Hello!

We had a fantastic day.

The habitrail and music rug were full of various building materials. Lulu and Maddie constructed a three dimensional zoo full of a multitude of animals.

Many friends requested puzzles including the foam puzzles. At one point, the circular table and island were full of puzzles!

We bundled up and headed outside! The first thing we wanted to do was check various surfaces for fresh snow!

In small and large group, we celebrated Dr. Seuss’ birthday by reading a couple of his stories!

“Why fit in when you were born to stand out?”- Dr. Seuss

Breakfast– Homemade oatmeal pancakes with grapes.

Lunch– Organic brown rice with chicken and shredded cheese, green beans, and plums/banana.

PM snack– Wheat thins and pumpkin seeds.

Wee Sprout– Carrots and snap peas.

Have a great night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/2

YESTERDAY’S BLOG:

Happy March!

Our welcome activity focused on short and long lines. Friends used gems to trace the lines while talking about the similarities and differences of each line.

Several friends requested to paint so we opened up the art easel this morning. Some of our older friends used two primary colors to make a secondary color. For example, a friend used blue and red to make purple!

We’re continuing to explore the magnets in the sensory bin. There are various kinds of magnets and many different things we can do with them. Maddie used the fishing pole to pick up small magnets while Jackson used the triangle and square magnets to create a house.

Rosemary worked with magnets as well but in a different context. The magnetic activity that is available in the science area allows for friends to build using the straight magnets as well as the circular balls.

In large group, we read ‘Stormy Night’. Before we read the story, we talked about the storm that went through last night. Using our own experiences and background knowledge, we predicted what the story would be about. Friends came up with many words that they thought they’d hear throughout the book. We were right on with our predictions!

K.RL.2.4: Make predictions about what will happen in a story.

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with honey and plums.

Lunch– Scrambled eggs with shredded cheese, pineapple/grapes, and cauliflower.

PM snack– Air popped popcorn and pineapple.

Wee Sprout– Cherry tomatoes/cucumber.

Have a great night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/2

Good Afternoon!

In large group, we read ‘The Rain Came Down’. After reading the story, we discussed the difference between hot and cold. Various words or phrases were given and we put them in the correct category. We looked at the words and sounded them out together. Lulu shouted, “I know how to spell ‘sun’—S U N.” Tate reiterated and spelled SUN as well!

K.M.1: Make direct comparisons of the length, capacity, weight, and temperature of objects, and recognize which object is shorter, longer, taller, lighter, heavier, warmer, cooler, or holds more.

Our table top activity to start out the morning was pipe cleaners and small pieces of straws. We worked using our fine motor skills to create something that interested us.

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We placed a variety of different magnetic items in a sensory bin. The children were busy experimenting with all the different items to see how they stuck to each other.

There were many building creations happening today. Children were building with the magnatiles to create a space for their animals, while some used the large plastic blocks to create ramps and roads for driving the cars.

Breakfast: Corn Chex cereal and oranges.

Lunch: Whole wheat tortillas with no nut butter, oranges, plums and cherry tomatoes.

Afternoon Snack: Wheat Thins and mozzarella string cheese stick.

Wee Sprouts: Carrots.

Have a great evening!

Rebekah and Mindy

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We started our morning doodling in our journals. Franklin and Sonya are interested in letters and love practicing them with markers on their paper.

Since we didn’t go outside this dreary morning, we brought out the trampoline instead. Our friends worked their energy out taking turns jumping around!

Breakfast was Whole Grain Cheerios and banana. Lunch consisted of sweet pea butter on whole wheat bread, apples, and corn. Afternoon snack was pretzel and string cheese.

Link to photos:  https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulh8ZFAZ7f9WaZPNoHcw

Have a great night!

Amanda

Happy birthday to Sophia! She turned two years old today!

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast was whole wheat toast with butter and clementine’s. Wee sprout was mixed veggies. Lunch consisted of pasta with marinara sauce, corn, and banana. Afternoon snack was organic whole milk yogurt and bananas.

Link to photos: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulh8UHLXp1746tsiGH5Q

Have a good night!

Amanda

Good Afternoon!

Here are the FAB’s for the upcoming week:

K.RL.2.4: Make predictions about what will happen in a story.

K.RL.2.1: With support, ask and answer questions about main topics and key details in a text heard or read.

K.M.1: Make direct comparisons of the length, capacity, weight, and temperature of objects, and recognize which object is shorter, longer, taller, lighter, heavier, warmer, cooler, or holds more.

During various activities this morning, we compared length and weight of different items. Jackson lined the sensory tubes in a row and we used our observation skills to compare and contrast as well as the magnetic instruments.

For large group, we read a story titled, ‘Another Brother’. We discussed the height of each of the brothers as well as guessing which brother weighed the most. At various points throughout the book, we made predictions about what was going to happen next in the story!

Jackson chose to work at the work bench. Max and Tate looked on as he completed his creation. After writing, his name as well as Tate and Max’s, he decided to paint it with water colors!

Anna brought in musical instruments from her home and donated them to Wee Friends! She sat and went through each item that she brought in. As a group, we decided if we should keep it or share it with our Wee Wee Friends! We enjoyed experimenting with the different instruments.

The art table was open for children to color shamrocks that will be added to our green chain that we made last week!

We had a great Monday! We hope you did too!

Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with butter and apples.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with marinara sauce and shredded cheese, mandarin oranges, and broccoli.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with pumpkin flax granola.

Wee Sprout– Snap peas.

Have a great night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 2/27

Happy Friday! Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast was corn flakes and banana. Wee sprout was mixed veggies. Lunch consisted of chicken salad on bagels, bananas, and mixed veggies. Afternoon snack was cheese crackers and string cheese.

Link to photos: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulh8NJyKYuHJTouQwBQQ

Have a great weekend!

Amanda

Happy Friday!

A SPECIAL PARENT NOTE:

Miss Tami received ‘the potty duck’ from an acquaintance of hers. He created it and wanted us to test it out! The duck gets full of water and goes pee-pee in the potty. Afterwards, we can push the blue button and it flushes the potty (the water comes out of the bottom). It is geared towards children who are starting the potty training process, but can be used with any child. It has a suction cup on the back and is really meant for the bathtub.

So, after careful consideration and a stellar group meeting, we are going to have potty duck go home with one child every weekend. On Monday, the child who had potty duck will share with the class what they did over the weekend! We will randomly select children and start up the potty duck exploration next weekend! If you have any questions, please ask! Our friends are excited to have a traveling class pet .

https://pottyduck.com/

Jackson and Addi ended their week by finishing off the last sign in entry. After writing their names, we talked about the first thing they do when they wake up in the morning! Addi goes straight to breakfast while Jackson lays in bed for a little bit before getting up. Once we were done having discussions, we wrote about it!

In large group, we read a book that Jackson brought in from home titled, ‘What Do You Do With A Tail Like This?’. We used our prediction skills as we predicted what animal part belonged to what animal. After learning what part belonged to what animal, we learned what they use that specific part for. For example, an elephant uses it’s nose to bathe!

Our kid spelling was in high gear as all of our older kids described and wrote about their journal. We’re starting to hear more and more vowel sounds while strengthening the use of our consonants.

Various building materials were pulled out this morning. Max and a few friends used magnatiles to create with while Jackson used the trio blocks to build his fortress!

We decluttered our Valentine’s Day décor so we looked ahead on the calendar and found St. Patrick’s Day! Black, white, and green construction paper strips were put on the table. Friends used markers and dot paints to color the strips. After the strips were stamped with our imagination and creativity, we stapled them together to make a chain (with the help of Max)!

Tada! The finished product.

With the ups and downs of this winter season, we are so thankful for how much outside time we got this week!

Breakfast– Rice cakes with no nut butter and banana.

Lunch– Homemade avocado chicken salad on whole wheat bread, banana/oranges, and snap peas.

PM snack– Pretzel crisps and block cheese.

Wee Sprouts– Green beans.

Have a lovely weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 2/24

Good Afternoon. Enjoy some of the pictures from our day!

Breakfast: Kashi’s Cinnamon Wheat Squares cereal and plums.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with chicken, broccoli with cheese, cherry tomatoes and apples.

Afternoon Snack: Whole wheat crackers and chick peas.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumber and cherry tomatoes.

Have a great night!

Rebekah

Link to pictures:  https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulh8FSBUemRZ1bzp_hDA

We played with playdough this morning at the kitchen table. Our friends poked holes in it with golf tees and tore pieces off to mold the dough into objects. Friends told us they made snakes, balls, and footballs!

Then we decorated our leftover shamrocks with the dot paints. Friends stamped bright colors all over the paper.

Everyone was excited that the bikes were out and ran right to them when we got outside. Our friends spent most of their outside time this morning riding on them and racing them down the hill.

Breakfast was Whole Grain Cheerios and banana. Lunch consisted of whole grain brown rice with chicken, banana, and corn. Afternoon snack was wheat crackers with hummus.

Link to photos: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulh8EXHVTjVt-WU11tAg

Have a great night!

Amanda