2018

Posted on March 28, 2018 by Wee Friends Teachers

Good Afternoon!

**Tomorrow is PAJAMA day!

**We want to apologize for the inconsistency of the blog. We’re in the process of moving it to another server as the one we currently have is causing a few issues. We love communicating to you about your child’s day so we really appreciate your understanding until we can get it resolved!

In pre-k/k group, we used our fingers to solve math problems. We discussed the addition or plus sign as well as the equal sign and what they mean in an equation. Children identified the first number and held that many fingers up. Together, we figured out how many more fingers we needed until we got to 10! Friends did a great job working together and helping one another out.

K.CA.4: Find the number that makes 10 when added to the given number for any number from 1 to 9.

Ruby and Franklin complete a journal this morning. Ruby started by drawing a straight line and Franklin immediately asked, “Ruby! Are you writing an F for Franklin?”. Ruby smiled and said, “Yes, I am!”.

A group of us sanitized and cleaned our toys this morning! We talked about being a responsible member of a community and how making sure our toys stay clean and well taken care of is a big part of that.

We also talked about germs. A child said, “It still has a little scratch on it. I can’t get the germs off!”. This lead into a discussion about how we can’t see germs so that’s why it’s important to wash our hands and make sure we’re making safe, healthy choices! Lucy commented, “I bet these animals are super happy to be getting a bath this morning!” Smile .

Breakfast– Whole wheat oatmeal with honey and PPC strawberries.

Lunch– Scrambled eggs with shredded cheese, whole wheat bread, PPC banana/fresh apples, and PPC cherry tomatoes/fresh carrots.

PM snack– Hummus and blue corn chips.

Wee Sprout– PPC cherry tomatoes/fresh carrots.

Have a lovely night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/28

WWF 03/28/2018

Posted on March 28, 2018 by Wee Friends Teachers

Good afternoon.

Today was an exciting day for our Wee Wee Friends because we were able to go outside!!! Ohhh, the smiles teachers see when we tell the kids we are heading out. There is nothing better than seeing those bright smiles and the sheer happiness radiating from our friends.

While we were outside playing a couple of our friends found their sibling and had a great time joining them in their play. We are very grateful to have two sites so close to one another so our siblings can see one another at some point during their day.

We absolutely love to see our older friends interact with our younger friends in the classroom. Mack has taken Daniel under his wing lately and they have been inseparable. The relationships that are formed while at Wee Wee Friends is nothing short of AWESOME!!! As teachers, we work hard on teaching our older friends to help out the younger ones and show them the ropes! We have great leaders in the making!!

Breakfast: Whole Grain Cheerios and Apples.

Lunch: Scrambled eggs with cheese, whole wheat buttered toast, carrots, and oranges.

Snack: Whole wheat Ritz crackers with no nut butter and oranges.

Wee Sprouts: Carrots.

Have a fantastic evening.

Marty

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WWF 03/27/2018

Posted on March 27, 2018 by Wee Friends Teachers

Good afternoon!

We apologize for the inconvenience of the blog being down the last couple of days. It has been a work in progress that is diligently being taken care of. Thank you for your patience and understanding!

Sensory play comes in all forms of fun and exciting objects to play with. Today, our friends are engaged in the hard, uncooked spaghetti. We can break it, stack it into a pile, and place into cups. We even attempt to eat it at times. Sensory play is one of our favorite indoor activities.

We LOVE to use our imagination to call our mommies and daddies on the pretend cell phones. Emma and Mack also utilize their fine motor skills to text on the phones as well. Oh, the conversations we have!

Breakfast: Whole grain Kix and Kiwi.

Lunch: Whole grain wheat tortilla with refried beans and shredded cheese, broccoli, and apples.

Snack: Whole grain wheat toast with butter and cinnamon and apples.

Wee Spouts: Peas.

Have a wonderful evening!

Marty

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WF, 3/27/2018

Posted on March 27, 2018 by Wee Friends Teachers

Good Afternoon!

Yesterday afternoon, a few of our older friends played a hopscotch game revolving around reading as well as word families. Maddie read the word before she jumped on it which prompted her younger peers to play as well! She helped them read the word and talked about the letters they saw and the sounds they heard.

Today, Lucy wanted to create an extension of that activity inside since we couldn’t make it outside this morning. She created her own hopscotch by taping paper together and writing the words we used yesterday. She took them to the science area and explored the activity that she made.

The rest of our morning looked a little something like this!

Breakfast– Corn chex and PPC mango/kiwi.

Lunch– Refried beans on whole wheat tortilla, PPC strawberries, and PPC cucumber/peppers.

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

Wee Sprout– PPC peppers/cucumber.

Have a terrific night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/27

WWF 03/26/2018

Posted on March 27, 2018 by Wee Friends Teachers

Happy Monday!

REMINDER: Wee Friends will be CLOSED Friday, March 30th in observance of the Good Friday holiday.

We were finally able to go outside and enjoy the fresh air and sunshine. What a fantastic way to get our week started. Our friends were very excited and more than happy to get their coats, hats and gloves on this morning.

There are many choices for our little ones in the outdoor environment, with just as many learning opportunities. Our friends can utilize their gross and fine motor capabilities as well as their sensory skills. We LOVE being outside. Smile

During our inside play today, we were actively engaged in play dough. Our friends use their imagination skills as well as their fine motor skills to make all sorts of creations.

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and fresh PPC banana.

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with shredded beef, corn and fresh PPC blueberries and pear.

Snack: Whole milk yogurt with graham crackers.

Wee Sprouts: Corn.

Have a wonderful evening!

Marty

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WWF, 03-23-2018

Posted on March 27, 2018 by Wee Friends Teachers

Happy Friday!

This morning a few of our friends decided it was time to “go on break” and bring baskets of food with them. Mack and Emma found it hysterical to grab as much as they could from the kitchen, along with their phones and take a lunch break like their teachers do. Emma even said, “Oh I can’t forget my cell phone today. Mack, come on!”

We also had some greater helpers when trying to clean our toys today. They were excited to help and work hard with each other to keep our school germ free!

Pascale loved doing puzzles this morning and being read to by Miss. Kim!

Breakfast- Rice cakes with no nut butter and PPC blueberries

Lunch- Turkey on wheat flat break, banana and corn

PM Snack- Goldfish crackers and cheddar cheese

Wee Sprout- Corn

Have a great weekend!

Hannah

LINK TO PICTURES

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WF, 3/26/2018

Posted on March 27, 2018 by Wee Friends Teachers

Happy Monday!

**Just as a reminder, we are closed this Friday, March 30th. Thank you!

In pre-k/k group, we read ‘The Shape of Me and Other Stuff’ by Dr. Seuss. Throughout the story, children noted various words that rhymed. After we finished the story, Maddie read five words for us: lip, bed, see, bean, and bug. Together, we came up with rhyming words by changing the beginning consonant sound. We wrote down words and nonsensical words!

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

During naptime, Maddie interacted with a ‘word family’ activity. Maddie had to determine what consonant sound to put at the beginning of each word. For example, ham, jam, and ram are in the same word family and the beginning consonant sound gets changed each time to change the word as well as the meaning of the word.

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

The light table was made available in the science area this morning where we worked with a plethora of materials. We worked on things such as patterns, comparison, and using descriptive words.

Our older children worked on adding numbers together to get to the number 10. Lucy and Maddie were given six seashells. Together, they worked to see how many more seashells they would need to get to 10!

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

Lucy made an L for her name using a pattern before she took on the Eiffel Tower using colored counters.

Miss Melinda got a new book over the weekend called ‘Welcome to the Symphony’. We found out that a couple of friends have this book at home! As Miss Melinda read it for the first time, children found out what sounds and instruments are in a symphony.

“Play. It brings JOY. It is within this context, that learning can occur.”

Kyle Snow. PH.D

Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with butter and PPC blueberries.

Lunch– Whole wheat noodles with butter and shredded beef, PPC pears, and PPC cherry tomatoes/fresh carrots.

PM snack– Graham crackers and peanut butter.

Wee Sprout– PPC cherry tomatoes/carrots.

Have a great evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/26

WF, 3/23/2018

Posted on March 27, 2018 by Wee Friends Teachers

Happy Friday!

“The best present you can give your child is being present.”

We had a fantastic Friday full of engaging activities and lots of fresh air!

Enjoy a few pictures from our day.

Breakfast– Rice cakes with peanut butter and PPC pears.

Lunch– Turkey on whole wheat flatbread, PPC banana/pears, and PPC cherry tomatoes/snap peas/cucumbers.

PM snack– Pretzels and block cheese.

Wee Sprout– PPC cucumber/snap peas.

Have a lovely weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/23

WF, 3/22/2018

Posted on March 22, 2018 by Wee Friends Teachers

Good Afternoon!

Several children interacted with the welcome activity this morning. Using tongs, children sorted puff balls into two different glass jars: small and big. A few of our older kids took it one step further by counting the number of puff balls in each jars after they got done sorting them.

The welcome activity allowed children to explore their fine motor skills as well as using descriptive words to describe each puff ball. We looked at the color of the balls as well as the size.

I’ve attached an article with a few tips on how to strengthen children’s fine motor skills:

https://www.naeyc.org/our-work/families/help-your-child-build-fine-motor-skills

We headed outside where children ran throughout the outdoor environment, pretending to be different animals!

Maddie asked if there was something we could do together. So, she and I looked around the outside environment for items with one, two, or three syllables! We found it rather easy to find items that had only one syllable (bush, grass, log, sand) while finding three syllable words tended to be a little more challenging.

Breakfast– Kashi Blueberry Clusters and PPC raspberries.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded chicken and shredded cheese, PPC banana/fresh oranges, and PPC broccoli.

PM snack– Triscuits and sunflower seeds.

Wee Sprout– PPC broccoli.

Have a fantastic night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/22

WWF 03/22/2018

Posted on March 22, 2018 by Wee Friends Teachers

Good afternoon!

Friendships are an important key factor in every child’s development. Whether they maintain a solid friendship with just one friend or many friends, it’s always refreshing to see the relationships that are being built with our little guys.