Good Afternoon!

In large group, we read ‘Wodney Wats Wobot’. Wodney’s real name is Rodney but he can’t pronounce his R’s! Rodney had a robot who would repeat everything!

After the story was done, I put three library books on the bench. The names of the stories as well as the author were written down on sentence strips. I asked friends to raise their hand and tell me if they’ve ever been to the library before. We discussed how the librarian categorizes the books in the library. Specifically, we looked at the last name of the authors. Using the three books we had, we put them into alphabetical order by looking at the first letter of the authors last name.

K.1.19: Learn and apply knowledge of alphabetical order (first letter) when using a classroom or school library/media center. (2006 standard)

Friends continued to explore our EGG! This morning, we took the egg out of the Karo Syrup and passed it around the table. We found it to be extremely mushy and squishy while still in contact.  We put the egg into a container of water for two hours.

We turned the play clock to 11:00 which is when the egg would be ready. Jackson periodically checked the clock to keep track of how long we had until we could get the egg out!

The clock finally hit 11:00! We gathered around the table again and Miss Melinda gently placed the egg in the center of the table.

Friends watched as Miss Melinda took a tooth pick to pop open the egg. We were waiting for a BIG explosion. The explosion was a little lacking but we enjoyed touching the outer shell of the egg which was very slimy and wiggly.

Children used many spaces throughout the house this morning. Grady sprawled out and completed a floor puzzle while Addi and Jackson used the magnetic balls to fill the stools in the science area.

First thing this morning, we opened the corn sensory bin. After playing with it for a while, we decided we’d like to investigate the moon sand. The corn and moon sand are two completely different sensory experiences and we enjoyed both immensely.

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with honey and kiwi.

Lunch– Brown rice with turkey, banana, and corn.

PM snack– Roasted chick peas and wheat thins.

Wee Sprout– Carrots/Peppers/Cucumber.

Have a great night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/23

Good Afternoon!

In Kindergarten today, we worked on making singular words (nouns specifically) into plural words. For example, during sign in this morning, Jackson and Addi had to take the word ‘dog’ and make it plural. We used pictures to help us as well as personal experiences. I asked Addi and Jackson how many dogs they have and they responded, “one DOG”. I asked them how many dogs Miss Tami has; they both responded, “three DOGS”. We noticed how an ‘s’ appeared. We talked about adding an ‘s’ when there’s more than one of an object.

K.W.6.1a: Nouns/Pronouns—Writing sentences that include singular and/or plural nouns.

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Our theme today was retelling stories using our own words. A few younger friends gathered around Jackson this morning while Jackson retold a story that he was familiar with. While Jackson wasn’t reading the story word for word, Jackson picked out key details and events throughout the story to get the theme across to his friends.

In large group, we read a story that we’ve read before: Sneaky Weasel. A friend had asked that I get it again from the library so before we read it, we discussed as a group certain events or details that we remembered. Friends talked about the events and then we put them into the order in which they happen in the story. We read the story to see if we were correct in our order!

This week, we’ve started to look at our books in the reading area as well as the library books that I have. Friends look at the last name of the author and put them into order. For instance, today we looked at author’s names; one last name started with a ‘D’ and the other started with a ‘G’. We discussed the order of letters and which came first.

K.1.19: Learn and apply knowledge of alphabetical order (first letter) when using a classroom or school library/media center.

Today, we checked on our egg experiment!

First we used our sense of sight to observe the egg and talk about how the appearance of the egg had changed.

We got a regular egg out of the refrigerator and compared the physical attributes of both.

Children used descriptive words to describe the regular egg: “hard”, “cold”, and “small” are words that we heard from various friends.

Afterwards, Miss Melinda carefully took the egg out of the jar and placed it into the bowl. The first thing we noticed was that the shell had come off! Friends used gentle touches to touch the egg because we noticed that it could break fairly easily. A few descriptive words we heard to describe the egg: “soft”, “squishy”, and “icky”.

After we all had a chance to feel the egg, the egg was put in a jar with Karo Syrup for 12 hours. What do YOU think will happen to the egg? (..good convo starter for tonight )

We decorated a portion of the classroom with our coffee filter flowers and we ended up finding bunny ears in the basement so we put a basket of them in habitrail. We originally put them in the housekeeping area but all we wanted to do was bounce! So, we transferred the bunny ears to the habitrail area so we could bounce our little hearts out.

Breakfast– Raisin Bran and banana.

Lunch– Homemade egg salad on tortillas, cantaloupe, and cherry tomatoes.

PM snack– Cottage cheese and pears.

Wee Sprout– Red peppers.

Have a terrific night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/22

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast was Kix and oranges. Wee sprout was corn. Lunch consisted of egg salad sandwiches, flat bread with refried beans and cheese, banana, and corn. Afternoon snack was cheddar cheese and graham crackers.

Link to photos: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulh9l4ci2awZG7nfwHGA

Have a great night!

Amanda

We had a great morning outside spent together!

We went on a walk…

Played on the teeter totters…

Pushed around trucks and chased balls…

And went exploring for rocks that we then counted with friends!

Breakfast was Whole Grain Cheerios and oranges. Wee sprout was mixed veggies. Lunch consisted of whole wheat flat bread with cheese and refried beans, banana, and mixed veggies. Afternoon snack was toasted whole wheat bagels with butter and string cheese.

Link to photos: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulh9hbLWK0LxJRcP12Mg

Have a great night!

Amanda

Good Afternoon!

This week is ‘Severe Weather Preparedness Week’. You might have heard the tornado sirens going off around 10:15 this morning. Inside Wee Friends, we were going through our ‘Tornado Drill’.

A few minutes before the sirens went off, we had a discussion about tornados. A few friends shared the following:

“A tornado has really strong winds. It can pick up a house.”

“There’s an eye in the middle of the tornado.”

“When there’s a tornado, we go into my basement at home.”

Given our prior knowledge of tornados, we talked about things we didn’t know! Such as:

1. There are different sizes and strengths of tornados.

2. If you don’t have a basement, the best place to be in your house is in a room without windows.

3. The sirens are used to HELP us, not scare us.

Once the sirens went off, we carefully headed downstairs and all sat in a circle. A few of us were scared about the process and the best way to become unafraid is to become familiar with the routine. Tonight, there’s another round of tornado sirens going off at 7:35 pm that are geared towards families practicing their tornado routine!

Other than our tornado drill this morning, friends used droppers to decorate coffee filters that we’ll later turn into flowers.

We also took a look at our egg soaked in vinegar. Friends made several observations such as “the egg’s really big” and “there’s bubbles all over the egg”. Tomorrow is when we take the egg out and observe the effects the vinegar has had on the egg.

We turned on various types of music this morning. The soundtrack of ‘Beauty and the Beast’, instrumental music, and ‘nighttime’ music as we call it! Friends requested maracas and drums.

We spent most of our morning outside where Addi, Jackson, and Tate made a car out of tree stumps! Children LOVED the sunshine on their faces.

Breakfast– Brown rice crisps and kiwi.

Lunch– Refried bean and melted cheese on flatbread, strawberries, and peas/corn.

PM snack– Apples and bagels with cream cheese.

Wee Sprout– Cherry tomatoes.

Have a fantastic night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/21

Good Afternoon!

**Just as a reminder since we have so many birthday’s coming up: if you plan to bring in a treat for your child’s birthday, please make sure it’s nut free! Thank you .

From 3 months to 3 years! My how time flies: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ANNA GIRL!

This morning, the links were put out on the table for children to manipulate. Our younger friends used them to count, using their one to one correspondence skills. Addi and her older friends used the links to form groups of ten. We counted by tens as well as separated the links into equal groups.

K.NS.6: Recognize sets of 1 to 10 objects in patterned arrangements and tell how many without counting.

Miss Melinda and Jackson headed up an investigation this morning. We put an egg into vinegar and on Wednesday, we’re going to observe what happened to the egg. Stay tuned…

We were so thankful the weather was decent enough for us to go outside for a little while this morning. We sure are glad it’s the first day of SPRING! That means no more snow right?!

Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with butter and pears.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with red beans, banana, and mixed vegetables.

PM snack– Anna’s birthday treats: strawberry muffins and pretzels!

Wee Sprout– Carrots.

Have a great night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/20

Today we did puzzles…

Took a quick trip outside to look at a big truck…

Gave bear hugs…

And showed off our skills on the trapeze!

Breakfast was whole wheat toast with butter and cinnamon and bananas. Wee sprout was peas. Lunch consisted of whole wheat pasta with red beans, banana, and peas. Afternoon snack was organic whole milk yogurt and homemade cranberry muffins.

Link to photos: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulh9cvhfFP-BFhbPO30Q

Have a good night!

Amanda

Happy Friday!

**A note to parents: We’ve been working with our friends on NOT touching or opening the front door. Since it is a safety issue, we implement the following rule: ONLY TEACHERS AND PARENTS CAN OPEN/CLOSE THE DOOR. If we could get your help with this during drop offs and pick up’s, we’d greatly appreciate it!

Today wasn’t Friday here at Wee Friends: it was experimentation day.

Experiment 1: Fill a pitcher with water. Attach a piece of string to the pitcher and another cup. When the pitcher gets tipped to where the water starts pouring out, it should go down the string (the string has to be tight), as opposed to going on the ground. After a few tries and switching up a few of our variables, it worked! The water travelled down the string!

Experiment 2: The back story: yesterday afternoon, we tried this experiment. The food coloring drops were put into the center of the cup and we didn’t get the result we were hoping for. SO, after a long nights sleep, we retried the experiment this morning.

Everyone had a cup of milk. One drop of each color (red, blue, green, and yellow) was placed on the OUTSIDE of the cup. Eventually, the colors started to migrate toward each other in the center of the milk, blending with each other. IMPORTANT: You CAN NOT touch the glass or it voids the result.

A couple things we observed:

1. The yellow migrated the shortest amount compared to the green, red, and blue.

2. The yellow also sunk to the bottom while the other colors did not!

Experiment 3: Friends requested a new batch of slime. So, given it was St. Patrick’s Day, we made a new green batch of slime!

We can do SO many things with slime. One of our favorite things to do is hold it by our head (over the tray) and watch as it slowly falls, bringing the topic of gravity into our sensory experiment.

Of course, there were breaks in our exploratory morning. For example, Jackson read to his younger friend Grady! They read many Robert Munsch books together.

Breakfast– Rice cakes with no nut butter and pears.

Lunch– Ham and melted shredded cheese on tortillas, pineapple/banana, and cauliflower.

PM snack– St. Patrick’s Day Treat: homemade guacamole with blue corn chips and kiwi!

Wee Sprout– Peppers.

Have a fantastic weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/17

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast was Whole Grain Cheerios and banana. Lunch consisted of whole wheat tortilla with ham and cheese, pears, and mixed veggies. Afternoon snack was cheese crackers and pineapple.

Link to photos: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulh9VGRfsKDURRbvmw7w

Have a great weekend!

Amanda

Hello!

In large group, we read two stories that dealt with the numbers 1-10; Ten Little Ladybugs and Ten Little Fish. We looked at the numbers as well as the number words. In both of the stories, we kept an eye out for the number words and the letters that are used to make the words.

In kindergarten sign in, Jackson and Addi had to write the number word for 10!

K.NS.2: Write whole numbers 0 to 20 and recognize number words from 0 to 10.

It was a sensory filled morning! Right as breakfast was cleaned up, Jackson requested slime. A few friends manipulated the slime with their hands as well as looking at the cause and effect of slime. Jackson held the slime even with his head and watched as it slowly headed towards the table. The word ‘gravity’ was discussed in terms of the pull of gravity on a specific item. Lulu started talking about how there’s no gravity at the moon; that’s why people can float in space!

Afterwards, friends wanted to play with the tools so we got out play dough. We used a variety of tools including scissors, rolling pins, and cookie cutters. The play dough was used all morning long!

Breakfast– Kix and pears.

Lunch– Brown rice with turkey, apples, and cherry tomatoes.

PM snack– Goldfish and pumpkin seeds.

Wee Sprouts– Cucumbers and carrots.

Have a fantastic night.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/16