Good Afternoon. I hope you all enjoyed the beautiful weekend.

Today we engaged in water play all while cleaning toys in the process.  

Paige worked on matching the colored shapes from the shape house into their correct shape opening. She did GREAT!!

Meanwhile, Arthur kept himself busy before his nap enjoying a little gross motor time and fine motor time building with the Duplo blocks.

Breakfast: Whole wheat/grain English muffins with butter and cinnamon and oranges.

Lunch: Whole wheat Penne pasta with butter and red beans, mixed veggies and apples.

Snack: Whole milk yogurt with graham crackers.

Have a nice night.

Marty

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Happy Monday!

First reminder: Wee Friends will be closed on Friday, April 15th for Good Friday.

Evie and Mack were asked to draw a line from the number to the matching number word. Once they did this, they had to write a number and number word that wasn’t used in the problems above.

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

We read, ‘Froggy’s Lemonade Stand’ in K/PREK1 group. If you’ve read any Froggy story, you know they use a ton of various ending punctuation! We started off by identifying different punctuation marks in the story as well as talking about when each punctuation mark is used.

Afterwards, we read four sentences on the board. Children worked together to figure out what punctuation mark should be by determining if the sentence was a statement, question, or a heightened voice/excited statement.

K.W.6.2B: Punctuation- Recognizing and naming end punctuation.

In PREK2, children sorted food into specific categories such as fruit, vegetables, bread & grains, and meat.

Enjoy the pictures from the rest of our day!

Breakfast– Whole wheat bagel with butter and fresh pears.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with butter and shredded turkey, fresh pears/apples, and fresh carrots.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt and a birthday treat fit for a five year old: popsicles!

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/carrots.

Have a wonderful night.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/7

Good Afternoon and Happy Friday! I hope you all have a had a great week.  

Today we engaged in loofa painting that then quickly turned into hand/finger painting. We enjoyed the loofa experience, however you just can’t beat getting your hands all full of paint.

Friends enjoyed hanging out and watching our two fish, Hey Diddle Diddle and Orangie swim all through their tank.

We then had much fun enjoying the outdoor environment! A couple of our friends even made it to the top of the climbing house. What great determination and bravery!

Breakfast: Whole grain brown rice cakes with peanut butter and or with butter and cinnamon with oranges.

Lunch: Whole wheat tortillas with ham lunchmeat, corn and pears/banana.

Snack: Pretzels and Mozzarella string cheese.

Have a wonderful weekend and enjoy the warmer weather the next two days!!!

Marty

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Happy Friday!

We ended our week by celebrating our first March birthday: Millie turned 4! We are so thankful we got to celebrate with her. March is FULL of birthdays and Millie’s friends were thrilled to get to celebrate her today!

Mack and Evie worked with number patterns for their kindergarten sign in! They had to complete three different patterns where they added 2, 5, and 10 respectively in each pattern.

K.CA.5: Create, extend, and give an appropriate rule for simple repeating and growing patterns with numbers and shapes.

We read, ‘Miss Nelson Is Missing’ in K/PREK1 group which flowed right into our Venn Diagram where we compared and contrasted the two main characters of the story. We put the information we came up with on the Venn Diagram. We worked extremely well together throughout the group session and were able to add several bits of information to the diagram.

K.W.5: With support, build understanding of a topic using various sources. (Identify relevant pictures, charts, grade-appropriate texts, personal experiences, or people as sources)

It was so nice and sunny out this morning that we decided to get bikes out! Children were absolutely ecstatic riding their bikes.

Breakfast– Brown rice cakes with peanut butter and banana.

Lunch– Whole wheat tortilla with melted shredded cheese and turkey, fresh apples, and fresh green beans/cucumber/pepper.

PM snack– Millie’s birthday treat: fresh peppers, pretzels and hummus!

Wee Sprout– Fresh green beans/cucumber/pepper.

Have a wonderful weekend.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/4

Good Afternoon!

Mack and Evie used plastic shapes and colorful puff balls to make patterns for their sign in. After they made the pattern, they drew it on their sign in.

K.CA.5: Create, extend, and give an appropriate rule for simple repeating and growing patterns with numbers and shapes.

We used unifix cubes in K/PREK1 group. There were four patterns that were made and each child go to pick one pattern. They identified the pattern and then shared with the group what color would come next!

K.CA.5: Create, extend, and give an appropriate rule for simple repeating and growing patterns with numbers and shapes.

The Montessori beads were requested this morning. Children used them for a variety of reasons. A few friends used them to stack while others put them into a line of smallest to biggest.

Enjoy the rest of the pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Toasted oatmeal squares and banana.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded pork, fresh oranges/banana, and fresh green beans/cucumber/cherry tomatoes.

PM snack– Whole wheat crackers and sunflower seeds.

Wee Sprouts– Fresh cherry tomatoes/cucumber.

Have a lovely night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/3

Good Afternoon.

Today we engaged in utilizing our gross motor skills. The stepping squares were placed on the floor a little ways apart from one another so friends could work on their jumping skills.

We then took our large reading area pillow and placed it onto the floor so we could pretend to be babies going to sleep. Friends placed all sorts of “blankies” over the top of their friends bodies and told them “night night.”

Arthur really enjoyed reading Frosty the Snowman book to himself today!

Breakfast: Whole grain Kix cereal and apples.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with red beans, sweet potatoes and banana.

Snack: Sunflower seeds and whole wheat crackers.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a nice night.

Marty

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Good Afternoon.

This morning we happily engaged in our sensory table of bird seed and black bean mixture. Friends found the two small pretend ants that are in the mixture and were pretty excited that they were found. So we extended on that play and a teacher hid the ants for them to find.  

Our little Miss Emma loves to twirl around her body when any music comes on. Its so sweet to watch her.

Then we bundled up and headed outside!!!

Breakfast: Whole grain oatmeal with cinnamon and apples.

Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs with shredded cheese, whole wheat peanut butter toast, mixed vegetables, pears.

Snack: Whole grain Blue corn chips with hummus.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a fantastic evening.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

Yesterday, Evie and Mack worked with a pie chart to answer questions regarding a specific topic for their kindergarten sign in. Today, they used a graph to figure out how many children liked a specific fruit. They were able to follow the line on the graph to determine how many children liked bananas, strawberries, watermelon, or apples the most.

K.W.5: With support, build understanding of a topic using various sources. (Identify relevant pictures, charts, grade-appropriate texts, personal experiences, or people as sources)

After we read, ‘What Do You Do With A Tail Like This?’ in K/PREK1 group, each child got an opportunity to come up to the chalkboard to complete a shape pattern! Before they came to the board, we identified the pattern first. Once they determined what shape came next in the pattern, they grabbed the correct colored pencil and proceeded to fill in the blank space.

K.CA.5: Create, extend, and give an appropriate rule for simple repeating and growing patterns with numbers and shapes.

“What power do you want to have?”—what an awesome question!

Each PREK2 member got the chance to choose one of three powers they’d like to have. When they came to a decision, they filled in a piece of the pie chart with their answer. Looks like majority of the group chose mind control!

We have a few different building materials in the science area: crystal climbers and magnets! A group of older boys explored both of these activities this morning before we went outside. There was an abundance of detailed creations with wonderful stories behind each creation.

Bo made a time changer out of magnets. He shared that as he spun it, he could make the time and day change to whatever he wanted!

It has been glorious being able to go outside this week! Children got right back into the swing of things in our outdoor environment. We love the morning fresh air!

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh pears.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat tortilla, fresh pineapple, and fresh cucumber/snap peas.

PM snack– Air popped popcorn with butter and raisins.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/snap peas.

Have a wonderful night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/2

Good Afternoon and Happy March! SPRING IS SOOOO CLOSE!!!!!  

Today we engaged in an art activity that everyone really enjoyed. Glitter is always fun to sprinkle on anything. We painted our cut out shamrocks and then added festive green glitter to them .

We also had much fun hiding our bodies under the habi-trail.

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and apples.

Lunch: Whole wheat tortilla’s with refried beans and shredded cheese, corn and oranges.

Snack: Whole wheat bagels with butter and cinnamon.

Wee Sprouts: Red pepper.

Have a nice night.

Marty

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Welcome to March!

Evie and Mack used a pie chart for their sign in to answer questions surrounding our favorite pizza topping! The last question was, “How many friends were asked about their favorite pizza topping?”. They both were able to add 5 + 4 + 3 + 2 in their heads and come up with the correct answer.

K.W.5: With support, build understanding of a topic using various sources. (Identify relevant pictures, charts, grade-appropriate texts, personal experiences, or people as sources)

Last week, we talked about comparison words in K/PREK1 group. We used a scale to see how much every child weighed and today, we used a kitchen scale to measure items around the environment. There were seven items that we weighed but before we put them on the scale, we guessed how much each item may weigh.

We used the watermelon as our example. The watermelon last week weighed 18 pounds and the group decided that no item that we weighed today would weigh more than 18 pounds. Some of our guesses were really close!

In PREK2 group, each child got a book about a different animal. They chatted about the animal book they had and with the help of Miss Kim, created a Venn Diagram that focused on what the animals ate. Children had to decide if their animal was a herbivore, carnivore, or omnivore.

Mack and Evie built magnatile gems this morning! They used only triangles to create their gems.

Before heading outside, children took turns getting some energy out by jumping on the trampoline! It is our favorite inside gross motor activity!

We were thrilled that the sprinkling subsided even for us to go outside. Children scattered throughout the yard, diving into various activities.

James, Millie, and Nesta played ‘family’. There was a dad, mom, and baby, They chatted about what they were making for dinner (stuffed peppers + pasta + muffins). Later on in their play experience, they pronounced that the mommy was pregnant and they were on the way to the hospital to have another baby! How wide our imaginations are!

Breakfast– Corn Chex and fresh pears.

Lunch– Peanut butter on whole wheat tortilla/pita bread, fresh oranges, and fresh cucumber/carrots.

PM snack– Whole wheat bagel with cream cheese and string cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/cucumber.

Have a fantastic night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/1