Hello All,

I just ran a test of our text service at 10:57 a.m.  If you recieved a text from it, you are all set to receive our snow closing texts.  If you DID NOT get a text, please:

Text: @weefr

To this number: 81010 (works like a traditional phone number)

IF LOCAL SCHOOLS  (School City of Mishawaka or South Bend Community School Corporation) ARE CLOSING OR DELAYING…please be on the lookout for a text from us in the morning.  We will announce a closing no later than 7:00 a.m.  If you don’t get a text by that time, feel free to text me at 574-234-6037.  Our text service has been very reliable about sending texts, but occasionally individuals have had their phone delay delivering the text to them! 

Thank you,

Tami

Housekeeping was very popular with our friends today! David loves to play with the spoons more than any other housekeeping toy and likes to balance things on the pans. Everyone loves to pick out yummy food and lay out big meals on the table. Miss Marty and Miss Amanda are often chosen to be the food tasters!

Breakfast was whole wheat toast with butter and bananas. Lunch consisted of whole wheat pasta with chicken, pears, and peas. Afternoon snack was crackers with string cheese.

Stay warm!

Amanda

Link to photos: http://1drv.ms/1l1ai1d

Welcome back! On extremely cold days like today, the WF teachers provide a variety of indoor activities that keep friends engaged, active and learning.

This morning friends were invited to go on an Alphabet Hunt! This activity was based on one of our literacy standards for the week, K.RF2.4: Identify and name all uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet. This foundational reading skill is important for preschoolers of all ages and everyone was invited to hunt around WF for hidden post-it notes with the letters of the alphabet on them. This was a very exciting prospect for friends and we often heard shouts of glee, “I found a letter!”

Next, friends were asked to put the letters in alphabetical order. After lots of searching, scanning and singing of the ABCs song, they completed the task! To continue the challenge, we had another Alphabet Hunt with lowercase letters.

Various friends took turns working with the Connect 4, challenging their fine motor skills and making basic patterns.

Today was also filled with MOON SAND, block ramps, huge floor puzzles, small foam puzzles and reading books with friends. So much fun!

Wee Sprouts: Tomatoes. Breakfast: Toasted whole wheat bagels with butter and fresh pears. Lunch: Whole grain pasta with chicken, fresh broccoli and oranges/pears. Snack: Organic whole milk yogurt and granola.

Link to the photo album: WF 1/11/2016

Happy Monday. Stay warm! –Jessica

Another post to show you what we’ve been up to this afternoon: a cardboard tube marble trail!

Guided by Melinda, friends worked together to the tape cardboard tubes together. It was a trial and error process as we attempted to find the right angle and slope for the marble run.

When it was ready, friends waited to receive a marble from Melinda.

Then, they took turns climbing up into the habitrail, putting their marble down the cardboard tube and then crawling to the finish line to see their marble go into the basket!

A marble in action:

It’s been a great lesson in patience and the scientific process… it took quite a few tries and do-overs to make a smooth trip for the marbles. Friends are still experimenting!

Hope your Friday afternoon is as fun-filled as ours! –Jessica

Our friends played with the pegs today. David put all of his pegs into a bowl first before sticking them into the foam boards.

Then, they gathered around Miss Marty to listen to her read stories.

Breakfast was toast with butter and oranges. Lunch consisted of whole wheat flatbread with cheddar cheese, bananas, and mixed vegetables. Afternoon snack was string cheese and pretzels.

Enjoy your weekend!

Amanda

Link to photos:http://1drv.ms/1SEAiNv

Our friends played with the pegs today. David put all of his pegs into a bowl first before sticking them into the foam boards.

Then, they gathered around Miss Marty to listen to her read stories.

Breakfast was toast with butter and oranges. Lunch consisted of whole wheat flatbread with cheddar cheese, bananas, and mixed vegetables. Afternoon snack was string cheese and pretzels.

Enjoy your weekend!

Amanda

Link to photos:http://1drv.ms/1SEAiNv

Our friends played with the pegs today. David put all of his pegs into a bowl first before sticking them into the foam boards.

Then, they gathered around Miss Marty to listen to her read stories.

Breakfast was toast with butter and oranges. Lunch consisted of whole wheat flatbread with cheddar cheese, bananas, and mixed vegetables. Afternoon snack was string cheese and pretzels.

Enjoy your weekend!

Amanda

Link to photos:http://1drv.ms/1SEAiNv

*Reminder: Wee Friends will be closed on Friday, March 4th for Parent Teacher Conferences. Childcare will only be provided during your conference time, so please plan accordingly. More information will be provided as the conference day approaches. Let us know if you have any questions!

Today Wee Frienders blew up the cushion for our swing and built a house:

Drew pictures at the art table with stencils and rubbing plates:

Worked with puzzles and toys in housekeeping:

Laughed with friends while putting together a big floor puzzle:

Read stories with teachers:

And built car garages/airplane hangers!

Wee Sprouts: Cucumber. Breakfast: Brown rice cakes with cream cheese and bananas. Lunch: Whole grain flatbread with cheddar cheese, romanesco cauliflower, carrots and bananas. Snack: Mozzarella string cheese and Wheat Thins.

Link to the photo album: WF 1/8/2016

Hope you all have a great weekend! –Jessica

Happy Thursday! Enjoy the photots from our day!

Breakfast was Kix and oranges. Lunch consisted of whole grain brown rice with chicken, bananas, and green beans. Afternoon snack was cream cheese and crackers.

Have a good night!

Amanda

Link to photos: http://1drv.ms/1OPUzQr

Happy Thursday! Today started off with some work at the light table. Using the Crystal Climbers friends experimented with mixing various colors together. When stacking the different colored tiles on top of each other it is easy to see the colors they make!

Friends also spent time working on puzzles and playing together in housekeeping.

For most of the morning the art table was occupied with friends working with the shape punches. Besides challenging fine motor skills (putting the paper into the punch correctly), this activity also works large motor skills (it takes a lot of force to push down the punch!) Many friends took their creations to the next level by gluing or sorting their tiny shapes.

To the joy of the WFers, we also got some outside time today. Many friends worked together to collect ice from around the yard and put it in a sled. They created a very large ice collection!

This week we have been working on some of our social studies standards. Our next 12 week cycle of literacy and math FABs start next week! This week one of the FABs is K.2.1: Give examples of people who are community helpers (inside the classroom and outside the classroom) and describe how they help us. We have been talking about various occupations and jobs in a variety of settings.

In large group this week we have discussed what our parents do at their jobs (we had some funny answers—ask your children what they think you do!), what tools some occupations use, re-visited the song “The People in Our Town” and talked about what they want to do when they grow up.

Wee Sprouts: Green beans. Breakfast: Cheerios and bananas. Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with chicken, carrots and fresh apples. Snack: Triscuits and peanuts.

Link to the photo album: WF 1/7/16

Happy Thursday! –Jessica