Good Afternoon!

We read ‘The Tiny Seed’ in K group today which coincided with our activity/conversation starter. The Tiny Seed is a story about the cycle that a seed goes through before it gets settled into the ground where roots are started, leading into it becoming a plant!

Once the story was finished, we looked at a diagram of the plant life cycle and the specific steps a seed takes before it becomes an adult plant.

Science: K.4.2 Observe plants and animals, describing how they are alike and how they are different.

Kindergarteners completed their sign in activity which focused on the specific area in our classroom where we can find books about plants and animals (the science area!). Next, they had to write what genre these books belong to—everyone quickly responded “nonfiction!”.

In PREK2 group, friends talked about specific habitats and what types of animals live in each habitat!

Miss Kim set up an activity in the art area this morning that allowed us to move a body a little! In the bin, littles balls were placed with a piece of paper and a couple different paint colors. Once the bin was closed tight, they either sat down or stood up and shook the container which moved the paint and balls all around. All of the finished art pieces had various designs on it depending on how soft or hard the bin was shaken!

The sunshine greeted us as we headed outside this morning. A few friends camped out in the housekeeping area, using weeds from around the yard to add to their play. The rock area was a busy place as children worked together to fill trucks with rocks. We got the bikes out which is one of our favorite outdoor activities. We LOVE our balance bikes.

Breakfast– Whole Grain Cheerios with fresh pears.

Lunch– Hummus on whole wheat bread, fresh oranges, and fresh carrots/cucumber/snap peas.

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

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/snap peas.

Have a lovely night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 4/13

Good Afternoon!

Today we….

engaged with music instruments to make our own music…

painted with a variety of colors to create colorful masterpieces…

and worked on our climbing and balancing skills to walk up the rocks and log.

Breakfast:  Whole grain Corn Chex with fresh grapefruit.

Lunch: Peanut butter on whole grain wheat bread, fresh grapefruit and sweet potatoes.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole grain cinnamon raisin bagels with butter.

Wee Sprouts:  Cucumbers and snap peas.

Have a lovely evening!

Rebekah

Link to pictures:  https://1drv.ms/u/s!AtTCDmdhjIulkblsxXU2P8PimpJAog?e=Bkcegl

Happy Monday!

We read, ‘Kindness Grows’ in K group (it’s an AWESOME story). It elicited a ton of conversation, especially about the illustrators choices of shades and colors to tell the story.

Afterwards, we created a list of living and non-living things. Each child came up with an example for each category. We talked about the similarities and differences between the two groups.

Science: K.4.2 Observe plants and animals, describing how they are alike and how they are different.

For kindergarten sign in, children had to write down two things that animals need to survive as well as two things that plants need to survive. Once they wrote these things down, they looked to see if there was an answer they had for both plants and animals. Water seemed to be the most popular as plants and animals need water to survive.

During PREK2, children chatted about plants and what makes plants special and unique!

We spent a ton of time outside today, exploring and looking for bugs! With all of the rain we got this weekend, we were finding rollie pollies left and right!

Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with butter and fresh pears.

Lunch– Whole wheat noodles with black beans and butter, fresh pears, and fresh snap peas/cucumber.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with graham crackers.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber.

Have a wonderful evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 4/12

Good Afternoon!

This morning a parent shared that one of our friends was really into books by Dr. Seuss over the weekend.  We only have the book, In A People House that our friends love.  So, we went to the other classroom and borrowed some of their Dr. Seuss stories for us to enjoy.

We then enjoyed reading and acting out the book, There Were Ten In The Bed.  It is a Sing and Read Storybook by Scholastic, illustrated by Susan Chapman Calitri.  We used the big pillow from the reading area to pretend was our bed.  Each friend was given a turn to act out the rolling off the pillow part like the puppies do in the story while Miss Bekah sang the song.

Katherine engaged her fine motor and hand-eye coordination skills to place the balls into the hole of the permanence boxes. She then enjoyed shaking the bean bags.

Breakfast:  Whole grain wheat toast with butter and cinnamon and banana.

Lunch:  Whole grain wheat pasta with black beans, fresh cucumbers, peas and apples.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole milk yogurt and graham crackers.

Wee Sprouts:  Cucumbers.

Have a great evening!

Rebekah

Link to pictures:  https://1drv.ms/u/s!AtTCDmdhjIulkbg21XeO0l6Zs1senw?e=jCfp3N

Happy Friday!

This morning we engaged in a color matching and sorting game.  We used the colored circles and had to go around the classroom and find an item to bring back and place it in the circle that matches the color of the item.

We then headed to the kitchen to draw with chalk on black construction paper.

Breakfast:  Whole grain brown rice cakes with peanut butter and fresh grapefruit.

Lunch:  Cheddar cheese quesadillas on whole grain flatbread, banana and peas.

Afternoon Snack:  Pretzels and Colby/ Monterey Jack block cheese.

Wee Sprouts:  Cucumbers.

Have a great weekend!

Rebekah

Link to pictures:   https://1drv.ms/u/s!AtTCDmdhjIulkbd3XmEZkleunt0LuQ?e=cTbgut

Happy “Fri-Yay!”

Enjoy these pictures from today:

“There are no seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child. There are seven million.”

-Walt Streightiff

Breakfast: Brown rice cakes & banana

Lunch: Cheese English Muffin pizzas, broccoli/cucumbers, & pineapple

PM Snack: Goldfish & block cheddar cheese

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers & broccoli

Have a wonderful weekend!

Ms. Kim

Pictures from today:

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Good Afternoon!

After reading, ‘The Kissing Hand’, in K group, we all got a chance to say what our favorite animal is and why. Friends shared their favorite animal and one characteristic that the animal possesses that makes them special or unique. Our favorite animals range from tiger to bat to various dinosaurs.

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

For kindergarten sign in, children had to draw a flower and identify the parts of a flower. Children were very detailed in their drawings, even drawing the water underneath the ground that gets absorbed by the roots!

We are so thankful for a daily schedule that can be altered to benefit the children’s needs. We were supposed to get rain around the time we usually went outside so instead, we headed out right after breakfast. Miss Annastecia and Miss Rebekah came out with our younger friends and brought a special book: Yoga Bunny!

A large group gathered in front of Miss Annastecia and listened to the story which is full of directions and yoga posses. What a great way to start our morning!

The yoga session and various activities where our bodies moved energetically made us hungry! We stopped for a quick veggie break and our Wee Sprouts didn’t even last two minutes! It didn’t help that our sprouts for the day were cucumber and pepper: our two FAVORITES!

Breakfast– Whole Grain Cheerios with banana.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded chicken and butter, fresh cantaloupe, and fresh green beans/cucumber.

PM snack– Graham crackers with peanuts.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper.

Have a lovely evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 4/8

Good Afternoon!

This morning we went out earlier to get some outside time in before the rain.  While we were outside, Miss Annastecia read a book called Yoga Bunny by Brian Russo to all friends that were interested. While she was reading it, friends practiced the yoga poses on each page. Friends were then each given the opportunity to choose a yoga pose they wanted the friends to do.  Nesta chose the superhero pose.

Katherine enjoyed some outside time as well.  She engaged with the Little People and pushing her truck across the blanket.

After the rain shortened outside time, we engaged in the rice sensory bin and a tunnel that has 4 tunnels for us to choose to crawl through.

Breakfast:  Cheerios and banana.

Lunch:  Whole grain brown rice with shredded chicken, banana and mixed vegetables.

Afternoon Snack:  Wheat Thins with peanut butter.

Wee Sprouts:  Yellow bell peppers.

Have a fantastic evening!

Rebekah

Link to pictures:  https://1drv.ms/u/s!AtTCDmdhjIulkbYPNznk1SPOsRBDYQ?e=wUbV6Q

Good Afternoon!

This morning we engaged in a painting activity.  We started the activity off by reading the book Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh.  Each friend was then given a little blue, red and yellow paint in a small bowl.  Each friend then chose 2 colors to mix together using their paint brush to see what new color they created on their papers. Our painting creations are amazing.

Breakfast:  Chex cereal and fresh pears.

Lunch:  Farm fresh scrambled eggs, whole grain wheat flatbread, banana and sweet potatoes.

Afternoon Snack:  Ritz crackers with cream cheese.

Wee Sprouts:  Cucumbers.

Have a lovely evening!

Rebekah

Link to pictures:  https://1drv.ms/u/s!AtTCDmdhjIulkbQHveI2uTrUme5Qug?e=9izwAY

Good Afternoon!

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh pears.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat tortilla, fresh oranges/apples, and fresh carrots/cucumber.

PM snack– Air popped popcorn with butter and raisins.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/peppers.

Have a wonderful evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 4/7