Good Afternoon!

We are on the third day of reading Charlotte’s Web in K group. We explored the main characters for our sign in activity. Children had to write the name of one character that has been identified and one thing that we’ve learned about them.

In group, we read another chapter and afterwards, we identified a few of the main characters so far and what their role is in the story.

With the humidity making it super warm in the morning, we decided to head outside much earlier than we usually do. We went outside right after breakfast which allowed us to still get some fresh air. We love having the ability to switch up our schedule to accommodate our friends needs. 

Breakfast– Overnight night oats and fresh strawberries.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat flatbread, fresh mango/oranges, and fresh snap peas/cherry tomatoes.

PM snack– Blue corn tortillas and hummus.

Wee Sprout– Fresh peppers/snap peas.

Have a wonderful night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 6/9

Good Afternoon!  We spent the majority of our morning outside. Enjoy some pictures from our day!

Breakfast:  Overnight oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh strawberries.

Lunch:  Farm fresh scrambled eggs with cheese,  whole grain wheat toast with butter, fresh pears and green beans.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole grain wheat flatbread with peanut butter and fresh banana.

Wee Sprouts:  Red bell peppers.

Have a wonderful evening!

Rebekah

Link to pictures:  https://1drv.ms/u/s!AtTCDmdhjIulke9Lh8dgb6LXZw3xOQ?e=1OaSi3

Good Afternoon!

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Whole Grain Cheerios with fresh apples.

Lunch– Peanut butter on whole wheat bread, fresh pineapple, and fresh cucumber/carrots.

PM snack– Whole wheat bagel with cream cheese and block cheddar cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/carrot.

Have a lovely evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 6/8

Good Afternoon!

This morning we all created a foam shape collage.  We engaged our fine motor skills to spread the glue with a foam brush or squeeze it from the bottle.  Miss Bekah taught us a phrase; dot, dot, not a lot to help us remember to squeeze small amounts of glue from our bottles onto our papers instead of large amounts.  We all did wonderful using small amounts of glue to place our shapes onto.  We all made colorful foam shape creations.

Breakfast:  Whole grain Cheerios and fresh apples.

Lunch:  Cheese quesadillas on whole grain wheat tortillas, fresh apples, corn/peas.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole grain wheat bagels with cream cheese and colby-jack block cheese.

Wee Sprouts:  Cucumbers.

Have a great night!

Rebekah

Link to pictures:  https://1drv.ms/u/s!AtTCDmdhjIulke5CAH9-btS0Hx3QBg?e=k4UDzM

Happy Monday!

On this rainy day we…

engaged in scooping/pouring and enjoying the sensory feel of the moon sand on our hands…

and used our gross motor skills on an obstacle course with a tunnel, colored squares for hopping, rainbow mats for crawling under and jumping off a plastic block…

and our youngest friends also engaged in some gross motor play on the habitrail as well.

Breakfast:  Whole grain wheat toast with butter and fresh oranges.

Lunch: Whole grain wheat pasta with shredded chicken, fresh pears/oranges and peas.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole milk yogurt and fresh cantaloupe.

Wee Sprouts:  Fresh carrots.

Have a great evening!

Rebekah

Link to pictures:  https://1drv.ms/u/s!AtTCDmdhjIulke0Z94DrKSGZKkAMGA?e=8Gg5Pu

Happy Monday!

In K group, we started reading, ‘Charlotte’s Web’. Chapter books like Charlotte’s Web offer detailed story telling without the pictures. We’ll read a couple chapters a day and recall the important events that happened that day. An activity like this helps children work on comprehension and identifying important events. The active characters and setting often change so these things authentically come up in conversation.

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We are here! The last week of FAB’s for the school year. We are ending our FAB cycle by diving into maps: creating them and reading them. The kindergarteners drew a map of their bedroom, complete with doors, windows, a bed, and any other item they have in their room. As they drew the map, they talked about the placement of each item and where it is within their bedroom.

Social Studies: Create maps 2 dimensionally and 3 dimensionally.

Children were offered an art opportunity this morning that involved paint and canvas’s!

Friends used a variety of colors to paint their canvas. Some children chose to paint the entire canvas while others chose to paint a portion of it.

The rest of our day consisted of children becoming invested in various activities and spaces in our environment. The weather prohibited us from going outside but that didn’t stop the kids from moving their bodies or asking for an activity that peaked their interest. 

Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with peanut butter and fresh pears.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with shredded beef and butter, fresh cantaloupe, and fresh cucumber/carrots.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with granola.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/cucumber.

Have a wonderful night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 6/7

Good Afternoon!

Today we engaged in listening to several books that a teacher read to all of us.  We chose many of our favorites.

We got some beautiful new flowers for the planters around our backyard, which our friends were eager to admire. Each friend took a moment to stop and smell the flowers, and one friend shared they smelled “delicious”! On the staged platform, we also took turns saying “one, two, three” and then a goofy food choice instead of “go”. Miss Mindy started the game with things like yogurt, chocolate, and cookies, and our friends continued with their own contributions like “one, two, three, banana phone!” Our morning outside was full or giggles and smiles!

Breakfast:  Whole grain brown rice cakes with cream cheese and fresh pears.

Lunch:  Turkey on whole grain wheat bread, fresh banana and sweet potatoes.

Afternoon Snack:  Goldfish crackers with Colby-Jack block cheese.

Wee Sprouts:  Cucumbers.

Have a great weekend!

Rebekah & Annastecia

Link to pictures:  https://1drv.ms/u/s!AtTCDmdhjIulket57g9T2Fd8luvgow?e=G9eAxa

It’s Friday!

We are dancing into the weekend!

Looking for some weekend reading? This Teacher Tom blogpost title drew my attention. One of my favorite lines in the post was, “We live in a different sort of world today, but children still need places to play that adults don’t really care about. “The curriculum that matters is what’s inside the child,” Jan says, and these places, these scruffy, uncared for places are where it flourishes best. Childhood comes alive in those places adults don’t really care about.”

http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2021/05/childhood-comes-alive-in-those-places.html

Breakfast– Brown rice cakes with peanut butter and banana.

Lunch– Hummus on whole wheat bread, fresh clementine’s/banana, and fresh cucumber/carrots.

PM snack– Goldfish and string cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh pepper/cucumber.

Have a wonderful weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 6/4

Good Afternoon!

This morning we engaged in painting at the easel.  Friends used a variety of colors to create their beautiful masterpieces.  A friend shared they were “painting a rainbow” on their paper.  Look at all of our beautiful paintings.

We then headed outside to play and engage in our favorite activities.

Our youngest friends engaged in play together with the play food from the play kitchen area and the dress up scarves.

Breakfast:  Corn Chex cereal and fresh oranges.

Lunch:  Whole grain brown rice with red beans, corn and fresh oranges/pears.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole grain wheat Triscuits and pumpkin seeds.

Wee Sprouts:  Fresh carrots.

Have a wonderful evening!

Rebekah

Link to pictures:  https://1drv.ms/u/s!AtTCDmdhjIulkes_jDjuu_LgW-K-dA?e=qcakKS

Happy Thursday!

Yesterday in K group, we started reading, ‘Freckle Juice’ which is a short chapter book to prepare us for a longer chapter book we’re going to start reading next week! Stay tuned for that!

Freckle Juice is a short chapter book written by Judy Blume. We are a little more than halfway through and just finished up reading about a big event: the dreaded freckle juice!

Andrew Marcus is the main character and he is jealous of his peers’ freckles so he buys a recipe for freckle juice.

Dinner table conversation starter: ask your kindergartener about the book and what’s happened so far. We just found out the ingredients that make up this freckle juice: see how many your K kid can recall .

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Our lemonade stand is continuing to run smoothly! Friends are doing a great job at taking turns to make sure that everyone who wants a turn gets one. Children are using the pretend lemons to make lemonade while others are sorting the coins or taking orders! We don’t have JUST lemonade! We have a variety of choices—we’re becoming quite the well oiled machine!

It was a sun hat, feet in the sand, bugs in our jar kind of morning! Children explored and found a variety of bugs while other buried themselves in the sandbox waist down!

Breakfast– Whole Grain Cheerios and banana.

Lunch– Brown rice with red beans, fresh pears, and fresh carrots.

PM snack– Peanuts and whole wheat crackers.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper.

Have a wonderful night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 6/3