Happy Monday!

**Wee Friends will be closed Thursday, June 28th through Friday, July 6th. We’ll reopen Monday, July 9th.

Our spring swim session has come to an end. This has been one of the best sessions we’ve had in a long time. Our confidence and skill level has increase immensely. Most of our swim friends ended their session by swimming at least 1/4 of the length of the pool starting in the deep end without any assistance! This is HUGE! We also worked on jumping into the pool and going directly into our back float. We are so thankful for Miss Leslie and the Y! We can’t wait for the fall session!

A fine motor activity was made available at the art table this morning. Children took cotton swabs and transferred glue onto paper before attaching various shapes to paper.

When our swim friends returned, we participated in a gross motor activity involving the parachute and small, colorful balls. We all worked together to hold the parachute up and on the count of three, we shook the parachute so that all of the balls went flying! This was done several times before we took the balls out of the equation. Towards the end, friends held onto the parachute and all together, ran underneath the parachute! We loved exploring the parachute and the different ways to use it.

“What we learn with pleasure, we never forget.”

-Alfred Mercier

Breakfast– Whole wheat bagel with cream cheese and banana.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with shredded chicken and butter, PPC banana/pears, and PPC cherry tomatoes/green beans.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with PPC banana.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots and PPC green beans.

Have a fantastic night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 6/11

Good Afternoon.

Today we welcome another new friend to our class! We look forward to watching him grow and achieve many milestones.

A child’s imagination is a miraculous thing! I myself, sometimes wonder how their little minds get so creative in the things they do. Today, Mack decided it would be fun to place different items from around the classroom under the table legs of the small circular table. Teacher’s asked him why he placed those items there and his response, “I don’t know, but I like it!” Keeping our classroom interesting and full of life is always a priority for us.

Breakfast: Whole wheat toast with butter and cinnamon with PPC pears.

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with shredded chicken and butter, corn and PPC strawberries.

Snack: Whole milk yogurt with graham crackers.

Wee Sprouts: Corn.

Have a fantastic evening!

Marty

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Happy Friday!

A ‘Teacher Tom’ blog post that I read today that brought a smile to my face—>

http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2018/06/a-story-from-journal-station.html

Everyday, we hear stories whether they’re real or make believe. These stories are told in the habitrail area, art area, or reading area to name a few. Children tell their stories with such enthusiasm and joy. When these stories are told, children are given the option to do many things, one being transfer this to paper! A few of our children love putting their thoughts and feelings onto paper whether their making a story book or just drawing a picture, children always have the option to write their feelings done or to have a teacher dictate their words. This is one of the many ways we validate children’s feelings and thoughts throughout the day!

“Fair doesn’t mean giving every child the same thing; it means giving every child what they need.”

 

Breakfast– Rice cakes with peanut butter and PPC banana.

Lunch– Ham on whole wheat bread, PPC banana/pears, and PPC cucumber/green beans.

PM snack– Pretzels and string cheese.

Wee Sprout– PPC cucumber/green beans.

Have a fantastic weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 6/8

Good Afternoon!

Today the Wee Wee’s were extremely busy! We engaged in puppets, permanence boxes and the colorful transparent stacking squares. All of these fun activities help us utilize our recognition of shapes and colors, while also strengthening our hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills.

When we went outside Daniel were very interested in the large brooms that teachers use to sweep all the pea gravel off the concrete. This activity helps Daniel and friends with their hand-eye coordination and empathy skills of being kind and lending a helping hand. What fun! We also had fun with the large dump trucks and buckets dumping the pea gravel into each of them.

Breakfast: Whole wheat toast with no nut butter and PPC pears.

Lunch: Whole wheat bread with ham lunchmeat, corn and PPC pears.

Snack: Whole grain cheese crackers and mozzarella string cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Corn.

Have a wonderful weekend, we’ll see you Monday.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

Our welcome activity involved two materials: numbers written on a paper and gems. Children took it upon themselves to trace the numbers with the gems, identifying which number they had just completed!

A group of children explored with wooden rhythm sticks. Franklin shouted, “Look! I made an F for me!”. Other children worked together to build a tower. They quickly found out that it was challenging to build on the carpet!

When children are proud of what they’ve built or accomplished, we often hear, “Can you take a picture of this?!”. This is what Franklin said this morning after he built a pentagon structure.

Breakfast– Corn chex and PPC banana.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded beef, PPC banana/pears and PPC cherry tomatoes/green beans.

PM snack– Whole wheat crackers and sunflower seeds.

Wee Sprout– PPC cherry tomatoes/green beans.

Have a fantastic night.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 6/7

Good Afternoon.

“The child who concentrates is immensely happy” ~Maria Montessori

We have the pleasures of seeing our Wee Wee children concentrate on a daily basis. Their happiness is a facial and bodily expression we are ever so delighted to bask in.

Breakfast: Whole grain chex with PPC banana.

Lunch: Whole grain rice with shredded beef, peas and PPC cantaloupe.

Snack: Whole grain wheat crackers and Cream cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Peas.

Have a great evening.

Marty

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Happy Wednesday! What a BEAUTIFUL day.

Whether we dabble in gross motor activities, fine motor activities or sensory activities we always have fun and learn through our play. Play encourages relationship building and helps promote the development of social skills. Wee Wee’s LOVE to play!!!

Breakfast: Whole grain kix with PPC banana.

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

Snack: Pretzels and cheddar cheese cubes.

Wee Sprouts: Carrots.

Have a fantastic evening!

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

Here are a few pictures from our Wednesday!

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with honey and PPC banana.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with shredded cheese, whole wheat bread, PPC watermelon, and PPC cucumber/fresh carrots.

PM snack– Blue corn chips and refried beans.

Wee Sprout– PPC cucumber/fresh carrots.

Have a lovely night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 6/6

Good Afternoon.

Enjoy the pictures of our day!

Breakfast: Whole grain cheerios and PPC pears.

Lunch: Whole grain tortillas with hummus, carrots and PPC strawberries.

Snack: Whole grain cinnamon raisin bagels with butter and PPC strawberries.

Wee Sprouts:  Peas.

Have a fantastic night.

Marty.

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Good Afternoon!

The Y swim group had our fifth class today! All of our friends who attend are focusing on swimming on our backs along with jumping into the deep end and then swimming to the side of the pool. Our comfortability level has increased with each class and we are sad that we only have two weeks left!

While swimmers were off at the Y, the rest of us hung back at Wee Friends. The art easel was opened up as well as the sensory table with moon sand.

The circle table was transformed into a category exploration as children worked together to find what category each item belonged to.

Enjoy a few pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Kix and PPC mango.

Lunch– Hummus on whole wheat tortilla, PPC grapes, and PPC green beans.

PM snack– Cheddar cheese and bagel with cream cheese.

Wee Sprout– PPC green beans.

Have a fantastic night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 6/5