Please note: Tomorrow, March 31st, is pajama day!

We love how much our friends love the classroom puzzles. Puzzles are a terrific learning tool and provide many skills and opportunities.

Some benefits of playing with puzzles are:

• Cognitive skills
• Problem solving
• Fine Motor Development
• Hand and eye coordination
• Social skills
• Self esteem

Breakfast was Chex and oranges. Wee sprout was mixed veggies. Lunch consisted of whole grain brown rice with shredded beef, bananas, and mixed veggies. Afternoon snack was wheat crackers with sweet pea butter.

Link to photos: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulh-IqRbqemA11vMD5dw

Have a good night!

Amanda

Today we did puzzles together…

Daniel showed off a new toy…

We played catch and silly games outside…

And played in and on the log house!

Breakfast was Kix and pear. Wee sprout was corn. Lunch consisted of ham sandwiches, corn, and banana. Afternoon snack was wheat crackers with hummus.

Link to photos: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulh-FJFt5rb6iZzg6BGA

Have a great night!

Amanda

Good Afternoon!

The art table was converted to an area for paint exploration. Using several colors, children painted many pictures using circular sponge brushes.

Friends used the brush in a variety of ways. We dotted. We painted straight lines. We connected the dots using BOTH of these techniques!

Whether it’s using markers, paint, or another medium, children are proud of what they create. We show our peers. We show our teachers. We show our parents. Often, accompanied by a huge smile and great self worth.

“The way we talk to our children becomes their inner voice.” –Peggy O’Mara

We were ecstatic to be outside this morning. A little sunshine on the face does the body good!

We were deep in thought before lunchtime—>

“There’s something high up in that tree! I wonder what it is?”

We gave several ideas such as a bag, balloon, and kite! As a group, we talked about how it got so high in the tree. “It must have been the wind because it’s so high up in the tree!” We continued to think about this the rest of the morning!

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with PPC strawberries.

Lunch– Ham and turkey on whole wheat bread, banana, and cherry tomatoes.

PM snack– Air popped popcorn and strawberries.

Wee Sprout– Cherry tomatoes.

Have a lovely night.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/29

Hello!

**WE ARE PLANNING TO HAVE A PAJAMA DAY FRIDAY, MARCH 31ST.

In kindergarten today:

Addi played a version of hide and seek! There were twenty eggs hidden throughout the house. She found one egg at a time and brought it to me. In the eggs, numbers from 1 to 20 were written. Addi told me what the number was as well as the number one less AND one more than that specific number. For instance, Addi opened an egg with the number 8 written on a piece of paper. Addi told me the number as well as that 7 is one less than 8 and 9 is one more than 8.

After we found all of the eggs, Addi separated the colored eggs and counted what color had the most and least! Throughout the activity, our one to one correspondence skills were used as well as using the terms more and less in our conversations.

K.NS.3: Find the number that is one more than or one less than any whole number up to 20.

In large group:

We read Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs Missing Treasure. Before group, I picked out a few words from the story; look, not, sail, and eat. We changed one letter from three words while adding a letter to the other so it completely changes the words. First, we talked about ‘look’. We added a ‘B’ to ‘ook’ and sounded out the word. Throughout the activity, friends observed that the beginning sound changed while the rest of the word stayed the same. A few older friends even commented, “If we added a ‘c’ to ‘ook’, it’d be ‘cook’!”

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

We worked on our hand/eye coordination and our fine motor skills as we worked on our puzzles and drawing our pictures.

While we were outside, Lucy and Anna were doing their own version of ring around the rosie. They were spinning around in a circle and then falling down without holding each others hands.

We also enjoyed making a pizza with the sand in the sandbox, going down the slide, playing together with a few friends with the trucks and climbing to the top of the log house.

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and pears.

Lunch: Hummus on whole wheat tortillas, cherry tomatoes and oranges.

Afternoon Snack: Whole wheat bagels with cream cheese and oranges.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a great night!

Rebekah and Mindy

Link to pictures:  https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulh99UT3NfoDeGWYMDCg

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast was Whole Grain Cheerios and bananas. Wee sprout was peas. Lunch consisted of whole wheat tortilla with hummus, pears, and peas. Afternoon snack was whole wheat bagels with cream cheese.

Link to photos: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulh-AulF3n-VWtemaYMQ

Have a good night!

Amanda

An early reminder: Wee Friends is closed Friday, April 14th in observance of Good Friday.

We started our morning with jumping on the trampoline! A few friends decided to do some yoga while they were at it, and some decided to take a rest.

We very much enjoyed our time out in the fresh air. Friends did a lot of digging in the wet sandbox and throwing and kicking balls around the yard.

Then after snack we gathered around the sensory table to play with the magnets. Friends were in a silly mood and pretended the magnets were cars and hats.

Breakfast was whole wheat toast with butter and cinnamon and banana. Wee sprout was corn. Lunch consisted of whole wheat pasta with chicken, corn, and kiwi. Afternoon snack was wheat crackers and string cheese.

Link to photos: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulh95Wyb_IpA8Rqx8dEQ

Have a great night!

Amanda

Good Afternoon!

*An early reminder: Wee Friends is closed Friday, April 14th in observance of Good Friday.

What we do inside..

..is just as important as what we do outside!

Our Monday was filled with exploration of our inside and outside environments! We hope you had a great Monday.

Breakfast– Cinnamon/raisin bagel with cream cheese and banana.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with chicken and butter, banana, and carrots.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with pumpkin flax granola.

Wee Sprout– Carrots.

Have a lovely night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/27

Good Afternoon! Today was baking Friday at Wee Friends! We had some over ripe bananas and decided to make banana bread for our afternoon snack. Before we began adding all the ingredients together, many friends shared that they love banana bread and have made it at home. We then all helped add and stir to mix the ingredients together. When it was afternoon snack time, Lulu and Maddie both said, “we are so hungry for delicious banana bread.” Here is the link to the recipe we followed. http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/banana_bread/ .

Our day was also busy with  building train tracks,  making our own buildings out of legos, creating our own drawings at the art table and enjoying wonderful stories with a friend.

Just before outside time we all gathered in the reading area to pick a friend’s name from the name jar. Grady’s name was picked to take potty duck home for the weekend.

Then we heading out for some nice warm fresh air and sunshine.

Breakfast: Oatmeal pancakes and pears.

Lunch: Hummus on whole wheat tortillas, kiwi/pears/bananas and cucumbers/carrots.

Afternoon Snack: Homemade banana bread and mozzarella string cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Snap peas.

Have a great weekend!

Rebekah

Link to pictures:  https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulh90wxuibd2pRnMZ8Gw

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

      

Breakfast was Kix and banana. Wee sprout was corn. Lunch consisted of whole wheat tortilla with hummus, pears, and corn. Afternoon snack was cheese crackers, pears, and string cheese.

Link to photos: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulh9xPxnNpUEReG9EnSA

Have a great weekend!

Amanda

We have a new tub for our sensory table, filled with magnets!

Our friends enjoyed this new activity. Once they realized the magnets connect they tried to stick as many magnets as they could together.  A few friends built structures out of the magnets on the ledge of the table, exactly like they do with the Magna-Tiles.

Breakfast was Kix and banana. Lunch consisted of whole grain brown rice with pork, banana, and peas. Afternoon snack was wheat crackers and cream cheese.

Link to photos: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulh9tEGV5k4ZPW4iJOyQ

Have a great night!

Amanda