Happy Friday!

In large group, we read a story titled, ‘Tea Rex’. On the cover, there was a tea party taking place and one of the guests looked to be a big T-REX! Before we started reading, we brainstormed about what the story could be about. None of us had ever read the story before so we were anxious to see how the plot unfolded. On each page, we looked at the pictures and listened to the authors words. As a group, we talked about what could possibly be on the next page using the information that we had!

K.RL.2.4: Make predictions about what will happen in a story.

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A few children helped Miss Melinda with the bumpy pumpkin escapade that took place this morning!

First, Miss Melinda carved the top so that we could take the stem on and off. A group of friends decided there should be a face on the pumpkin so we chose different features that we thought might look good on the pumpkin.

Next, friends took turns getting the pumpkin guts out. A few of us noted that, “This is too gross and disgusting”, so they handed the job over to a peer!

The pumpkin was placed on the art table and children took turns using their fine motor skills to place beads on several pipe cleaners that were placed randomly on the pumpkin.

Some gorgeous and creative pumpkins were made at Wee Friends this week…talk about TEAM WORK!

Breakfast– Rice cakes with peanut butter and PPC pears.

Lunch– Scrambled eggs with shredded cheese, whole wheat flatbread, PPC grapes, and fresh carrots.

PM snack– Goldfish and pumpkin seeds from our pumpkin!

Wee Sprout– PPC peppers.

Have a fantastic weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 10/20

Please note: Wee Friends will be closed Nov 23 and 24 for Thanksgiving break.

The gross motor area was our favorite spot today! Our friends have been playing with the big blocks non stop this week. Daniel crawled up the steps to look out the window at the pretty day, and Aggie crawled to the top of the slide and slid back down on her belly!

Breakfast was Whole Grain Cheerios and pears. Lunch consisted of whole grain brown rice with chicken and cheese, pears, and peas. Afternoon snack was Mindy’s homemade pumpkin chocolate chip birthday muffins and string cheese.

Link to photos: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIuliYMAB104PJvWq5lJrQ

Have a good night!

Amanda

Good Afternoon!

Enjoy a few pictures from our day!

“A four year old will be a four year old only once. Concentrate on meeting his present needs. Don’t foist future academics on him. If he’s allowed to truly play now—spontaneous play with room for running, leaping, ka-powing, crying, dancing, painting, spilling and creative problem solving—then he will be ready for academics later. When children gain social and emotional skills and confidence in the preschool years, academic learning naturally follows.”

-Heather Shumaker

Breakfast– Corn chex and PPC pears/kiwi.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded chicken and cheese, banana/orange, and broccoli.

PM snack– Mindy’s homemade birthday pumpkin muffins and mozzarella cheese.

Wee Sprout– PPC cucumber.

Have a great night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 10/19

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast was Kashi Blueberry Clusters and banana. Wee sprout was corn. Lunch consisted of whole wheat tortilla with cheese, pear, and corn. Afternoon snack was wheat crackers with sunflower butter.

Link to photos: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIuliYIfAXN0PFUv1zxCPQ

Have a good night!

Amanda

Good Afternoon!

In large group, we read ‘Three Hens and a Peacock’. By looking at the cover and our background knowledge of books, we created a web that was filled with our predictions as to what could possibly take place in this story. While I was reading the first page, Maxwell commented, “Our prediction was right: there’s cars, trucks, and people!”

Many large group friends wrote about their journals today. Our journals focused on several topics such as ‘boat treasure boat shot’ and ‘people on flying carpets’. With a little assistance, children used their kid spelling to express what they had drawn.

K.RL.2.4: Make predictions about what will happen in a story.

The welcome activity focused on comparing lengths of various items by using cubes. This measurement activity was able to meet different readiness levels.

For children who were ready for the foundational skill of this activity, they used their one to one correspondence skills to put a cube on each space. Several comments such as “The pencil is longer than the snake!”, were made once they realized they used more cubes for the pencil compared to the snake.

A few older friends took this activity one step further. Lulu and Lucy brought patterns into the equation without prompt. Lucy used her cubes and integrated an ABAB pattern while assessing the length of the items while Lulu used an AABB pattern.

K.M.1: Make direction comparisons of the length, capacity, weight and temperature of objects, and recognize which object is shorter, longer, taller, lighter, heavier, warmer, coolor, or holds more.

One of the amazing things about our morning structure is that it allows for flexibility. Maddie’s aunt is coming to visit her and she really wanted to make her a card. So, we headed to the art table so that she could do just that! Of course when this started, several friends joined her to make a card for a family member too! We had no envelopes so when Maddie finished, we made our own envelopes!

Miss Rebekah used our friends helpful hands to help season the pumpkin seeds from the pumpkin that was carved yesterday. After they cooled down, we got to taste them before heading outside. YUM!

“A child can teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be curious and to fight tirelessly for something.”

-Paulo Coelho

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with honey and PPC pears.

Lunch– Shredded cheddar cheese on whole wheat tortillas, fresh apples, and PPC cherry tomatoes.

PM snack– Whole grain Ritz crackers and red pepper hummus.

Wee Sprout– PPC snap peas.

Have a lovely night.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 10/18

This morning we cut open our pumpkin to see what was inside. We then had a big job ahead of us. We had a new sensory experience of scooping out the pulp and seeds. Friends shared that it felt slimy and we were given the option to use a spoon to scoop out the pulp and seeds rather than use our hands.

After we scooped out all the pulp and seeds, Miss Melinda turned our pumpkin into a jack-o-lantern. The small group friends sat in the reading area to brainstorm a name for the pumpkin. Each friend came up with their own name for the pumpkin.  We then put all the names into a jar and picked out a name. We would like to introduce Red, our jack-o-lantern.

During outside time the friends noticed our swimming friends return in the weehicle.  A group of friends came up with the idea of using the logs to build their own weehicle!

We even used our hands to make our very first leaf pile. It will be so much fun as we see more leaves fall and can make a bigger pile.

Breakfast:  Oatmeal squares cereal and kiwi.

Lunch: Red pepper hummus on whole grain wheat tortillas, banana and cherry tomatoes.

Afternoon snack:  Wheat Thins and sunflower seeds.

Wee Sprouts: The one green pepper from our garden and snap peas.

Have a great night!

Rebekah

Link to pictures:  https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIuliYBqt-C5g3Pdc7oi-A

Today we played in moonsand…

Climbed inside and outside…

Hung out with friends in the sandbox…

And made pies with with worms!

Breakfast was Whole Grain Cheerios and apples. Wee sprout was corn. Lunch consisted of whole wheat tortilla with hummus, banana, and corn. Afternoon snack was toasted whole wheat bagels with cream cheese.

Link to photos: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIuliYA0DF2FBqN5jT8ODA

Have a good night!

Amanda

Today are friends sat back and relaxed together in the reading area. They picked books to look through on their own and also brought books to Miss Marty to read out loud.

Daniel enjoyed the housekeeping area today. He loves emptying the cubbies with the toy food and opening and closing the cabinet doors. He can now pull himself up on the toy stove and spent a lot of time today spinning the dials around.

Our big kid friend Grady built a fort outside today in the sandbox and invited our friends to join him inside it! I see more fort building in the future for our Wee Wees!

Lunch consisted of whole wheat pasta with marinara sauce and mozzarella cheese, banana, and peas. Afternoon snack was organic whole milk yogurt and grapes.

Link to photos: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIuliP9dCB0J0AEtBFtV_g

Have a good night!

Amanda

Good Afternoon!

We compared leaf sizes, broom length, and the weight of rocks at the farm this morning. Friends took this opportunity to use comparison words when describing nature objects that they found whether we were in the barn or out in the woods.

Lucy found a really big rock so children searched for rocks that were smaller than her rock. Together, we also searched for sticks that were longer or shorter in length. Even while walking, friends started shouting out, “That tree is taller than that tree!”.

K.M.1: Make direct comparisons of the length, capacity, weight, and temperature of objects, and recognize which object is shorter, longer, taller, lighter, heavier, warmer, cooler, and holds more.

After searching for loose end pieces in nature, Lulu, Lucy, and Maddie set sail on a pirate ship! Using a tree stump and their forever expanding imaginations, they set sail working together, navigating the waters of the ocean. Here’s a few things that could be heard from our experienced sailors:

“Boom the canons! Ships have canons ya know, Mindy?!”

“Sails up! Canons behind!”

“There still some of the pirates left!”

This most likely was our last trip to the farm this season. We are so grateful for the experiences that we had and the things that we learned.

“Let Nature be your teacher.”

-William Wordsworth

Back at Wee Friends, it was a PUMPKIN morning! Children took hammers to hammer in golf tees. It allowed friends to focus on their hand-eye coordination and motor skills.

Each child got their very own white pumpkin to decorate specialized to them! We loved the idea of getting our very own pumpkin.

Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with peanut butter and banana.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with marinara sauce and shredded cheese, PPC apples, and fresh cooked broccoli.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with PPC apples.

Wee Sprout– Cucumbers.

Have a lovely night.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 10/16

Link to farm pictures: WF 10/16 FARM

Happy Friday!

Reminder: We are having our annual Halloween parade on Tuesday, October 31st at 4:00 pm. If you can make it, please let us know so that we can get a head count.

Here are a few pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Rice cakes with cream cheese and banana.

Lunch– Homemade english muffin pizzas, banana, and PPC cucumber/cherry tomatoes.

PM snack– String cheese and pretzels.

Wee Sprout– Cherry tomatoes and cucumbers.

Have a great weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 10/13