Today we raced trucks…
Zoomed with bikes…
Saw a mouse 
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And played with colorful tissues!
Breakfast was whole wheat toast with butter and cinnamon and pear. Wee sprout was peas. Lunch consisted of whole wheat pasta with chicken, oranges, and peas. Afternoon snack was organic whole milk yogurt and grapes.
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Have a good night!
Amanda
Good Afternoon!
**FIRST REMINDER: Wee Friends will be closed Monday, September 4th in observance of Labor Day. Thanks!
In large group, we read “It Wasn’t My Fault” which focused around the main character Murdley who ended up with an egg on his head! In the story, an investigation lead into why the egg landed there. After we read the story, we made a web full of events from throughout the story that lead up to Murdley using the egg that was on his head for..scrambled eggs!
The light table was made available in the science room this morning. We used various manipulatives on the light table starting with shells!
Not only did we put the shells up to our ears to see if we could hear the ocean but many descriptive words were used to describe the shells including: bumpy, smooth, prickly, and dark.
Lulu requested another manipulative so the plastic shapes were brought out. Using various shapes including square, triangle, and rectangle, Lulu made creations including a house! We discussed the similarities and differences in each shape including the color and sides that we saw.
Finally, small plastic shapes were requested which allowed Lucy the opportunity to sort all of the shapes by a specific characteristic! Using her grit and determination, Lucy sorted all of the shapes by color! She had to start over a couple of times but nothing deterred her from her end goal.
Once she had all of the shapes sorted, we used the words ‘more’ and ‘less’ to describe the groups that we saw in front of us.
The rest of our morning included sensory play dough at the art table. Using hammers, cookie cutters, and rolling pins, children transformed the play dough to their liking.
Daniel and David caught a mouse at their house this morning so they brought it in to share before their mom released it in a park. We used our sense of sight to observe what the mouse was doing. We heard the following insights:
“It’s trying to get out!”
“There’s food in there.”
“I think it’s the daddy mouse.”
We hope you have a great rest of your day!
Breakfast– Whole wheat bagel with cream cheese and pears.
Lunch– Whole wheat noodles with butter and shredded chicken, PPC cantaloupe, and fresh cherry tomatoes from our garden.
PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with PPC grapes.
Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots.
Have a lovely night!
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 8/7
Happy Friday–
Here are a few pictures from our day!
Breakfast– Rice cakes with peanut butter and grapes.
Lunch– Brown rice with shredded turkey, PPC cucumber, and PPC pears.
PM snack– Triscuts and colby jack block cheese.
Wee Sprout– Cherry tomatoes.
Have a fantastic weekend!
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 8/4
Good Afternoon!
This morning we were busy working on puzzles, drawing pictures for Miss Amanda, relaxing with a book and building with magnatiles.
Miss Marty was a hairstylist this morning! Doesn’t our hair look amazing!
A couple of our older friends spotted a black swallowtail caterpillar in the sandbox! We enjoyed observing its colors, markings and watching it move around in the container.
Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and banana.
Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with beef, banana and peas.
Afternoon Snack: Graham crackers and cheddar block cheese.
Wee Sprouts: Peas.
Have a great weekend!
Rebekah
Link to pictures: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIuliMAbwh7zFGbeuLOBIw
Good Afternoon!
Aggy enjoyed making music with her shaker, before rolling the ball back and forth with her friend, Daniel.
Sophia was busy moving the ball beads around the wall abacus in the habitrail and balancing her baby on the ladder.
Rose was showing the fish her ball and was excited to go outside and take a ride on the teeter totter.
Mack was intrigued by the spider that was eating a beetle that the older friends found outside. He then went and used his fingers and a stick to move the rocks out of the way to look for his own bugs!
Breakfast was offered, but no friends arrived to eat.
Lunch: Refried beans and cheese on whole grain flatbread, peaches and mixed vegetables.
Afternoon Snack: Mozzarella string cheese stick and pretzels.
Wee Sprouts: Mixed vegetables.
Have a great night!
Rebekah
Link to pictures: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIuliL8KjgcL_cNgI7AMbA
Good Afternoon!
In large group, we’re wrapping up our author study on Helen Lester and today, we read ‘Tackylocks and the Three Bears’. The storyline resembled ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’ so when we came to an important event in the story, friends used their background knowledge to guess what was going to happen next!
Our journaling time today allowed for children to get their thoughts down on paper. Lucy drew colored flowers that resemble the flowers in her yard at home!
Our older friends have been mentoring their younger 4 year old friends at the workbench this week. Jackson is a seasoned carpenter and was more than willing to help out!
The rest of our morning centered around what’s becoming our morning routine; puzzles! We’re continuing to build our puzzle skills which allow friends to try more challenging puzzles. While doing puzzles is more of an individual activity, we see teamwork occurring when children help one another!
We used stencils today to create with. While Ruby was using the letter stencil, a couple friends at the table recognized letters that they were familiar with and shouted them out.
A group of children went on a bug exploration this morning. Using many bug containers, friends searched throughout the backyard to find spiders, worm, and rollie pollies. After, they created a habitat for them to live in.
We took a break to pick vegetables in the garden that appeared ready. The process of growing the vegetable, picking the vegetable, and then getting to eat it is so fascinating to our friends! A few children took a break to get a kale snack 
.
Breakfast– Homemade oatmeal pancakes and strawberries.
Lunch– Refried bean and shredded cheese quesadillas on whole grain flatbread, PPC cucumbers, and bananas.
PM snack– Roasted chick peas and graham crackers.
Wee Sprout– Fresh green beans and carrots.
Have a wonderful night!
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 8/3
Good Afternoon!
We were all so excited when David walked in the door this morning. He had been out of the country for a couple of months. The bonds that he had with his friends were rekindled right away like he had never been gone 
.
“Friendship is a horizon—which expands whenever we approach it.” –E.R. Hazlip
In large group, we continued our author study by reading ‘Score One for the Sloths’ written by Helen Lester. Helen Lester writes the Tacky books but also has stories that revolve around other characters. During journal time, we used our kid spelling to describe the drawings that we completed.
The music rug was full of magnatiles this morning as several creations appeared, mostly revolving around castles and forts!
Jackson and Max worked together at the work bench this morning creating two different structures that they later painted with water colors.
Have a lovely night!
Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with honey and PPC peaches.
Lunch– Egg salad on whole wheat bread, PPC pears and banana, and cherry tomatoes.
PM snack– Air popped popcorn with butter and PPC strawberries.
Wee Sprout– Fresh green beans.
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 8/2
Today our day consisted of:
Scooping, filling, and pouring corn into the different containers in the sensory table….
Playing with the babies both inside and outside….
Once outside we enjoyed the sandbox, riding bikes around the circle and rocking on the teeter totter! What a wonderful day at Wee Wee Friends!
Breakfast was offered, but no friends arrived to eat.
Lunch: Egg Salad with cheese, whole grain wheat bread, strawberries and carrots.
Afternoon Snack: Rice cakes with cream cheese.
Wee Sprouts: Carrots.
Have a great night!
Rebekah
Link to pictures: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIuliL4Gt4XdXf8iZr8rIQ
Happy 1st day of August! Enjoy the pictures from our day!
Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and pears.
Lunch: Hummus on whole grain wheat tortilla, corn and pears.
Afternoon Snack: Toasted whole grain wheat bagel with cream cheese and strawberries.
Wee Sprouts: Corn.
Have a great evening!
Rebekah
Link to pictures: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIuliL0sOSGRq4-o2-K8Fg
Wow! August is here already!
Our summer’s just flying by. We spent this first day of August focusing on the makeup of books.
The welcome board had children distinguish between an author and an illustrator.
In large group this week, we’re reading different ‘Tacky’ stories focusing on the author and illustrator. All of the ‘Tacky’ stories have the same author and illustrator so when we read different stories about Tacky, we’ve been looking at how Tacky is portrayed. Today, we read ‘Tacky in Trouble’. Tacky got himself in quite a predicament, coming face to face with a BIG elephant. Tacky had to use his social skills to get him out of trouble, eventually making his way home.
Each day, we talk about the author and illustrator and what they’re role is in the making of the book. We’re keeping track of the different books written by Helen Lester (the author).
In the reading area, you can always see friends reading stories with one another. Even our youngest friends become familiar with print, learning what way to correctly turn the pages or understand that words describe the pictures in a book.
Breakfast– Kix and PPC grapes.
Lunch– Hummus on whole wheat tortillas, PPC cantaloupe, and PPC cherry tomatoes.
PM snack– Whole wheat english muffin with peanut butter and our freshly baked garden zucchini.
Wee Sprout– Fresh red peppers.
Have a great night!
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 8/1