Good Afternoon! 

This morning we worked on our fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination in a variety of activities.  We worked to complete puzzles, stack pegs together and draw in our journals.

We made our own music as we played the pianos and xylophones.

A friend requested play dough for our sensory activity.  We were given craft sticks for cutting our play dough into pieces, small measuring spoons to scoop and make small balls and golf tees to stick into our play dough.

We had a wonderful time playing outside and getting some fresh air.

Breakfast:  Whole grain Cheerios and fresh PPC blueberries.

Lunch:  Scrambled eggs, whole grain wheat toast with butter, fresh PPC bananas and carrots.

Afternoon Snack: Blue corn chips and refried beans.

Wee Sprouts:  Carrots.

Have a wonderful evening!

Rebekah

Link to pictures:  https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulidFG04eUvyNZrnTINQ

Good Afternoon!

One of the most popular spaces in our environment is the reading area. There are a handful of children who would stay there for the entire day and listen to stories if they had the chance. This is a key building block for language development, reading, and writing (just to name a few). Children not only listen to several stories day in and day out but recognize print throughout the environment whether it’s reading cubby tags or words on the ‘site word’ window. Most of our children recognize letters based on their peers names. We can overhear our three year old friend Franklin say, “Oh that’s a ‘G’! A ‘G’ for Grady!”.

I’ve attached an article that explains the several benefits of not only reading to infants but continuing that trend well past five years of age.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/parenting/wp/2017/02/16/why-its-important-to-read-aloud-with-your-kids-and-how-to-make-it-count/?utm_term=.9976f70bde38

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Here’s what our Wednesday looked like! ‘Enjoying our time outside’ is an understatement! –Plus it was such a special morning: we found our first BUG!

Breakfast– Pumpkin muffins with banana.

Lunch– Scrambled eggs with shredded cheese, whole wheat bread, fresh cantaloupe, and PPC cucumber.

PM snack– Air popped popcorn and pears.

Wee Sprout– PPC cucumbers.

Have a wonderful evening.

-Mindy

Link to 2/27 pictures: WF 2/27

Link to 2/28 pictures: WF 2/28

Good Afternoon!

This morning we were busy talking on the telephone to our mommy’s and daddy’s.  Daniel and Mack had Miss Marty join in on their conversations. She let them know how our day was going.

We were so excited to go outside.  We played with balls, used the diggers in the rocks to scoop and move the logs, played peek-a-boo out the window of the house, rode a bike and climbed up the rocks to get to the top of the slides.  After a while, we had to go to the deck to look into the door of the other classroom to see when our older friends were going to come out and join us.

Breakfast:  Whole grain wheat toast with butter and cinnamon, and fresh PPC blueberries.

Lunch:  Cheese quesadillas on whole grain wheat tortillas, fresh PPC banana and broccoli.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole grain wheat crackers with no nut butter and fresh oranges.

Have a great night!

Rebekah

Link to pictures: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulidAhfpoQ0p8a-AhabA

Good Afternoon! What a great Monday we had with warm weather and sunshine.

We all enjoyed sitting down to look at a book independently or with a friend. One friend made up their own story as they flipped through the pages of their book.

A few friends were using their imaginative skills while cooking as they stirred or shook up the pretend food that was in their bowl or pot. Once it was finished they pretended to eat it.

We used many forms of movement on the slide today. We slid down on our bottoms,  walked down and crawled up.

We enjoyed going outside this afternoon and seeing all of the friends from the other classroom!

Breakfast:  Whole grain wheat bagel with cream cheese and fresh oranges.

Lunch:  Whole grain wheat pasta with shredded chicken, fresh PPC pears, and corn.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole milk yogurt with fresh PPC blueberries.

Wee Sprouts:  Corn.

Have a great night!

Rebekah

Link to pictures:  https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulic90jA1iyofDGc5mcg

Good Afternoon!

In our pre-k/k group, we read a ‘Frog and Toad’ story titled ‘Shivers’. Frog told Toad a scary ghost story and throughout the story, we talked about whether we thought the scary ghost story was real or made-up. Children used the words ‘fiction’ and ‘nonfiction’ when expressing their thoughts. We stopped at several spots in the story and predicted what was going to happen next. Lucy used contextual clues and pictures to help predict what was going to happen next.

Children also used their growing knowledge of the relationship between Frog and Toad to guide their thoughts about this story. We are getting to know Frog and Toad individually along with the ins and outs of their relationship.

K.RL.2.4: Make predictions about what will happen in a story.

K.RL.2.1: With support, ask and answer questions about main topics and key details in a text heard or read.

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This is what the rest of our day looked like.

We were over the moon to get some quality outside time this morning and again in the afternoon! Fresh air sure does the body good!

Breakfast– Whole wheat english muffin with peanut butter and PPC pears.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with butter and shredded chicken, PPC banana/apples, and PPC cauliflower.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with PPC blueberries.

Wee Sprout– PPC cauliflower.

Have a terrific night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 2/26

Good Afternoon!

This morning we were busy playing on the habitrail.  We played under it and went down the slide.  On our way to the slide, we stopped to take a look out the window.

Miss Marty taught Mack the clapping game to the song Miss Mary Mack.

Mack and Emma worked on their fine motor skills and hand- eye coordination as the looked for the correct place for their foam puzzle piece.  Mack was telling Miss Marty to stop taking his picture.

Breakfast:  Whole grain wheat toast with no nut butter and fresh apples.

Lunch:  Whole grain wheat English muffin cheese pizzas, fresh pears and mixed vegetables.

Afternoon Snack:  Goldfish crackers and mozzarella string cheese stick.

Wee Sprouts:  Mixed vegetables.

Have a fantastic weekend!

Rebekah

Link to pictures:  https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulic5Sa5w9DqGS50oTVw

Happy Friday!

In pre-k/k group, we read a ‘Frog and Toad’ story titled ‘Tomorrow’. Toad had so many chores to do in his house, that he kept saying he’ll do it tomorrow! We talked about the word ‘tomorrow’ and what it meant.

After we finished the story, we discussed three words: today, yesterday, and tomorrow. First, we talked about ‘today’ and what that meant. Lucy shouted, “It’s like right now!”. We looked to the calendar for a little help and noticed that it’s Friday! After, we talked about ‘yesterday’ and ‘tomorrow’ specifically. I had a child come up and point to the square that represents ‘yesterday’. Lucy pointed to Thursday while another child came up to point to tomorrow, which we identified as Saturday!

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.

Miss Katie, who is our student teacher, conducted an activity that allowed us to identify our current emotions that we were experiencing. Children talked about several different emotions including happy, sad, mad, and sick. Each friend got to come up and tape their name under the emotion that they were feeling.

“A heart that is pure is full of light.”

Breakfast– Rice cakes with peanut butter and PPC blueberries.

Lunch– Homemade cheese pizza on whole wheat english muffins, PPC banana/pears, and PPC cherry tomatoes/cucumber.

PM snack– String cheese and goldfish.

Wee Sprout– PPC cherry tomatoes/cucumber.

Have a terrific weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: 2/23

Good Afternoon!

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Chex and PPC pears.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded chicken, fresh oranges, and PPC cucumber/carrots.

PM snack– Sunflower seeds and graham crackers.

Wee Sprout– PPC cucumber/carrots.

Have a great night.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 2/22

Good Afternoon!

This morning we enjoyed playing with our farm animals. Pascale enjoyed pointing and talking to our fish.

We enjoyed playing with the balls within our own skill level.  Zoe crawled to her ball, while Aggie carried her ball around the habitrail area.  Mack practiced his throwing and catching skills with a teacher.

A friend requested the permanence boxes.  We worked on our hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills as we placed our balls and coins into their boxes.  Mack even decided to cover up his box with our colorful dancing scarves.

Breakfast:  Chex cereal and fresh PPC banana.

Lunch:  Scrambled eggs with shredded cheddar cheese, whole grain wheat bread toast with butter, fresh PPC blueberries and corn.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole grain wheat crackers and mozzarella string cheese stick.

Wee Sprouts:  Corn.

Have a great evening!

Rebekah

Link to pictures:  https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulic0c6j0mr1esj5yJRg

Good Afternoon!

**With the snow gone (hopefully for good!), we are going to try and spend as much time outside as we can. Next week especially looks fantastic! Please make sure your child comes to school with appropriate shoes/boots and coat along with hat and gloves if needed. Thanks!

In pre-k/k group today, we continued to learn about the characters ‘Frog’ and ‘Toad’ in two short stories that we read. In both stories, there were several references to certain months as well as activities that occur specifically in the morning, afternoon, and evening.

After we read both stories (which again were humorous!), we took several daily activities and sorted them into three categories: morning, afternoon, and evening. When we were done, several children commented, “Morning won!”. We talked about how many activities were in each category. Lucy and Maddie both said, “Afternoon and evening have the same: three!”.

Every day, we explore the calendar after our story and activity. Children are aware of what’s on a calendar but today, we discussed what a month looks like on the calendar: a full page. We used February as our example!

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.

Our journal experience today was engaging and allowed us to get our thoughts down on paper. We wrote our letters, drew a river that was flooding (using recent personal experiences), and an extensive map.

Children gravitated toward the light table as we worked with many different manipulatives: rocks, shells, colored counters, and gems.

The last thing we explored was blue and red counters and we quickly realized they had letters on them! Elijah and Lucy excitedly found their letters and made their name.

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with fresh oranges.

Lunch– Scrambled eggs with shredded cheese, whole wheat english muffin/bread, PPC banana, and PPC broccoli.

PM snack– Refried beans with blue corn chips.

Wee Sprout– PPC broccoli.

Have a fantastic night.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 2/21