Happy Friday!
We want to wish a HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY to all of our amazing mom’s! We hope you have the best weekend, celebrating you!
Enjoy the pictures from our day!
Breakfast– Brown rice cakes with peanut butter and fresh pineapple/cantaloupe.
Lunch– Hummus on whole wheat tortilla, fresh pears/oranges, and fresh carrots/cucumber.
PM snack– String cheese and goldfish.
Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/cucumber.
Have a wonderful weekend.
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 5/6
Good Afternoon and Happy Friday!
Today we had water play in our large red bins. Shaving cream and some of the classroom toys were added in to enhance our play and to clean the toys as well. 
We then engaged in our fun large boxes. These have really gotten used over the last few weeks. The kids LOVE them.
Breakfast: Whole grain brown rice cakes with cream cheese (Paige’s choice) and oranges.
Lunch: Whole wheat tortilla with shredded mozzarella cheese, sweet potatoes and pears.
Snack: Pretzels and block cheddar cheese.
Wee Sprouts: Bell Peppers.
Have a fantastic weekend and Happy Mother’s Day to all of our awesome Mommies!!!!
Marty
LINK TO PICTURES: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIullMxZZzmE_VqM057Cgw
Good Afternoon!
‘Animal Balance Game’ was quite popular at the circle table this morning! It’s a fine motor activity that requires patience along with hand/eye coordination. The black balance block rocks back and forth so making sure that the animals are balanced correctly is important. Children show great perseverance when doing this activity!
One of our favorite things to do is walk around with clipboards, writing various things on paper. This morning, two friends came up to a teacher and asked, “Can we make maps at the art table and walk around the classroom with them?”
Once their maps were done, they attached them to a clipboard and proceeded to explore the classroom space looking at their maps.
A few other peers grabbed clipboards and started writing the names of their peers on their paper.
We decided to plant a blueberry bush in our garden this year! Since the weather is warming up, we were finally able to plant it today!
We spent a lot of time outside this morning. James decided to take his chalk and trace the outline of a few of his peers. This led to chalk bodies all over the sidewalk once more friends joined in!
Breakfast– Whole Grain Cheerios with fresh apples.
Lunch– Brown rice with shredded beef, fresh cantaloupe, and fresh snap peas/carrots/cucumber.
PM snack– Whole wheat crackers with sunflower seeds.
Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/snap peas.
Have a great evening.
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 5/5
Good Afternoon. I hope you are all having a wonderful day!
While Miss Annastecia was over this morning, she did an awesome art activity that our Wee Wee”s were extremely overjoyed about! She took our large soft star climber, covered it with white paper and friends dipped cars/trucks into green and/or yellow paint, then zoomed them down the climber.
During our outside play, we engaged with white chalk. Most of the time we use the chalk to write either on the concrete paths or the chalkboard. Today, Miss Bekah had a different idea!!! She asked some of our friends if they wanted to lie down on the ground for her to draw their body outline. We had MANY takers. 
One of our three year old friends asked other friends if anyone wanted to teeter-totter with her. Everyone was engaged with our new colorful balls…. So, I decided to teeter along. Oooops, I think I may have exceeded the 50 pound weight limit!!
Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and apples.
Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with butter and shredded chicken, fresh yellow peppers and banana.
Snack: Whole wheat crackers and pumpkin seeds.
Wee Sprouts: Fresh yellow peppers.
Have a great night.
Marty
LINK TO PICTURES: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIullMskMtPzqRyjNwK86Q
Good Afternoon!
In K/PREK1 group, we played Community Helper Bingo but added our own little twist. When children placed a chip on the helper square, I called on one friend to share a tool that the community helper uses to do their job!
Last week, our older group of children found a feather while on a walk! Today, we used the feather to write with using ink. Everyone who came to the table to write with the feather ended up writing their name. It was a unique experience watching children write with a brand new writing instrument!
We headed outside and spent some time outside before lunch. We were very thankful for the decent weather.
Our morning got even better when Miss Tami bought us in new balls for our outdoor environment! There were several balls for children to use plus a new cart to store them in! Up until lunch, children used the balls in various ways and were thrilled to share them with their peers.
Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh watermelon.
Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat bread, fresh pineapple/banana, and fresh cucumber/carrots.
PM snack– Air popped popcorn with butter and fresh watermelon.
Wee Sprout– Fresh cherry tomatoes/carrots.
Have a fantastic night!
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 5/4
Good afternoon.
Friends engaged in the musical instruments today and made beautiful sounding music.We love to hear the different sounds each instrument makes.
While enjoying all the beautiful sounds coming from the instruments an older friend was getting her body in motion dancing, jumping and stretching her body in different positions.
Miss Tami got us all new colorful balls for the outdoor area with a nice ball basket to put them in while we are not using them! There are so many bright colors to choose from and have fun with.
Breakfast: Whole grain oatmeal with cinnamon and watermelon.
Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs, whole wheat butter toast, fresh orange peppers, and banana.
Snack: Hummus with Blue corn chips.
Wee Sprouts: Sugar snap peas.
Have a lovey evening.
Marty
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Good Afternoon!
Evie and Mack drew lines from the job title to the tools that those workers need. Throughout the week, we’ll be talking about different jobs that people can have!
After reading, ‘Albert The Fix It Man’ in K/PREK1 group, we took all of the jobs that we wrote in our web yesterday and transferred them to a piece of paper. Children took turns sharing one tools that each job needed to do their job correctly.
Social Studies: K.4.2 Identify and describe different kinds of jobs that people do and the tools they use.
A small group of friends worked together to build a structure with the notch blocks in habitrail. We have several ‘blueprints’ for different structures that can be built. They chose one blueprint and started constructing the building. There were a couple of times where the structure wasn’t coming together the way they would like so they had to regroup and talk about their plans. It was a great cooperative learning experience.
Breakfast– Kix and fresh oranges.
Lunch– Melted shredded cheese on whole wheat flatbread, fresh watermelon, and fresh carrots.
PM snack– Whole wheat bagel with cream cheese and block cheese.
Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/cucumber.
Have a great evening!
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 5/3
Good Afternoon.
Rain???, what rain?!?!?! We didn’t let a little thing like rain damper our spirits. We had a very full engaged day!
An older friend asked for the swing! We each took turns and enjoyed our individual time swinging.
Then, it was hide and seek play! Friends started this game yesterday and it extended into our play again today. 
One friend would cover their eyes and count to ten, while others went to find a good place to hide! Boy oh boy…. did we find some great spots.
Then we engaged in the sensory table. Scooping, pouring and yes, even dumping the mixture onto the floor. We work with all of our little ones to try and keep as much of the seed mixture in the table as we can. But accidents happen, and that is A-OK!
Then we got out our ABC floor puzzle and did some different activities within that puzzle.
We first had friends find the letters that were scattered around one section of the classroom, we then after putting it all together went through each letter and found an animal or something else that began with that letter. We then found the first letter of our names and stood on that letter as well as sang the ABC song.
We had a GREAT fun filled day!
Breakfast: Whole grain Chex cereal with apples.
Lunch: Whole wheat warmed flatbread with refried beans and mozzarella shredded cheese, mixed vegetables with oranges and watermelon.
Snack: Whole wheat English muffins with butter and cinnamon and apples.
Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.
Have a great night.
Marty
LINK TO PICTURES: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIullMgbFf5AuUlbHe6Wnw
Good Afternoon!
We read, ‘I Want To Be A Doctor’ in K/PREK1 group. This week, we’ll be talking about the various jobs that people can do and the tools they need to do those jobs.
Once our story was done, we made a web filled with jobs. Each child got to share one job that they wanted on the web and then we went into an open conversation about jobs that ended up completely filling our web!
Tomorrow, we’ll take the jobs that we came up with and take our conversation one step further by talking about the tools needed to do those jobs.
Social Studies: K.4.2 Identify and describe different kinds of jobs that people do and the tools they use.
In PREK2 group, Miss Kim read, ‘Rosie Revere Engineer’. They talked about what an engineer does and the tools they need to do their job!
Friends had the opportunity to come to the art table and start a special still life painting of a flower bouquet! There was a three step process that children had to go through: drawing with a pencil, tracing with a sharpie marker, and finally painting with water colors.
“Give them what they want.”
-Winston Churchill
I found this article this afternoon as I was strolling through Teacher Tom’s blog and it made me laugh so hopefully it’ll provide a Monday afternoon laugh for you as well!
http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2022/04/give-them-what-want.html
Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with butter and fresh pears.
Lunch– Whole wheat noodles with butter and shredded pork, fresh apples, and fresh carrots.
PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with graham crackers.
Wee Sprout– Fresh pepper/cucumber.
Have a wonderful night.
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 5/2
Good Afternoon and Happy May!!!
PLEASE NOTE: WEE FRIENDS WILL BE CLOSED MONDAY, MAY 30TH IN OBSERVANCE OF MEMORIAL DAY.
Today we had fun reading stories to one another and painting a special project!
One of our older friends enjoyed being a book leader. She gathered books off of the book shelf, sat in the rocking chair and called over other friends and handed them their book to red.
During outside play, another one of our older friends used her balancing and bravery skills to get across one of the obstacle boards to reach the other. She was very cautious and took her time. She was successful and extremely proud of herself. 
Breakfast: Whole wheat butter toast with butter and cinnamon and pears.
Lunch: Whole wheat penne noodles with butter and red beans, broccoli and apples.
Snack: Whole milk yogurt with graham crackers.
Wee Sprouts: Fresh orange peppers.
Have a lovely evening.
Marty
LINK TO PICTURES: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIullMZ_AwsoqRjhwYc-VQ