Good Afternoon and Happy Monday!

PLEASE NOTE: WEE FRIENDS WILL BE CLOSED MONDAY, DECEMBER 20TH THROUGH JANUARY 2ND. WE WILL REOPEN ON JANUARY 3, 2022 FOR OUR ANNUAL CHRISTMAS VACATION.

ALSO, WE WILL BE HAVING A PAJAMA DAY THIS COMING FRIDAY.

Some of these pictures are from last Monday.  

We were happy to see our full crew of eight friends today! We engaged happily in our art activity today!

We had a great time interacting with one another and enjoying all the classroom activities.

Yay!! We even got to enjoy the weather today. We LOVE being outdoors.

Breakfast: Whole wheat toast with peanut butter and pears.

Whole wheat Penne pasta with marinara and shredded cheese, peas and blueberries.

Snack: Whole milk yogurt with graham crackers.

Wee Sprouts: Corn.

Have a lovely night.

Marty

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Happy Friday!

Our hands were busy today! The building rug was full as usual. Children created all sorts of things with their two favorite building materials: magnatiles and trio blocks.

The circle table was full of children exploring various types of puzzles.

Evie and Daniel each asked to do the pattern blocks which is a challenging puzzle activity. There are tons of cards to choose from that have different puzzles. The pattern blocks require precision because the blocks need to be placed into the wooden square a specific way. They each were able to complete multiple puzzles!

Daniel and Bo explored the yoga figurines that were placed in the science area. They each chose their favorite pose and tested out their flexibility and balance by doing that pose!

We were ecstatic to be able to go outside for a little bit before lunch. A group of children played, ‘What Time Is It, Mr. Fox?’ before dispersing throughout the yard to dive into other activities.

Breakfast– Brown rice cakes with cream cheese and fresh pineapple.

Lunch– Hummus on whole wheat tortilla, fresh oranges, and fresh cucumber/pepper.

PM snack– Pretzels, fresh pineapple, and block cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper.

Have a lovely weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 12/10

Good Afternoon!

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Whole Grain Cheerios with banana.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded turkey, fresh pineapple/banana, and fresh cucumber/cherry tomatoes.

PM snack– Whole wheat crackers and sunflower seeds.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/cherry tomatoes/pepper.

Have a wonderful night.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 12/9

Good Afternoon!

Our quiet Wednesday was full of building with materials big and small, creating things with our hands, and making music.

A few of our three year old’s used the oranges beams in habitrail to make ramps for their cars while other children occupied the art table and paint easel to make their own creations.

As we were wrapping up our morning, a few children serenaded us with a little piano while the tables were getting set for lunch.

Throughout the morning, kids made sure to say or sing happy birthday to Miss Kim who celebrates her birthday today!

We had the perfect Wednesday!

Breakfast– Overnight oatmeal with cinnamon and banana.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat tortilla, fresh cantaloupe, and fresh cucumber/pepper.

PM snack– Blue corn chips with hummus.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper.

Have a lovely night.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 12/8

Good Afternoon!

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Corn Chex and fresh pears.

Lunch– Peanut butter sandwiches on whole wheat bread/tortillas, fresh oranges/banana, and fresh carrots/snap peas/cucumber.

PM snack– Whole wheat english muffins with butter and cheddar block cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh snap peas/cucumber/carrots.

Have a wonderful night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 12/7

Good Afternoon!

**Wee Friends will be closed Monday, December 20 through Friday, December 31.

We just finished up our 12 week FAB cycle last week. For the next two weeks, we’ll be revisiting a few FAB’s that we’ve worked on these last 12 weeks.

Today, it was all about syllables!

Mack and Evie used three different colors to identify whether a word was a one, two, or three syllable word. They used both methods to count syllables.

We continued this topic into K/PREK1 group. After reading, ‘Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site’, we read several words that were in the book. Children worked together to figure out what category each word went into. Friends did a great job at keeping track how many words were in each group. I heard things like, “Now the 2 and 3 group each have the same number!”

Our morning was full of painting, magnatiles, and a present wrapping station that was set up at the circle table.

Enjoy the pictures from the rest of our day!

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

Lunch– Whole wheat noodles with marinara sauce and shredded cheese, fresh pineapple, and fresh snap peas/pepper.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with fresh pineapple.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper.

Have a wonderful night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 12/6

Happy Friday!

We added a new dimension into our magnatile play: bells!

Children quickly found out that the bells were magnetic and stuck to all of the magnatiles. Our imaginations were on full drive as friends were deciding how to use the bells in their magnatile creation.

There were some very unique structures!

Enjoy the pictures from the rest of our day!

Breakfast– Brown rice cakes with peanut butter and banana.

Lunch– Ham and cream cheese rollups with whole wheat tortillas, fresh pears, and fresh snap peas/carrots.

PM snack– Pretzels/goldfish and string cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/snap peas.

Have a wonderful weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 12/3

Happy Friday! I hope you all had a great week.

IF ANY FAMILIES HAVE PUZZLES THAT YOU ARE LOOKING TO DONATE, WWF WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THEM! THANK YOU.

Unfortunately, we said goodbye to our student teacher Anna today! We really liked her and enjoyed her spending time with us. She is going to make a wonderful teacher.

While the smaller friends played in the main area of the classroom, our two year old friends were excited about engaging in puzzles. They’re favorite puzzles right now are the larger letter ones.

Katherine thought puzzles looked like fun, so she too joined in the puzzle fun and did some that were age appropriate for her level of learning.

The babies enjoyed engaging in the musical instruments. Arthur enjoyed the xylophone while Emma enjoyed the piano. They made beautiful music together.

Breakfast: Whole grain brown rice cakes with peanut butter and apples.

Lunch: Whole wheat English muffins with marinara and shredded cheese pizzas, corn and mandarin oranges.

Snack: Pretzels and Mozzarella string cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a fantastic weekend.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

We read, ‘Gracie’s Night’ in K/PREK1 group today. It talks about Hanukah and a few traditions that are prevalent during Hanukah.

As friends were rolling up their mats, they each shared a tradition that their family does during the holiday season. A few of the answers were:

“Putting up the Christmas tree together.”

“Opening gifts together.”

“My manga (grandma) sleeps over on Christmas Eve.”

Everyone’s answers were different but equally unique and special!

Social Studies Holiday Objectives: Children will see their family’s approach to holidays honored and will become aware of and be comfortable with the reality that people happily celebrate different holidays or celebrate the same holiday in different ways.

In PREK2 group, children looked at a big map! They identified places in the United States that have unique aspects such as forests, cities, rivers, oceans, and islands.

We had a wonderful morning!

Some children chose to help wrap up our cardboard trees by adding ornaments while others settled down in the reading area to look at stories.

To begin the day, a few friends got out the sensory squares and made a design. They moved on their design in a specific way. They kept moving the squares to make a unique configuration.

It was a gorgeous December day! We will soak up any days like this that Mother Nature wants to give us!

Breakfast– Whole Grain Cheerios with fresh clementines.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded pork, fresh oranges/banana, and fresh carrots/cucumber.

PM snack– Whole wheat crackers and peanuts.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/carrots.

Have a lovely night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 12/2

Good Afternoon.

This morning we were all in the Christmas spirit and got out our musical bells and shakers out and sang Jingle Bells with Miss Annastecia.

Miss Emma is having a great time utilizing her gross motor skills climbing up the soft star climber. After she has successfully completed her climb, she decides to work on her summersault activity.  

YAY!!!! We were able to go outside again today!!!

Breakfast: Whole grain Chex cereal and banana.

Lunch: Whole grain Brown rice with butter and shredded pork, corn and cantaloupe

Snack: Whole wheat crackers and Sunflower seeds.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a lovely evening.

Marty

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