Happy Wednesday Everyone!

Our PREK1 friends were offered a sign in activity where they had to find the missing number in their addition problem. We used our fingers as an aid since we have ten fingers and each of the equations had a total of 10.

Later on in PREK1 group, we read, ‘One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish’ before working with words that we found in the story. We changed the first letter on each word to make a new word. With our knowledge of letter sounds, we were able to work together to figure out what new word we would create if we removed the ‘s’ from sad and put a ‘b’ in its place, for example!

K.CA.4: Find the number that makes 10 when added to the given number for any number from 1 to 0 (e.g., by using objects or drawings), and record the answer with a drawing or an equation.

K.RF.3.5: Add, delete, or substitute sounds to change words.

With staying indoors this morning, we thought of lots of fun things to do including: fun with playdough, creating an obstacle course in habitrail, completing puzzles, and building with Legos.

PREK2: In group today we read, “Good People Everywhere”. Afterwards, we talked about all of the people that do help us/do good things for us in our lives and our community. Together, we came up with a list of the people in our lives that we are grateful for.

Breakfast: Oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh apple slices.

Lunch: Scrambled farm fresh eggs with whole wheat tortillas,  fresh cantaloupe/apples, and fresh tomatoes/carrots.

PM Snack: Corn tortilla chips with hummus.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh bell peppers/carrots/tomatoes.

Link to Photos: 2023-11-08

Have a great evening!

~ Wee Friends Teachers

Good afternoon!

Our friends engaged in a variety of activities this morning. Eliza and Ben worked on wrapping their baby dolls with blankets. Hannah chose a sparkly black skirt to wear. Eliza and Hannah lined up liquid squares at the bottom of the slide so that they could land on them as they slid down. The baby friends enjoyed playing with the peek-a-blocks and the Legos Duplos blocks.

We went into the kitchen to work with pegs and pegboards. This was Eleanor’s first time doing our peg activity! Some friends filled their boards with pegs and others worked on stacking them to make tall towers.

We went outside and enjoyed watching our older friends use leaf blowers to clean our outside space. We even helped collect leaves in our buckets and emptying them into a bin.

Breakfast: Whole grain Chex cereal with pineapple slices.

Lunch: Whole grain wheat tortilla with peanut butter, 1/2 mozzarella cheese stick, fresh green apple, and sweet potatoes.

Afternoon Snack: Whole grain wheat cinnamon raisin bagel with butter and orange bell pepper.

Wee Sprout: Orange bell pepper.

Have a beautiful evening!

Tina and Rebekah

Link to pictures: 2023-11-07

Good Afternoon!

For PREK1 sign in and group time, we focused on the order of numbers.

For sign in, children had to sign in under the number that came after 10 but before 12. During our group time activity after we read ‘Chicka Chicka 123’, each friend got one clip card. They had to say aloud the numbers that they saw and once they figured out what number was missing, they asked for a clothespin to clip the correct number at the bottom!

K.NS.3: Find the number that is one more than or one less than any whole number up to 20.

This morning we used an array of loose parts to build our imaginations and test out ideas!  As everyone looked at the items they had to work with and came up with ways to use them, we ended up with slides, sorters, towers, castles, ramps and even a pretend home cooked meal!

In the sensory bin, we continued with our aquatic animal interest in some imaginative play.  Everyone enjoyed playing the watery habitat as a group.  Several friends used rocks to build frog and snake homes.  Others enjoyed arranging the plants in the habitat or lining up the frogs on a log. 

Outside today we had an amazing clean up crew helping with leaf blowing, raking and pick up!  We have a new child sized leaf blower that our older friends were able to use to move leaves across the yard to the fence.  Younger friends used rakes and hands to collect leaves in carts and pull them to the yard waste bin.  What a great way for everyone to participate in the care of your Wee Friends home!  Every age was a valuable team member!

PREK2: During group time we read the story “ In My World”.  At the end of the story we thought of something we feel thankful for when we are outside.  We practiced mindful breathing lifting our hands up breathing in and bringing our hands down breathing out. 

Breakfast: Kix cereal with fresh pineapple.

Lunch: Peanut butter on whole wheat bread, fresh watermelon, and fresh pepper/green beans.

PM Snack: Cinnamon raisin bagel with cream cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh green beans and peppers.

Link to photos: 2023-11-07

Have a great afternoon!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Happy Monday!  Just a reminder: We need your child’s updated shot records before winter break.  If you are not sure if we have current records please ask a teacher.  Thank you!

This morning we had a look at our “Class Favorite Color” graphs which we made last week.  This child lead project started with our older group  interviewing all of our friends in class, keeping a tally of everyone’s favorite color choice.  William lead the project and was quickly followed by all of our older friends.  After data had been collected, our older friends made a graph to organize their findings.  We took a look at the graphs after hanging them on the easel this morning.  We were able to deduce that purple had the most class votes.  In response to our findings, we created a class Purple Painting.  All of our friends from oldest to youngest were able to join in!

We had several friends last week wanting to play with our tadpole metamorphosis models during our scientific observations, so this week we built on that interest.  We created a tadpole habitat with the life cycle models to engage our friends in some much wanted imaginative play with them!

We also created a second terrarium inspired by our friend Asher’s continued love of geckos!

We added some new and interesting seeds to our fall nature bin this morning.  We got to explore seed pods from the red bud and the locust tree species.  Several friends were delighted to discover that the large seed pods make a sound like a maraca!

For our MACK curriculum we are focusing on gratitude this week.  Our PREK2 group make a class chart of the things they feel grateful for.

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

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with kidney beans, fresh pineapple, cucumbers and carrot slices

PM Snack: Whole milk yogurt with granola

Wee Sprouts:  Fresh red bell peppers

Link to Photos:2023-11-06

Enjoy this lovely fall afternoon!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Good afternoon!

This morning our friends danced with the colorful silk scarves. After friends were done dancing with them, they incorporated them in their housekeeping play.

Miss Jena brought over some new characters for us to explore. We all took turns asking her what role our wooden person played in our community. We discovered astronauts, ballerinas, and nurses/doctors.

We then made our way outside to practice our balancing skills on the wooden plank course. We also engaged with the sandbox with our friends and the trucks in the circle area.

Breakfast: Whole grain wheat bread toast with buttery spread and cinnamon/sugar mixture, and fresh pear slices.

Lunch: Whole wheat elbow pasta with roast beef, fresh pineapple, and frozen peas.

Afternoon Snack: Whole milk yogurt and graham crackers.

Wee Sprouts: Orange bell pepper.

Have a wonderful evening!

Tina and Jena

Link to pictures: 2023-11-06

Good afternoon!

Enjoy some pictures from our day!

Breakfast: Whole grain brown rice cakes with cream cheese and fresh apple slices.

Lunch: Whole wheat flatbread with hummus, stark crimson pear, and cucumbers.

Afternoon Snack: Whole grain Goldfish crackers with mild cheddar block cheese.

Wee Sprout: Red bell pepper.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Tina and Jena

Link to pictures: 2023-11-03

Happy Friday!

This week, we’ve been practicing counting by 10’s to 100. After our PREK1 friends counted to 100 by 10’s this morning, they wrote their name on the sign in sheet. In group, we read a book titled, ‘Spend It!’ which is a story surrounding allowance and how to go about spending it! The term ‘want’ was talked about a lot and within the story, we got a chance to practice our counting by 10’s to 100 as there were ten groups of ten carrots!

We also got a chance to talk about the library and how librarians categorize books! We looked at the book that we read in group and found the authors last name. We talked about how the authors last name started with an ‘M’ so it would be categorized with others books where the authors last name started with M!

K.NS.1: Count to at least 100 by ones and tens.

K.1.19: Learn and apply knowledge of alphabetical order (first letter) when using a classroom or school library/media center.

This morning we spent some time with our tadpoles…That’s right they are still here:)  They have a long three month metamorphosis and these were a late hatch collected from Ms Linseys pond.  We observed today that the tadpoles had sprouted legs which was exciting.  We all spent time watching them through magnifying glasses to get a look at the new legs.  Several friends made recordings in their tadpole life cycle journal, drawing what they saw as well as verbalizing what they saw.  Older friends were able to sound out and kid spell some of the words they wanted to record in their journal.  There were a couple of friends who added what they would like to see in the tadpole tank.  One friend made a castle for the tadpoles and another added bunny ears because the new legs reminded her of a bunny.  We got a chance to talk about observational drawing vs imaginative drawing and how we were combining the two in some of the drawings we made.

 

PREK2: In group today we read “May there always be Sunshine”.  After the story we talked about things that we hoped would always be there because those things are special to us.  We could chose something from the story or we could chose something of our own. 

Breakfast– Brown rice cakes with peanut butter and fresh watermelon.

Lunch– Hummus on whole wheat tortilla, fresh pears, and fresh carrots/pepper.

PM snack– String cheese and pretzels.

Wee Sprout– Fresh pepper/carrots.

Have a wonderful weekend.

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2023-11-03

**As the weather gets colder, we ask that you please bring labeled hats and gloves/mittens to keep in your child’s cubby, thank you.**

Good afternoon!

This morning we engaged in various activities. We read books, worked with the nesting rainbow squares, explored the cube, worked on pulling ourselves up to a standing position, and danced with our friends while holding hands.

We made our way to the kitchen with Miss Bekah to take turns with two different activities. While some friends worked on pounding golf tees into the pumpkin with a wooden hammer, others engaged with loose parts (pom poms, wooden bowls, tongs, and spoons).

We then headed outside to enjoy the sunshine. We played with trucks in the sandbox and went down the slide with our friends.

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios with fresh stark crimson pear.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with black beans, orange bell pepper, and green apple slices.

Afternoon Snack: Peanut butter on whole grain Wheat Thins crackers.

Wee Sprout: Cucumbers.

Have a beautiful evening!

Tina and Rebekah

Link to pictures: 2023-11-02

Good afternoon! 

This morning we explored loose parts with magnets and tweezers.  We practiced moving the magnetic fishing pole slowly and purposefully as we worked on our focus and concentration.  We talked about which objects could be picked up by the magnet, also how the objects were the same and how they were different.  Arthur found that the caps for the jars fit into the magnetic attraction category.  When we finished the activity we practiced our sorting skills as we each  sorted all like things into the four compartments. 

We enjoyed exploring all kinds of natural objects one might find outside in the fall.  We sorted acorns, pine cones, sticks, rocks, hickory nuts and buckeyes as we found ways to create imaginative play.

…and of course art center and building rug were as popular and productive as ever!

Breakfast: Oatmeal squares cereal with fresh red pears

Lunch: Brown rice with beef, fresh cucumbers, carrots and watermelon

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

Wee Sprouts:  Fresh bell peppers

Link to Photos:2023-11-02

Enjoy the rest of your day!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Happy November!  It sure came in cold and snowy, at least it will not stay that way just yet.

This morning several friends were engaged in different activities on the Zany Zoo Activity box.  Eliza worked to move the beads across the metal wire, Dax and Hannah spun and looked at the alphabet letters and the picture that coincided with that letter.

We engaged in the corn/bean sensory table.  We added some regular spoons and tongs to work on picking up the corn/bean mixture, pine cones and corn cobs with them.  Dax was busy shaking the gourd which made noise from the seeds inside as he shook it.

We were busy climbing on the tiny turf mat/slide, jumping off the plastic blocks and made an obstacle course as we lined up the plastic blocks to walk on, then climb up the ladder and went down the slide.

We then drove our cars down the wooden ramps or made a road with the thin wooden blocks to drive them down.

Eden worked on standing with and without support.

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

Lunch:  Farm fresh scrambled eggs with shredded cheddar cheese, fresh plums, cucumbers and whole grain wheat tortillas.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole grain Ritz crackers with hummus.

Have a wonderful evening!

Rebekah and Tina

Link to pictures:  2023-11-01