Good Afternoon.

Here’s to yet another month flying by. We will be having many changes in the upcoming month but we always look forward to all of our new friends starting.  

Today we engaged in a dot marker activity with large pieces of paper at the table. We love using the dot markers. They are fun to blot all over our paper and sometimes even color with them. The beautiful work your child did in is their art cubbies for you to enjoy at home.

During our outdoor play friends happily rocked back and forth on the ever so popular teeter-totters. This activity is a great way to enhance our gross motor skills and understand how two friends need to be on each end of the teeter-totter for it to balance out nicely.  Not too mention, a wonderful way to bond with one another.

We then extended our gross motor play by riding on the red airplane bikes. We are strengthening our legs and working on our balance with riding these bikes.  

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

Lunch: Whole grain tortillas with ham lunchmeat and cheddar cheese slices, peas and apples.

Snack: Pretzels and mozzarella string cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers.

Have a lovely weekend.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

Every space in the environment was buzzing with excitement this morning!

Millie and James dove into non-fiction stories in the science area. Millie was surprised to find two of the same books!

Franklin asked for Jenga and a few days ago, Miss Tami bought in Jenga! The kindergarteners have been having so much fun perfecting their Jenga skills. It requires so much patience!

Paper bags and cardboard boxes were made available in the art area and friends were quick to use them in their art. Children need basic materials and they’re able to do so much with them!

We spent some time outside this morning. A group of older peers went to the garden right away to look for bugs while others dove into simple nature spaces. One of their favorite things to do is build and move the logs in the far corner of the yard.

Breakfast– Kix and fresh mango.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded chicken, fresh pineapple/banana, and fresh carrots/cucumber/pepper.

PM snack– Graham crackers and sunflower seeds.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/pepper/cucumber.

Have a great night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 7/29

Good Afternoon.

This morning we were interested again in engaging with the musical instruments. Arthur joined in the fun today as well. We love making music as well as listening to it.

While some friends were busy reading stories, others were interested in looking out the window to see a red bird that was hanging out on the neighbors trees. One friend said, “Look Marty, a red bird.”

Adrian thought it would be fun to take a stroll around in the garden area during outdoor play. There is so much to see in the Wee Friends garden. We love nature and all it gives us.

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and banana.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with butter and shredded chicken, mixed veggies and fresh pears.

Snack: Whole wheat crackers and Sunflower seeds.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh yellow pepper.

Have a fabulous evening.

Marty

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Good Afternoon.

Today friends wanted Miss Marty to do their hair. I LOVE doing it, so of course I got right to it. Happy faces and happy kiddos.

Adrian used his imagination while engaging with the dump truck and airplane and drove them up and down the soft star balancer. He was very happy with himself and his idea.

Water play was a HUGE success again today. Some of us really enjoy the sprinkler and others had a great time playing with the frogs with water in a pan. 

Breakfast: Whole grain oatmeal with cinnamon and pears.

Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs, whole wheat butter toast, sweet potatoes and strawberries.

Snack: Whole grain blue corn chips with refried beans.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers.

Have a great night.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Overnight oatmeal with cinnamon and banana.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat flatbread, fresh strawberries/mango, and fresh cucumber/carrots/cherry tomatoes.

PM snack– Blue corn chips and hummus.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/cucumber/cherry tomatoes.

Have a wonderful night.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 7/28

Good Afternoon!

Miss Annastecia called friends to the art table and asked if they’d want to take part in an activity that required a little snappin’.

Children painted the rubber bands and when they had enough paint on them, they snapped the bands onto the paper, making an awesome design! Friends tested out different colors and various snapping strategies.

As we headed outside, we immediately got the bikes out which attracted several friends. Others headed down to the outside art easel where children used crayons to draw on the white paper. It was quite the active morning!

Breakfast– Toasted oatmeal squares with fresh apples.

Lunch– Melted shredded cheddar cheese on whole wheat flatbread, applesauce, and fresh carrots/cucumber.

PM snack– Whole wheat bagel with peanut butter and cheddar cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/cucumber.

Have a great evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 7/27

Good Afternoon all.

Look at our little guy, Arthur! He has now started to pull himself up onto everything he can and he absolutely LOVES it. What a big boy.

A friend wanted to play with the big blocks so we got them all out for everyone to play with/in. That led us to singing Row Row your Boat and pretending we were rowing in our big block boats. Some friends were also working hard on figuring out how to get in their block as well.

During outdoor play, we extended our art activity to the large easel and colored with crayons. We always love to change things up a little.

Breakfast: Whole grain Chex cereal with banana.

Lunch: Whole wheat flatbread with peanut butter, mozzarella string cheese, corn and banana and apples.

Snack: Whole wheat butter toast and banana.

Wee Sprouts: Green beans

Have a great night.

Marty

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Happy Monday!

I was doing my weekly Teacher Tom blog post reading and came upon this blogpost. I gave out a little laugh as I was reading it (leading a few friends to ask, “What’s so funny?!”) so I figured I’d pass it along!

http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2021/07/its-thinking-that-matters.html

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We welcomed Nesta into our classroom today! Her older sister Evie is about to embark on her kindergarten year at Wee Friends and they’re so excited to spend the year together!

Our lemonade stand closed and this morning, the Wee Friends bakery had it’s grand opening! Children explored with cakes, cupcake tins, and menus!

It was a glorious morning so we headed outside. One of the first things that occurred was a trip back to the garden where friends asked for kale. Franklin also took a glimpse at the sunflower that’s growing like crazy!

Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with butter and fresh apples.

Lunch– Whole wheat noodles with butter and shredded turkey, fresh apples/pears, and fresh snap peas/cucumber.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with granola.

Wee Sprout– Fresh snap peas/cucumber.

Have a lovely night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 7/26

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

Today we were welcomed with a full crew of eight. It is nice to have a full classroom again. Summer vacations are fun, but we always miss our little guys when they are gone.

This morning we engaged in musical instruments. This activity enhances our fine motor skills and our hand-eye coordination. The pianos, xylophones and shakers were our choice of instruments to make beautiful music to.

We then headed over to the habi-trail area and went up and down the slide. Both ways are such fun and going up and down helps with our balance.

During our outside time Adrian and a peer happily played with the dump trucks, school busses and other fun cars/trucks.

Breakfast: Whole wheat butter toast with pears.

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with butter and shredded chicken, sweet potatoes and apples.

Snack: Whole milk yogurt with graham crackers.

Wee Sprouts: Crisp carrots.

Have a lovely evening.

Marty

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Happy Friday!

Our final day of Wee Friends Olympics was a full and energetic day!

First up, we had archery! Friends had been looking forward to this event all week long! Every friend had the opportunity to try archery and some even hit the target!

Next up was the relay race. Older friends were paired with a younger peer. They each ran half the length of the circle and handed off the baton to their teammate.

It was quite the memorable week!

Breakfast– Brown rice cakes with peanut butter and fresh strawberries.

Lunch– Refried bean and melted shredded cheese on whole wheat tortilla, fresh pineapple, and fresh broccoli/cucumber.

PM snack– Pretzels, cheddar cheese slices, and fresh pineapple.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/broccoli.

Have a lovely weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 7/23