Good Afternoon!

The kindergartener’s sign in this morning dealt with rhyming words and creating new words by adding, deleting, or substituting letters. Each child was given at least two words and they had to write two rhyming words below. During K/PREK1, each kindergartener got the chance to say what their two or three words were as well as the rhyming words they created.

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

In K/PREK2, children worked together to fill in the blank spaces in a short story about a turkey! Each blank space required a verb to be used so before beginning, Miss Kim shared examples of verbs and the purpose they serve.

Sophia and Emma interacted with the morning provocation where they took different wood pieces to make their own winter wonderland. Emma shared that she made a few snowflakes, a tree, and clouds.

We sure do have a puzzle loving group! Our 48 piece puzzles are becoming quite simple for most of our friends so several 100 piece puzzles were brought up this morning, offering more of a challenge!

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with honey and fresh pears.

Lunch– Scrambled eggs with whole wheat tortilla, fresh apples/banana, and fresh carrots.

PM snack– Hummus and blue corn tortillas.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/celery.

Have a wonderful night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 11/13

Good Afternoon!

Our MACK for the week is: Children will learn to define gratitude and thankfulness and how to recognize the people and things they are grateful for in their own lives.

In K/PREK1, we read, ‘The Awesome Book of Thanks’. It starts out with certain things that we didn’t use to have such as people and cars but it dives deep into all of the things that we should be grateful and thankful for now. Almost every page, children were raising their hands, sharing a thought or asking a question based on something they saw on the page.

Afterwards, each child got a specific number where they had to identify the number that comes before and the number that comes after it. For our younger friends, they used the number line on the top of the chalk board for help!

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

In PREK2, each child rolled the blue die and put that many snowflakes in front of them. Miss Kim gave them a number and they took that number and added that number of snowflakes to the snowflake group already in front of them. For example, Mack rolled a ‘3’. He put 3 snowflakes in front of him. Miss Kim gave him the number ‘3’ so he added 3 more snowflakes, making 6 total snowflakes.

Our weather this morning prompted an art activity where children got the opportunity to paint wooden snowflakes using different shades of blue as well as adding glitter! As children were painting their snowflakes, questions would arise about snowflakes which allowed us to read about them during this time!

Breakfast– Whole Grain Cheerios with fresh pears/apples.

Lunch– Shredded cheese on whole wheat tortilla, fresh apples/pears, and fresh cucumber/pepper.

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

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper.

Have a lovely evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 11/12

Good Afternoon.

Please enjoy the pictures form our cold and snowy day!

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and pears.

Lunch: Whole wheat noodles with butter and black beans, peas and corn.

Snack: Whole wheat/grain cinnamon raisin bagels with butter.

Wee Sprouts: Orange pepper.

Have a great night.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

**Please make sure your child’s labeled snow gear (snow pants, snow boots, gloves, hat, winter coat) is at school by tomorrow morning in case we decide to explore outside! Thank you!

Daniel started off his birthday by receiving a card from his friend, Evie! We hope Daniel was able to have the best 3rd birthday!

We read, ‘Three Cheers for Tacky’ in K/PREK1 and when I opened the first page, N shared, “Hey! It’s snowing in the book too!”

Afterwards, each child solved a specific equation. This week, we’re working on finding an unknown number when the total is 10. For this exercise, we used our fingers—this works well because we have ten fingers! Each child put up the correct number of fingers and had to determine how many fingers were left to make 10. When they came to the right number, they came up and identified the number in a pile and taped it to the chalkboard.

K.CA.4: Find the number that makes 10 when added to the given number for any number from 1 to 9 (e.g., by using objects or drawings), and record the answer with a drawing or an equation.

In PREK2, Miss Kim gave each child a specific number of buttons. She then took a certain number away, requiring children to count the total number left.

Our snowy morning was full of shapes turned into trees, pegs turned into steps, and piano keys turned into music.

Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with butter and fresh pears.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with butter and beans, fresh banana, and fresh carrots/cucumber.

PM snack– Daniel’s birthday treat: pretzels and popcorn along with whole milk yogurt.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/cucumber.

Have a lovely, snowy evening.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 11/11

Happy Veterans Day to all of you who are serving, may have served, or know someone special that has served! Thank you all for your service.

Please Note: If you have not signed up for our Wee Texts that notify you of possible closings and or delays, please do this ASAP. Text 81010 and type in @weefr in the message area.

With the inclement weather upon us, when South Bend or Mishawka schools close, Tami will send out a mass text to all letting you know if Wee Friends has decided to either close or delay until 10:00 am.

Today we had fun in the sensory table. We love to scoop with spoons, pick the Indian corn apart with our fingers and use the small cups to hold all of our corn.

We then moved onto some fine motor enjoyment. We manipulated our hands with puzzles and our fun number/peg boards. We can also learn a little math while engaging in this fun activity. We have conversations with the children about how many red pegs they have in a block and if they can find the number of pegs that represents their age.

Breakfast: Whole grain English muffins with peanut butter and oranges.

Lunch: Whole wheat bread with Sun butter spread, corn and pears.

Snack: Whole milk yogurt with graham crackers.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a fantastic evening.

Marty

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Happy Friday!

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

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

Lunch– Whole wheat english muffins with ham and shredded cheese, fresh pears, and fresh cucumber/carrots.

PM snack– Goldfish and string cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/cucumber.

Have a great weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 11/8

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

This morning we kept pretty busy manipulating our hands and utilizing our hand-eye coordination skills while engaging in the ever so fun and popular dot paint markers.

We then moved onto getting our bodies into motion while having fun on the big blocks and soft star rockers, all while listening to music.

Breakfast: Whole grain brown rice cakes with cream cheese and banana.

Lunch Whole wheat warmed English muffins with turkey lunchmeat and Colby jack cheese, sweet potatoes and pears.

Snack: Pretzels and mozzarella string cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Snap Peas.

Have a fantastic weekend and stay warm.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

After reading a few poems in K/PREK1 group, we used singular and plural nouns to complete sentences. For example, one sentence said, “I want do play with Lego/Legos.” Children quickly shared which one was correct. The second part of the activity had children choosing their own noun to complete the sentence. Penny chose ‘cheese sandwiches’ to complete the sentence ‘I have many _________ on my plate’.

K.W.6.1a: Nouns/Pronouns- Writing sentences that include singular and/or plural nouns (e.g., dog/dogs, cat/cats).

The activity from yesterday was extended in PREK2. Children each got a turn to roll the dice and when they counted up the dots on their two dice, they identified the number on the paper and added the foam number to it!

“Our flexibility and willingness to follow a child’s lead will allow remarkable things to happen, if we let them.”

-Bev Bos

Breakfast– Kix and banana.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded beef and cheese, fresh apples/banana, and fresh carrots/cucumber.

PM snack– Graham crackers and walnuts.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumbers.

Have a lovely evening.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 11/7

Good Afternoon and happy SNOW!!

Today a friend wore in here special at home Wonder Woman outfit and she happily shared it with her friend, Zoe. We LOVE when our little ones happily share!

Zoe was soooo happy and asked for help putting it on right away. Just look at this happy face!!

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and Apples.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with shredded beef, snap peas and apples.

Snack: Pumpkin seeds and whole wheat triscuit crackers.

Wee Sprouts: Tomatoes.

Have a fantastic evening.

Marty

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Good Afternoon.

Please Note: Now that the colder temps are surly upon us, please make sure your child/ren have the appropriate outdoor clothing. Winter coats, hats, gloves, and warm shoes/boots. Weather permitting, we will go outside on colder days.

We will try and get the kids outside for at least a half hour daily so that we can all get some fresh air and hopefully even some sunshine.

Our friends have really been happily engaged in the dramatic play center this week. Several of our little ones have been pretending to be mommies feeding their babies, along with putting their babies in sleep sacks.  

They are even extending their dramatic play with the babies to the outdoor play environment. We LOVE babies. Thank goodness we even have a couple real live babies in the classroom.  

Breakfast: Whole grain oatmeal with honey and bananas.

Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs with cheddar cheese, whole wheat butter toast, snap peas and apples.

Snack: Whole wheat Ritz crackers and hummus.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a wonderful night!

Marty

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