Happy Friday! Remember to grab Mothers Day gifts at Pick-up.  They are on the work bench in Science area.

Today was a work day in the garden!  We cooperated to pull out as many weeds as we could and pile them into the yard waste bin.  Some enthusiastic workers used rakes to pull all of the sticks and leaves out of the beds as well!  What a helpful crew!

Inside we played restaurant as we have been talking about community jobs in PREK1.  Paige made a special restaurant sign.  We had several friends making, selling or pretending to consume drinks.  They said they were making Green tea,  lemonade, coffee and grape juice.  Ryan was an excellent cashier and sorted all of the coins.  He loved it so much he kept asking for more money!  Excellent business sense:)

Breakfast: Brown rice cakes with cream cheese and yellow watermelon.

Lunch: Turkey on Whole wheat bread with fresh blood oranges, bananas, bell peppers and cucumbers

Snack: Pretzels and Mozzarella cheese

Wee Sprouts: Fresh bell peppers and cucumbers

Enjoy the weekend and Happy Mothers Day!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to Photos:2024-05-10

Happy Friday!  Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast:  Whole grain brown rice cakes with peanut butter and fresh apple slices.

Lunch:  Hummus on whole grain wheat bread, bananas and sweet potatoes with cinnamon

Afternoon Snack:  Pretzels and mozzarella cheese stick.

Wee Sprouts:  Mini sweet peppers.

Have a great weekend and Happy Mother’s Day to all of our mommies!

Rebekah and Tina

Link to pictures: 2024-05-10

Good afternoon!  We hope you enjoy looking at some of the photos from our day!  Yesterday’s blog was posted today as well due to some technical issues yesterday…So there should be two blog links on your email!  We hope you enjoy them both!

Breakfast: Kix cereal with fresh blackberries and apple slices

Lunch: Brown rice with black beans and fresh carrots, cucumbers, banana and yellow watermelon (what a fun treat!)

PM Snack: Trail mix with peanuts, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds and raisins

Wee Sprouts: Fresh carrots and red pepper slices

Enjoy the rest of the wet day!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to Photos:2024-05-09

Good Afternoon!

We started off our morning with one of our favorite activities: throwing and chasing after balls. Our friends would bring their ball to one of the teachers, who would then throw it, and our friends would have to chase after it.

We went into the kitchen to play with playdough and used a variety of tools to engage with it. Ms.Tina showed our younger friends how to use a rolling pin to flatten out their dough and then use a cookie cutter to make a special shape.

After our sensory play activity, we went back into the classroom to dance with silk scarves and to look through the color squares.

Breakfast:  Kix cereal and fresh pineapple.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with black beans, fresh kiwi slices, and corn.

Afternoon Snack: Sunflower seeds and sweet potato crackers.

Wee Sprouts:  Mini sweet peppers

Have a terrific evening!

Tina and Rebekah

Link to pictures: 2024-05-09

Good Afternoon!

**Reminder: Wee Friends is closed on Monday, May 27 for Memorial Day.

We had another lovely morning at the farm for our six oldest kids!  We started out doing some work to help Ms. Charlotte.  We helped her move the chicken tractor to a new place with fresh grass to eat, then we helped shovel manure :).  It was hard work!  We spent some time doing some life drawings of the animals and plants we saw at the farm.  Adrian drew the chickens.  He loved seeing them again!  Katherine drew the farm dog.  Nesta and William drew the big black and white rabbit along with some horses.  Nesta voiced that she was very proud of her horse drawing!  She said it looked just like the horse she was looking at!  One of our friends felt it would be too hard to draw an animals so we looked around until we found something she felt she could draw…the grass.  As she drew the grass she added flowers, the sky, clouds, the sun…and then some animals.  She could draw a lot more than she thought!

Because of all the activity at the farm today, we didn’t get to the woods.  Hannah voiced a little crossly that “there was really no need to wear those jeans!”.  We thought of something we could do to make it worth the jeans.  We took an off road walk through a field of tall flowers, winding our way down to the pond!  Everyone loved off road walk and some said it was their favorite part!

At the pond we spent some time looking and listening.  We heard bullfrogs in the lily pads.  Then some swallows flew down and drank from the pond.  The kids were excited to see that since they dip down and take sips while in flight.  We looked down into the water over the dock and saw seaweed, a pond strider and some duck weed.  We also got to talk about balance dividing our weight evenly on both sides of the dock.

Back at Wee Friends, we went outside to enjoy the awesome weather! Our friends love exploring the log area at the back of the yard. It allows us to explore more risky play while also engaging in heavy lifting or a calm quiet space: it’s multi-use!

Children took turns at the art table outside working with paint dotters! Not only did we get to use our artistic side while outdoors but we also got to take a break in the shade. Some friends chose to use specific colors and place them in a certain order while others goal was to use every color and dot them in a random fashion on their paper.

As you can tell, it was QUITE the Wednesday.

Breakfast– Overnight oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh blackberries.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat tortilla, fresh kiwi/pineapple, and fresh carrots/pepper/cucumber.

PM snack– Air popped popcorn with butter and raisins.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper/carrots/cherry tomatoes.

Have a lovely night!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2024-05-08

Happy Sunny Day!

This morning we climbed on the habitrail, explored the loose parts lids and putting them inside each other, drove the dump truck and airplane and added Little People, worked at putting the shapes in their place in the roof of the shape house, danced with bean bags and scarves.

We then headed out a little early to enjoy the beautiful weather.  We took out our dot markers and a long piece of paper to put on the easel to make a dot painting.

We had a great morning outside engaging in our favorite activities.

Breakfast:  Overnight oatmeal with cinnamon/sugar mixture and fresh oranges.

Lunch:  Farm fresh scrambled eggs, fresh pineapple, peas and whole grain wheat English muffin with butter.

Afternoon Snack:  White corn tortilla chips with hummus.

Wee Sprouts:  Cucumbers.

Have a wonderful evening!

Rebekah and Tina

Link to pictures: 2024-05-08

Good afternoon!

This morning, our friends engaged in a variety of activities. They walked around the habi-trail to go down the slide, made music with their friends, and built with wooden or plastic blocks.

We made our way outside early to beat the rain. We enjoyed sitting at the table with our friends, playing in the sand box, and pushing trucks in the rock area.

After it started raining, we went back inside to play. We danced to music with silk scarves, explored the plastic insects at the table, and our friends recreated the “Ten in the Bed” song with a pillow.

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios cereal with fresh cantaloupe slices.

Lunch: Whole grain wheat flatbread with refried beans and shredded cheese, fresh pear, and mini sweet peppers.

Afternoon Snack: Whole grain wheat cinnamon/raisin bagel with buttery spread and fresh apples.

Wee Sprout: Cucumbers.

Have a wonderful evening!

Tina and Rebekah

Link to pictures: 2024-05-07

Good Afternoon!

We continued to talk about jobs during our PREK1 sign in activity this morning. Children had to come up with a job that adults can do as well as a tool that they would need to do that job. A few friends did this in reverse, sharing “a whistle!” and then having to backtrack to figure out what job would need a whistle.

Social Studies: K.4.2 Identify and describe different kinds of jobs that people do and the tools they use.

We enjoyed so much time outdoors today!  We went out very early since we thought it was going to rain.  The rain ended up holding off and the kids were enjoying themselves so much that we just stayed out.  Being outside all morning allowed some very elaborate games to develop.  A few older friends started building a fort in the log area.  More and more friends began to join in as the game progressed into a monster game.  One friends was the monster and the others were trying to figure out how to keep the monster away from the fort.  They group finally landed on the idea to make a human chain holding hands and then wrap it around the monster until he was trapped in a circle.  Next as a coordinated effort, they moved the circle together across the playground with the monster inside.  The monster found it hysterical!

Enjoy a few more pictures from our morning!

Breakfast– Cheerios with fresh cantaloupe.

Lunch– Peanut butter on whole wheat flatbread, fresh cantaloupe, and fresh green beans/cucumber/carrots.

PM snack– Whole wheat bagel with cream cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh green beans/cucumber/carrot.

Have a wonderful night!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2024-05-07

Good Afternoon!

We began our morning using our imaginative skills as we built with the hollow blocks.  We turned them into lawnmowers and leaf blowers as we pushed them around on the carpet.

Charlotte and Eden engaged with the Zany Zoo Activity cube.  They were exploring to see what animal was behind the door and spinning the alphabet letters to see the picture of the animal or object that corresponded with the letter they were spinning.

We then engaged with activities in the front area of the classroom.  We drove the car hauling truck, built with Duplos and the stacking shape train,

We then headed outside to draw with chalk on the cement and chalkboard, pushed the dump truck through the sand and filled a bucket with rocks using our shovel.

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

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

Afternoon Snack:  Whole milk yogurt and fresh black berries.

Wee Sprouts:  Orange mini sweet bell peppers.

Have a marvelous evening!

Rebekah and Tina

Link to pictures: 2024-05-06

Good Afternoon!

We hope you enjoy the photos from today!

PREK2: Today at group we read the story “Sometimes I’m Bombaloo”.  In the story, Katie became Bambaloo when she completely lost control of herself and got very angry.  At the end of the story we thought of times we felt like Bomabaloo.  We also thought of how we were able to calm down and feel ourselves again.

Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with peanut butter and fresh oranges.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with shredded beef, fresh pears/cantaloupe, and fresh green beans/pepper.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with graham crackers.

Wee Sprout– Fresh green beans/cucumber/pepper.

Have a lovely night!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2024-05-06