Happy Monday!

We read, ‘Hey, Little Ant’ in K/PREK1 group which is one of our favorites from the MACK collection. This week, our MACK is:

Children will learn about kindness and the power of positive words.

In the story, a child contemplates stepping on an ant. They have a conversation throughout the story about the act and how each would feel if the rolls were reversed.

After we finished the story, we identified one of our FAB’s for the week which revolves around comparison words. Today, we focused on length. We used a tape measurer to measure four lines. Before we measured the lines, I asked the group to tell me which line they thought would be the longest/shortest. Once we were done measuring the lines, they looked at the numbers and put the lines into order from shortest to longest!

K.M.1: Make direction comparisons of the length, capacity, weight, and temperature of objects, and recognize which object is shorter, longer, taller, lighter, heavier, warmer, cooler, or holds more.

In PREK2, children used a scale to measure certain items. The items varied in weight. Each member got one item and they placed two items on the scale at a time, guessing which item was going to weigh more.

Earlier this morning, an activity was made available at the art table that required children to use spoons and tongs to move water and items from one container to another. Children love working with tongs and challenging their fine motor skills!

There is no such thing as ‘too dirty’…right?

What a great kick off to our week!

We hope you had as great of a Monday as we did.

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

Lunch– Whole wheat noodles with marinara sauce and shredded cheese, fresh oranges/apples, and fresh cucumber/carrots.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with fresh apples.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/carrots.

Have a wonderful night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 10/11

Happy Monday!I hope you all had a fabulous weekend.

Today we swapped out our moon sand sensory bin for our festive Fall bin. Friends were all very happy and excited to see the difference in what was in the bins and play with it. The mixture had black beans, corn, corn stalks/husks and pine cones.

Friends had a great time in the colorful big blocks. They love to climb in the blocks and pretend they are rowing boats. We can initiate talking about the bold color of their block and its shape as well.

One of our older Wee Wee’s has really been into sweeping inside and outside here lately. We caught her in action today in the outdoor environment sweeping the rocks off of the cement. This is a great way to learn about being helpful.

Breakfast: Whole wheat toast with butter and cinnamon and oranges.

Lunch: Whole wheat elbow noodles with butter and black beans and apples.

Snack: Whole milk yogurt with graham’s

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a great night.

Marty

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Happy Friday!

Evie and Mack used our play clock to find six different times. They moved the hour and minute hands to match the time. We talked about the times throughout the day that are specific to us such as 12:00 for lunch!

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.

We read, ‘The Napping House’ in K/PREK1 group. Before we started reading it, I asked questions such as, “Tell me of any characters that you recall in this story?” or “Can you tell me where the setting is in the story?”. They were able to give me tons of details before reading it.

K.RL.2.2: With support, retell familiar stories, poems, and nursery rhymes, including key details.

Enjoy the pictures from the rest of our day!

Breakfast– Brown rice cakes with peanut butter and banana.

Lunch– Hummus on whole wheat bread, banana, and fresh cucumber/pepper.

PM snack– Goldfish and cheddar block cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh pepper and cucumber.

Have a great weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 10/8

Happy Friday!

This morning friends asked to read teacher books.  At one point, they specifically asked for teachers to read rainbow books.  We weren’t exactly sure what book they were wanting, but we found a new book we hadn’t read that Miss Tami bought for us that had a rainbow on it. We enjoyed reading it and listening to a new our new book.

We then headed into the kitchen to paint with shapes.  Miss Annastecia read us a book about shapes.  We read about a large variety of shapes, but also the shape blocks we had for us to use.  Friends then chose our paint colors today and they were pink, purple and blue.  We had a great time making shape prints on our papers.

A friend was using her imaginative play skills with the leaves she found on the ground.  She was pretending her leaf was a camera and was taking pictures of her friends.  A few other friends joined in and started taking pictures with her with their cameras.

Breakfast:  Whole grain brown rice cakes with peanut butter or cream cheese (child’s choice) and fresh pears.

Lunch:  Ham on whole grain wheat bread, fresh banana and corn.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole grain Goldfish crackers and mild cheddar block cheese.

Wee Sprouts:  Cucumbers.

Have a wonderful weekend and enjoy the warm weather!

Rebekah

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Good Afternoon!

Evie and Mack took several illustrations from one of our favorite stories, ‘The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear’ and put them in order for their kindergarten sign in. First, we read all of the authors words then Mack and Evie sorted them by the order in which they happened in the story.

K.1.4: Identify and order events that take place in a sequence.

In K/PREK1 group, we read a book from our MACK collection titled ‘The Sandwich Swap’. It’s a great story that focuses on friendship and communicating when needed. It fit perfectly with our MACK for the week:

Children will learn to define friendship and to recognize the friendships they have with their peers.

In PREK2 group, children read ‘If You Give A Pig A Pancake’. They took specific events that occurred in the story and placed them in order.

Children explored the welcome activity this morning at the circle table. Various lines were drawn on paper and gems were made available. Without given any instructions, children started placing the gems along the different lines!

Thankfully, the rain held off for the most part today so we were able to get our regular outside time in the morning and afternoon!

Breakfast– Whole Grain Cheerios with fresh cantaloupe.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded turkey, fresh pears/strawberries, and fresh cherry tomatoes/cucumber.

PM snack– Whole wheat crackers with sunflower seeds.

Wee Sprout– Fresh pepper/cucumber.

Have a lovely night.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 10/7

Good Afternoon.

Today was a great  day! We did many activities to help us chase the rainy day blues away!

First, we used dot markers to color a large piece of cardboard. We enjoyed learning all of the different colors we were using to make our cardboard full of life and color.

Second, we engaged in a parachute activity which turned into many different types of activities within the same parachute! We shook it really fast, really slow, friends helped teachers shake it, we hid our legs under the chute, we placed our legs on top, we rolled balls across, and we shook the chute with the balls on top. We had a parachute BLAST!!!

Third, we enjoyed cruising on the habi-trail.  

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and apples.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with butter and shredded chicken, corn and pears.

Snack: Sunflower seeds and Whole wheat thins.

Wee Sprouts: Carrots and Peas.

Have a lovely night.

Marty

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Happy Wednesday and Good Afternoon.

PLEASE NOTE: WEE FRIENDS WILL BE CLOSED FOR OUR ANNUAL HOLDAY BREAKS THE FOLLOWING DATES.  THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25TH AND 26TH FOR THANKSGIVING AND DECEMBER 20TH THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST FOR CHRISTMAS.

Please enjoy the pictures from our day!  

Breakfast: Whole grain oatmeal with cinnamon and strawberries.

Lunch: Farm fresh eggs with whole wheat butter toast, peas and carrots and oranges.

Snack: Whole grain blue corn chips and refried beans.

Wee Sprouts: Corn

Have a wonderful night.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Here’s a few of our intense hide and go seek session from outside this morning!

Breakfast– Overnight oatmeal with fresh strawberries.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat tortilla, fresh pineapple, roasted squash from the farm, and fresh cucumber/snap peas.

PM snack– Pumpkin bread and fresh cantaloupe.

Wee Sprout– Fresh snap peas/cucumber.

Have a wonderful evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 10/6

Good Afternoon!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ROWAN!

We celebrated Rowan turning four years old today! We are so glad that she had a great day and that we were able to celebrate her birthday with her!

In K/PREK1, we continued to dive into calendars and why we use them. Afterwards, we had a quick conversation about clocks and what they’re used for. Tomorrow in group, we will get to explore a play clock and what the various things are that make up a clock!

In PREK2, children listened to the story, ‘Room on the Broom’ and afterwards, they put into order what animal came next in the story!

There was so much going on this morning! Activities were scattered throughout the environment that attracted friends. From playdough to Halloween manipulatives to gross motor play in the habitrail area—we had a full morning!

Breakfast– Corn chex and fresh pears.

Lunch– Refried beans and melted shredded cheese on whole wheat tortilla, fresh oranges/pears, and fresh carrots.

PM snack– Homemade pumpkin bread (thanks Rowan + family!) and fresh apples.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots.

Have a wonderful night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 10/5

Good Afternoon.

Today we had two friends that were dressed for Halloween and it was so cute to see them all decked out in their orange and black clothing.

We engaged in a super fun sensory activity this morning that was two fold. We played in shaving cream first. We got our animals all “dirty” (with the cream) and then gave them a bath with water. We LOVED this activity and engaged in it for a pretty lengthy time.  

Then Paige and Emily moved onto a gross motor activity to get their bodies in motion. They happily played on the water squares jumping, standing and crawling on them.

Breakfast: Whole grain Chex cereal and banana.

Lunch: Whole wheat warmed tortilla with refried beans and shredded Colby cheese, squash and strawberries.

Snack: Whole wheat English muffins with butter and cinnamon.

Wee Sprouts: Squash bites.

Have a fantastic evening.

Marty

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