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with granola.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumbers/carrots.

Have a wonderful night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 2/21

Good Afternoon and Happy Friday.

Today, we colored in our journal binders with bright, vibrant colors. We work on looking for the first letter in our name to find our specific binder.

We enjoyed the rest of our day engaging in multiple activities throughout the classroom.

Breakfast: Whole grain brown rice cakes with the choice of either cream cheese or peanut butter and apples.

Lunch: Whole wheat warmed tortillas with ham and shredded cheese, corn and oranges.

Snack: Whole grain cheese crackers and block Colby Jack cheese.

Have a fantastic weekend. We will see you all on Monday.

Marty

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Happy Friday!

In K/PREK1 group, we read ‘A Child’s Calendar’ which is a book that focuses on the months of the year. Each month has a few pictures as well as a description about things that happen in that month. For example, February talks about what the weather may look like as well as Valentine’s Day! At this age, children associate months with things that are important to them: birthdays and holidays mostly!

K.M.2: Understand concepts of time, including: morning, afternoon, evening, today, yesterday, tomorrow, day, week, month, and year. Understand that clocks and calendars are tools that measure time.

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A lot of our friends have been interested in making books this week! They make several illustrations and when they’re done, they ask a teacher to staple the book together. After William and James finished their books this morning, they sat in the reading area and read each other their book.

While there may not have been any words, that didn’t stop them from giving great details about the characters in their story as well as events that occurred.

Children got the playdough out at the art table and the spaces quickly filled up! Playdough is one of our favorite sensory experiences.

Dr. Rowan was quite thorough with the checkups she gave her friends this morning! She checked everyone’s ears, administered shots, and checked to see if there were any broke bones. One friend shared that they get a little scared at the doctor so Dr. Rowan gave them some water to help calm their mind.

“It is a happy talent to know how to play.”

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Breakfast– Brown rice cakes with peanut butter and banana.

Lunch– Ham and cream cheese rollups (our most favorite lunch EVER!),, whole wheat tortilla/bread, fresh pears/banana, and fresh cucumber/carrots.

PM snack– Goldfish and sliced cheddar cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/cucumber.

Have a lovely weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 2/18

Good Afternoon!

Mack and Evie had to answer two questions for their kindergarten sign in: “What do clocks tell us?” and “Write one thing that you see on a calendar.” They each were able to answer these questions using kid spelling!

K.M.2: Understand concepts of time, including: morning, afternoon, evening, today, yesterday, tomorrow, day, week, month, and year. Understand that clocks and calendars are tools that measure time.

We read, ‘Croc Around The Clock’ in K/PREK1 which is a story focused on clocks. It helped as we transitioned into our activity where each child was given a time and they had to move the two hands on the clock to make that time.

K.M.2: Understand concepts of time, including: morning, afternoon, evening, today, yesterday, tomorrow, day, week, month, and year. Understand that clocks and calendars are tools that measure time.

Enjoy the pictures from the rest of the day!

Breakfast– Whole Grain Cheerios with banana.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded turkey, fresh pineapple, and fresh cucumber/cherry tomatoes.

PM snack– Peanuts and whole wheat crackers.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper/cherry tomatoes.

Have a great evening! Stay warm and safe!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 2/17

Good Afternoon.

One of our two year old friends asked Miss Annastecia if we could paint today? That is right up Annastecia’s alley, so she found us a very cool and unique way to paint. We used two of our large big blocks, placed a piece of paper cut to size and then rolled our sensory balls in the block to make very neat patterns.

Miss Mindy came for a short visit this morning and read a story to some of us. We LOVED having her visit and read!

We then listened to teacher stories. Miss Bekah found some books down in the basement that we haven’t heard. Our “new” books were very good! We loved them.

Breakfast: Whole grain Kix cereal and apples.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with butter and black beans, sweet potatoes and pears/banana.

Snack: Sunflower seeds and Whole wheat crackers.

Wee Sprouts: Corn.

Have a nice night and please drive safe with the nasty weather headed our way!

Marty

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Good Afternoon.

Today, friends pulled out the colorful big blocks, lined them up and then sat on them pretending to be a choo choo train. We then turned on a favorite train song of ours and pretended we were on a journey and we went to many different places. What a great wat to use our imaginations.

Then, a friend asked me to take a picture of us, so we took some selfies.  

Breakfast: Whole grain oatmeal with cinnamon and apples.

Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs, whole wheat butter toast, broccoli and oranges.

Snack: Whole wheat tortillas with cream cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a nice evening.

Marty

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Welcome Warm Wednesday!

Just for laughs: “What’s it like having a toddler? Imagine raising a heavily caffeinated chimpanzee who is allergic to sleep.”

Enjoy our pictures from today.

Breakfast: Oatmeal with oranges

Lunch: Farm fresh eggs, whole wheat tortillas, carrots, & cantaloupe

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers & red/yellow peppers

PM Snack: Buttered popcorn & strawberries/grapes

Link to today’s pictures: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIullIwrKnvoJ9us-Y8jMA

Have a lovely rest of your day!

Ms. Kim

Good Afternoon!

For kindergarten sign in, Mack and Evie had to place four specific scenes from ‘The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear’ into the order in which they occurred. First, we read the authors words aloud before Mack and Evie tried placing them into the correct order. They both got it on the first try!

K.1.4: Identify and order events that take place in a sequence.

We read, ‘The Sandwich Swap’ in K/PREK1 group, which is one of our favorite stories in our MACK collection. This week, our focus is on friendship and how to identify how to be a good friend. Once the story was over, we talked about concepts of time. We worked with three categories: one second, one minute, and one hour. There were several activities that we read aloud and decided as a group what category each activity should go in! When we were done, friends immediately said, “Each group has equal cards!”

K.M.2: Understand concepts of time, including: morning, afternoon, evening, today, yesterday, tomorrow, day, week, month, and year. Understand that clocks and calendars are tools that measure time.

In PREK2 group, Miss Kim read, ‘The Mitten’. Afterwards, children worked together to put the animals in order depending on when they went into the mitten!

Enjoy the pictures from the rest of our day!

Breakfast– Corn Chex and fresh apples.

Lunch– Peanut butter sandwiches on whole wheat bread, block swiss cheese, fresh oranges, and fresh cucumber/carrots.

PM snack– Whole wheat english muffins with cream cheese and string cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/carrots.

Have a wonderful night.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 2/15

Good Afternoon.

We had a very busy day today! Just what we like.  

We were all happily engaged in our puffy painting activity. The colors were pretty pastels and full of fluff! We used pink, purple, green, yellow, orange and grey.

We then listened to many interactive songs that we could get our bodies movin” and groovin’ too.  Since most days we are unable to get outdoors, this type of activity is a great way to get some exercise and quicker body movements. Not to mention, we just love to dance and listen to music.

Paige and a friend are having fun engaging in the shape house activity. They will take their shaped object and find the spot where that specific shape piece fits into the house.

Then, their friend, Emily decides to join n the fun.

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and apples.

Lunch: Whole wheat bread with hummus, broccoli and oranges and strawberries.

Snack: Whole wheat English muffins with butter and cinnamon.

Have a nice night.

Marty

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