Good Afternoon!

*Reminder: Wee Friends is closed for summer vacation starting Thursday, June 29th and will reopen Monday, July 10th. Thanks!

This morning, we used our hands in a variety of ways; painting, puzzles, and play dough (our three favorite p’s).

The older group went to the farm (and met Jackson, Max, and their mom Dixie there) and the first thing we got to experience was a horse getting it’s hooves trimmed! We stood by and watched as this was happening and afterwards, we got to hold the tools that were used (they were HEAVY!).

Fun fact: Did you know that ground horse hooves are in the following foods?: jelly, jam, and Jell-O!

We stopped and said hi to the turkey chicks that we delivered a couple weeks back. Boy, have they grown! They went from sharing one cage to now having to use all three cages!

There was not a cloud in the sky this morning which was fabulous weather for a good run around the farm. Once we got out into open spaces, we were free to run and get out our energy in a positive way.

Of course, we had to stop and get a few swings in at our favorite place!

We walked up toward the farm and Miss Charlotte told us that we could head to the garden and pick some strawberries! Each friend picked two to three strawberries before heading to the sink outside to clean them off. 

Our younger group had met Miss Charlottes snake and our older friends were a little envious. So, they politely went up to the house and rang the door bell. “Can we please met your snake?”, they asked. A couple of our friends took turns holding the snake. We learned a couple things about the snake:

1. The snake only eats every three to four weeks (a couple mice do the trick).

2. This specific snake was a vertebrae. We got to feel it’s spine and ribs.

3. It’s a cold blooded animal, different from most mammals who are warm blooded.

Breakfast– Homemade oatmeal pancakes and strawberries.

Lunch– Brown rice with cheese, apples, and cauliflower.

PM snack– Graham crackers and pumpkin seeds.

Wee Sprout– Cucumber/carrots.

Have a great evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 6/1

Link to FARM pictures: WF 6/1 FARM

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast was Corn Chex and banana. Wee sprout was peas. Lunch consisted of whole grain brown rice with cheese, banana, and peas. Afternoon snack was graham crackers and string cheese.

Link to photos: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIuliJVG3jZhdJFpeQ88KA

Have a good night!

Amanda

This morning we jumped as high and fast as we could…

Created masterpieces at the art table…

And enjoyed all our favorite outside activities!

Breakfast was Kix and banana. Wee sprout was peas. Lunch consisted of farm fresh eggs, whole wheat flat bread, peas, and banana. Afternoon snack was cheese crackers and string cheese.

Link to photos: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIuliJMrHH_bHt-nERe1Iw

Have a good night!

Amanda

Good Afternoon!

Children gathered in the science area to listen to Miss Kaylee read ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’. Throughout the story, Miss Kaylee asked questions pertaining to the story. Friends guessed what would happen next and shared their feelings about specific colored crayons.

After Miss Kaylee finished reading the book, the group headed to the art table where they each wrote a letter to a specific colored crayon. Given our friends have various levels of readiness for letter writing, some friends wrote out their letter using their kid spelling while others told Miss Kaylee what they wanted her to write.

The habitrail was like an ever rotating door as friends needed a space to move their bodies around in a positive and engaging way.

Franklin asked Anna to help him with the alphabet train puzzle so together, they put it together before tackling the farm floor puzzle.

“Teaching children about the natural world should be treated as one of the most important events in their lives.”

-Thomas Berry

Hope everyone has had a wonderful Wednesday!

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with honey and PPC mango.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with shredded cheese, whole wheat flatbread, PPC peaches, and cherry tomatoes.

PM snack– Whole wheat crackers and hummus.

Wee Sprouts– Carrots/cherry tomatoes.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 5/31

Good Afternoon! We would like to welcome Franklin who has moved over to our house and his parents, Justin and Bre. We are glad to have you all with us!

At the table this morning friends were able to play a Rainbow Fish matching game! They enjoyed finding the many different picture matches.

The art easel was available for painting beautiful masterpieces with a variety of colors.

During outside time, we scooped the sand off the sidewalk to place it back into the sandbox, drew pictures on the chalkboard, played catch, rode our bikes and played with the trucks and logs.

Breakfast: Corn Chex cereal and bananas.

Lunch: Turkey and cheese on whole wheat tortillas, strawberries/kiwis and carrots.

Afternoon Snack: Whole milk yogurt and granola.

Wee Sprouts: Carrots.

Have a great night!

Rebekah

Link to pictures: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIuliJIk6qXqaQVbDDqL3A

We spent a great morning back after the long weekend soaking up some sunshine!

Breakfast was Kix and oranges. Lunch consisted of whole wheat tortilla with ham and cheese, blueberries, and peas. Afternoon snack was brown rice cakes with cream cheese and grapes.

Link to photos: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIuliJJq000m4PNwxKiLrw

Have a good night!

Amanda

Good Afternoon!

Today, we celebrated many important events in our Wee Friends lives.

Jackson said a farewell to Wee Friends with his last kindergarten sign in this morning. He and Addi were given a special kindergarten graduation ceremony this afternoon as they truly have been invaluable to our class this past year. They epitomized what it means to be a leader and showed the next kindergarten class what it means to take on the role.

We’ve so enjoyed watching you grow these last two years, Jackson. You’re going to flourish wherever you go in life. WEE love you!

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go…”

-Dr. Seuss

We’re sending out a BIG happy early 5th birthday to Maddie! Hope you have a wonderfully special weekend.

Miss Kaylee invited children to the table to experiment with ice. We used ice, buckets, and watercolor paint to see what would happen to the ice when we painted it with the water colors! A few friends noted that the more they moved the ice around, the quicker it melted.

It was all about healthy choices today for lunch (and celebrating graduation day!).

Friends had the opportunity to make their own english muffin pizzas. We chose from ham, olives, pineapple, green pepper, tomatoes, and mushrooms along with two different kinds of cheese. We talked about the healthy choices we were making and what that does for our bodies.

To add to our homemade pizza, Maddie brought in fruit kabobs for her birthday treat! Our plates looked QUITE spectacular today.

Breakfast– Rice cake with cream cheese and strawberries.

Lunch– Homemade english muffin pizzas, Maddie’s birthday fruit kabobs, and cucumbers.

PM snack– Outshine Fruit Bars and string cheese.

Wee Sprout– Peppers.

Have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 5/26

Today is Franklin’s last day at Wee Wee. He’s moving over next door with the big kids, where we know he will do wonderfully!

Have a great holiday weekend!

Breakfast was Kix and oranges. Lunch consisted of whole wheat English muffins with marinara sauce and cheese, bananas, and peas. Afternoon snack was graham crackers and banana.

Link to photos: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIuliJEN6Ba90-T83TYsHA

See you Tuesday!

Amanda

Good Afternoon!

**Please take a moment and go through your child’s bathroom cubbie to make sure that they have appropriate spare summer clothes. Thank you!

In large group, we continued our discussion about the calendar and specific terms that we see on any given calendar. Today, we talked about the terms ‘month’ and ‘year’. After reading an information text, we found out that there are twelve months in a year. Jackson shouted, “We’re in the month of May!”

Friends talked about what happens in a year. Lulu said, “I am four for a whole year!” The discussions and information that is put forth by this age group is generally content that they are personally connected to.

Social Studies: K.1.5 Explain that calendars are used to represent days of the week and months of the year.

Miss Kaylee started up an activity in the science area. It peaked the interest of several children so we worked together as a team.

First, Miss Kaylee gaged the current knowledge of shapes that our friends exhibited. After identifying all of the shapes that were laid out, children headed out into the environment to find different shapes. For example, Lucy found a rubber band that formed the shape of a circle.

After several examples of the shapes were found, Rosemary helped Miss Kaylee sort them into the correct category. We came to the conclusion that we were able to find ample examples of squares and rectangles which allowed us to look at the similarities and differences of these two shapes.

Addi and Jackson went outside with Miss Melinda to weed the backyard environment. They used different tools to cut weeds that needed a little assistance coming out of the ground.

“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.”

-Plato

Breakfast– Homemade oatmeal pancakes and banana.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded chicken, PPC grapes, and carrots.

PM snack– Roasted chick peas and goldfish.

Wee Sprout– Snap peas.

Have a lovely night.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 5/25

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast was oatmeal pancakes and banana. Lunch consisted of whole grain brown rice with chicken, corn, and banana. Afternoon snack was bagels with butter and cinnamon.

Link to photos: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIuliJBMukXWN90TGSqVag

Have a good night!

Amanda