Happy Monday!

What an exciting start to our week! We welcomed three new friends into our classroom! AND our four kindergarteners officially started their kindergarten year!

One of the differences in kindergarten is sign in procedure. While everyone else signs in on the welcome message board, kindergarteners have their own special sign in binder that is geared toward the current FAB.

This week’s FAB is:

Social Studies: K.3.6 Identify and compare similarities and differences in families, classmates, neighbors and neighborhoods, and ethnic and cultural groups.

In our K/PREK1 group, we read ‘Most People’ which focuses on choices the people make, the good and the bad. Children shared their observations while looking at the picture. One of the pictures showed a grocery story owner outside of his store, looking at his window that was broken. David raised his hand and commented, “I think the owner is sad and saying “What happened?!””

We talked about the differences in people that we noticed, physically and otherwise. Afterwards, we completed two webs: one discussing the similarities and one discussing the differences in people. We used the book as a resource as well as the members of our group! I asked, “What is a similarity between Grady and Penny?”.

We started our new journals today! Each child has their own bound journal that they’ll use during this time (for both K/PREK1 and PREK2).

In PREK2, children discussed eye colors and how they’re the same or different depending on the color! Each friend got to document their eye color by placing their eye color under the correct category. At the end, children noticed that there were more blue eyed children than brown.

This mornings provocation allowed children to use their imagination. Tongs, different sized fluff balls, and two glass jars were made available. Some friends chose to take the balls and line the perimeter of their tray while others sorted them by size or color.

Breakfast– Whole wheat english muffins with butter and cinnamon along with fresh grapes.

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

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with fresh peaches.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots.

Have a terrific evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 8/19

Happy Monday!

We officially welcomed our new friend, Ellen today. We are very excited to have Ellie in the classroom and watch her achieve her many milestones.

We also welcome (back) Nesta into the classroom. She was on an extended vacation in Vermont over the summer. We are so happy that Nesta and her family are back.

Evie (Nesta’s big sister) has transitioned over to the Wee Friends pre-school classroom. She was very excited to be back and see all of her friends!  

We all look forward to a wonderful Fall/Winter season!

Breakfast: Whole wheat/grain English muffins with butter and Apples.

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with butter and kidney and black beans, mixed vegetables and clementine’s.

Snack: Fresh cucumbers and Mozzarella cheese stick.

Have a fantastic evening.

Marty

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Happy Friday!

The last few weeks, we’ve said goodbye to several friends. Yesterday, we said ‘see you later’ to Ruby as she headed off to big girl school. Monday, we’ll greet new friends who will join our classroom. Things are changing all around us .

“We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people. different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.”

-Jimmy Carter

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

Lunch– Ham/turkey on whole wheat tortilla, fresh watermelon, and fresh carrots.

PM snack– Goldfish  and string cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots.

Have a terrific weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 8/16

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

Please enjoy the pictures from our day.

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

Lunch: Whole wheat bread with turkey lunchmeat, mixed vegetables and watermelon/banana.

Snack: Whole grain cheese crackers with mozzarella cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Orange peppers.

Have a great weekend.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

Happy National Relaxation Day!

We took this holiday to heart!

Our quiet time centered around books: in the tent as well as the reading area. There are several occasions where children sit down with a book and simply ‘read’ to themselves. At this age, ‘reading’ can be many things. Most of the time, we see children looking at the pictures and sharing aloud what they see. While they can’t read the words quite yet, they can use the pictures as an aid to explain what’s going on.

While children read to themselves, they are identifying and perfecting different themes of literacy. For instance, turning the pages the right way. Even if they’re not reading at this stage, they are able to identify and exhibit the right way to turn the pages of the book. We talk about the ‘cover’ of a book as well as the ‘spine’.

https://www.naeyc.org/our-work/families/books-plus-time-equals-happiness

Breakfast– Chex and fresh oranges.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded beef, fresh pears/oranges, and fresh cucumber/pepper.

PM snack– Graham crackers, pumpkin seeds, and frozen yogurt covered blueberries.

Wee Sprout– Fresh peppers.

Have a terrific evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 8/15

Good Afternoon.

Caroline and some of her friends are nicely engaged in the Duplo table and the little Duplo people.

This activity enhances fine motor, hand-eye coordination as well as shape and color recognition.

At times, we have to really work with our hands and fingers to achieve getting the Duplo’s and the Duplo people to successfully lock in with the green board. We don’t give up though, we keep trying until we have SUCCESS!!!!

Breakfast: Whole grain Chex and apples.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with shredded cheese, cucumbers and banana.

Snack: Whole wheat Ritz crackers and peanut butter.

Have a great evening.

Marty

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Good Afternoon.

Our new friend Ellie really enjoyed the ever so popular swing today during her transition visit.

We will officially have Ellie in full time attendance on Monday, August 19th. We can’t wait.  

While having a great time during our outdoor play, we found the glue and colorful shapes at the art table. We used our fine motor, hand-eye coordination, and our sharing skills while engaged in this fun and exciting activity. Look for your child’s gluey masterpiece in their art cubbies.

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and apples.

Lunch: Scrambled eggs with whole wheat butter toast, fresh tomatoes and clementine’s.

Snack: Pretzels and Mozzarella string cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Snap peas.

Have a great night.

Marty

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Happy Wednesday!

Enjoy a few pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with honey and banana.

Lunch– Scrambled eggs with shredded cheese, whole wheat bread, banana, and fresh snap peas/carrots.

PM snack—Blueberry bread and fruit popsicles.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/cherry tomatoes.

Have a terrific evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 8/14

Good Afternoon.

“Do not worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.” ~Robert Fulghum

Please enjoy the pictures from our day.

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and banana.

Lunch: Whole wheat bread with peanut butter, cheddar cheese slices, corn and pears.

Snack: Whole wheat bagels with cream cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Garden fresh Cucumbers.

Have a nice night.

Marty

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Good afternoon,

We are going to miss our sweet Anna Girl! She has been such a bright light over the last five years that she has been here. We are sad to see her go, but we know that wherever her journey will take her, she will do wonderful things.

A few of our friends have turned four in the recent months. Once they are this age, they are allowed to do the woodworking bench. This means they can get out wood, and choose the tools provided on the wall to make unique wood creations. All of them chose to hammer their two pieces of wood together.  It took a lot of work to get their nails in there, but after much perseverance, their hard work paid off.

Once their creations were complete, they got out watercolors and painted them. Franklin asked for the measuring tape to see how long his blocks were. He discovered that they were both 7” long.

“You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have for instance.”

-Franklin P. Jones

Breakfast: Kix cereal & fresh pears

Lunch: Whole wheat flatbread/tortilla, peppers, & strawberries

PM Snack: Whole wheat bagels w/ cream cheese & cheddar block cheese

Wee Sprouts: Garden cucumbers

Have a great Tuesday!

Ms. Kim

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