Happy Friday!

Today with lower numbers, we were able to fit everyone in 2 wagons and go on a wagon ride around the block.  While on our walk, we looked for beautiful Fall colors appearing in the trees.  We saw red, yellow and orange leaves.  We also found many houses that were decorated for Fall and Halloween.  We saw lots and lots of pumpkins, both big and small.We had a great ride!

Breakfast:  Whole grain Chex cereal and cantaloupe.

Lunch:  Hummus on whole grain wheat flatbread, banana, and fresh green beans.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole grain Goldfish cheese crackers and mozzarella string cheese.

Wee Sprouts:  Red Bell Peppers.

Have a fabulous weekend and enjoy the beautiful Fall weather!

Rebekah

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Good Afternoon!

We read, ‘Up, Up, Down’ in K group. After I said the title of the story aloud, Mack said, “Hey! Robert Munsch is the author of that book.”

Once we were done reading, I read four sentences strips and friends told me which event came first. I taped each sentence strip in the correct order and when we finished, Franklin asked, “Can we read both stories from today and yesterday to make one story?”—it ended up being a funny idea!

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

The rest of our morning was consumed with magnatiles, stories, creations at the art table, and exploration of our new playdough!

Breakfast– Whole Grain Cheerios with fresh strawberries.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded chicken, fresh oranges/banana, and fresh snap peas/carrots.

PM snack– Sunflower seeds and whole wheat crackers.

Wee Sprout– Fresh snap peas/carrots.

Have a wonderful evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 10/8

Good Afternoon.

This morning we had a great time engaging with the colorful stacking puzzle activity.

This activity has multi function learning to it. We can learn what shape we are trying to stack, we can learn the color of the shape, and we can work on understanding the sequence of how the shapes are stacked from largest to smallest. We also can incorporate utilizing our hand-eye coordination skills.

Miss Annastecia worked with our friend Adrian on making a train track. They made their track and then Adrian happily rolled his cars and trucks around their track. He was quite happy with himself.

This activity can be a great confidence booster for our little ones. When they successfully get their track pieces to fit together, the smiles are in abundance.

Breakfast: Whole grain corn puffs and oranges.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with shredded chicken, carrots and pears.

Snack: Pretzels and mozzarella  string cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh green beans.

Have a great night.

Marty

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Happy Wednesday.

Friends really enjoyed the permanence boxes.

This activity enhances our hand-eye coordination, fine motor and color recognition skills. We take either the small balls or the circular coins and put them into their slots to watch as they roll down into the box portion. We LOVE these!!!

We then headed into the kitchen to do an activity with leaves and glue.

We collected leaves the other day that were falling off of our beautiful shade tree in the back yard to make a leaf collage.

This activity also enhances our hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills as well as our sensory skills.

You can see our finished collages hanging on the windows throughout the classroom.

Breakfast: Whole grain Kix and apples.

Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs, whole wheat butter toast, tomatoes and banana.

Snack: Whole grain brown rice cakes with cream cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Tomatoes.

Have a lovely evening.

Marty

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Happy Wednesday!

In K group, we’ve been focusing on identifying the order in which events happen. Today, we read ‘Stellaluna’ and after we were done, I read aloud four sentences of events that occurred within the story. Together, we worked to put them into the order in which they happened. Once we were done, a friend said, “We just made a story!”

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

PREK2 friends read, ‘The Rainbow Fish’ and placed four events in the order in which they happened in the story!

This morning, we opened up the art table so that we could dissect a sunflower and large beans from Miss Charlotte’s garden. Friends took all of the sunflower seeds and made a bird feeder. The feeder wasn’t even outside ten minutes before a squirrel found it!

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with fresh strawberries.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat tortilla/flatbread, fresh pears/oranges, and fresh green beans/tomatoes.

PM snack– Air popped popcorn with butter and fresh apples.

Wee Sprout– Fresh green beans/cherry tomatoes.

Have a great night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 10/7

Good Afternoon!

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Corn Chex and fresh strawberries/pears.

Lunch– Hummus on whole wheat tortilla, fresh oranges/banana, and fresh cherry tomatoes/green beans.

PM snack– Whole wheat bagel with cream cheese and string cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh green beans/cherry tomatoes.

Have a wonderful night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 10/6

Good Afternoon.

Today Miss Bekah put down some masking tape on the carpet for friends to race their cars over. There were three different patterns of tape for our little guys to race their cars over. It was a great experience and our little ones had a great time.

 

During outdoor play we sat down at the table and drew beautiful pictures with crayons.

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and apples.

Lunch: Whole grain tortilla with shredded mozzarella cheese, carrots and strawberries.

Snack: Whole wheat/grain Bagels with butter.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a great night.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

First, we want to wish a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Rowan who turned 3 today! We are thrilled we could spend your special day with you!

Today in K group, we started discussing calendars and clocks. We chatted about what they’re used for and after reading, ‘Croc Around The Clock’, we shared reasons why we have clocks:

“It tells us when it’s time to go to bed!”

“It tells us when it’s time to eat.”

(aka two of our favorite things apparently!)

Afterwards, we talked about the calendar that we use everyday. We always say the date aloud so today, we said, “Today is Monday, October 5th, 2020.” We identified where the days of the week, month, and year are on the calendar.

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, children read the book titled, ‘The Tortoise and the Hare’. They placed events into the order that they occurred!

I had a few friends who helped me make two batches on playdough this morning! We measure out all of the ingredients and watched as the mixture turned colors thanks to the food coloring gel!

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

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with butter and black beans, fresh pineapple/pears, and fresh red cabbage/carrots.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with fresh apples (thanks for the yummy apples, Rowan!)

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/cucumber.

Have a lovely night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 10/5

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

Nesta was pretty happy and excited to see Miss Annastecia  and Miss Mindy today at outside time. Just look at those big smiles.  

Stories are always a huge success with our little ones. Sometimes they even enjoy “reading” to themselves.

Breakfast: Whole wheat toast with peanut butter and oranges.

Lunch: Whole wheat Pasta with butter and black beans, peas and cantaloupe.

Snack: Whole milk yogurt with granola.

Wee Sprouts: Tomatoes.

Have a nice evening.

Marty

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Happy Friday!

Drawing at the art table; reading; and several rounds of wrestling outdoors—> recipe for the perfect Friday morning.

I love scrolling through Teacher Tom’s blog once a week if I can and found an article that caught my eye: “What If We Raised A Generation That Could Recapture Childhood at Will?”

An interesting statistic that Teacher Tom begins with: “According to the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking, 98 percent of kindergarteners qualify as “creative geniuses.” By age 25, only three percent can make that claim.”

“I sometimes try to imagine what it would do to the world if we raised an entire generation that could recapture childhood at will. It would be a world in which our institutions, like schools, would exist not to create standardized products as if off an assembly line, but rather to fill the world with one-of-a-kind humans free to pursue their highest potential according to her or his own genius.”

Breakfast– Brown rice cakes with peanut butter and banana.

Lunch– Ham on whole wheat bread/tortilla, fresh pears/banana, and fresh green beans/carrots/cucumber.

PM snack-Pretzels & Colby Jack Cheese

Wee Sprout– Fresh green beans, carrot, cucumber.

Have a great weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 10/2