Happy Friday!

A BIG Happy Birthday shout out to Maddie! She turns four years old tomorrow. We hope you have a terrific weekend and are able to enjoy that awesome new bike!

Our Friday morning consisted of:

Puzzles and housekeeping.

Teamwork with friends.

And making ‘Earth’ healthy banana muffins. After everyone helped with the ingredients, we separated the mixture so we could create a green batch and a blue batch, resembling the Earth.

They looked delightful going into the oven and tasted fabulous when we had them for snack. We talked about how they looked once we started eating them. The blue and green had run together, not necessarily resembling our Earth. (Possibly because the recipe I found called for ‘cupcakes’ and instead we made healthy whole wheat banana muffins?—they were still delicious!)

We had a valuable discussion that centered around this which was prompted from the comments, “This doesn’t look like the Earth!”:

Sometimes in life you try something for the first time and it may not work out like you’d hoped for. That’s no reason to give up and it’s always a good idea to try again. Rarely is anything every perfect and all we can do is try our best!

Miss Katelyn made a sorting activity available at the round table. Children were given colorful buttons and matching containers. Maddie and Anna both sat and sorted the buttons by color. Maddie even brought shape into the activity!

Cassie’s mom, Michelle, came to Wee Friends this morning to help us plant the flowers and vegetables that we got yesterday! We tore up newspaper to help us get the best result!

Our friends are always so eager to help!

In Kindergarten:

We had an Eric Carle day. The first story we read was about the moon. We correlated it to the Earth and the relationship that the Earth and Moon have. The second story we read was about a birthday surprise. In the story, a child had to use a map to find her birthday present! So, we made a map of our own! A Wee Friend’s map!

First, we made a list of special spots within the classroom. Using that list we started to create the map. I explained how before there were phones, families used big maps in the car if they were somewhere that they weren’t familiar with.

Elizabeth said, “But now we have Siri. We talk to her!”

Breakfast– Brown rice cakes with cream cheese and bananas.

Lunch– Whole wheat tortillas with no nut butter, pears, and broccoli.

PM snack– Homemade whole wheat banana muffins and cottage cheese.

Wee Sprouts– Peppers.

Hope everyone has a terrific long holiday weekend.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 5/27