Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Breakfast: Oatmeal with fresh strawberries
Lunch: Ham and turkey cream cheese roll ups with fresh pineapple, banana and bell peppers
PM Snack: Humus and tortilla chips
Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers
Link to photos: 2023-11-22
We hope you all enjoy a safe and happy holiday weekend!
~Wee Friends Teachers
Good afternoon Families! It was an experimental morning at Wee Friends!
This morning in the art center Adrian noticed that h is pastel drawing came off a bit of the table when he turned it upside down. He got a piece of paper and tried pressing it against the pastel drawing to see if that would come of on the paper and was disappointed that it did not. I asked if he would like to try experimenting with this idea using paint which would transfer more easily. He was up for it, so he painted a picture, then pressed a piece of paper over the top creating two symmetrical paintings. After this several other friends tried the technique and Adrian was happy to explain how to do it. Katherine was particularly fascinated with the process. She made painting after painting this way and spent most of the morning in the art center working on it. She asked why the image got lighter when transferred, and we talked about how each time she made an image, more paint is pulled from the original until there is non left to transfer. She was quite intrigued with the phenomenon:) What excellent critical think skills were built upon this morning!
Our chain making friends were back to work this morning! Today we brought some objects out to support further development of this interest in linking things with chain. Several friends worked together to attach all of the objects together. Some friends said they were making connected cages for the stuffed animals. Others said it was a train for the animals. The project supported a great deal of cooperation, negotiation and compromise as everyone navigated the “connectiveness” of the group project.
PREK2: In group today we read the story “ Kindness Starts with You”. We talked about the way the character in the story was showing responsibility along with kindness. We talked about how things like helping a friends clean up are not only kind, but responsible. Choosing to be responsible shows we are big enough to help take care of our environment and to help care for others. After the story, we thought of ways we could be responsible.
Breakfast: Cheerios with fresh watermelon.
Lunch: Peanut butter on whole wheat bread with fresh tangerines, strawberries and cucumbers.
PM Snack: Whole wheat bagel with cream cheese.
Wee Sprouts: Fresh colored bell peppers.
Link to Photos:2023-11-21
Good afternoon!
Enjoy some pictures from our day!
Breakfast: Whole grain Kix cereal with fresh watermelon.
Lunch: Whole grain wheat tortilla with peanut butter, 1/2 stick of mozzarella cheese, apple slices, and red bell pepper.
Afternoon Snack: Whole grain wheat bagel with butter and cinnamon/sugar mixture and fresh strawberries.
Wee Sprout: Cucumber.
Have a wonderful evening!
Tina and Rebekah
Link to pictures: 2023-11-21
Good Afternoon!
This morning we began by sitting on the reading step and looking at a book independently.
We could all hear the trash truck coming down the road, so those of us who were interested in seeing it, climbed up onto the habi-trail to watch it empty the bins across the street.
Our babies also enjoyed playing in the housekeeping area with teddy bears and fruits/veggies in the play kitchen.
We then headed into the kitchen for a different sensory experience with kinetic sand. We used our big plastic bugs to make lines in it.
Breakfast: Whole grain wheat bread toasted with butter and cinnamon/sugar mixture and fresh apple slices.
Lunch: Whole grain wheat penne pasta with shredded turkey, fresh cucumber and pear slices.
Afternoon Snack: Whole milk yogurt and fresh strawberries.
Wee Sprouts: Yellow bell pepper slices.
Have a great evening!
Rebekah and Tina
Link to pictures: 2023-11-20
Welcome back and hope everyone enjoyed the weekend! It will be a short week but we still have lots of playful learning to enjoy!
This morning we explored some playdough beading activities. We offered playdough trays with long sticks for stacking and counting beads. We also offered trays with small colored match sticks for counting smaller numbers or for creating something sculptural…which naturally happed. One of our friends stacked and counted 33 beads on each of his three sticks. We discovered that all together he had stacked 99 beads. After that he had to squeeze one more on to get 100! Another pair of friends worked together with the small match sticks to create a “porcupine covered in beads”. Someone else made it a birthday cake. It was a great mix of math and imagination!
The counting continued with sponge dots on the easel. One of our older friends painted and counted 50 dots! Other friends used the dots to make beautiful abstract works of art!
Breakfast: Peanut butter on whole wheat toast with fresh apple slices
Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with beef, fresh green beans, peppers and watermelon
PM Snack: Birthday trail mix with dried fruit, pretzels and popped corn, Happy Birthday William!
Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers and bell peppers
Link to photos:2023-11-20
Enjoy the day!
~Wee Friends Teachers
Happy Friday!
Look at all those smiling, happy faces! Enjoy the pictures from our day.
Breakfast: Whole grain brown rice cakes with cream cheese and pineapple slices.
Lunch: Grilled cheese sandwich on whole grain wheat bread, fresh cantaloupe/bananas and cooked carrots.
Afternoon Snack: Goldfish crackers and mozzarella cheese stick.
Wee Sprout: Red bell pepper.
Have a great weekend!
Rebekah and Tina
Link to pictures: 2023-11-17
Happy Friday Families!
*Reminder: Wee Friends will be closed Thursday, November 23rd and Friday, November 24th.
*Remember to check the art files up above the cubbies. Some of them are bursting with artwork :).
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For our PREK1 sign in, children came to the board where they got to choose a notecard from the bottom of the easel. They read aloud the equation (5-3 for example) and had to figure out the total. The equations were a mixture of addition and subtraction. Once they figured out the total, they taped their equation under their total!
K.CA.1-2: Solve real world problems, objects, or drawings that involve addition and subtraction within 10. Demonstrate the equation (e.g., 5=3+2 and 5=4+1)
William was in the mood for projects this morning! He first got to work creating a comic book about “Building things”. The comic book was appropriately named “Road Builder”. Next he built a bird, an airplane and a shield all out of paper and tape! It was a very productive morning for William!
The interest in book making continued among others in the class as well! Many of us participated in the creation of a class book. Everyone worked on creating one page and describing what they had made. Everyone that was able signed their work.
The collage project with scissors, shaped paper punches and leaves continued today as well. Several friends revisited these tools creating more collages while others who had not joined in before gave the project as try.
There has been an ongoing chain project that many of our classmates have worked on over the past couple of days. During this process the round table has been wrapped all the way around in chains. Against all reason, several fiends have enthusiastically volunteered themselves to be chained to a chair like some sort of meticulous preparation for a magicians trick…though no one ever did make a miraculous escape…
Breakfast: Brown rice cakes with peanut butter with fresh pears
Lunch: Ham sandwiches on whole wheat bread with fresh cantaloupe and sliced carrots
PM Snack: Colby Jack cheese with pretzels
Wee Sprouts: Fresh bell peppers and green beans
Link to photos:2023-11-17
Enjoy your weekend!
~Wee Friends Teachers
Good Afternoon!
Today we celebrated a friend’s birthday so we brought out the stacking birthday cake. We helped each other stack the different number layers and noticed that the layers alternated between brown and white.
We then made our way to the kitchen with Miss Bekah to engage in some sensory play with shaving cream and trucks. We first explored it with our hands and rubbed it all over our spot at the table. We then used trucks to create prints in our shaving cream.
Our friends enjoyed playing with balls and using them to practice their throwing skills. Even our babies got to explore the balls. Our friends also enjoyed riding the bikes down the hill.
Breakfast: Whole grain Kix cereal and bananas.
Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with red beans, fresh pineapple, and frozen whole kernel corn.
Afternoon Snack: Whole grain Wheat Thins crackers with peanut butter and GoGo Squeez Organc Fruit & Veggie pouches (friend’s birthday treat).
Wee Sprouts: Cucumber.
Have a wonderful evening!
Tina and Rebekah
Link to pictures: 2023-11-16
Good Afternoon! Enjoy the pictures from out day!
Breakfast– Chex and fresh strawberries/banana.
Lunch– Brown rice with shredded chicken, fresh pineapple/banana, and fresh pepper/green beans.
PM snack– Trail mix with sunflower seeds, pepita seeds, granola and peanuts
Wee Sprout– Fresh green beans/pepper.
Have a wonderful night!
-Wee Friends Teachers
Link to pictures:2023-11-16
Good afternoon!
This morning we began by engaging in a book independently.
We then headed into the kitchen with Miss Tina to work with our loose part beads. We were given a pipe cleaner to work on stringing our beads onto it.
Eden and Eleanor engaged with the object permanence boxes with balls to place the ball into the hole and watch for it to reappear in the drawer or tray. They were also sharing and handing their balls to each other.
We then headed outside to enjoy the beautiful sunshine and Fall morning. We rode with a friend on the teeter totter, ordered food from our friend in the play house and Eleanor enjoyed her toys on the blanket.
Breakfast: Overnight oatmeal with cinnamon/sugar mixture and fresh strawberries.
Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs, fresh cucumbers, pear slices and whole grain wheat tortillas.
Afternoon Snack: White corn tortilla chips and hummus.
Wee Sprout: Red bell peppers.
Have a great evening!
Rebekah and Tina
Link to pictures: 2023-11-15
