Happy Wednesday!

We want to send out a HUGE happy 6th birthday to Franklin! We’re so glad we got to spend your special day with you!

As we head into a holiday weekend, we wanted to share our overwhelming gratitude for every single child and family that we are lucky enough to work with everyday. You make our job so wonderfully pleasant. We hope you and your family have a safe and happy Thanksgiving.

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with fresh pears.

Lunch– Turkey, pumpkin muffins, homemade deviled eggs, sweet potatoes, and homemade fruit salad.

PM snack– Popcorn, pretzels, and raisins.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/cucumber.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 11/25

Good Afternoon!

A few housekeeping reminders:

-Tomorrow is PAJAMA DAY!

-If we do not have an update shot record for your child, we will need one by the end of the year! If you’re unsure of the status of the shot record date, please see a teacher. Thanks!

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We continued reading, ‘Freckle Juice’ in K group today. A few conversation starters for your K child tonight:

– Have them tell you one ingredient that was in Sharon’s recipe for freckle juice! See how many they can name from memory.

– After drinking the freckle juice, how did Andrew Marcus feel?

-Did Andrew get freckles after drinking the freckle juice?

Before going to the journal table, each friend shared one way that they can be a responsible member of their family!

Social Studies: K.2.4 Give examples of how to be a responsible family member and member of a group.

In PREK2, Miss Kim reviewed some FAB’s that children worked on earlier in the school year. Journal time is becoming one of their favorite moments throughout the day—they are becoming detailed in their journals as well as journaling about various events and people!

The snow and rain kept us inside this morning but we didn’t mind at all! A few of our older friends focused on activities that challenged them such as Ka-Noodle and 48 piece puzzles! Housekeeping was buzzing with two and three year old’s recreating a staple of our morning routine as of late: taking temperatures! Two children were taking each other’s temperatures on their foreheads and one shouted, “You’re 97!”

“Children are born with all of the curiosity they will ever need. It will last a lifetime if they are fed upon a daily diet of ideas.”

-Charlotte Mason

Breakfast– Kix and fresh pineapple.

Lunch– Peanut butter sandwiches on whole wheat bread, cheddar cheese slices, fresh apple/pineapple, and fresh carrots.

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

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/carrots.

Have a wonderful night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 11/24

Good Afternoon!

Friends welcomed our first real snow of the season today! We were all super excited and embraced the beauty of the falling snow. 

We then extended our snow experience by engaging with the play snowballs we have in the classroom and by also putting on our winter hats that are available in the dramatic play area. What a great snowy day!

Breakfast: Whole grain Kix cereal and banana.

Lunch: Warm whole grain tortilla’s with shredded cheese, corn and apples.

Snack: Whole wheat bagels with butter and cinnamon.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a lovely evening.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

**With a shortened week due to Thanksgiving, we will have a pajama day on Wednesday!

We decided to dive into a new chapter book this week in K group with one three days until Thanksgiving! Today, we started reading, ‘Freckle Juice’ written by Judy Blume. After we read through two chapters, we examined our arms to see if there were any visible freckles. Friends took it upon themselves to check out each other’s faces to see if there were any freckles there!

In PREK2, children worked together to come up with a list of how they could be a productive member of a group or family.

It was a morning full of intricate building!

Franklin and Sophia worked together to create a notch block tower using a design board. They tried their hardest to build their tower the way the tower appeared in the design picture.

Mack and Evie built their own creations using the magnatiles. The magnatile towers were detailed and if a magnatile fell over, they picked up their pieces and tried to rebuild it—such determination!

“There are many little ways to enlarge your child’s word. Love of books is the best of all.”

-Jacqueline Kennedy

Breakfast- Whole wheat toast with butter and fresh apples.

Lunch- Whole wheat pasta with marinara sauce, fresh pineapple/banana, and fresh broccoli/cucumber.

PM snack- Whole milk yogurt with fresh pineapple.

Wee Sprout- Fresh cucumber/broccoli.

Have a lovely evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 11/23

Good Afternoon.

Please Note: Wee Friends is closed this Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving holiday!

This morning we engaged in another turkey and feather activity. The glue is a very sticky feeling that some friends just don’t particularly care for, but we enjoy placing the colorful feathers onto our turkey’s.

We also had a great time dancing and playing our musical instruments.

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

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with shredded mozzarella cheese and marinara sauce, mixed veggies and banana.

Snack: Whole milk yogurt with graham crackers.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a night night.

Marty

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Good Afternoon and Happy Friday!

With our short three day week next wee in celebration of Thanksgiving  our Wee Wee’s will have a PJ  day on Wednesday, November 25th.

This morning we took a wagon ride around the neighborhood since it was such a gorgeous day. Friends were very excited when they saw the wagons. We also saw many pumpkins and mum flowers. We saw and heard barking dogs and a kitty cat. Of course we saw the ever so poplar train tracks as well…. hoping we would get lucky enough to see a train. Unfortunately, no train came, but we enjoyed our ride none the less.

We then enjoyed some play in the backyard play area. We LOVE riding our bikes.  

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

Lunch: Whole wheat bread with turkey lunchmeat, carrots and pears.

Snack: Whole grain Cheese crackers with mozzarella string cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Tomatoes.

Have a lovely weekend.

Marty

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Happy Friday!

After reading, ‘Slowly, Slowly, Slowly, Said the Sloth’ in K group, we talked about the five vowels at a very fundamental level. There were five words that were on the chalkboard and we worked together to see if we could fill in each missing space with the appropriate vowel. We talked about the sounds that each vowel makes before heading to the journal table to wrap up our week!

K.RF.4.3: Recognize the long and short sounds for the five major vowels.

In PREK2, children used fruit manipulatives to introduce the concept of subtraction. Each child got a turn to roll the dice and whatever number the dice ended on, that’s what they took away from the group of fruit.

Friends were thrilled to come to the art table and help clean toys using shaving cream! Almost everyone joined in at some point throughout the morning. It was an all-around enticing sensory experience!

We soaked up the last of the 60’s for the year (most likely!). Several children asked for the bikes out right away—our gross motor gears were grinding!

Breakfast– Brown rice cakes with peanut butter and fresh apples.

Lunch– Ham on whole wheat tortilla, fresh oranges/banana, and fresh broccoli/pepper.

PM snack– Pretzels and string cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh pepper/broccoli.

Have a lovely weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 11/20

Good Afternoon!

**Just a reminder that next week will be a short week as we are closed Thursday and Friday. If you are planning for your child to have an altered schedule next week, please let us know! –thanks!

After reading the third and final story in our ‘Miss Nelson’ story in K group, we read five story problems where we had to create our own addition or subtraction problem, depending on the story problem.

Each friend got one story problem to solve. Most friends used their fingers to add up the two numbers while a few tried to solve it in their head!

K.CA.1-2: Solve real-world problems, objects, or drawings that involve addition and subtraction within 10. Demonstrate the equation (e.g., 5= 2 + 3 and 5= 4 + 1).

In PREK2, children decided to write a letter to a turkey, asking a few questions that they wanted to know!

Our morning was full of children exploring various parts of the environment.

Older friends showed great interest in drawing so they got out a few sketching books while others occupied the art easel and housekeeping.

What a gorgeous morning to spend outside! After the last couple of mornings with hats and gloves, we welcomed these temperatures and the sun greeting us as we headed outside.

Breakfast– Oatmeal squares with banana.

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

PM snack– Graham crackers and sunflower seeds.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cherry tomatoes/cucumber.

Have a lovely evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 11/19

Good Afternoon.

We had a GREAT morning full of outside time. Fresh air, a little sunshine and warmer temps!

Breakfast: Whole grain Chex and Kix with fresh pears.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with shredded pork, mixed veggies and apples.

Snack: Whole wheat crackers and pumpkin seeds.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a lovely evening.

Marty

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Good Afternoon.

Miss Paige is strengthening her core muscles by sitting up and engaging with her floor jungle gym.

This is a new milestone that Paige has started, and she seems to really be enjoying this milestone. GO PAIGE, GO!!!

Adrian is working on building with the Duplo blocks to make a tall tower. He is utilizing his hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills while building.

Breakfast: Whole grain Chex cereal and banana.

Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs with shredded cheese, whole wheat butter toast, carrots and banana.

Snack: Whole wheat Ritz crackers and cream cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Peppers.

Have a lovely evening.

Marty

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