Hello Families, we hope you enjoy the pictures from our day!
Breakfast: Oatmeal with cinnamon and pears
Lunch: Scrambled eggs with fresh honey dew melon, apples and carrots
PM Snack: Hummus with tortilla chips
Wee Sprouts: Fresh peppers and cucumber
Link to Photos:2023-09-27
Have a lovely afternoon!
~Wee Friends Teachers
Good afternoon!
This morning, our friends held up different colored Magna-tiles up to their faces. Miss Bekah prompted our friends with the question “What color do you see?” as they looked through them. Our friends worked on identifying the colors such as “purple” or “red.”
Our babies explored different shakers. They held the maracas in their hands and shook them to hear the sound they made.
Our friends took turns going down the slide while holding hands. They also helped each other fill their buckets with rocks or used trucks to push the rocks.
Breakfast: Whole grain Kix cereal with orange slices.
Lunch: Whole grain wheat bread with hummus, fresh strawberries, and peas.
Afternoon Snack: Whole grain wheat Cinnamon Raisin bagel with butter and apples.
Wee Sprout: Red bell pepper.
Have a wonderful afternoon!
Tina and Rebekah
Link to pictures: 2023-09-26
Good Afternoon!
Our PREK1 friends started their Tuesday off by having to decipher which number was bigger when given two numbers. Friends found their name and identified the four numbers that were written by their name. They had to circle the larger number in both scenarios.
K.NS.7: Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group.
PREK2: Today we read “Where the Wild Things Are”. We learned that since this story is not real, it is a fictional story. We talked about what characters are in a story. At the end of group time we picked whether we preferred the Max character or a Wild Thing character.
Today we had a special guest come to teach us about the Mid Autumn Moon Festival. Hannah and her family enjoy celebrating this Chinese holiday and we were lucky to have them share it with our classroom. Tarryn read two stories called “A Big Moon Cake for Little Star” and “What is the Moon?”. We got to learn about the festival as well as about the phases of the moon. At the end everyone got to close their eyes and make a silent wish, which clearly required great concentration :). We got to taste moon pie and Asian pears which are traditionally eaten during the celebration. What a treat!
We explored a little science project collecting seeds from our waning zinnias. We learned that inside each dead flower there are seeds promising new life and more flowers in the spring! We used magnifying glasses and tweezers to explore. Then we collected the seeds we needed…along with multiple parts of the flower that we didn’t really need…to save for spring.
Breakfast: Kix cereal with fresh strawberries.
Lunch: Peanut butter on whole wheat bread with fresh Asian pears/orange slices, and fresh peppers.
PM Snack: Whole wheat cinnamon raisin bagel with cream cheese.
Wee Sprouts: Fresh zucchini and green peppers.
Enjoy the rest of your afternoon!
~Wee Friends Teachers
Link to pictures: 2023-09-26
Good Afternoon!
This morning we engaged with the hollow blocks and ramps. We carried them to where we wanted to sit and scoot around on them on the carpet. We also used the ramps to drive the wooden cars with people down.
We also switched out the moon sand sensory table for something new. We brought up our Fall bin that is a corn and black bean mixture. There is also some pine cones and corn cobs in it for us to explore. We were busy scooping the mixture with many measuring spoons to put the mixture into a cup and pour it out back into the table. We also talked about how squirrels and other animals like to eat it.
We then headed outside to work on our balancing skills on the balance beam, take a little break and sit on the bench, engage with toy boats in the sandbox and engage in the rocks with the construction trucks and use our loader bucket to dump rocks into a bucket.
Breakfast: Whole grain wheat English Muffins with peanut butter and fresh apple slices.
Lunch: Whole grain wheat elbow macaroni with red beans, fresh pear slices and fresh cherry tomatoes.
Afternoon Snack: Whole milk yogurt and graham crackers.
Wee Sprouts: Yellow bell peppers/cucumber slices.
Have a marvelous evening!
Rebekah and Tina
Link to pictures: 2023-09-25
Good Afternoon!
Our PREK1 sign in and group time was centered around the story, ‘The True Story of the Three Little Pigs’. For sign in, children had to write their name under the character that went to each pig’s house in the story. During group, we talked about characters as well as the setting and events that occurred. We talked about the terms in general but also how they relate to the story.
PREK2: Today we introduced the idea of grouping numbers. We had practiced the concept during activities this morning, then we practiced at group time. We read the book “Ten Little Fish”. When we were finished we chose a group of fish to count on the board. We put our name next to the group we counted.
This morning at our welcome activity we had three baskets of ten objects. We worked on counting ten objects from each basket and then counted that we had three groups of ten.
We also worked on a number groups project this morning using craft materials. We each picked three cards and glued them to our paper. We then picked groups of objects to glue to each card to make our number groups. Younger kids worked on making three groups of three. Some of the older kids were able to make multiples of three by gluing three objects to the first card and then adding three more to each group consecutively.
Breakfast: Peanut butter on whole wheat bread with apple slices.
Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with shredded pork and butter, fresh strawberries/oranges, and fresh green beans.
PM snack: Whole milk yogurt with graham crackers.
Wee Sprouts: Fresh bell peppers/tomatoes.
Link to photos: 2023-09-25
Enjoy the rest of your afternoon!
~Wee Friends Teachers
Happy Friday!
This morning Miss Tina brought the waffle blocks and the big plastic bugs out from the kitchen for us to build with and explore.
We then went to the front area to work with sorting the shapes of the shape houses by placing them in their shape on the roof.
We then headed outside the enjoy many of our favorite activities that involved climbing, digging, pushing, riding and scooping.
The babies enjoyed tossing and rolling the balls around and playing with the animals.
Breakfast: Whole grain brown rice cakes with cream cheese and fresh cantaloupe.
Lunch: Hummus, whole grain wheat bread, fresh cantaloupe and cucumbers.
Afternoon Snack: Whole grain Ritz crackers and Colby-Jack block cheese slices.
Wee Sprouts: Red bell peppers.
Have a great weekend!
Rebekah and Tina
Link to pictures: 2023-09-22
Happy Friday! We hope you enjoy the pictures from our day!
Breakfast: Brown rice cakes with peanut butter and bananas.
Lunch: Cheese quesadillas on whole wheat tortillas, fresh pineapple/pears, and fresh cucumbers.
PM Snack: Whole wheat crackers with block cheddar cheese.
Wee sprouts: Fresh carrots and bell peppers.
Link to Photos:2023-09-22
Have a lovely weekend!
~Wee Friends Teachers
Good afternoon!
We engaged in a sensory art activity in the kitchen with Miss Bekah this morning. We were given some shaving cream and then some drops of watercolor for us to mix around with our hands. Miss Bekah then helped us place a paper on top of our mixture to make a ‘print.’
Eleanor, just like the rest of the babies, loves trying to climb the reading steps. One day they’ll be able to join their older friends at the top!
We were very helpful to Miss Tami while we were outside. Several friends helped pick weeds from the rock area and then helped take them over to waste bin. Eden enjoyed some outside time today and spent it with her brother.
Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios with fresh oranges.
Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with red beans, apple slices, and orange bell pepper.
Afternoon Snack: Sunflowers seeds with whole wheat Triscuits crackers.
Have a beautiful evening!
Tina and Rebekah
Link to pictures: 2023-09-21
Good Afternoon!
For sign in, our PREK1 friends had to sort shapes into two groups: zero sided shapes and four sided shapes. We sorted the shapes by similarities and afterwards, children identified the shape and wrote their name next to it.
We hit on our fourth and final text genre today in PREK1 group: fairytales! We read, ‘Cinderella’ and talked about the characteristics of fairytales. A few friends shared other fairytale books and movies such as Beauty and the Beast and Frozen.
PREK2: Today we read the story “Bear Feels Scared” at group. We each chose what would help us most for feel better: Ask for a hug, talk about it with a teacher/parent or play with friends. We put our name up under our choice on on the board.
At our welcome activity this morning we practiced different ways of sorting. Arthur enjoyed using his small tongs to find the smallest bead and put it in the smallest jar then doing this with medium and large. Ryan, who was looking on, was happy to jump in and help when Arthur was looking for the various sizes. They worked together to solve the size puzzle! Some older friends chose to sort by color. Nesta and Hannah asked for more and more containers as they found they had a complex assortment of colors to categorize!
In the sensory bin this morning friends enjoyed exploring ice blocks of different shapes and sizes. We used tongs to try the slippery challenge of putting them in order from large to small. William said he wanted to turn the ice into water and tried several ways of doing this, including chopping the ice into pieces. We settled on an eye dropper to pour water over the ice, which was warmer and helped to melt it. It was a fun way to experiment with water properties.
Breakfast– Toasted oatmeal squares with banana.
Lunch– Brown rice with shredded chicken and butter, fresh oranges/banana, and fresh pepper/cucumber.
PM snack– Sunflower/pumpkin seeds with whole wheat crackers
Wee Sprout– Fresh pepper/cucumber.
Have a great night.
-Wee Friends Teachers
Link to pictures: 2023-09-21
Good Afternoon! Enjoy some of the pictures from our day.
Breakfast: Overnight Oatmeal with cinnamon/sugar mixture and bananas.
Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs, whole grain wheat English muffin with cream cheese, fresh green bell peppers and oranges.
Afternoon Snack: White corn tortilla chips and refried beans.
Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.
Have a wonderful evening!
Rebekah and Tina
Link to pictures: 2023-09-20