Good Afternoon!

K/PREK1 read Pooh’s Jingle Bells which tells the story of Pooh and his friends wanting to help Santa pass out presents to everyone around the world. This was a theme throughout the day of helping others or doing something kind for someone else.

After the story was done, we talked about two words: ‘city’ and ‘state’. First, we talked about states and given our group of children is fairly well traveled, friends started sharing states that they’ve been to right away! As they shared a state, they also shared the memory that’s attached to that state which was great! We used a map of the United States to point out the states that we wrote on our web.

We also talked about cities which ended up being a little more challenging to comprehend but we were able to come up with a few cities that are very familiar.

Social Studies: K.3.2 Identify maps and globes as ways of representing Earth and understand differences between a map/globe.

In PREK2, children looked at the map that was displayed. After observing it, each friend shared one thing on the map that they noticed. Answers ranged from ‘the big tree’ to ‘toy factory’!

Children often view the holiday time as a time for presents (as kids, that’s the best part right?!). But, we’ve been focusing lately on the other part: spending time with loved ones and helping those who are in need.

This morning, a few children helped Miss Kim bake chocolate/banana muffins to give to a few neighbors to thank them and wish them a happy holiday. We had a terrific time baking the muffins and I’m sure giving them to our neighbors will be even better!

Lucy and a few of her older peers made individual cards for our neighbors to attach to the muffins!

“Christmas is really about spending time with people you love.”

-Lucy

Age 5

Breakfast– Kashi Blueberry Clusters and fresh raspberries.

Lunch– Refried beans and shredded cheese on whole wheat flatbread, fresh oranges/grapes, and fresh broccoli.

PM snack– Homemade chocolate/banana muffins and block cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cherry tomatoes.

Have a fantastic evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 12/4

Good Afternoon,

This morning proved to be cold and rainy, so we decided to stay inside to do an art project. We took some red and green paint, added gold glitter, and stamped our papers with gift bows. Their creations turned out very well. Each of them had their own unique design.

K.3.2 Identify maps and globes as ways of representing Earth and understand differences between a map/globe.

Today during large group and PreK2 group time, we discussed what a map is used for and what is on it. Large group looked at several maps (including a map of the North Pole) and brainstormed what things are found on the maps they viewed.

PreK2 looked at a map Ms. Kim and Lucy made last Friday of Wee Friends. Today’s group questions was: If you want to draw where would you go? They looked at the map, answered the question, and wrote their names under to correct choice.

Breakfast: English muffins with PB & fresh oranges

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with beef, fresh red grapes, & broccoli florets

PM Snack: Vanilla yogurt with fresh raspberries

Wee Sprout: Fresh cucumbers

Happy Monday,

Ms. Kim

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Good Afternoon and Happy December!!

“Within the child lies the fate of the future.” ~Maria Montessori

The dramatic play center is such a fun and exciting play area for our WWF to explore and use their imaginations to the fullest. Evie and Daniel are cooking food for their peers and teachers, as well as feeding their baby a bottle. However, this area is not just limited to the “housekeeping” section, it also expands into the dress-up area. When Daniel was all done cooking and feeding his baby, he then decided it would fun to get dressed up in a cape and hard hat!  We love to see our friends’ not only use their minds to create, but we also love to see parallel play incorporated into their day.

Miss Annastecia came over for a visit and all of our friends greeted her with big hugs! How exciting to see all the love given to a teacher mainly from the WF classroom. We LOVE Miss Annastecia!!

Breakfast: Whole wheat toast with Peanut butter and banana.

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with butter and shredded beef, peas, with pears and bananas.

Snack: Whole milk Greek yogurt with graham crackers.

Wee Sprouts: Carrots.

Have a fantastic night!

Marty

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Good Afternoon and happy last day of November!

“Imagination does not become great until human beings, given the courage and strength, use it to create.” ~Maria Montessori 

Jack was engaged nicely building with multiple cars to link them together… “like a train.” He used his imagination to act out loading and unloading animals and a fireman doll onto the farm house and fire station activities. Along with utilizing his imagination skills, he displayed great fine motor and hand-eye coordination skills use by linking the cars together. 

Breakfast: Whole wheat toast with butter and cinnamon, and banana.

Lunch: Whole grain tortillas with shredded mozzarella cheese, peas, and pears.

Snack: Whole grain cheese crackers, and mozzarella cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Corn.

Have a fantastic weekend and enjoy the warm-up.

Marty

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Happy Friday!

**Wee Friends will be closed Monday, December 24th through Friday, January 4th. We’ll reopen on Monday, January 7th.

**Wee Friends will be closed Friday, February 15th for Parent Teacher Conferences.

Enjoy a few pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Rice cakes with peanut butter and fresh grapes.

Lunch– Ham or shredded cheese on whole wheat tortillas, banana/fresh pineapple, and fresh broccoli/cucumber.

PM snack– Pretzels & block Colby cheese

Wee Sprout– Fresh broccoli/cucumber.

Have a terrific weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 11/30

Good Afternoon!

K/PREK1 read the story ‘Laura’s Star’ and afterwards shared an ‘I will’ statement. For example, Anna shared, “I will help set the table for dinner.” After we all shared a statement, I told everyone that I was going to check back with them tomorrow to see if they followed through!

Social Studies: K.2.4 Give examples of how to be a responsible family member and member of a group.

PREK2 children each pulled a notecard and Miss Kim told them what their card said. After some thought, they shared a present that they would give to said person. Children talked about the importance of giving.

I was writing daily sheets this morning and Chloe came up and watched. She stated, “I’m going to write my own daily sheets!”. She headed to the art table where minutes later, she showed all of us the daily sheets that she had completed!

Grady, Max, and David came outside early to help me shovel paths for everyone. They were a big help to the classroom and worked extremely hard.

Our facial expressions tell the story of our morning snow experience!

Breakfast– Kix and fresh oranges.

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

PM snack– Whole wheat thins and pumpkin seeds.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/carrot.

Have a fantastic night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 11/29

Good afternoon.

“Development is a series of rebirths.” ~Maria Montessori

This morning Miss Rebekah had our friends really excited about music and movement. She played interactive songs for us to move our bodies too! Some of the movements were dancing and then freezing our bodies until the music started to play once again, and others were all about listening closely to what the musical narrator was telling us to do with our bodies. We all had a big happy reaction when he told us to stick out our tongues.  

Jack and his friend Evie decided it would be fun to interact with one another and throw a ball back and forth for each of them to catch. This activity enhances hand-eye coordination, socialization skills, and teamwork. They both had a great time and worked very well together.

Breakfast: Whole wheat toast with butter and cinnamon, and banana.

Lunch: Whole grain rice with shredded beef, carrots, and clementine’s.

Snack: Pretzels and mozzarella string cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Carrots.

Have a nice night!

Marty

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Good Afternoon. I hope you are enjoying your day.

“Free the child’s potential and you will transform him into the world.” ~Maria Montessori

We are all in the Christmas spirit in the Wee Wee Classroom. Today we decorated Christmas trees. We found out very quickly that this activity is not only a fine motor activity but a sensory activity as well. We used glue, colorful sequins, and red scrunchie paper. When we painted the glue onto our trees and then placed our sequins and scrunchie paper onto the tree, we found that our hands and fingers were full of glue as well. Some friends didn’t mind having glue on their fingers but some didn’t care for it all and decided to be all done. You can find our tree’s hanging in the classroom.  

Since it was too cold to head outside today, we decided to get active in another way! Miss Rebekah brought out the ever so popular and fun trampoline. We jumped by ourselves, with a teacher holding our hands, and we even jumped with a friend, all while listening to Christmas music.

Breakfast: Whole grain oatmeal with honey and banana.

Lunch: Scrambled eggs with shredded cheese, whole wheat buttered toast, corn, and grapes.

Snack: Whole wheat Ritz crackers and hummus.

Wee Sprouts: Corn.

I hope you all have a wonderful evening!

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

Enjoy a few pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh grapes.

Lunch– Scrambled eggs with ham, whole wheat tortillas, fresh pears/grapes, and fresh cherry tomatoes/cucumber.

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

Wee Sprout– Fresh pepper/cucumber.

Have a great night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 11/28

Good Afternoon!

K/PREK1: After we finished our story, we talked about being helpful in our current setting. Our older friends can be quite helpful, offering to do an errand or helping clean the art easel. We often talk about taking responsibility for our body and our toys throughout the day so the word ‘responsible’ is not new to us.

I asked, “What do you do here at Wee Friends that is helpful to your younger peers or to your teachers?”. It didn’t take children long to answer as they know exactly how they are helpful!

Social Studies: K.2.4 Give examples of how to be a responsible family member and member of a group.

There was a common theme in our journals today: people! I saw people of all shapes and sizes but one thing remained consistent: we journaled about people we know and love such as friends and family! Our journal time provides an outline for us to express what’s on our mind or in our hearts.

PREK2: After reading ‘Clifford’s Good Deeds’, friends answered the question, “How was Clifford helpful to people?”. Children had to listen to the story to be able to answer the question as there were several different events where Clifford lent a helping hand.

We decorated our environment for the next holiday! Max headed to the table where he made a holiday chain to display in the classroom. This activity was a popular one because several other different friends came to the table to construct their own holiday chain.

The term ‘busy’ couldn’t even describe the art table this morning. There were no seats left for most of the morning! Children worked on their own projects or collaborated with their peers. Lucy and a few friends worked together to make a picnic blanket out of paper and marker!

We switched out our bin of books towards the back of the house which immediately increased our curiosity. There is nothing better than exploring a new book with a friend.

Fun fact of the day: People born blind use the same facial expressions as sighted people when expressing emotions, meaning that our facial expressions are innate and not learned behavior.

Breakfast- Corn chex and fresh apples.

Lunch– Hummus or refried beans on whole wheat tortilla, fresh bananas, and fresh carrots.

PM snack– Whole wheat bagel with cream cheese and fresh pear.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots.

Have a terrific evening.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 11/27