Good Afternoon!

We never close the art table. It’s always a choice from when we wrap up breakfast to the time we start to clean up for the day. There is rarely a time during the day where the art table doesn’t have at least one child exploring.

Today, children showed interest in the mixing of colors. So, after creating a color wheel with primary and secondary colors, we talked about the mixing of colors and the end results we get when mixing primary colors.

The choices we offer throughout the day are open-ended, engaging art experiences. There is no model that we have children follow. Children are free to create whatever they wish. It’s about the experience and process NOT the end product.

I’ve attached a few articles revolving around process art and why art is so important in these early childhood years as well as ways to integrate art experiences at home.

http://msue.anr.msu.edu/news/the_art_of_creating_why_art_is_important_for_early_childhood_development

https://www.naeyc.org/resources/pubs/tyc/feb2014/process-art-experiences

Ruby engaged in markers this morning at the art table by starting to color in the outside with various colors before filling in the middle with the same colors. She had a clear end goal in mind and the materials we offered allow her to continue her process art.

Lucy drew four different drawings before putting them together using labels as tape. After taping her drawings together, she wrote four names on the back: her own, mom, dad, and her brother, Elliott. This was completely a process driven art experience for Lucy.

“We do not need to teach creativity, but rather inspire it’s daily practice.”

-Diane Darrow, Teacher

Breakfast– Kix and PPC mango.

Lunch– Refried bean and shredded cheese roll-ups, fresh apples, and PPC cherry tomatoes/carrots.

PM snack– A birthday treat: pumpkin muffins and string cheese.

Wee Sprout– PPC cherry tomatoes/carrots.

Have a wonderful night.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 2/20

Good Afternoon!

Emma and Mack were playing with the babies and baskets. They were using the baskets for carrying their babies, then they both decided to use their imaginative skills and turned their baskets into hats.

We  spent some time in the kitchen working in our journals.  We were busy making many circles on our papers.

Mondays are an exciting day for us to look out the window to see the trash truck come to empty our trash can.  We watched as the driver used the mechanical arms to pick up our bin and empty our bin and set it back on the ground.

Breakfast:  Whole grain wheat bagel with no nut butter and fresh clementine’s.

Lunch:  Whole grain wheat pasta with shredded pork, fresh blueberries and carrots.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole milk yogurt and graham crackers.

Wee Sprouts:  Carrots.

Have a great night!

Rebekah

Link to pictures:  https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulicsGsk9WzacOKAiQXg

Good Afternoon!

**Just as a reminder (if you haven’t already), that re-enrollment forms are due this Friday, February 23rd.

In pre-k/k group, we read a new book titled, ‘Frog and Toad All Year: Down the Hill’. It’s a book that has several short stories in it and today, we read ‘Down the Hill’. Frog and Toad exhibit a great sense of humor which elicited laughter throughout the story. After we finished reading the short story, I read aloud five main events that occurred in the story. I asked, “Which one happened first?”. After we identified which event happened first, we put the rest into the order in which they occurred. This is the first time that we read about Frog and Toad. There were several requests made for Frog and Toad again tomorrow! (good thing I bought several books! )

K.1.4: Identify and order events that take place in a sequence. (2006 standard)

We used our hands in several ways this morning: rubber bands, magnatiles, and pattern blocks.

A child requested moon sand and spaces quickly filled up! We measured moon sand and used our hands to level it off.

Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with butter and PPC pears.

Lunch– Whole wheat noodles with butter and shredded pork, PPC banana/pears, and PPC cucumber.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with PPC mango.

Wee Sprout– PPC cucumber.

Have a great evening.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 2/19

Good Afternoon!

We are looking forward to meeting with our families tomorrow for conferences.  Enjoy some of the pictures from our day!

Breakfast:  Whole grain Cheerios and fresh apples.

Lunch:  Whole grain brown rice with shredded chicken, fresh PPC pears and mixed vegetables.

Afternoon Snack:  Goldfish crackers and mozzarella string cheese stick.

Wee Sprouts:  Corn.

Enjoy your evening!

Rebekah

Link to pictures:  https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulicphpXwDS06PkLL86A

Good Afternoon!

We had a fabulous day celebrating the bonds and friendships that we’ve formed here at Wee Friends.

We hope you had a fantastic Valentine’s Day!

Breakfast– Whole wheat oatmeal with PPC banana.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with shredded cheese, whole wheat bread, PPC banana/fresh strawberries, and fresh carrots.

PM snack– Homemade strawberry shortcake and string cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots.

Have a lovely night.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 2/14

We’re looking forward to meeting with each family tomorrow at conferences!

Here are a few pictures from our day.

Breakfast– Corn Chex and PPC mango.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded chicken, PPC banana, and PPC cucumbers.

PM snack– Roasted chick peas and triscuits.

Wee Sprout– PPC peppers and cucumber.

Have a great evening.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 2/15

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Today we did a variety of activities with our friends. 

We sat climbed in and out of our big blocks together…..

we decorated some pink and red hearts with markers for someone in our family…

Miss Marty styled Mack and Emma’s hair for the day…

and we were throwing the balls around.

Breakfast:  Kix cereal and fresh apples.

Lunch:  Scrambled eggs with shredded cheddar cheese, whole grain wheat toast with butter, fresh oranges and corn.

Afternoon Snack:  Blue corn chips and refried beans.

Have a great evening!

Rebekah

Link to pictures:  https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulicoZjgFQSoLgfDhXzg

Good Afternoon!

In pre-k/k group, we read ‘Bob the Dog’. Throughout the story, we pointed out various characters and wrote them on the blackboard. Afterwards, we discussed the setting of the story along with specific events that occurred throughout the story. We were able to put the events into the order in which they happened.

K.RL.2.3: Identify important elements of the text (e.g., characters, settings, or events).

We spent most of the morning making sure we’re reading for Valentine’s Day tomorrow. Each child had the opportunity to decorate their Valentine’s bag! We used a variety of heart stickers and added some markers also.

The rest of our morning went a little something like this:

Franklin used a wrench (or a fork as Franklin calls it) to move wooden nails throughout the workbench space.

Maxwell used his one to one correspondence skills to count the colorful counters that he had placed on the table.

Anna asked, “Mindy! I want to write my letters.” So, during her journal experience and with a little assistance, Anna wrote her letters!

Breakfast– Kix and PPC mango.

Lunch– Hummus on whole wheat flatbread, fresh apples, and PPC cherry tomatoes/cucumber.

PM snack– Whole wheat bagel with peanut butter and block cheese.

Wee Sprout– PPC cherry tomatoes/cucumber.

Have a great night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 2/13

Good Afternoon!

This morning our sensory experience involved driving our cars through a car wash and manipulating shaving cream with our hands. We enjoyed making tire tracks and seeing how the shaving cream feels in our hands.

We used our fine motor skills to help us stand our magnatile squares on their edges and stack them together to make a stack as tall as we could. 

Breakfast:  Whole grain Cheerios and fresh PPC pears.

Lunch:  Hummus on whole grain wheat flatbread, fresh apples and broccoli.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole grain wheat bagels with no nut butter.

Wee Sprouts:  Broccoli.

Have a great night!

Rebekah

Link to pictures:  https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulichaEdmdQ2x5hvkxoQ

Reminder, we will be CLOSED this Friday, February 16th for Parent-Teacher Conferences.  Thank you.

Happy Monday!  It was so nice to see the bright sunshine today.

This morning we brought out the red play dough for our sensory activity.  We used hammers as we worked on our hand-eye coordination to pound the pegs into our play dough.

We were involved in imaginative play this morning in the housekeeping area.  We set the table with our plates, bowls and teapot.  We then put a variety of our foods into our bowls to eat.

Breakfast:  Whole grain wheat bagel with no nut butter and fresh PPC banana.

Lunch:  Whole grain pasta with shredded chicken, applesauce and corn.

Afternoon Snack: Whole wheat crackers and block cheddar cheese.

Wee Sprouts:  Corn.

Have a wonderful evening!

Rebekah

Link to pictures:  https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulicgyIvrz0BkYVC-x0Q