Happy Wednesday!  It was all about shapes and rhymes today!

PREK2:  We read the book “Bears on Chairs” at group today and talked about rhyming words.  As we went through the book, we stopped and pointed out the words that rhymed, saying them together.  At the end of the story we reviewed all the rhyming words we had heard in the story.

We set up a shape table for our welcome activity this morning.  We had a tray of all circles, one of hexagons and one of squares.  As we played we talked about what shape tray we had.  We counted how many sides and identified everything on our tray that was that shape.

We also explored more shapes in the sensory bin using cookie cutters as well as scoops and bowls of various shapes

Breakfast: Oatmeal with green apple slices

Lunch: Scrambled farm eggs with whole wheat tortilla, fresh carrots and cantaloupe

PM snack: popped corn with raisins

Wee Sprouts: fresh cucumbers and tomatoes

Link to Photos:2023-09-06

Have a lovely day!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Good afternoon!

This morning friends were working on their self-help skills with the dress up clothes, to get dressed independently.  We worked very hard at this skill and asked if we needed a little help from a teacher.

Our babies explored their toys while sitting. They have been working on getting onto their bellies from the sitting position as well.

Breakfast: Whole grain Kix cereal with fresh oranges.

Lunch: Peanut butter on whole wheat tortillas, 1/2 mozzarella cheese stick, peach slices, and cucumbers.

Afternoon Snack: Whole grain wheat bagels with butter and cinnamon/sugar mixture, and fresh apples.

Have a great evening!

Tina and Rebekah

Link to pictures: 2023-09-05

Happy Tuesday!

One of our focuses in PREK1 group this week is rhyming words. To kick off the week, PREK1 friends signed in and had to find the rhyming word for wall. We read ‘Hop On Pop’ in group which lead us into a conversation about rhyming words. Before children were dismissed to journal, they had to say aloud two words that rhymed!

K.RF.3.1: Identify and produce rhyming words.

PREK2 : Today we learned a shape song defining its two attributes of shape and color.  We read the book “Color Zoo” looking for shapes as we went.  After the story we picked our favorite shape to put up on the board. 

During our welcome activity we worked on building shapes using clothes pins and popsicle sticks.  We tried squares, triangles and rectangles and we practiced counting the sides.  We found we could also make our own creative shapes.  Some friends enjoyed seeing how many different creative shapes they could make, some realized they could make three dimensional shapes by standing the clothe pins up, others made completely different things like airplanes or jets. 

Breakfast: Kix cereal with fresh pears.

Lunch: Peanut butter on whole wheat bread, fresh peaches/pears, and fresh bell peppers/cucumber.

PM Snack: Whole wheat bagels with cream cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers.

Link to Photos:2023-09-05

Enjoy the rest of your day!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Happy Friday!

Enjoy the pictures form our day!

Breakfast: Brown rice cakes with peanut butter and bananas

Lunch: Whole wheat English muffin pizzas with fresh pineapple, pears and peppers

PM Snack: Goldfish crackers with mozzarella cheese

Wee Sprouts: fresh carrots and peppers

Link to photos: 2023-09-01

Have a lovely labor day weekend!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Happy September!

This morning all the friends were engaged with the Peek-a-blocks.  The friends were tapping them together and listening to the sound they were making.  Eleanor was watching them and tapping her blocks together with everyone.

We all were busy on the habi-trial.  Friends were walking down the slide, climbing up the ladder and flipping over the top rung and sitting on the top rung and used our imaginative skills to turn it into a train and a bus.

We moved the babies to the front area to play while the older friends were on the habi-trail.  They both were engaged in many activities; exploring animals, Magna-Tiles, colored beads and the airplane.

We then headed outside to engage in many activities on another gorgeous day.

Breakfast:  Whole grain brown rice cakes with peanut butter and bananas.

Lunch:  Oven Roasted Turkey lunchmeat on whole grain wheat bread,  fresh carrot chips/cooked carrots and fresh pineapple slices.

Afternoon Snack:  Pretzel sticks, mild cheddar block cheese and bananas.

Wee Sprouts:  Cucumbers.

Have a great Labor Day weekend!  See you Tuesday.

Rebekah and Tina

Link to pictures:  2023-09-01

Good Afternoon!

PREK1 group came to the sign in board this morning where they drew a card from the bottom that had a picture diagram on it. They had to count the number of items in the diagram and match it to the number on the board. Not only did this allow them to work on their one to one correspondence skills but also their number identification up to ten.

K.NS.5: Count up to 20 objects arranged in a line, a rectangular array, or a circle. Count up to 10 objects in a scattered configuration.

PREK2: Today we read the story “My Heart is like a Zoo”.  Afterward, we each took turns naming our favorite animal from the story.

We enjoyed a close up look at the tadpoles today in a white observation tray where we could see them very well.  We were able to make more observations noticing more colors and even spots on the tadpoles.  We noticed they swam in circles around the edges.  Someone said that frogs eat bugs.  We got a chance to talk about how the tadpoles are different from their parents in many ways…in how they look, breath and what they eat.  We learned that tadpoles eat algae.  We learned that algae is a plant with no stem and no leaves.  We observed algae in the aquarium where the tadpoles live.  Many of us felt that it did not look like a plant that they had seen.  It was something new!

Many of us took on the cheerio stacking challenge.  Younger friends used their fine motor skills to make a stack as tall as they could.  Older friends also counted as high as they could as they stacked.  They looked for the number tiles to represent what number they reached in their tallest stack.  This way, a variety of ages and developmental levels could be met where, to be challenged in different ways by the same activity.

Breakfast: Kix cereal with bananas.

Lunch: Brown rice with shredded beef, fresh cucumbers/peppers and fresh cantaloupe.

PM Snack: Pepita seeds/sunflower seeds and whole wheat crackers.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh peppers and carrots.

Link to photos:2023-08-31

Have a great afternoon!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Happy last day of August!

This morning our friends followed along to the actions in songs like “Walk Around the Circle” and “Freeze Dance.” They held hands with one another and walked around the classroom while wearing plastic rings around their neck.

Some other activities we enjoyed were reading a book on our own, putting on different clothing items for dress up, throwing balls in the air with our friends, and going down the slide on the Habi-trail.

Eden played peek-a-boo with Ms. Tina while Eleanor used her fine motor skills to explore the Notre Dame bear with her fingers. The babies all sat in a circle and shared their toys.

We made our way outside to engage with some of our favorite activities. We played with the balls, rolled down the hill on the floor scooters, used markers to draw, and explored animals at the table.

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios cereal with fresh strawberries.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with shredded turkey, cantaloupe slices, and peas with carrots.

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

Wee Sprout: Cucumbers & red bell pepper.

Have a wonderful evening!

Tina and Rebekah

Link to pictures: 2023-08-31

Good Afternoon!

Our PREK1 group came up to the sign in board this morning and categorized words based on the number of syllables! They chose a notecard at the bottom of the sign in board and after reading it together, they clapped out the number of syllables in their word. They used a piece of tape to place the word into the correct category!

K.RF.3.2: Orally segment words into syllables.

Our PREK2 group read the story “Ten Little Lady bugs”.  After the story the group counted to three and then was asked to guess what came next.  Several friends were able to guess number four.  Then the  group counted to four all together. 

During our welcome activity we practiced sorting letters.  We tried to find all 26 letters in the alphabet and sort them into the correct try.  Older fiends could work on spelling with the letters when they were finished using the letter cards. 

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with cinnamon and banana.

Lunch– Farm fresh hard boiled eggs with whole wheat tortilla, fresh watermelon, and fresh pepper/carrot.

PM snack– Hummus and corn tortilla chips

Wee Sprout– Fresh pepper/cucumber/carrot.

Have a lovely night!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2023-08-30

Good Afternoon!

Look at those happy smiles on their faces at school this morning.

We engaged with the car hauling truck and airplane and drove them around the carpet.  Dax was using his imaginative skills while playing with the Little People.

We then pulled out our plastic blocks.  We climbed into them to sit or stand and used them to toss our balls into.

Eliza and Hannah were engaged with our stackers and stacking the wooden loose parts they chose while working their fine motor and hand-eye coordination skills.

We then headed outside the enjoy a much cooler and beautiful day.  We drove trucks in the rock area, ran and walked around the circle and rode the teeter totter with a friend.

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

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

Afternoon Snack:  White corn tortilla chips and hummus.

Wee Sprouts:  Red bell peppers.

Have a wonderful evening!

Rebekah and Tina

Link to pictures:  2023-08-30

Good afternoon!

Our babies are becoming more mobile. They all engage in tummy time and many of them push themselves around the class. Eden worked on her crawling position, another friend demonstrated their flexibility by crunching their stomach, and Eleanor enjoyed playing with her baby toys while sitting up.

Our older friends enjoyed various activities outside. We rode down the hill with bikes, played with construction trucks in the rock area, scooped rocks in the rock area, explored the log area, and attempted to climb the log house.

Breakfast: Whole grain Corn Chex cereal with fresh oranges.

Lunch: Refried beans and cheese on whole wheat flatbread with cantaloupe slices and green bell pepper.

Afternoon Snack: Whole grain wheat bagel with peanut butter and fresh strawberries.

Wee Sprout: Green bell pepper.

Have a wonderful evening!

Tina and Rebekah

Link to pictures: 2023-08-29