WF, 3/19/2021

Happy Friday!

In K group, friends were able to come up with a sentence using a singular or plural noun that was given to them! Identifying a singular or plural noun in a sentence is something we do often but coming up with a brand new sentence when given a noun to use is challenging!

We have started to do a new thing during group. When we cross off the current day, we make a specific mark which creates diamonds when we cross enough days off. Today, Mack realized that we’re actually making rectangles too! A simple activity like this during calendar allows children to show their understanding of shapes too!

K.W.6.1a: Nouns/pronouns- Writing sentences that include singular and/or plural nouns (e.g., dog/dogs, cat/cats)

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During K sign in, children used their counting chart to count by 10’s. Once they were able to do that, they wrote down the numbers on their sign in. Everyone was able to count to 100 by 10’s—woo hoo!

K.NS.1: Count to at least 100 by ones and tens.

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Miss Kim took groups of friends out who explored a puff ball paint activity. They dipped the puff balls into paint and threw or dropped them on the canvas. Children were able to cover the canvas with various paint marks—they loved the process paint activity!

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Breakfast– Brown rice cakes with peanut butter and banana.

Lunch– Melted shredded cheese on whole wheat flatbread, fresh pineapple/oranges, and fresh cucumber/pepper.

PM snack– Blueberry or banana bread and cheese slices.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper.

Have a great weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/19

WWF 03/19/2021

Good Afternoon and happy LAST day of Winter!!!

We are fortunate to have the OOEY GOOEY activity book by Lisa Murphy to help us plan some fun and exciting art activities.

Today we had a very fun and exciting time engaging in Drip Drop Prints. This activity can be a sensory, science, and hand-eye coordination skilled activity to have fun with and we had more than fun, we had a blast!

Place a sheet of wax or parchment paper with each friend and allow them to drip-drop the paint onto the paper with small droppers and then that water will bead up. The place a paper towel or a coffee filter on top of the beads and lift up. Waalahhh… a beautiful creation!

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It was a little chillier this morning but we had some beautiful sunshine to help warm us, along with hats and gloves/mittens. We enjoyed a little shorter time frame than usual, but had a great time.

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

Lunch: Whole wheat bread with turkey lunchmeat, sweet potatoes and cucumbers, with banana.

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

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a lovely warmer weekend.

Marty

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WF, 3/18/2021

Good Afternoon!

I stumbled across a Teacher Tom blog post today and several parts within the post struck a cord. We implemented our new MACK (Mindful Attention with Curiosity and Kindness Curriculum) curriculum two years ago. We use a variety of techniques, resources, and literature to help us attend to the emotional and social development of children. While it’s stuff we’ve ‘always done’, it’s a wonderful way to pinpoint various topics each week.

This week, our MACK is: Children will learn everyone has a gift they give to the world and even small children can contribute. Children will be able to name gifts they contribute to our community.

Children show mindfulness in many ways throughout the day: kindergarteners problem solving with younger peers without being asked or doing an individual activity that requires focus even though the environment can be on the louder side.

Teacher Tom shared, “I see it being practiced wherever there are young children engaged in self-selected activities. A child bent over a puzzle in the midst of a noisy classroom is not just working a puzzle, she is the puzzle. Children negotiating their way through their games of princesses and super heroes are fully there in the moment, intellectually, emotionally, socially, and spiritually. And the younger the children are, the more mindful they tend to be: a baby staring off into the middle distance is, in that moment, the entire universe.”

We as teachers try to set a mindful example. I’ll set the stage of an example. A five year old is building the most creative structure using building materials. Teacher Tom states, “We insert ourselves, uninvited, into their play with our ideas and concerns and scaffolding and witticisms, drawing their attention away from the present moment, often in a jarring manner.” I can definitely say I’m guilty of this! But, if I were to switch to a more mindful state, I would take a step back and watch while waiting to see if the child approaches me to share their creation instead of interrupting their play which usually is more for my benefit than theirs.

Hope you enjoy this short article as much as I did!

http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2021/03/we-cant-teach-mindfulness-to-experts.html

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Breakfast– Whole grain Cheerios with fresh strawberries/apples.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded turkey and cheese, fresh cantaloupe, and fresh cucumber/snap peas.

PM snack– Whole wheat crackers with sunflower seeds.

Wee Sprout– Fresh pepper/cucumber/snap peas.

Have a great night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/18

WWF 03/18/2021

Good afternoon.

REMINDER: WEE FRIENDS/WEE WEE FRIENDS WILL BE CLOSED NEXT FRIDAY MARCH 26TH.

We had a very busy day today full of reading, movement and music, puzzles, habi-trail activities as well as Katherine working hard on her crawling skills. 

What a fantastic way to chase away the rainy day blues. Smile 

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Breakfast: Whole grain Kix cereal and apples.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with shredded pork, peas and blood oranges.

Snack: Whole wheat crackers with peanut butter.

Wee Sprouts: Peas.

Have a nice night.

Marty

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WWF 03/17/2021

Good Afternoon and Happy St. Patrick’s Day!!! What a gorgeous one at that. Smile 

To help us celebrate this fun day, we had friends and teachers who wore the color green and we engaged in green playdoh and green playdoh tools.

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We then extended our play into the main section of the classroom and found other green things.

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Then we went outside to have fun, get some fresh air and get our bodies in motion with many gross motor activities.

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Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and apples.

Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs with shredded cheese, whole wheat butter toast, sweet potatoes and pears and apples.

Snack: Pretzels and block Colby cheese.

Wee Spouts: Fresh green beans.

Have a lovely evening.

Marty

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WF, 3/17/2021

Good Afternoon!

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

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Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh strawberries.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat tortilla, fresh strawberries/apples, and fresh cherry tomatoes/cucumber.

PM snack– Tortilla chips and hummus.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/cherry tomatoes.

Have a great evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/17

WWF, 03/16/2021

Good Afternoon!

Today was a sensory filled today.  We started off our morning by using a fly swatter with pink and purple tempra paint.  We all loved swatting the paint on our papers.

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After painting we opened the bean/corn sensory table to scoop and pour the beans and explore the pinecones and gourd in it.

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Our friends Katherine and Paige engaged in play with the Magnatiles while the older friends were napping.

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Breakfast:  Kix cereal and fresh oranges.

Lunch:  Hummus on whole wheat flatbread, fresh apples and mixed vegetables.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole wheat cinnamon raisin bagel with butter.

Wee Sprout:  Fresh green beans.

Have a great night!

Rebekah

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WF, 3/16/2021

Good Afternoon!

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

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Breakfast– Kix and fresh oranges.

Lunch– Hummus on whole wheat flatbread, fresh watermelon, and fresh broccoli/cucumber.

PM snack– Whole wheat bagel with peanut butter, cheddar cheese, and fresh apples.

Wee Sprout– Fresh broccoli/cucumber.

Have a great night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/16

WF, 3/15/2021

Happy Monday!

Yesterday, Maggie turned 3! We celebrated her birthday today and now, all of our friends are 3 years old and up! –happy birthday, Maggie!

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After we read, ‘The Rainbow Fish’ in K group, we talked about singular and plural nouns. Each friend had to finish one sentence that had a blank space. The first sentence read, ‘I have two ______ at home. They bark a lot!’

Using context clues from the sentence, Z figured out that the missing word was dogs! We talked about whether the word should be dog or dogs. We did this for each sentence and chatted about adding an ‘s’ when we’re dealing with more than one thing.

K.W.6.1a: Nouns/pronouns- Writing sentences that include singular and/or plural nouns (e.g., dog/dogs, cat/cats)

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For kindergarten sign in, children took five strips and sorted them in the correct order. On each strip, were numbers: 0-10, 11-20, 21-30, 31-40, and 41-50. After children placed them in the right order, they used their one to one correspondence skills by placing their fingers on each number and saying it aloud.

K.NS.1: Count to at least 100 by ones and tens.

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In PREK2, children took plastic eggs that each had a letter and placed them in alphabetical order!

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Last Friday, Miss Annastecia took oranges and lemons and dried them out in the oven. Today, friends took the dried fruit slices and made garland with them! They also incorporated beads into their garland! They turned out fantastic and are now hanging on the tree branch in our classroom!

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with butter and fresh apples.

Lunch– Whole wheat noodles with marinara sauce and shredded cheese, fresh oranges/apples, and fresh cucumbers.

PM snack– Maggie’s birthday treat: whole milk yogurt, granola, and frozen blueberries.

Wee Sprout– Fresh pepper/cucumber.

Have a lovely night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/15

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

Today we engaged in very fun sensory activity… GOOP. This is a mixture of cornstarch and water, but some of our friends said it looked like milk. The GOOP will harden then as it lies still in your hand for a second or two, it turns watery. It was so much fun. Smile 

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We then had a dance party to get our bodies in motion!

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Breakfast: Whole wheat butter toast with cinnamon and oranges.

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with marinara and shredded mozzarella cheese, corn and pears.

Snack: Whole milk yogurt and graham crackers.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a great night.

Marty

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