Happy Monday!

**Wee Friends will be closed starting Thursday, July 1 through Friday, July 9th. We will reopen on Monday, July 12. Thanks!

The art table was a bustling place this morning! There were a few children who asked for clipboards. Children grabbed pieces of paper and carried around their clipboards, adding checkmarks and names to the paper.

When we went outside this morning, the first thing we did was check the garden after the inches of rain we picked up over the weekend. Many vegetables are flourishing, especially the kale! A few friends who were in the garden asked for some kale. The kale pieces are so big!

Breakfast– Whole wheat bagel with peanut butter and fresh apples.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with shredded chicken and butter, fresh watermelon, and fresh cucumber/pepper.

PM snack– Peanuts and pretzels.

Wee Sprout– Fresh pepper/cucumber.

Have a great evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 6/28

Good afternoon. I hope you all had a fantastic weekend.

This morning we all had a great time engaging in the soft moon sand. While playing Adrian was telling Miss Bekah it was “fried ice” then another friend chimed in and stated the sand was snow. Snow was what stuck with friends as they continued to play!

Friends then decided to enhance their gross motor skills by climbing up and over the wood logs available for play, as well as climbing up the rocks to slide down the slide.

We then headed over to the garden of fresh veggies! Adrian enjoyed a piece of Kale. He said, “Kale, Yummm!”

Breakfast: Whole wheat bagel with peanut butter and fresh banana.

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with butter and shredded chicken, sweet potatoes and banana.

Snack: Whole milk yogurt and graham crackers.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers.

Have a lovely evening.

Marty

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Happy Friday!

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Brown rice cakes with peanut butter and banana.

Lunch– Ham and cream cheese rollups, corn on the cob, banana, and whole wheat flatbread.

PM snack– Goldfish and cheddar block cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cherry tomatoes/cucumber.

Have a great weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 6/25

Happy Rainy Friday!

PLEASE NOTE: A friendly reminder… Wee Friends will be closed starting next Thursday, July 1st through July 11th for our annual summer vacation. We will resume on July 12th.

We had a multitude of fun and engaging activities today that helped us beat our rainy day blues.

Miss Bekah mixed water and shaving cream in our red bins for us to have water and sensory play all in one activity. She asked friends to find the toothbrush that was hidden in the mixture! They all found their brushes and were very excited!  

We then went onto having a dance party! One of our favorite songs came on. Hair Up, off the Trolls soundtrack. As we listened and danced to this particular song we all put our hair up in the sky like the song was saying.

Then, we had some tunnel time. We used our gross motor skills to crawl quickly through the colorful tunnel.

Breakfast: Whole grain brown rice cakes with banana.

Lunch: Whole wheat bread with turkey lunchmeat, squash, apples.

Snack: Pretzels and cheddar block cheese cubes.

Wee Sprouts: Mixed peas and carrots.

Have a lovely weekend.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

**Please bring in a white t-shirt for your child by Monday, June 28th. Thanks!

Children asked for the kinetic sand shortly after breakfast. The sensory bin stayed full as children filtered in and out. The kinetic sand has been one of our favorite sensory experiences!

Right now, we have sand experiences outside and inside. Our outdoor sandbox is always full of children, exploring the sandbox and creating tons of new and interesting structures. Below is a short article that gives reasons as to why sand and water experiences are important for development.

https://www.naeyc.org/resources/blog/importance-sand-and-water-play

Some of our herbs are coming in! A few friends got to try the cilantro and kale while others smelled the basil and dill.

We looked at how the tomatoes are coming in—we are so excited to be able to pick vegetables when they’re ready.

Breakfast– Toasted oatmeal squares and fresh oranges.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded pork, fresh watermelon, and fresh cucumber/cherry tomatoes.

PM snack– Whole wheat crackers with peanut butter.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/cherry tomatoes.

Have a great night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 6/24

Good Afternoon.

Adrian and a friend had a blast with a conversation they were having on the habi-trial slide. Both friends we laughing hysterically for quite some time. It was a great bonding experience..

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and apples.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with butter and shredded pork, mixed peas and carrots and watermelon.

Snack: Woven wheat crackers and Sunflower seeds.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers.

Have a nice night.

Marty

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Good Afternoon.

Today we were reading a “teacher book” by the name of Mmmm, Cookies by Robert Munsch. This is a very silly story that talked about play clay. When Miss Rebekah finished reading, Nesta asked if she and her friends could have some play clay? Miss Rebekah explained to her that play clay is another name for playdoh and we had that to play with. So we then all went quickly to the kitchen to engage in our “play clay.”  

During outside play we all had a great time engaging ourselves in many gross motor activities.

Adrian was all smiles sliding down the slide on his belly and running quickly around the environment. While Nesta and a friend had fun teeter-tottering.

Breakfast: Whole grain oatmeal with cinnamon with fresh cantaloupe.

Lunch: farm fresh scrambled eggs with shredded cheese, whole whet butter toast, mixed veggies and fresh cantaloupe.

Snack: Whole wheat flatbread with peanut butter,

Wee Sprouts: Fresh crisp carrots and cucumbers.

Have a night night.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with cinnamon and banana.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat flatbread, fresh cantaloupe, and fresh cucumber/carrots.

PM snack– Tortilla chips with salsa.

Wee Sprout– Fresh pepper/cucumber.

Have a wonderful night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 6/23

Good Afternoon!

When we were cleaning up the yard yesterday from the storm that went through Sunday evening, Miss Annastecia collected some leaves to use for an art project.

Today, children had the opportunity to come to the table and create leaf prints using a leaf of their choosing and tempera paint.

Two of our older children asked for the colored pattern blocks, which is one of our favorite table activities. They each chose a different pattern and completed the puzzle. Before they completed their puzzles, Franklin explored using the blocks in a vertical way. He placed the pattern blocks on the table and built upwards.

We were excited to head outside this morning! Children scattered throughout the yard, heading in all different directions. A couple friends stationed themselves in the sandbox while others tested their gross motor abilities by running throughout the outdoor environment. With the recent rain we’ve gotten, a variety of bugs are out which quickly occupy our bug jars!

Breakfast– Whole Grain Cheerios with fresh cantaloupe.

Lunch– Grilled cheese on whole wheat bread/tortilla, fresh pineapple, and fresh carrots/cucumber.

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

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/cucumber.

Have a wonderful night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 6/22

Good Afternoon. I hope everyone is enjoying their day! It’s beautiful again today.

Friends enjoyed engaging in one of  loose wooden part activity today. (Nifty System)  Nesta would line hers up in a row while others used their bulldozer truck to plow over their parts.

Friends utilize their fine motor, cognitive and spatial skills while having a great time with this activity.

During outdoor time the sandbox was the place too be. Friends scooped, dug and packed down the sand in their John Deere truck, pans and buckets. This fun sensory experience is a daily enjoyment, especially when the sand is a little damp. 

When Nesta was all done in the sand box she went over to the climbing wood house and her gross motor skills to climb up and down it with a friend from the WF classroom.

Breakfast: Whole grain Kix cereal and fresh apples.

Lunch: Whole wheat flatbread with hummus, sweet potatoes, and fresh apples.

Snack: Whole wheat cinnamon raisin bagel with butter and oranges.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh crisp carrots and fresh cucumbers.

Have a fantastic evening.

Marty

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