Good Afternoon!

**In order to be in compliance with state laws, we need UPDATED SHOT RECORDS for every child. We need updated shot records by Monday, January 8th. Thank you!

**Before our Christmas break starts, please take a minute to clear out your child’s cubbie as well as their art cubbie. We’ll have plastic bags available in a spare cubbie. Thank you!

In our pre-k/k group, we read ‘Bear Stays Up For Christmas’. Throughout the story, children noted rhyming words that they noticed which lead into our activity after we finished the story.

I had five words up on the board and it was our job to match the rhyming words. When we came up on the word ‘down’, Lulu immediately shouted, “frown”. I asked what letter that word would start with and a few friends said, “F!”. Together, we found a word that started with an ‘F’ and matched it to ‘down’.

Our morning was full of various activities going on and children engaging either alone or with peers.

The art area was full of children making cards for people in their lives; mostly mom and dad! Grady interacted with the welcome activity; matching dominos. Chloe challenged herself by completing various 24 piece puzzles. We’re gearing up for Christmas break and making the most of our last days at Wee Friends in 2017!

Miss Kim opened up the island for a baking opportunity. Children helped Miss Kim bake pumpkin muffins that we had later on for afternoon snack. Each friend got the chance to measure or pour something into the mixture.

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with honey and PPC pear.

Lunch– Scrambled eggs with shredded cheese, whole wheat tortilla, PPC banana/pears, and PPC cherry tomatoes/green beans.

PM snack– Homemade pumpkin muffins and block cheese.

Wee Sprout– PPC green beans.

Have a fantastic night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 12/20

Good Afternoon!

This morning we decided to switch out the trapeze bar for the swing. Our friends enjoyed taking turns swinging and giving pushes to their friend.

Aggie and Daniel enjoyed taking turns going down the slide.

We also were busy building with magnatiles within our own skill level.

Breakfast:  Whole grain Cheerios and PPC  clementines.

Lunch:  Hummus on whole grain wheat bread, PPC clementines and corn.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole grain cinnamon raisin bagel with cream cheese.

Wee Sprouts:  Corn.

Have a great evening!

Rebekah

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Good Afternoon!

Here are a few pictures from throughout the day.

Hope you’re having a great Tuesday!

Breakfast– Whole grain cheerios and PPC blueberries.

Lunch– Turkey and shredded cheese on whole wheat flatbread, PPC clementines, and PPC cherry tomatoes.

PM snack– Peanuts and PPC blueberries.

Wee Sprout– PPC cucumbers/cherry tomatoes.

Have a wonderful night.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 12/19

Just a friendly reminder our last day will be this Friday, December 22 for winter break. We will return Monday, January 8, 2018.

On Friday, December 22, we will have another Pajama Day. If your child has Christmas or any other favorite pajamas we would love to see them!

Good Afternoon! Today we had another day with a low number of friends.

Mack and Sophia enjoyed….

playing with the colored rings, standing on the big blocks while lining up the people on the window sill, and stacking the pegs into the peg boards.

Daniel joined Mack and Sophia as they were involved in some activities. They enjoyed pounding the play dough with a hammer and placing golf tees or pegs into it and working on foam puzzles together.

Breakfast:  Whole grain wheat toast with butter and clementines.

Lunch:  Whole grain wheat pasta with marinara and mozzarella cheese, fresh PPC pears and broccoli.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole milk yogurt and graham crackers.

Have a great night!

Rebekah

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Good Afternoon!

We finished up our FAB schedule for the fall! FAB’s will start back up after Christmas break. This week, our pre-k/k group will be extending a few FAB’s for topics where they had full comprehension.

Today in group, we read ‘The Hat’ by Jan Brett. Afterwards, we talked about the various animals and characters that we read about in the book. We counted the syllables in each name, quickly realizing that all of the names either had one or two syllables. Children started counting the syllables in each others names which lead to children quickly realizing that all of the ‘boy’ names had two syllables (MAXWELL, RILEY, AND GRADY) while the ‘girl’ names are all three syllable words (LUCINDA, LUISA, AND MADELINE).

Wooden blocks were used for a variety of building activities. Max, Lucy, and Anna used the big, plastic blocks and wooden blocks to build a bunk bed while Maddie and Lulu used them as surf boards. They both worked on their balance, trying to stay on their surf boards for as long as possible.

Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with butter and PPC pears.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with marinara sauce with shredded cheese, PPC clementines, and PPC cauliflower/carrots.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with PPC blueberries.

Wee Sprout– PPC cauliflower/carrots.

Have a great night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 12/18

Good Afternoon!  Today with only a few friends, we were busy with our daily activity routines, such as building with magnatiles, looking at books or having them read to us by a teacher, going down the slide and saying hello to the fish. Enjoy the pictures!

Breakfast:  Kix cereal and fresh apples.

Lunch: Scrambled eggs with cheese, fresh PPC pears and broccoli.

Afternoon Snack:  Goldfish crackers and mozzarella cheese stick.

Have a great weekend!

Rebekah

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Good Afternoon!

**Just a reminder: Wee Friends will be closed Monday, December 25th through Friday, January 5th. We’ll reopen Monday, January 8th.

In our pre-k/k group, we wrapped up the week talking about President’s Day. After talking about a few presidents that we were familiar with, I showed the group a picture of Mount Rushmore. Lulu shouted, “Hey, that’s Rushmore!”. We got a map out and found where South Dakota is which is where Mount Rushmore is located.

We brought up the trampoline from downstairs which allowed for us to move our bodies around in a positive way. Children worked with puzzles and read several stories throughout the morning.

Breakfast– Rice cakes with peanut butter and PPC pears.

Lunch– Scrambled eggs with cheese, whole wheat bread, applesauce, and PPC cauliflower.

PM snack– Graham crackers and block cheese.

Wee Sprout– PPC peppers.

Have a great weekend.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 12/15

Good Afternoon!

This morning we started off using our creative skills as we built with the magnatiles.

We then worked on our fine motor skills during an art activity. We used a brush to spread glue onto our Santa hats before using our creativity to decorate them using Christmas color pom poms, sequins and red crinkly paper.

Today our younger friends enjoyed clapping their hands and dancing to a song that Miss Rebekah sang called Clap, Clap, Clap Your Hands.

Breakfast:  Kashi Blueberry Clusters cereal and banana.

Lunch:  Whole grain brown rice with chicken and shredded cheese, banana and corn.

Afternoon Snack:  Graham crackers and mozzarella cheese stick.

Wee Sprouts:  Corn.

Have a great night!

Rebekah

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Good Afternoon!

We continued learning about holidays and celebrations in our pre-k/k group. Today, we focused on Veteran’s Day. As a group, we discussed what a ‘veteran’ is; someone who has served in the military for our country.

Social Studies: K.1.2 Identify celebrations and holidays as a way of remembering and honoring people, events, and America’s heritage.

There are several activities that children can explore at the art table. Lucy got out a sketching/drawing book and proceeded to follow the directions to draw a lion!

While the art table was busy, habitrail picked up when a group of children built a bed using wooden blocks. The three boys who worked together to build this are all different ages but worked well together by voicing their ideas and listening to each others thoughts.

Before lunch, a few children requested play dough so spots were made available at the art table. Using several tools, various items were made: a cookie with sprinkles, pizza, and a snowman!

“Children have an immense capacity for concentration and hard work when they are passionate about what they are doing.”

-John Gatto

Breakfast– Kashi Blueberry Clusters and PPC kiwi.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded chicken and cheese, PPC banana/clementines, and PPC cherry tomatoes/carrots.

PM snack– Cinnamon raisin bagel with peanut butter.

Wee Sprout– A mixture of fresh PPC vegetables: snap peas, peppers, and cherry tomatoes.

Have a lovely evening.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 12/14

Happy Wednesday!

This morning Daniel reached up for the xylophone mallet that was hanging off the shelf. We enjoyed playing our xylophones and pianos listening to the different sounds of the keys and making our own music.

Miss Rebekah did a song with us that she taught us a while ago.  The song is called,  See The Bunnies Sleeping. We can change the song to include any other animal or insect and act out how they move. We decided to be a bee and we fluttered our arms really fast like the wings of the bee as we made a buzzing sound.

We all enjoyed looking at books. Some of us made up our own stories as we looked at the pictures.

 

Breakfast:  Kashi Blueberry Clusters cereal and banana.

Lunch: Turkey and shredded cheese on whole grain wheat tortillas, fresh PPC avocado/cherry tomatoes and fresh PPC kiwi.

Afternoon Snack: Whole grain wheat crackers with hummus.

Wee Sprouts:  Broccoli.

Have a great evening!

Rebekah

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