Lots of announcements today!

*We are updating our files and in need of annual shot record updates. If your child’s records are due there is a note on his or her cubby.

*We will be having a special Holiday Concert on Tuesday, December 15th at 4:00 pm. The children will be performing a few short songs and parents are welcome to join!

*Our last Pajama Day was very well received by the Wee Frienders. As some friends were not here to participate, we’ve decided to bring it back! The last school day before our holiday break, Friday, December 18th, will be another PAJAMA DAY!

*Health notice: A friend at Wee Wee has been diagnosed with Hand, Foot, and Mouth  Disease (Coxsackie Virus). We will be posting a flyer up front with symptoms and basic information on this early childhood virus.

Today has been full of ramp buildin’, calendar makin’

Train buildin’, window decoratin’

Paintin’

and shovelin’!

Wee Sprouts: Carrots. Breakfast: Toasted whole wheat bagels with cream cheese and fresh oranges. Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with red beans, corn and fresh oranges. Snack: Organic whole milk yogurt and grapes.

Link to the photo album: WF 12/7/2015

Have a great start to the week! –Jessica

Happy Friday, everyone!

Enjoy these fun photos from our day.

 

 

 

Breakfast was Chex and bananas. Lunch consisted of French toast, bananas, pears, and mixed vegetables. Afternoon snack was mozzarella string cheese and pretzels.

Have a great weekend!

Amanda

This morning friends were invited to come to the art table and create a snowman. Each snowman was made to have the same number of snowballs as letters in the friends’ name. This will give us a chance to compare names later!

This activity also challenged friends’ fine motor skills and gave them an opportunity to practice writing their first name.

Friends were allowed to make their own choices regarding what shapes and objects (hats, scarves, etc.) they wanted on their snowmen.  This led to a wonderful collection of VERY unique snowpeople! They will displayed on our bulletin board back in habitrail if you would like to see them up close and personal.

The rest of our day has been full of sweeping outside with homemade brooms, dancing, cracking open seeds and so much more!

Wee Sprouts: Cucumber. Breakfast: Brown rice cakes with peanut butter and bananas. Lunch: Homemade French toast casserole with farm fresh eggs and whole wheat bread, fresh carrots and oranges. Snack: Homemade fruit bars and block cheddar cheese.

Link to the photo album: WF 12/4/2015

Have a wonderful weekend! –Jessica

Today’s kitchen activity was playdough! Our friends had plenty of tools to choose from. Anna and Rosemary’s favorites were the rolling pins and mallets, while David liked a spatula he could balance a chunk of playdough on.

Rosemary liked to use her fingers to make circle indents in the dough. Her and Anna also used their fine motor skills to rip the playdough into tiny pieces.

Breakfast was Corn Flakes and banana. Lunch consisted of whole grain cheesy brown rice, pears, and peas. Afternoon snack was crackers with sweet pea butter.

Have a great night!

Amanda

This morning started off with a splash: water play! Friends were invited to the art table to explore with bins of warm water and magna-tiles. The open ended nature of these materials allow children to naturally discover many properties of water.

Some friends focused on pouring water over the flat surface of the magna-tiles, while others concentrated on building. Many towers, boats and even a fish tank were built!

We often ask our kindergarteners to complete more challenging tasks on a daily basis that are not planned ahead of time, but created based on whatever is currently happening in the classroom. Today’s water play was Elliott’s request. During set-up he was tasked with dividing the magna-tiles equally among the 6 bins! Elliott realized that there was not enough of every shape to divide it equally and left the extras back in the bin. Real world problem solving!

Today friends also gathered to play a modified version of the card game war. We changed the game slightly so that it wasn’t a competition to see who could get the most cards. The lack of a “winner” encouraged friendly play and allowed us to focus on figuring out the value of each card and which one was the greatest!

We also did a lot of building today. Featured here—a house and a “mice house”:

We were also excited to get some outside time!

Wee Sprouts: Carrots. Breakfast: Kix and bananas. Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with quinoa and cheddar cheese, peas and fresh oranges. Snack: Peanuts and blue corn chips.

Link to the photo album: WF 12/3/2015

Enjoy the rest of your day! –Jessica

Our friends wrote in their journals today with markers and crayons. It was a great activity to talk about colors. By putting the markers back in their caps, the kids were practicing hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills.

This afternoon, we played with the sensory tubes. Everyone thinks it’s fun to watch the objects fall and listen to the sounds the different objects in each tube makes.

Breakfast was whole grain oatmeal and bananas. Lunch consisted of tortillas with refried beans and cheese, bananas, and peas. Afternoon snack was pretzels and cheese.

Enjoy the rest of the photos!

Amanda

When snow falls outside, you can bet the Wee Frienders will spot it!

The approaching holiday season is often a time for increased gratitude and joy. We see this festive joy in our Wee Friends throughout the year, but it is amplified the closer the holidays come. Here are a few of the many joyful moments we experienced today.

We delighted in reading non-fiction books with our friends! This picture was taken right before we read a book about ducklings:

Sharing a funny book like Another Brother with a teacher is always special:

Friends enjoyed twirling and swirling ribbons to Christmas music, while our little tree continued to inspire reflection:

Plus, what could be more fun than building an elevated train track out of train track pieces and legos?!

Wee Sprouts: Red bell pepper. Breakfast: Hot wheat cereal and grapes. Lunch: Whole wheat tortillas with refried beans and cheddar cheese, cucumbers/tomatoes and fresh oranges. Snack: Hummus and wheat crackers.

More photos: WF 12/2/2015

Have a wonderful Wednesday! –Jessica

It was Ali’s, our student helper’s, last day today. She got lots of hugs and snuggles before leaving. The kids, Miss Marty, and Miss Amanda will miss her and we all hope she comes back to visit!

Rosemary and Anna had fun with the climber in the gross motor section. One would climb on the top while the other crawled through the tunnel. Then they would switch!

Franklins new favorite activity is the Zany Zoo. He enjoys pushing the beads around the loops.

Breakfast was Whole Grain Cheerios and kiwi. Lunch consisted of whole wheat tortilla with turkey, mangos, and peas. Afternoon snack was toasted whole wheat bagels with no-nut butter.

Have a great night!

Amanda

Good Afternoon and Happy First Day of December!

When friends walk in the door every morning, they have many options. The first one is obvious: breakfast! Once breakfast is done however, children can head to the table where most mornings, there’s an activity to help friends start their day. Today, we were able to customize snowmen!

It was a morning where kids were involved in different activities whether by themselves or with a friend. Magnatiles have been a top priority lately. Not only are friends building with magnatiles, but they’re bringing other toys into their play such as cars or animals.

We saw a great display of teamwork today when one of our friends was carrying a box full of math manipulatives and it spilled! Not only did he get on the floor and start picking the pieces up right away but so did many other friends!

For Kindergarten this morning, children gathered at the circle table where the goal was to pair an object with the first sound of that word. For example, pairing ‘M’ with ‘Monkey’. A few friends joined Elliott and Elizabeth which created an awesome learning experience.

Wee Sprouts– Tomatoes.

Breakfast– Cheerios and bananas.

Lunch– Turkey slices on tortillas, PPC grapes, and PPC broccoli.

PM Snack– Raisin bagel with cream cheese.

Have a terrific afternoon.

-Mindy

Wee Friends Blog Pictures

Miss Marty brought out teacher books that had to do with Christmas and winter today. Our friends enjoyed all of them! Anna and Rosemary were excited to point out any snowmen they spotted.

The kids were happy to bring Miss Marty other books when she ran out of Christmas ones and story time continued!

Breakfast was whole wheat toast with butter and cinnamon and apple. Lunch consisted of whole wheat pasta with shredded chicken, oranges, and corn. Afternoon snack was organic whole milk yogurt and graham crackers.

Have a great night!

Amanda