Happy Monday!
**First reminder: Wee Friends will be closed starting Thursday, June 30 through Friday, July 8.
Enjoy the pictures from our day!
Breakfast– Whole wheat bagel with peanut butter and fresh apples.
Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with butter and red beans, fresh cantaloupe, and fresh snap peas/cucumber.
PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with fresh pears.
Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/snap peas.
Have a wonderful night!
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 6/6
Good Afternoon!
Reminder: Wee Friends will be closed Thursday, June 30-Friday, July 8th for our annual summer vacation. We will re-open Monday, July 11th. Thank you.
This morning one of our friends was spinning around in circles, which reminded Miss Bekah of a song. This song is new to us and it is called Spin Again by Jim Gill. We all enjoyed spinning around to the song. I’m Going on a Bear Hunt and Freeze Dance: Lava, were two other songs that were requested by friends to dance along with and do the motions.
After dancing, we headed into the kitchen to paint with our dot paint markers. We all enjoyed creating several bright and colorful pictures.
We then headed outside to get some fresh air and enjoy our favorite activities.
Breakfast: Whole grain wheat toast with butter and cinnamon and fresh banana.
Lunch: Whole grain wheat pasta with butter and black beans, fresh pears and cucumbers.
Afternoon Snack: Whole milk yogurt and graham crackers.
Wee Sprout: Cucumbers.
Have a great evening!
Rebekah
Link to pictures: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIullOg2aH6tjdBDiHyiAg
Good Afternoon and happy Friday!
Today we enjoyed shaving cream, bugs and a little bit of sand for our sensory play! Water was added in toward the end to spice things up even more!
During outside play, we enjoyed many different activities. The chalkboard and balls were two activities we enjoyed the most!
Breakfast: Whole grain brown rice cakes with cream cheese and oranges.
Lunch: Whole wheat warmed tortillas with shredded cheese, fresh red peppers, pineapple and bananas.
Snack: Whole grain cheese crackers and block cheddar cheese.
Wee Sprouts: Fresh red peppers.
Have a lovey weekend.
Marty
LINK TO PICTURES: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIullOZpc8eKdGoOL906gw
Happy Friday!
Today was Miss Annastecia’s last day here at Wee Friends. We celebrated by having a pajama and nail day. After she got done painting friends nails, a few friends offered to paint hers!—how thoughtful!
We’re going to miss her a ton but are extremely thankful for everything that she’s brought to Wee Friends throughout the last four years.
We headed outside where the weather was PERFECT! The new balls and basket were a big attraction. Children tried throwing the balls into the hoop at the same time to see how many could fit at one time.
We had a fantastic end to our week—here’s to a great weekend!
Breakfast– Brown rice cakes with peanut butter and banana.
Lunch– Ham on whole wheat tortilla, fresh oranges/pineapple, and fresh cucumber/pepper.
PM snack– Pretzels and block cheese.
Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper.
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 6/3
Good Afternoon What a gorgeous day!
This morning we had a good time engaging with the colorful shape stackers. This activity enhances friends hand-eye coordination, shape and color recognition as well as working on the understanding of biggest to smallest and vice versa of the stacker shapes.
We then got in our big blocks and had fun rowing them as our boats. We listed to a few different songs while rowing.
During outside play, we engaged in coloring all types of things on the ground with our new sidewalk chalk. Also, we had fun playing hop scotch after Miss Marty made the number squares to jump on.
Breakfast: Whole grain Kix cereal and bananas.
Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with butter and shredded chicken, cooked carrots and bananas.
Snack: Sunflower seeds and whole wheat crackers.
Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.
Have a fantastic night.
Marty
LINK TO PICTURES: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIullOUzKlXfqZ2d2AoKeQ
Good Afternoon!
Two very exciting events happened this morning–
First: we made new playdough! A few friends gathered around the island as I got the ingredients together, anxious to help out! They decided on the colors blue and black. Each friend helped with an ingredient and placed it into the bowl. Once all of the ingredients were added, they helped me stir the dough together. We did this again for the second color that the small group of children chose. A friend commented, “It looks like icing. I wanna eat it!”
Playdough is one of our favorite sensory activities. It’s a huge bonus that children get to help me make it!
The second exciting event was new chalk was added to our outdoor environment. We LOVE chalk! A few kids decided to cover a big space with their chalk while others chose to draw simple drawings or even play a game of hopscotch! It was such a beautiful morning to be outside.
Breakfast– Corn Chex and banana.
Lunch– Brown rice with shredded beef, fresh cantaloupe, and fresh cucumber/cherry tomatoes.
PM snack– Graham crackers with peanut butter.
Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/cherry tomatoes.
Have a wonderful night.
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 6/2
Good Afternoon and Happy June!
Today friends enjoyed a fun fine motor, color recognition, and hand-eye coordination activity! We all love the pegs and different shaped peg boards.
While some were working with the pegs others built with our waffle blocks.
We got a great opportunity to get outside and play after some of the morning rain showers.
The water fountain was turned on and some of our little ones worked very hard to get a drink. GREAT JOB, GUYS!!!! 
Breakfast: Whole grain oatmeal with cinnamon and oranges.
Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs with shredded cheese, whole wheat flatbread, peas wit apples and oranges.
Snack: Hummus with Blue corn chips.
Wee Sprouts: Fresh red peppers.
Have a fantastic evening.
Marty
LINK TO PICTURES: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIullOMst2lMviAfOXT3hw
Good Afternoon!
A special treat was made in the kitchen this morning and of course, children jumped at the chance to help!
After washing their hands, they helped by adding dry ingredients into the bowl after Miss Annastecia weighed each ingredient.
Once all of the dry ingredients were added, children got a chance to lightly whisk the ingredients together. We did find out what happens to dry ingredients when you whisk the dry ingredients a little too hard!
Once the dough chilled in the refrigerator for an hour, friends took a cookie cutter and cut two cookies out!
They were so helpful and are anxious to taste their finish product!
Millie: “Ding-a-ling! Ding-a-ling! Ding-a-ling! Oh hi! I am getting a new baby! I have a lot of diapers for it. I’m getting it after Target..”
James: “Don’t worry about it (insert eye roll 
). I’ll talk to you later.”
A wooden block is not just a wooden block. Today, it was a phone that allowed children to have imaginary conversations with someone on the other line. Teachers stood back, listening to their conversations and admiring their ability to use their imagination!
Below is a blogpost about imaginary play and how to help children cultivate their imagination.
http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2022/03/im-fairy-real-fairy.html
We are so fortunate to have several sibling pairs between the infant/toddler classroom and the preschool classroom! Evie and Nesta were caught giving each other a super loving hug while outside this morning.
Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with fresh pears.
Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat bread, fresh oranges/apples, and fresh carrots/broccoli.
PM snack-Air popped popcorn with butter and raisins.
Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots.
Have a great night!
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 6/1
Good Afternoon! I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend.
Enjoy the pictures from our day!
Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and fresh pears.
Lunch: Peanut butter on whole grain wheat bread, fresh apples and corn.
Afternoon Snack: Whole grain wheat English muffins with butter and cinnamon and fresh yellow bell peppers.
Have a great evening!
Rebekah
Link to pictures: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIullOFh3Biox8X5uEmhvw
Good Afternoon!
It was a slower moving morning after coming back from a long weekend. Children found an activity that interested them and explored that activity for most of the morning! The art table was full with children using markers and paint dotters. A few of our friends gave their first drawing to a teacher!
We headed outside and decided to use the water table. Various bins and buckets were filled with water and most kids decided to take the water to either the table or to the sandbox. At the end of our water table experience, we were QUITE muddy/sandy/wet or all of the above BUT it was a great way to stay cool and a fun sensory experience.
Breakfast– Whole Grain Cheerios with fresh watermelon.
Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with marinara sauce and shredded cheese, fresh oranges, and fresh cucumber/carrot.
PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with fresh watermelon.
Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/cucumber.
Have a great night!
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 5/31