Happy Monday!

William and Adrian created  the class project this morning.  The second fly of spring was found in the classroom and there was a class wide effort to catch it!  William and Adrian started by trying several different trap ideas, relying on trial and error.  The first two attempts proved unsuccessful, so William had an idea to try a box.  He and Adrian drew windows on it so that it would look like an inviting house for a fly.  They tried baiting the trap with an orange left over from breakfast.  It was a valent attempt, though the close proximity the kids kept to the fly trap box… likely detoured the insect:)  Hannah and Nesta had a different trap idea.  They tried making paper traps on sticks to catch the fly in mid air!  It was great to see such hard work and innovation coming from our Pre-K kids!

We enjoyed experimenting with bubbles in the sensory bin this morning.  Everyone was excited to use a whisk or spoon to aerate the soapy water to create more bubbles!

Breakfast: Whole wheat English Muffin with fresh orange slices

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with fresh tomatoes, basil and black beans, Fresh clementine/cantaloupe and fresh peppers/cucumbers

PM Snack: Whole milk yogurt with granola

Wee Sprouts: fresh carrots and peppers

Enjoy the rest of the afternoon!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to Photos:2024-03-25

Happy Monday!

Today we were busy, building, reading, rocking, sliding and watching during our play this morning.  Enjoy the pictures from inside play.

We then headed outside to scoop and dump the sand into a truck or back into the sandbox, sit on the dump truck to drive it, care for a baby doll, and go for a walk with some of the pre-school class friends around the yard.

Breakfast:  Whole grain with bread toast with butter spread/cinnamon sugar mixture and fresh apple slices.

Lunch:  Whole grain penne pasta with marinara and black beans, fresh orange bell peppers and oranges.

Afternoon Snack: Whole milk yogurt and fresh blue berries.

Wee Sprouts:  Red bell peppers.

Have a marvelous evening!

Rebekah and Tina

Link to pictures: 2024-03-25

Happy Friday!  Enjoy the many pictures from our day!

Breakfast:  Whole grain brown rice cakes with peanut butter and fresh pineapple/cantaloupe.

Lunch:  Turkey lunch meat with whole grain wheat bread, bananas/fresh pineapple and sweet potatoes.

Afternoon Snack:  Pretzels and Colby-jack cheese slices.

Wee Sprouts:  Mini sweet bell peppers.

Link to pictures: 2024-03-22

Good Afternoon!

For PREK1 sign in, children came to the sign in board where they found an array of stars; three rows of five stars. Instead of counting each star, they either counted by 5’s to get the answer or added 5 three times. These seem like the same thing but if children can’t count by 5’s yet, it’s easier to lay out 5 + 5 + 5 to get the answer!

Later on during journal time, children drew very detailed and unique drawings in their journal. Hannah is getting a big kid shot tomorrow which is causing her to be a little worried. Her journal was a great place for her to share her thoughts about her upcoming shot. We talked about it while she drew about it and later wrote her description.

Our Pre-k group has been very interested in first and last names over the past week.  To help support that interest, we created a first/last name matching game.  We covered the round table with colored cards containing every classmates first and last name.  The goal was to work together to match everyone’s first name with their last name and lay them out in order on the floor chart.  Each five year old got a class list to help them sort.  They did an amazing job working as a team and were able to get everyone’s first and last name paired correctly!  It was great fun!  Several interested younger friends got a chance to explore the cards after the five year old’s were finished.  Some were able to pick out their own name. 

During Pre-K 2 group, we recreated a version of the matching game that was developmentally appropriate for our group members. All of the younger kids matched their name sticker with their first name written on the board.

Breakfast– Kix with fresh cantaloupe/banana.

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

PM snack– Blue corn tortilla chips with homemade guacamole.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper.

Have a great night!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2024-03-21

Good afternoon!

Our friends danced with colorful silk scarves this morning. Miss Bekah played the “Shake Your Sillies Out” song for us to dance along to.

We made our way to the kitchen to engage with a loose parts activity. Our friends worked on matching their beads to the pattern on their cards or looping the beads through a pipe cleaner. While our friends waited for their turn at the kitchen table, they played with our object-permanence boxes.

Our friends then went on to go on a bear hunt with their stuffed animals, marching along to the “Ants Go Marching” song with rhythm sticks, and listening to Miss Bekah read us some books.

Breakfast: Whole grain Kix cereal with fresh apple slices.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with black beans, fresh cantaloupe, and peas.

Afternoon Snack:  Peanut butter on whole grain Wheat Thins crackers and fresh pineapple.

Wee Sprouts:  Green bell peppers.

Have a wonderful afternoon!

Tina and Rebekah

Link to pictures: 2024-03-21

Happy Wednesday and First full day of Spring

This morning we began up on the habi-trail watching the recycling truck empty the recycle bins.  We then continued through the habi-trail to slide down the slide and flip over the top rung of the ladder.

We then headed into the kitchen for some shaving cream sensory play.  We used our hands to squish the cream between our hands, spread it around or make circles on our trays.

We then engaged with the occupational people, built with Duplos, rocked in the rocking chair with a friend, built and sat or climbed on the hollow blocks or plastic blocks.

Breakfast:  Overnight Oatmeal with cinnamon/sugar mixture and fresh oranges.

Lunch:  Farm fresh scrambled eggs, fresh oranges/pears, cucumbers and whole grain wheat tortillas.

Afternoon Snack:  Ritz crackers with cream cheese.

Wee Sprouts:  Mini sweet bell peppers.

Have a wonderful evening!

Rebekah and Tina

Link to pictures: 2024-03-20

Good Afternoon!

We want to wish Hannah a big happy 3rd birthday! Thank you for the yummy snack you brought in—we hope you had a fantastic birthday!

We’ve been on the topic of libraries this week in PREK1 group and how librarians categorize books. During sign in, we looked at a specific book from the reading area that was written by Mo Willems. Children signed in under the letter that librarians would use to categorize the book. Later on in group, we identified the author that wrote the book and talked about what section we’d find that book in if we were to go to the library.

K.1.19: Learn and apply knowledge of alphabetical order (first letter) when using a classroom or school library/media center.

This morning our older friend Hannah was talking about troglobites.  This is an interest she has had before and that interest has returned.  Several friends were wondering what troglobites were and she explained that they are cave dwelling creatures that live in the dark.  A book on caves from the science center was brought out and read to a group of interested friends.  Since several were very interested in the idea of cave dwelling animals, we decided to build some of our own.  We made some earth colored play dough, added some rocks and sticks to help with structural building and got to work.  I searched our animal collection to find animals from the cave book.  We read that snakes, salamanders, and frogs live at the mouth of caves so we added them.  We read that bats and cave crickets live deeper in the caves so we added them too.  We had some great imaginative play in our hand made cave ecosystems!

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with fresh cantaloupe.

Lunch– Farm fresh eggs with whole wheat tortilla, bananas/Hannah’s birthday applesauce pouches, and fresh cucumber/pepper.

PM snack– Hannah’s birthday fruit kabobs and block cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper.

Have a lovely night!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2024-03-20

Today, our friends…

used their imagination skills in the play kitchen…

explored playdough with different tools…

and worked on sorting shapes or playing with wooden trains.

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios cereal with fresh apple slices.

Lunch: Whole grain wheat flatbread with refried beans and shredded cheddar cheese, fresh orange slices, and mini sweet bell peppers.

Afternoon Snack: Whole grain wheat bagel with peanut butter and fresh pear.

Wee Sprout: Cucumbers.

Have a great evening!

Tina and Rebekah

Link to pictures: 2024-03-19

Good Afternoon! We hope you enjoy the photos from our day!

Breakfast– Chex and fresh pears.

Lunch– Peanut butter sandwiches on whole wheat bread, fresh cantaloupe/banana, and fresh cucumber/pepper/cherry tomatoes.

PM snack– Whole wheat bagel with cream cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh pepper/cucumber.

Have a wonderful night.

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2024-03-19

Good Afternoon!

**Reminder: Wee Friends is closed on Friday, March 29 for Good Friday!

This morning everyone enjoyed working at the sensory bin, engaged in a treasure hunt through the rice. Older kids searched for ten of each colored gem to sort into ten jars.  This gave them ten groups of ten.  They could then count by ten to get 100 gems.  Younger friends spent their time finding gems and sorting them by color.  Several imaginative play games came about as well, like “the smoothy shop” and pretend “popped corn”.

At the round table our welcome activity encouraged counting to ten and recognizing groups of ten objects. 

 

Breakfast- Whole wheat toast with butter and fresh pears.

Lunch- Whole wheat pasta with shredded chicken/fresh tomatoes/fresh basil from our kitchen garden, fresh clementines/banana, and fresh pepper/cucumber.

PM snack- Whole milk yogurt with granola.

Wee Sprout- Fresh pepper/cucumber.

Have a lovely night.

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2024-03-18