Happy Thanksgiving!

Stories, songs and crafts help the children to remember the history of the Thanksgiving holiday.

Claire and Josie are making pilgrims.

Claire and Josie

Claire

Claire

Monday, November 24th

Today we had Spanish lessons.  

Three colors were introduced - yellow: amarillo, brown: cafe, and green: verde.

Spanish phrases that were reviewed - Good Day, How are you?, Very well, Thank you!

Claire is independently phonetically building short vowel words.

Wednesday, November 19th

What a lovely class!  

The vegetable food group was introduced today.  We talked about how some people call tomatoes a fruit and others call it a vegetable.  In our books, it classifies tomatoes as a vegetable, so we are going to put it in the vegetable group at school.  If we hear someone call it a fruit, we will remember that is okay too.  Also, there is a bit of confusion with corn.  It is often classified as a vegetable, but it is really a grain. Either choice, again is okay. To stay healthy, it is recommended to consume five servings each day.

Tuesday, November 18th

The sound of the week is "k".  

I introduced the fruit group today.  The recommendation is to consume 5 servings.  We discussed what a serving of fruit would be.  We compared one large orange to a small mandarin orange (cutie).  If a "cutie" was one serving, one large orange would be two servings.

Claire is building with the magnetic shapes.

Week of November 10th - Introduction of Food Groups

Wednesday, November 12th

We learned about the Dairy Group today.  The children were able to identify foods that are made from milk and they learned that milk comes from animals.  We discussed that most milk at the store mostly comes from cows or goats.  We also discussed how some milk is made from almonds, rice or soy beans because some people are allergic to milk from animals.To stay healthy, it is recommended to consume 3 servings each day. Milk contains calcium that makes bones and teeth strong.

Thursday, November 13th

Today the "Meat and Protein" group was introduced during our morning circle.  We discussed that meat, eggs, beans and nuts provide us with protein in our diet.  To stay healthy, people need to consume five servings of protein each day.  Protein helps our body grow and gives our body energy.

Friday, November 14th

Today the "Grains" food group was introduced. Grains give us energy. To stay healthy, you need to consume 6 servings of grains every day.  Grains come from parts of plants such as wheat, rice and corn.  Grains can be ground into flour that is used to make other things such as bread, pasta, pretzels, muffins, breakfast cereal and pancakes.