Good Afternoon!

Evie and a few peers were exploring with the colorful bears this morning. They made a choo choo train on the lazy susan and sang a song to go along with it! When they were done, they placed the colorful counters into the bin by color—like a rainbow!

The rest of our morning was non-stop: children finding activities and diving into them with their peers. Franklin used the trio blocks and wooden sticks for an impressive creation! He was so excited about it that he gathered his friends around to see it.

One of our kindergarteners loves investing and learning about dinosaurs. Miss Kim brought one of his favorite dinosaur books outside and together, they measured how long a dinosaur would be in real life!

Miss Kim took measuring tape and F would stand to mark the measurement. They measured four or five dinosaurs—the T Rex took up almost the whole backyard!

After they measured a shorter dinosaur, Miss Kim had F measure the dinosaur by his body lengths! The dinosaur was the length of five and half of F’s body!

Since temperatures are going to be dropping the next few days, we took advantage of the weather today by spending as much outside time as we could. There were times of loud, rambunctious running while there were moments of quite, meaningful play experiences. It was the perfect mixture!

Breakfast– Whole Grain Cheerios with fresh oranges.

Lunch– Peanut butter on whole wheat flatbread, fresh apples, and fresh cucumber/cherry tomatoes.

PM snack– Whole wheat bagel with cream cheese and block cheddar cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cherry tomatoes/cucumber.

Have a great evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/30

Good Afternoon!

Today we used dot marker paints to decorate the cardboard box. We used a variety of bright colors on it.  One friend shared he was drawing an elephant with his dot marker paints.

We then headed outside to engage in many of our favorite activities while enjoying the beautiful sunshine.

Katherine explored the magnet blocks.  While she tapped them together, she listened for the sound she made with them.

Breakfast:  Kix cereal with fresh blueberries.

Lunch:  Hummus on whole grain wheat bread, banana, and mixed vegetables.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole grain cinnamon raisin bagel with cream cheese.

Wee Sprouts:  Fresh green beans.

Have a wonderful evening!

Rebekah

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Good Afternoon!

Reminder:  Wee Friends will be closed on Friday, April 2 for observance of Good Friday.

We had a big box delivered to Wee Friends.  We were able to open the big box and see what was inside.  We took out all the contents before finding the bubble wrap.  We enjoyed squeezing it with our hands and stomping on it with our feet to POP the big bubble. After popping the bubble wrap, we crawled through the box before it became flat and we turned it into a dance floor.

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

Lunch:  Whole grain elbow macaroni noodles with marinara, fresh cucumbers and pears.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole milk yogurt and fresh blueberries.

Wee Sprouts:  Fresh cucumbers.

Have a great night!

Rebekah

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Happy Monday!

**Reminder: Wee Friends is closed this upcoming Friday in observance of Good Friday.

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Whole wheat bagel with butter and fresh apples.

Lunch– Whole wheat noodles with marinara sauce and shredded mozzarella, fresh oranges, and fresh carrots.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with honey almond granola.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/carrots.

Have a lovely night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/29

Good Afternoon!

This morning we engaged in one of our favorite sensory experiences….Green Playdough!  Friends used a hammer or rolling pin to make their playdough flatter so they could use their cookie cutters to make cars, dinosaurs, motorcycles and stars.  We had a blast.

Katherine and Paige enjoyed made happy smiling faces for the camera.

Breakfast:  Whole grain Cheerios and fresh blueberries.

Lunch:  Whole grain brown rice with shredded pork, fresh green beans and blueberries.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole grain Ritz crackers with peanut butter.

Wee Sprouts:  Fresh green beans.

Enjoy your long weekend and we will see you on Monday!

Rebekah

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Good Afternoon!

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Corn Chex and fresh blueberries.

Lunch– Brown rice with butter and shredded pork, banana, and fresh pepper/snap peas/cucumber.

PM snack– Sunflower seeds and goldfish.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper.

Have a lovely long weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/25

Good Afternoon!

Enjoy some pictures of our day!

Breakfast:  Whole grain Chex cereal and fresh apples.

Lunch:  Farm fresh scrambled eggs with shredded cheddar cheese, toasted English muffin with butter, fresh green beans and fresh grapefruit.

Afternoon Snack: Whole grain Ritz crackers with hummus.

Wee Sprouts:  Fresh green beans.

Have a great evening!

Rebekah

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Good Afternoon!

In K group, friends came up with verbs that we put on a web yesterday. We used those words today to create sentences! I went first and used my verb which was ‘climb’. I said, “I climb on the log house outside.”

Each friend got the chance to use their verb from yesterday in a sentence. After a few friends said their sentence, they said, “Hey! I created a nonfiction sentence because that really happened today!”

K.W.6.1b: Verbs–Writing sentences that include verbs.

During K sign in, children worked with three word families. Each word family had three words in it. The first letter of each word was missing so using their knowledge of letter sounds, they placed the correct letter into the blank spaces.

One word family was ten, pen, and hen. The t, p, and h were missing so children looked at the respective pictures and identified which letter was missing.

K.RF.3.5: Add, delete, or substitute sounds to change words.

PREK2 explored the same activity as K group. It challenged them and they were able to work together to place a few letters that completed the words.

Children were excited to continue working on their plant pots that they painted earlier in the week. Today, Miss Annastecia filled them with potting soil and gave each friend one snap pea seed!

They used a glass of water and a dropper to water their newly planted seed.

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh blueberries.

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

PM snack– Air popped popcorn with butter and fresh blueberries.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/cherry tomatoes.

Have a lovely evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/24

Good Afternoon.

Friends enjoyed the “new to them” train set brought up from storage today! These fun trains are large wooden trains that can hook together and have holed blocks placed on top of the train. They’re brightly colored and so much fun to engage with. Our baby friend Paige even enjoyed them.  

We then had more fun in the “new to us” sensory bin. This sensory bin replaced our corn and black beans with colorful rice. We still get all the scooping, pouring and sensory feel fun like before, just with something a little different.  

Last but not least, we said goodbye to our winter hats in the dramatic play center and said hello to our summer fun hats. What a GREAT day!! 

Breakfast: Whole grain Kix cereal and oranges.

Lunch: Whole grain warmed  tortilla with shredded cheese, sweet potatoes and apples.

Snack: Whole wheat cinnamon raisin bagels with butter.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a wonderful evening.

Marty

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Good morning!

After reading, ‘Good People Everywhere’ in K group,  we created a web with verbs. I started by sharing my example which was ‘climb’. We talked about action verbs and each friend got the opportunity to add one action verb to the web. The action verbs we came up with were climb, dance, move, skip, leap, dig, and run! Tomorrow for group, the next step we’ll take it taking these verbs on our web and using them in sentences.

K.W.6.1b: Verbs–Writing sentences that include verbs.

Our kindergarten friends used clothespins to pin the number that was missing from ten different number lines. For example, on one laminated sheet, the numbers 9, 10, and _____ were shown. Underneath, children had to chose from 8, 11, or 12 and pin the number that fits into the blank space.

K.NS.3: Find the number that is one more than or one less than any whole number up to 20.

In PREK2, children worked together to find the missing number in five different equations where the total was 10. Miss Kim drew pictures to show the number that fit into the missing spot.

Miss Annastecia brought in some seeds from home and this morning, children had the chance to decorate their pot that they’ll use for the seeds. Friends spent quite a bit of time painting their pot using a variety of paint colors.

Breakfast– Kix and fresh pears.

Lunch– Peanut butter on whole wheat bread, fresh pears, cheddar cheese, and fresh carrots/cucumber.

PM snack– Whole wheat bagel with cream cheese and block cheddar cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/cucumber.

Have a wonderful evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/23