Good Afternoon! We would like to welcome Franklin who has moved over to our house and his parents, Justin and Bre. We are glad to have you all with us!

At the table this morning friends were able to play a Rainbow Fish matching game! They enjoyed finding the many different picture matches.

The art easel was available for painting beautiful masterpieces with a variety of colors.

During outside time, we scooped the sand off the sidewalk to place it back into the sandbox, drew pictures on the chalkboard, played catch, rode our bikes and played with the trucks and logs.

Breakfast: Corn Chex cereal and bananas.

Lunch: Turkey and cheese on whole wheat tortillas, strawberries/kiwis and carrots.

Afternoon Snack: Whole milk yogurt and granola.

Wee Sprouts: Carrots.

Have a great night!

Rebekah

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We spent a great morning back after the long weekend soaking up some sunshine!

Breakfast was Kix and oranges. Lunch consisted of whole wheat tortilla with ham and cheese, blueberries, and peas. Afternoon snack was brown rice cakes with cream cheese and grapes.

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Have a good night!

Amanda

Good Afternoon!

Today, we celebrated many important events in our Wee Friends lives.

Jackson said a farewell to Wee Friends with his last kindergarten sign in this morning. He and Addi were given a special kindergarten graduation ceremony this afternoon as they truly have been invaluable to our class this past year. They epitomized what it means to be a leader and showed the next kindergarten class what it means to take on the role.

We’ve so enjoyed watching you grow these last two years, Jackson. You’re going to flourish wherever you go in life. WEE love you!

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go…”

-Dr. Seuss

We’re sending out a BIG happy early 5th birthday to Maddie! Hope you have a wonderfully special weekend.

Miss Kaylee invited children to the table to experiment with ice. We used ice, buckets, and watercolor paint to see what would happen to the ice when we painted it with the water colors! A few friends noted that the more they moved the ice around, the quicker it melted.

It was all about healthy choices today for lunch (and celebrating graduation day!).

Friends had the opportunity to make their own english muffin pizzas. We chose from ham, olives, pineapple, green pepper, tomatoes, and mushrooms along with two different kinds of cheese. We talked about the healthy choices we were making and what that does for our bodies.

To add to our homemade pizza, Maddie brought in fruit kabobs for her birthday treat! Our plates looked QUITE spectacular today.

Breakfast– Rice cake with cream cheese and strawberries.

Lunch– Homemade english muffin pizzas, Maddie’s birthday fruit kabobs, and cucumbers.

PM snack– Outshine Fruit Bars and string cheese.

Wee Sprout– Peppers.

Have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 5/26

Today is Franklin’s last day at Wee Wee. He’s moving over next door with the big kids, where we know he will do wonderfully!

Have a great holiday weekend!

Breakfast was Kix and oranges. Lunch consisted of whole wheat English muffins with marinara sauce and cheese, bananas, and peas. Afternoon snack was graham crackers and banana.

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See you Tuesday!

Amanda

Good Afternoon!

**Please take a moment and go through your child’s bathroom cubbie to make sure that they have appropriate spare summer clothes. Thank you!

In large group, we continued our discussion about the calendar and specific terms that we see on any given calendar. Today, we talked about the terms ‘month’ and ‘year’. After reading an information text, we found out that there are twelve months in a year. Jackson shouted, “We’re in the month of May!”

Friends talked about what happens in a year. Lulu said, “I am four for a whole year!” The discussions and information that is put forth by this age group is generally content that they are personally connected to.

Social Studies: K.1.5 Explain that calendars are used to represent days of the week and months of the year.

Miss Kaylee started up an activity in the science area. It peaked the interest of several children so we worked together as a team.

First, Miss Kaylee gaged the current knowledge of shapes that our friends exhibited. After identifying all of the shapes that were laid out, children headed out into the environment to find different shapes. For example, Lucy found a rubber band that formed the shape of a circle.

After several examples of the shapes were found, Rosemary helped Miss Kaylee sort them into the correct category. We came to the conclusion that we were able to find ample examples of squares and rectangles which allowed us to look at the similarities and differences of these two shapes.

Addi and Jackson went outside with Miss Melinda to weed the backyard environment. They used different tools to cut weeds that needed a little assistance coming out of the ground.

“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.”

-Plato

Breakfast– Homemade oatmeal pancakes and banana.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded chicken, PPC grapes, and carrots.

PM snack– Roasted chick peas and goldfish.

Wee Sprout– Snap peas.

Have a lovely night.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 5/25

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast was oatmeal pancakes and banana. Lunch consisted of whole grain brown rice with chicken, corn, and banana. Afternoon snack was bagels with butter and cinnamon.

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Have a good night!

Amanda

After playing with puzzles and Magna-Tiles, we headed outside and raced bikes up and down the hill.

This afternoon we rolled out our work in progress group artwork for some coloring. One friend said she drew two fish and another friend said he drew an alligator.

Then after snack we moved to the gross motor area. We climbed in and on blocks, up the ladder, and went down the slide together.

Breakfast was Kix and blueberries. Wee sprout was peas. Lunch consisted of farm fresh eggs, bread and butter, blueberries, and peas. Afternoon snack was pretzels and cantaloupe, honeydew, and strawberries.

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Have a good night!

Amanda

Good Afternoon!

In large group this week, we’ve been reading stories that dissect what a day/week/year looks like. So far, we’ve talked about ‘day’ and ‘week’. In general, children have a challenging time gaging time. It’s important to discuss these terms in a way that is meaningful to them.

Yesterday, when we discussed the term ‘day’ and what it looked like, a friend suggested, “It’s kind of like the time between when you wake up in the morning and go to bed at night.” As a group, we came up with the seven days of the week. Today, we separated those days into ‘school’ days and ‘stay at home’ days. We were having a little trouble remembering the two stay at home days so we came up with a way to remember it; Stay at home days are the two days that start with S (Stay at home- Saturday and Sunday).

Miss Melinda read ‘A Tree Is A Plant’ to a few older friends this morning before heading outside to plant all of our flowers and vegetable plants.

They were such great helpers!

Once they got done with the big flower bed in the garden, we concentrated on the individual flower pots. Each older friend was in charge of a pot, focusing on clearing out the leaves and ‘gunk’ as friends called it.

Inside, several different activities were explored.

The gems were put out on the table for the welcome activity and friends used the gems for different purposes all morning long. Anna and a few friends sat at the art table and used markers before deciding they’d like to get the glue out and make a collage.

It was a great Wednesday. We hope you had a great day!

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with honey and strawberries.

Lunch– Scrambled eggs, tortilla, banana, and a mix of fresh vegetables (cucumber, cherry tomatoes, peppers)

PM snack– Air popped popcorn and

Wee Sprout– Cucumbers/cherry tomatoes.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 5/24

Good Afternoon!

Today was a day of working on our fine motor skills as we worked on our puzzles, placed our pegs together or traced, drew and colored on our paper.

A few friends built a train track that different friends used through out the morning.

The moon sand sensory table was made available where friends were pretending to make many different kinds of food.

We then went outside to enjoy many different activities.

Breakfast: Corn Chex and apples.

Lunch: Hummus on whole wheat bread, pea pods and oranges.

Afternoon Snack: Homemade chocolate zucchini bread (Brycen’s birthday treat) and strawberries.

Wee Sprouts: Cauliflower.

Have a great evening!

Rebekah

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Today we painted with sponges…

Kicked and threw balls together…

Played in the log house…

And talked about colors while building with Magna-Tiles!

Breakfast was Whole Grain Cheerios and banana. Wee sprout was corn. Lunch consisted of whole wheat bread with hummus, blueberries, and corn. Afternoon snack was wheat crackers with cream cheese.

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Have a great night!

Amanda