Happy Wednesday! I hope you are all enjoying a day without any rain!!!

This morning Paige was excited about climbing up on the soft star climber. She is able to work on strengthening her gross motor skills as well as her cognitive skills to figure out how to successfully climb up! She was also working hard on picking up the half circle soft star.

We then started listening to the song, We are the dinosaurs (marching), which then led into playing with our musical shakers/bells. We have a bell that sounds a lot like a Christmas bell, so Miss Bekah sang Jingle Bells.  

Arthur had a great time enjoying the outdoors and a few of the Wee Friends came over to hang out with him. I’m pretty confident everyone involved enjoys the friendships. 

Breakfast: Whole grain oatmeal and banana.

Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs, whole wheat butter toast, peas/carrots and apples.

Snack: Whole wheat flatbread with hummus and fresh banana.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh red peppers.

Have a lovely evening.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Overnight oatmeal with cinnamon and banana.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat bread, fresh cantaloupe/oranges, and fresh pepper/cucumber.

PM snack– Hummus and blue corn chips.

Wee Sprout– Fresh pepper/cucumber.

Have a great night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 7/14

Good Afternoon!

The light table was made available in the science area this morning. Children chose to grab the jar full of colorful shapes and use them on the light table. A few children chose to sort the shapes into groups while others chose to make a creation using various shapes.

The art table was a busy place as friends used many different materials along with the classics like paper and markers. Rowan used old marker caps on her creation and worked really hard at attaching them to her paper!

We were able to get quite a bit of outside time this morning before we got poured on! Children scattered throughout the yard, exploring spaces and becoming engaged in specific activities.

Our wee wee friends are getting older and love getting to hand out with their older wee friend peers! We have so many sibling pairs between the two sites and the outside time is a great time for them to catch up with one another.

Is there anything better than running in the rain? Truly. Children had an absolute blast running in the rain for a few minutes, trying to catch rain drops on their tongues. What a fun and joyful experience!

Breakfast– Kix and fresh watermelon.

Lunch– Hummus on whole wheat tortilla, fresh pineapple, and fresh cucumber/snap peas.

PM snack– Whole wheat bagel with cream cheese and block cheddar cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh snap peas/cucumber.

Have a wonderful night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 7/13

Good Afternoon.

This morning Arthur was working on strengthening his core and leg muscles by standing with Miss Bekah. He is doing a great job.

Our friend Adrian wore a cool dino shirt today, so we decided to extend the dino theme into painting with our play dino’s! We had a fun time pressing their feet into the colorful paint and then stomping the dino feet onto our paper. We had a great time.

A friend wanted to sit in Miss Marty’s lap. He said, “I want to go to the zoo.” So we sang a made up song about going to the zoo and guessing what animals we would see on our adventure!

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and banana.

Lunch: Whole wheat bread with peanut butter, Mozzarella sting cheese, mixed veggies and watermelon.

Snack: Whole wheat cinnamon raisin bagels with butter and watermelon.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers.

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Good Afternoon. We want to welcome everyone back. I hope everyone had a great vacation or just time away.

Today we welcome our new friend Arthur. He is a sibling to Millie in the preschool classroom. We look forward to watching him grow and achieve many milestones.

We were busy little beavers during outdoor play today! Paige and a friend are really enjoying the sand, while Adrian was interested in the garden. Paige quickly learned how yucky sand tastes’. Definitely a great sensory experience there.  

Breakfast: Whole wheat butter toast and oranges.

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with butter and cheese, sweet potatoes and apples.

Snack: Whole milk yogurt with grahams.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh red pepper.

Have a fantastic evening.

Marty

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Welcome back!

We kicked off our week by welcoming our newest friend, Imogen! Imogen visited us a few weeks ago so our friends were excited to see her back today!

Daniel came into the environment and immediately meditated. This lead a few other peers to come join him on the carpet.

Children got right into their normal routines. The circle table was busy with pattern blocks and puzzles while the building rug was occupied with magnatile creations.

Thankfully we were able to get some fresh air this morning! We were anxious to take a peak at the garden! We have some cherry tomatoes growing as well as cabbage. Our cilantro and dill patches are really taking off!

Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with peanut butter and banana.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with marinara sauce and shredded cheese, fresh watermelon, and fresh pepper/cucumber.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with fresh oranges.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper.

Have a lovely evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 7/12

Happy last day of June. The months are really flying!

This morning we engaged in many indoor activities that we all loved. We were very excited to play a matching game with Miss Bekah.

Adrian and a friend played with the colorful rings. One friend even used it as a hula-hoop. Fun times.

We then had Adrian and a pal pretend they were sleeping. Pillows were gathered and placed on the floor for our bodies to lie down. We even had the dress up shoes to accompany our sleep time.

Breakfast: Whole grain oatmeal with cinnamon and oranges.

Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs, whole wheat butter toast, fresh cucumbers and pears.

Snack: Whole grain blue corn chips with hummus.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers.

Have a fantastic break and we will see you all back on July 12th!

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Happy Wednesday!

We said goodbye to two of our friends today as this is both of their last day’s at Wee Friends! Jack and Ellie both started is our Wee Wee classroom and have given both classrooms so much joy! We’ll miss you!

 

Enjoy the pictures from our day—hope everyone has a terrific summer vacation! See you back here on Monday, July 12.

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with fresh apples.

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

PM snack– Fresh watermelon and blueberries with air popped popcorn with butter.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/carrots.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 6/30

Good Afternoon!

Throughout the morning, children were given the opportunity to tie-dye their t-shirts! Friends got to choose a single color or a mixture of colors. They got to choose from yellow, green, and blue. While that was going on at the art table, other activities started popping up!

Franklin thought outside of the box with the colored pattern blocks and built a 3-D structure. We told him that we could easily blow that up and place it downtown South Bend—it was super interesting!

We headed outside this morning where children were on the search for bugs…and yummy kale in the garden! Most friends found the shaded areas in the yard and either built in the sandbox, looked for creepy crawly’s, or had a conversation with a friend or teacher.

Breakfast– Kix and banana.

Lunch– Peanut butter on whole wheat tortilla, fresh watermelon, and fresh carrots/cucumber.

PM snack– Whole wheat bagel with cream cheese and block colby jack cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh pepper/cucumber.

Have a lovely night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 6/29

Good Afternoon All!

Today we did another fun sensory activity that we seemed to really enjoy. We used Red, White and Blue paint with bath loofa’s to make beautiful, colorful pictures. It’s an awesome feeling to be able to paint with so many different items around the classroom.

We then happily listened to teacher stories. Miss Marty LOVES to read them and much as friends enjoy listening!!!

We then utilized our gross motor skills to climb up the rocks beside the slides to reach the top to then slide down. What fun!  

Breakfast: Whole grain Chex cereal and apples.

Lunch: Whole wheat bread with Turkey lunchmeat, mixed veggies and oranges and apples.

Snack: Whole wheat bagels with cream cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers are carrot slices.

Have a night night.

Marty

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