Happy Friday!
Enjoy the pictures from our day!
Breakfast– Brown rice cakes with peanut butter and banana.
Lunch– Homemade english muffin pizzas, fresh oranges/banana, and fresh cucumber/green beans.
PM snack– Homemade peanut butter muffins, homemade strawberry jelly, and string cheese.
Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/green beans.
Have a fantastic weekend! 
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 2/12/2021
Happy Friday! I hope you all have had a great week.
Today friends were very excited to start celebrating Valentine’s Day. We engaged in several activities that our little ones LOVED!
~ Ring around the heart. (A heart was placed in the center of us and we sang to the the tune of Ring around the Rosie and walked around the heart in our friends circle.)
~ Peek-a-boo. (Friends covered their eyes while Ms. Bekah placed our heart under a friends bottom, then we guessed who had the heart.)
~ Hide and seek the heart. (Our heart was hidden in various areas around the classroom and friends would find it.)
~Last but not least… We handed out all the Valentine’s that we received in our bags that we decorated. What a fantastic day.
Breakfast: Whole grain brown rice cakes with peanut butter and oranges.
Lunch: Whole wheat English muffins with marinara sauce and shredded cheese, mixed veggies and banana.
Snack: Whole grain cheese crackers and Cheddar cheese.
Have a lovely weekend.
Marty
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Good Afternoon!
After we read ‘Stellaluna’ in K group and filled in our chart with the characters and setting, we gathered in a circle and began talking about equal groups. We did a few examples together and we started with the number 10. I put 10 gems into the middle of the group and asked how we would go about sorting these two gems into two equal groups. Franklin thought about it and quickly said, “Well there would be five gems in each group because 5 plus 5 is 10.”—this lead into some more challenging problems such as taking 12 gems and sorting them into three equal groups. We continued on and did a few more examples together.
K.NS.10: Separate sets of ten or fewer objects into equal groups.
Our kindergarten sign in required children to write numbers in the provided blank spots that made the equation true. For example, one problem read ‘16 > _____’. Using their knowledge of greater than, less than, and equal to, they were able to fill in each blank space with an appropriate number.
K.NS.7: Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group.
In PREK2, children talked about the terms greater than and less than. Miss Kim put colored counters into two boxes and after counting both groups, children identified which group was greater and which had less.
Miss Kim set up a cooking station at the island this morning and on the agenda was peanut butter muffins for tomorrows snack! Children waited patiently for their turn to help either adding an ingredient to the mixture or simply stirring the batter before it was put into the oven.
A sneak peak into the rest of our day!
Breakfast– Corn Chex and fresh pineapple.
Lunch– Brown rice with shredded chicken and cheese, fresh oranges/pineapple, and fresh carrots/cucumber.
PM snack– Whole wheat crackers and sunflower seeds.
Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/cucumber.
Have a lovely night!
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 2/11
Hello all and Good Afternoon.
PLEASE NOTE: Located on your child’s cubby is a list of the names of our friends that will be here tomorrow if you want to send in Valentine’s Day cards with your child.
We welcomed the radiant sunshine today through our classroom windows. It was a nice thing to see and somewhat feel.
We are gearing up to receive Valentine’s cards by coloring/decorating our bags! They all look beautiful.
We also enjoyed engaging in a little gross motor activity to keep our winter inside blues away. We really enjoy getting our bodies in motion and being able to climb and jump.
Breakfast: Whole grain Kix cereal and oranges.
Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with shredded chicken, mixed veggies and pears.
Snack: Pretzels and mozzarella string cheese.
Wee Sprouts: Snap peas.
Have a lovely evening.
Marty
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Good Afternoon.
Please enjoy the pictures from our day!
Breakfast: Whole grain Chex cereal and apples.
Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs with shredded cheese, corn and pears.
Snack: Whole wheat Ritz crackers and peanut butter
Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers
Have a nice night.
Marty
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Good Afternoon!
We added a third book onto our chart today and after reading, ‘When I Grow Up’, we identified the characters and setting. K group children are getting more confident in picking out the settings, especially if there’s multiple in the story!
K.RL.2.3: Identify important elements of the text (e.g., characters, settings, or events).
Children came up to the chalkboard during K group and placed a number in the blank space within their problem. Sophia identified the written number as 12 and because of the sign that was written, understood that she had to come up with a number that was smaller than 12: 8!
K.NS.7: Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group.
In PREK2, children took events that occurred in the story, ‘Hair Love’ and placed them in the order in which they happened!
Enjoy the pictures from the rest of our day!
Breakfast– Whole Grain Oatmeal with cinnamon and banana.
Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat tortilla, fresh cantaloupe, and fresh snap peas/cucumber.
PM snack– Air popped popcorn with butter and fresh pineapple.
Wee Sprout– Fresh snap peas/cucumber.
Have a lovely night!
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 2/10
Good Afternoon!
**In regards to the half sheet that was stapled to your child’s daily sheet yesterday: there are 17 total friends in our class (16 preschoolers plus Cassie loves to join in the Valentine’s Day fun)! 
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We read, ‘Little Bear’s Big Adventure’ in K group and when we were done, we added the title, characters, and setting to our chart! We found that this book offered up several different settings so we made sure to document them all.
K.RL.2.3: Identify important elements of the text (e.g., characters, settings, or events).
Before we went to journal, we completed a short activity that focused on greater than, less than, and equal to! There were two categories that we placed equations into: true and false. We looked at the equation and decided whether or not the equation was right or wrong. Once all of the equations had been put into a category, we counted the three equations that were placed in the false category. So, we taped a piece of paper over the sign that was wrong and changed the equation so it was right! Friends came up to place the correct sign in between the two numbers.
K.NS.7: Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group.
Each kindergartener came to the island to complete their sign in which required them to place a greater than, less than, or equal to sign between two numbers. They talked through which number was bigger and what number the alligator would eat!
K.NS.7: Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group.
In PREK2, children matched characters from different stories to the setting of the same book. Each friend drew a line from the characters to the matching setting.
Friends got the chance to come to the art table to decorate their paper bags for valentines day! They used markers and stamps to cover the bag! We can’t wait to use them later in the week.
Breakfast- Whole Grain Cheerios with banana.
Lunch- Hummus on whole wheat tortilla, fresh pears/oranges, and fresh snap peas/carrots.
PM snack- Whole wheat bagel with cream cheese and block cheddar cheese.
Wee Sprout- Fresh snap peas/cucumber.
Have a fantastic night!
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 2/9
Today we were busy little Wee Wee ones. We manipulated puzzles, we engaged in the sensory table, read stories, and played with cars and trucks. We had a GREAT DAY! 
Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and apples.
Lunch: Whole grain tortillas and shredded cheese, peas and pears.
Snack: Whole wheat cinnamon raisin bagels with butter.
Have a great night and continue to stay warm.
Marty
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Happy Monday!
Throughout the week, we’ll be adding each book that we read in K group to our chart. We’ll identify the title of the book, characters within the book, and any setting that we noticed. Today, we read ‘Small Pig’ which offered up several characters and two different settings for us to chat about.
K.RL.2.3: Identify important elements of the text (e.g., characters, settings, or events).
We gathered in a circle in group and discussed greater than, less than, and equal to signs and when to use each sign. At this age, associating the greater than and less than sign with an alligator mouth is easy for children to comprehend. If the two numbers are 10 and 15, an alligator is going to want 15 pieces of cake (an example) versus 10 pieces of cake so the alligators mouth would open to the bigger number: 15.
Each friend worked on one problem and placed the correct sign between their two numbers.
K.NS.7: Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group.
In PREK2 group, friends got to choose one book in the reading area and identify who the characters were in that book. Miss Kim wrote down the characters that children shared on the white board.
An art activity was made available at the table this morning. Children were given a half of a heart and using string, they painted the half of their heart. Once they were done painting, they folded their heart in half, making an exact print on the blank side. Once the paint dried, friends used scissors to cut their heart out!
Breakfast– Whole wheat bagel with butter and fresh grapes.
Lunch– Whole wheat noodles with butter and black beans, fresh apples, and fresh carrots.
PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with graham crackers.
Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots.
Have a great evening!
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 2/8
Good Afternoon and Happy Monday!
Our friend Paige is getting closer and closer to crawling. She is almost there. GO PAIGE, GO!!!
We dabbled in some glue and glitter art today and LOVED it.
With Valentine’s Day approaching, we decorated a heart. We took a small brush and dabbed it into glue to then put the glue onto our hearts to then sprinkle some pretty red glitter onto the glued heart. This is a great sensory and hand-eye coordination activity. It was so much fun.
Breakfast: Whole wheat toast with butter and cinnamon and banana.
Lunch: Whole wheat noodles with butter and black beans, peas and banana and pears.
Snack: Whole milk yogurt with graham crackers.
Wee Sprouts: Corn
Have a nice night and stay warm!
Marty
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