Good Afternoon!

In our curriculum this week we are learning about comparisons.  Today during our welcome activity we talked about this idea as we compared the temperature of the objects on our tray.  We talked about other ways the objects compared like being soft or hard.  Nesta noticed that her cold objects were also attracted to her magnet while the soft objects are not.  We talked about how she had discovered a “correlation” on her tray.  This may not hold true for everything but when we find correlations we are noticing a connection that we can test through experimentation. 

We spent much of the morning outdoors enjoying the wonderful weather!

Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with butter and fresh oranges.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with shredded beef/fresh tomatoes/basil grown in our classroom, fresh pineapple/kiwi, and fresh cucumber/pepper.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with fresh pineapple/watermelon.

Wee Sprout– Fresh pepper/cucumber.

Have a great night!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2024-02-26

Happy Sunny Monday!

Before heading outside to enjoy the rising temperatures, we engaged in tons of activities.  We were grabbing our bears to go on a bear hunt, exploring dress-up clothes and accessories, playing musical instruments and making food in the play kitchen.

The rest of the morning was spent outside.  We enjoyed riding bikes, sandbox play and playing with a variety of animals and sea shells.

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Breakfast:  Whole grain wheat bread toast with peanut butter and fresh apple slices.

Lunch: Whole grain wheat penne pasta with shredded pork, fresh orange slices, and cucumbers.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole milk yogurt and fresh blueberries.

Wee Sprouts:  Mini sweet bell peppers.

Have a great evening!

Rebekah and Jena

Link to pictures: 2024-02-26

Good afternoon!

This morning we laid out a variety of experimental art materials for everyone to find creative ways to use.  We talked about how we can make flowers and that idea took off!  Everyone wanted to make them!  A group of older friends started a “flower shop” in the housekeeping area and sold them to friends! An interest in flag making crept up as well and several friends added a next door flag shop!

Breakfast: Chex cereal with bananas

Lunch: Brown rice with chicken and fresh cantaloupe, pineapple, peppers and cucumbers

PM Snack: Whole wheat crackers with peanut butter and seeds (peanuts,sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds)

Wee Sprouts: Fresh tomatoes and bell peppers

Link to Photos:2024-02-22

See you all at conferences tomorrow!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Happy Thursday!

Enjoy some pictures from our day!

Breakfast:  Puffins cereal and fresh apple slices.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with kidney beans, fresh cucumbers and cantaloupe/pineapple slices.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole grain wheat cinnamon raisin bagel with butter spread and banana.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a great evening and we look forward to meeting with you all tomorrow for conferences!

Rebekah and Jena

Link to pictures: 2024-02-22

Good Afternoon!

To kick off our day, PREK1 friends came to the sign in board where they answered a question about the stay at home days, also known as the weekend! Friends were quick to answer and say, “I love the weekend days!”

Later on in group, we read a story from our MACK collection, ‘A Tale of Two Beasts’. It’s a book that has two sections: a story told two different ways, from two different perspectives. In the story, there are two main characters and they each get to tell their version of the story. We talked about the order in which the events occur as well as how people can see the same situation differently!

K.M.2: Understand concepts of time, including: morning, afternoon, evening today, yesterday, tomorrow, day, week, month, and year. Understand that clocks and calendars are tools that measure time.

On our our youngest friends, Hannah, loves our Robert Munsch collection in the reading area. Miss Amanda sat and read her several Robert Munsch stories. As the story time progressed, more and more kids came to listen. Robert Munsch books always spark interest and draw a crowd!

Letters and word cards were put out at the circle table for friends to explore. An open ended activity like this allows friends to use the materials as they wish. A few younger friends who sat down strictly worked with the letters, sometimes identifying letters that they recognized. Older peers were able to sit down and use the word cards. They looked for the letters that word spell a word from the word card they chose. Adrian ended up spelling several words as he became more and more excited as he found letters to spell words. He quickly figured out, “The words that I’m spelling all have three letters!”.

Enjoy a few more pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Rice cakes with peanut butter and banana.

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

PM snack– Blue corn chips with refried beans and shredded cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh pepper/cucumber.

Have a wonderful night!

-Wee Friends Teachers

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Good Afternoon!

We started off our morning with some Habi-trail play, including musical instruments and games of catch.

Then, we made our way to the kitchen for some fun sensory play with playdough. Several friends said that they were making a pizza with their playdough!

Afterwards, we headed outside to enjoy the beautiful weather! Friends enjoyed sandbox play, sliding down the slide, and cooking in the mud kitchen.

Breakfast: Overnight oatmeal with cinnamon/sugar mixture and banana.

Lunch:  Farm fresh scrambled eggs, fresh cantaloupe and cucumbers and whole grain wheat tortillas.

Snack:  Blue Corn Chips and refried beans.

Wee Sprout:  Red sweet bell peppers.

Have a great evening!

Rebekah and Jena

Link to pictures: 2024-02-21

Good Afternoon!

This morning was full of a variety activities.  Friends first asked for the Beanie Bag Dance song and we acted out the motions.

We then went into the kitchen to engage with loose part beads and patterning cards.  We worked on our patterning skills, stringing the beads on the pipe cleaner and stacking them.

We then headed to Habi-trail to kick balls.  We made a rainbow mat into a “goal”  for us to kick our balls into.

We then got out our plastic blocks and turned them into boats.  A friend decided to get out our liquid squares and put them under our boats since they have water in them and our boats move on water.  We also sang the Row, Row, Row Your Boat song and did the rowing motions in our boats or watching from the reading step.

Even though it was cooler this morning, we bundled up to get some fresh air and sunshine and engage in our favorite activities.

Breakfast:  Whole grain Cheerios and fresh apple slices.

Lunch:  Peanut butter on whole grain wheat bread, fresh orange slices and red sweet bell peppers.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole grain wheat cinnamon raisin bagels with butter spread and orange sweet bell peppers.

Wee Sprouts:  Cucumbers.

Have a terrific evening!

Rebekah and Jena

Link to pictures: 2024-02-20

Good Afternoon!

This morning at our welcome activity, we set out magnetic letters with trays to arrange them on.  We allowed the kids to explore.  Everyone was able to arrange the letters according to their level of development.  Some simply put the letters on the tray, others put them in alphabetical order.  Some enjoyed sorting and matching uppercase letters with the lowercase counterpart!

Last week there were a few friends who were interested in different ways to use tape.  We experimented with making tape paintings and several others wanted to try.  I mentioned this morning that we could make some tape paintings if there was anyone still interested and it turned out the majority of the class was!  They laid out designs with the tape, selected colors to paint with, then removed the tape to reveal the images.  Some friends made stipes, others made an X.  Adrian said he liked math so he wanted to make a + sign. Katherine created color blocks.  Nesta made an interesting scene filled with symmetry!

PREK2: We read the story “Good People Everywhere” in group today.  After the story we recalled something that people did in the story to help, or something that we remembered people doing to help in our own experience. 

Breakfast– Cheerios with fresh oranges.

Lunch– Peanut butter sandwiches on whole wheat flatbread/bread, fresh pineapple/apple, and fresh pepper/carrot/cucumber.

PM snack– whole wheat bagels with cream cheese

Wee Sprout– Fresh pepper/cucumber/carrot.

Have a lovely night.

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2024-02-20

Happy Monday!

This morning several friends were busy climbing on the habi-trail and looking out the window while they were up there.  We were also busy tossing the balls with a friend.

We then headed to the housekeeping area to engaged with dress up accessories and added them to our outfits.

We then headed into the kitchen to draw with markers in our journal binders.  We each filled several papers full of bright colors.  One friend shared with Miss Bekah that they drew “a snowman.”

Breakfast: Toasted whole grain wheat bread with butter and cinnamon/sugar mixture and fresh orange slices.

Lunch: Whole grain wheat penne pasta with kidney beans, fresh cantaloupe and broccoli.

Afternoon Snack: Whole milk yogurt with fresh apple slices.

Wee Sprout: Yellow bell pepper.

Have a great evening!

Rebekah and Jena

Link to pictures: 2024-02-19

Good Afternoon!

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with butter and fresh apples.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with shredded chicken, fresh cantaloupe/banana, and fresh carrots/pepper.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with granola.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/pepper.

Have a wonderful night!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2024-02-19