Good Afternoon!

**If you know that your child won’t be here for any number of days before Christmas break, please let a teacher know. We appreciate it! Thank you!

We want to wish Miss Kim a fantastic birthday that she’ll celebrate tomorrow! We hope you have a great day!

After reading, ‘Paper Bag Princess’ which is written by Robert Munsch, we looked at a map of the United States and identified Indiana. As I asked each individual child to roll up their map, each child had to name a state and try to find it. We were able to identify two states: Texas and Florida! We talked about how each state is mostly surrounded by water! As we talked about this, we brought California into the mix and pointed to it on the map.

Social Studies: K.3.2 Identify maps and globes as ways of representing Earth and understand differences between a map/globe.

PREK2 children had to identify the ‘reindeer and sleigh garage’ and once they did, they wrote their name by the garage. All week we’ve been studying maps and talking about the different things we can find on a map.

The light table was utilized this morning to decorate a tape tree with different manipulatives, mainly hexagon shapes. We filled in the tree shape and traced the outline too!

“Play is the highest expression of human development, for it alone is the free expression of what is in a child’s soul.”

-Friedrich Froebel

Breakfast– Rice cakes with peanut butter and fresh banana/raspberries.

Lunch– Homemade chicken avocado sandwich on whole wheat bread, fresh banana/pears, and fresh cucumber.

PM snack– Goldfish and string cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/carrots.

Have a fantastic weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 12/7

Happy Friday! I hope you are all enjoying the sunshine.  

“Let us leave the life free to develop within the limits of the good, and let us observe this inner life developing.” ~Maria Montessori

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast: Whole grain English muffins with cream cheese and grapes.

Lunch: Whole wheat peanut butter sandwiches, corn, and grapes.

Snack: Whole grain cheese crackers and cheddar block cheese/apples

Wee Sprouts: Carrots.

Have a fantastic weekend.

Marty

LINK TO PICTURES: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIuljZdHGCYhUchyMdFDCA

Good Afternoon!

In K/PREK1, we read a book titled, ‘In The City’ which is a Usborne book. Each page has items hiding so you need to put a flashlight behind the page to illuminate the items! There were different aspects of cities such as work buildings, parks, and several other areas that make up a city. We used a map as a guide to look at specific cities around us.

Social Studies: K.3.2 Identify maps and globes as ways of representing Earth and understand differences between a map/globe.

In PREK2, children looked at the map of the United States. They each pointed to a state which Miss Kim identified. Franklin pointed to Indiana and said, “Hey, that’s where I live!”. After each state was identified, they talked about the weather and climate and how they differed.

Here are a few pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Corn chex and fresh grapes.

Lunch– Brown rice and shredded chicken with cheese, fresh pears/banana, and fresh cucumber/carrots.

PM snack– Peanuts with whole wheat crackers.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/carrots.

Have a great night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 12/6

Good Afternoon.

“Let the children be free; encourage them; let them run outside when it is raining; let them remove their shoes when they find a puddle of water; and when the grass of the meadows is wet with dew, let them run on it and trample it with their bare feet; let them rest peacefully when a tree invites them to sleep beneath its shade; let them shout and laugh when the sun wakes them in the morning.” ~Maria Montessori

What a wonderful, and powerful message from one of the greatest educators of the Montessori theory! Wee Friends has always thrived on the belief of allowing children to learn through their play, and we love seeing our friends engaged in their day and activities all while learning. 

This morning as the beautiful white snow fell to the ground, we had a great time with a sensory activity. We decorated Santa hats to hang throughout our classroom. While we engage in many different types of sensory activities, this one in particular can get a little sticky! When we work with glue our friends can have different reactions to the way it feels on their fingers. Some don’t mind the feeling at all, while others don’t particularly care for it as much. We decorated our hats with gold garland, white cotton balls, all all kinds of pretty sequins. Our friends worked hard on making their hats look really nice and we had a lot of fun making them.

 

While decorating our hats we also watched the snow fall, listened to Jingle Bells and other Christmas songs, and sang along too. What a great morning!!!

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and grapes.

Lunch: Whole grain rice with shredded chicken, peas, and grapes.

Snack: Pretzels and cheddar cheese.

Have a great evening.

Marty

LINK TO PICTURES: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIuljZZbnkSsp5QeLP4HKQ

Good Afternoon.

“Early childhood education is the key to a better society.” ~Maria Montessori

There is nothing better than finding that perfect teachable moment! While reading stories this morning, a friend chose the book Blue Hat, Green Hat by Sandra Boynton. While we were reading we learned that Daniel and Miss Rebekah both have on red shirts, Evie and Jack have on yellow shirts, and Miss Marty and another friend have on blue shirts. Some of our friends are working on learning their colors and this was a great way to help with that process.  We also learned that not all matching colors are exactly the same and that there are different shades to each color.

Later in the day, Jack went to the ball collection and told Miss Marty he wanted to get all the small balls out of the basket. He then placed all of his collected balls right at the end of the slide. Friends would randomly bring a larger ball to Jack and he would reply, “No, I only want little balls.” He definitely had a plan in his mind, even though none of us really knew just what he was wanting to do. But then, it all made sense as he walked around the habi-trail to get to the slide and slide down to make the balls move in all different kinds of directions.

Our friends all have wonderful imaginations that shine brightly in the classroom daily. Having an active imagination can lead to elaborate dreams, and a world of possibilities.

Breakfast: Whole Grain Chex cereal, and grapes.

Lunch: Scrambled eggs with shredded cheese, whole wheat toast with butter, corn, and grapes.

Snack: Whole wheat rice cakes with peanut butter.

Wee Sprouts: Corn.

Have a night night! Stay Warm.

Marty

LINK TO PICTURES:  https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIuljZVfvFqijDpMLR5Pdw

Good Afternoon!

Enjoy the pictures from today!

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh banana.

Lunch– Scrambled eggs with shredded cheese, whole wheat english muffins, fresh pineapple/banana, and fresh cucumbers.

PM snack-Blue corn chips with hummas

Wee Sprout– Fresh peppers/cucumber.

Have a fantastic night.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 12/5

Good Afternoon!

“Children are human beings to whom respect is due, superior to us by reason of their innocence and of the greater possibilities of their future.” ~Maria Montessori 

Daniel and Zoe were nicely engaged in the shape stacker activity today. This activity is a multiple learning activity that all of our friends love. We can utilize our hand-eye coordination skills, learn our colors, shapes, and how objects can be larger and or smaller than others.

Friends also enjoyed engaging with the waffle blocks. These blocks are also a multi-learning activity. Hand-eye coordination, fine motor, color recognition, and shape recognition are all ways we we can have our cognitive senses in full scale.

Breakfast: Whole grain Kix cereal, with grapes.

Lunch: Whole grain flatbread with shredded cheese and refried beans, carrots, and clementine’s.

Snack: Whole wheat Ritz crackers with cheddar cheese cubes.

Wee Sprouts: Peas.

Have a wonderful night.

Marty.

LINK TO PICTURES: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIuljZRQb8FWapaG5qk3nw

Good Afternoon!

K/PREK1 read Pooh’s Jingle Bells which tells the story of Pooh and his friends wanting to help Santa pass out presents to everyone around the world. This was a theme throughout the day of helping others or doing something kind for someone else.

After the story was done, we talked about two words: ‘city’ and ‘state’. First, we talked about states and given our group of children is fairly well traveled, friends started sharing states that they’ve been to right away! As they shared a state, they also shared the memory that’s attached to that state which was great! We used a map of the United States to point out the states that we wrote on our web.

We also talked about cities which ended up being a little more challenging to comprehend but we were able to come up with a few cities that are very familiar.

Social Studies: K.3.2 Identify maps and globes as ways of representing Earth and understand differences between a map/globe.

In PREK2, children looked at the map that was displayed. After observing it, each friend shared one thing on the map that they noticed. Answers ranged from ‘the big tree’ to ‘toy factory’!

Children often view the holiday time as a time for presents (as kids, that’s the best part right?!). But, we’ve been focusing lately on the other part: spending time with loved ones and helping those who are in need.

This morning, a few children helped Miss Kim bake chocolate/banana muffins to give to a few neighbors to thank them and wish them a happy holiday. We had a terrific time baking the muffins and I’m sure giving them to our neighbors will be even better!

Lucy and a few of her older peers made individual cards for our neighbors to attach to the muffins!

“Christmas is really about spending time with people you love.”

-Lucy

Age 5

Breakfast– Kashi Blueberry Clusters and fresh raspberries.

Lunch– Refried beans and shredded cheese on whole wheat flatbread, fresh oranges/grapes, and fresh broccoli.

PM snack– Homemade chocolate/banana muffins and block cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cherry tomatoes.

Have a fantastic evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 12/4

Good Afternoon,

This morning proved to be cold and rainy, so we decided to stay inside to do an art project. We took some red and green paint, added gold glitter, and stamped our papers with gift bows. Their creations turned out very well. Each of them had their own unique design.

K.3.2 Identify maps and globes as ways of representing Earth and understand differences between a map/globe.

Today during large group and PreK2 group time, we discussed what a map is used for and what is on it. Large group looked at several maps (including a map of the North Pole) and brainstormed what things are found on the maps they viewed.

PreK2 looked at a map Ms. Kim and Lucy made last Friday of Wee Friends. Today’s group questions was: If you want to draw where would you go? They looked at the map, answered the question, and wrote their names under to correct choice.

Breakfast: English muffins with PB & fresh oranges

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with beef, fresh red grapes, & broccoli florets

PM Snack: Vanilla yogurt with fresh raspberries

Wee Sprout: Fresh cucumbers

Happy Monday,

Ms. Kim

LINK TO PICTURES: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIuljZQDYtRQ4MG0Ad5yyQ

Good Afternoon and Happy December!!

“Within the child lies the fate of the future.” ~Maria Montessori

The dramatic play center is such a fun and exciting play area for our WWF to explore and use their imaginations to the fullest. Evie and Daniel are cooking food for their peers and teachers, as well as feeding their baby a bottle. However, this area is not just limited to the “housekeeping” section, it also expands into the dress-up area. When Daniel was all done cooking and feeding his baby, he then decided it would fun to get dressed up in a cape and hard hat!  We love to see our friends’ not only use their minds to create, but we also love to see parallel play incorporated into their day.

Miss Annastecia came over for a visit and all of our friends greeted her with big hugs! How exciting to see all the love given to a teacher mainly from the WF classroom. We LOVE Miss Annastecia!!

Breakfast: Whole wheat toast with Peanut butter and banana.

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with butter and shredded beef, peas, with pears and bananas.

Snack: Whole milk Greek yogurt with graham crackers.

Wee Sprouts: Carrots.

Have a fantastic night!

Marty

LINK TO PICTURES:  https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIuljZNltB4tN0hDi_JiMA