Good Afternoon!

Today we welcomed Miss Hannah from IUSB! She is going to be here on Monday and Wednesday’s during the morning until the end of the April.

Our welcome activity focused on patterns. Each pattern card has a specific pattern and our job is to finish it!

Friends requested the wooden connect 4 board this morning. A couple of children integrated patterns into the connect 4 board. Maddie took the black and red chips to create her own pattern, focusing on the ABAB pattern as well as the AABB pattern.

K.CA.5: Create, extend, and give an appropriate rule for simple repeating and growing patterns with numbers and shapes.

Building opportunities were given all morning long with many different building materials. Wooden blocks, big blocks, and trio blocks were used to create a variety of structures and creations.

Our imagination followed us outside as many different snacks became available. Friends were selling ice cream, pie, and drinks to keep our friends satisfied!

We were quite excited to see the garbage truck. The driver even honked at us which we LOVED!

It started sprinkling towards the end of our outside time. You know what that means…INTERBASE time! We looked to the clouds to see where the rain was coming from. We found some darker clouds and figured that those clouds were the rain source.

Breakfast– Whole wheat English muffins with no nut butter and apples.

Lunch– Whole wheat noodles with chicken and butter, apples, and cauliflower.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with oranges.

Wee Sprout– Carrots.

Have a great evening.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/6

Happy Friday!

**Today, we send home potty duck to our first friend. We will be choosing friends by random draw and our first friend up is…Rosemary! She will take potty duck home for the weekend and share with us on Monday what they did together! Potty duck has a special bag so parents, please make sure that potty duck is returned on Monday . Thank you!

Tate brought in a potato that he found in his pantry. We gathered around the art table so Tate could tell us his story. It had started growing something on the side of it so we found a jar for it.

We placed it in the science area in a jar full of water. Friends will observe it daily and see if the appearance of the potato changes at all.

Throughout the week, children have been investigating magnets in our sensory bin. Before lunch, Miss Melinda gathered our friends in the reading area to talk about the magnets that we’ve been exploring. Each child took a magnet and searched throughout the house to see if the magnet stuck to anything. We found that it stuck to the sink fixture, the front door, and the legs of the chairs!

Breakfast– Rice cakes with cream cheese and grapes.

Lunch– Grilled cheese, banana/grapes, and a mixture of veggies (tomatoes/green beans/carrots)

PM snack– Banana and cheddar block cheese.

Wee Sprout– Green beans.

Have a FANTASTIC weekend.

-Mindy

 Link to pictures: WF 3/3

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast was Whole Grain Cheerios and banana. Lunch consisted of grilled cheese sandwiches, corn, and apples. Afternoon snack was cheese crackers and string cheese.

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Have a great weekend!

Amanda

We had a very busy morning today!

We started in the kitchen with puzzles. Everyone went through many of them, some of them twice.

Then a friend asked to play with waffle blocks and we built roads and creative structures with them.

Then it was time for music! We listened to fun songs and grabbed the shakers. Some of our friends used them on the wall xylophone while the rest of us shook them in the air.

Finally, before lunch, journals were brought out. Friends doodled on new pages and flipped through the filled pages at the art they’ve already made.

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

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Hello!

We had a fantastic day.

The habitrail and music rug were full of various building materials. Lulu and Maddie constructed a three dimensional zoo full of a multitude of animals.

Many friends requested puzzles including the foam puzzles. At one point, the circular table and island were full of puzzles!

We bundled up and headed outside! The first thing we wanted to do was check various surfaces for fresh snow!

In small and large group, we celebrated Dr. Seuss’ birthday by reading a couple of his stories!

“Why fit in when you were born to stand out?”- Dr. Seuss

Breakfast– Homemade oatmeal pancakes with grapes.

Lunch– Organic brown rice with chicken and shredded cheese, green beans, and plums/banana.

PM snack– Wheat thins and pumpkin seeds.

Wee Sprout– Carrots and snap peas.

Have a great night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/2

YESTERDAY’S BLOG:

Happy March!

Our welcome activity focused on short and long lines. Friends used gems to trace the lines while talking about the similarities and differences of each line.

Several friends requested to paint so we opened up the art easel this morning. Some of our older friends used two primary colors to make a secondary color. For example, a friend used blue and red to make purple!

We’re continuing to explore the magnets in the sensory bin. There are various kinds of magnets and many different things we can do with them. Maddie used the fishing pole to pick up small magnets while Jackson used the triangle and square magnets to create a house.

Rosemary worked with magnets as well but in a different context. The magnetic activity that is available in the science area allows for friends to build using the straight magnets as well as the circular balls.

In large group, we read ‘Stormy Night’. Before we read the story, we talked about the storm that went through last night. Using our own experiences and background knowledge, we predicted what the story would be about. Friends came up with many words that they thought they’d hear throughout the book. We were right on with our predictions!

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

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with honey and plums.

Lunch– Scrambled eggs with shredded cheese, pineapple/grapes, and cauliflower.

PM snack– Air popped popcorn and pineapple.

Wee Sprout– Cherry tomatoes/cucumber.

Have a great night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/2

Good Afternoon!

In large group, we read ‘The Rain Came Down’. After reading the story, we discussed the difference between hot and cold. Various words or phrases were given and we put them in the correct category. We looked at the words and sounded them out together. Lulu shouted, “I know how to spell ‘sun’—S U N.” Tate reiterated and spelled SUN as well!

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, or holds more.

Our table top activity to start out the morning was pipe cleaners and small pieces of straws. We worked using our fine motor skills to create something that interested us.

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We placed a variety of different magnetic items in a sensory bin. The children were busy experimenting with all the different items to see how they stuck to each other.

There were many building creations happening today. Children were building with the magnatiles to create a space for their animals, while some used the large plastic blocks to create ramps and roads for driving the cars.

Breakfast: Corn Chex cereal and oranges.

Lunch: Whole wheat tortillas with no nut butter, oranges, plums and cherry tomatoes.

Afternoon Snack: Wheat Thins and mozzarella string cheese stick.

Wee Sprouts: Carrots.

Have a great evening!

Rebekah and Mindy

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We started our morning doodling in our journals. Franklin and Sonya are interested in letters and love practicing them with markers on their paper.

Since we didn’t go outside this dreary morning, we brought out the trampoline instead. Our friends worked their energy out taking turns jumping around!

Breakfast was Whole Grain Cheerios and banana. Lunch consisted of sweet pea butter on whole wheat bread, apples, and corn. Afternoon snack was pretzel and string cheese.

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Have a great night!

Amanda

Happy birthday to Sophia! She turned two years old today!

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast was whole wheat toast with butter and clementine’s. Wee sprout was mixed veggies. Lunch consisted of pasta with marinara sauce, corn, and banana. Afternoon snack was organic whole milk yogurt and bananas.

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Have a good night!

Amanda

Good Afternoon!

Here are the FAB’s for the upcoming week:

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

K.RL.2.1: With support, ask and answer questions about main topics and key details in a text heard or read.

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, or holds more.

During various activities this morning, we compared length and weight of different items. Jackson lined the sensory tubes in a row and we used our observation skills to compare and contrast as well as the magnetic instruments.

For large group, we read a story titled, ‘Another Brother’. We discussed the height of each of the brothers as well as guessing which brother weighed the most. At various points throughout the book, we made predictions about what was going to happen next in the story!

Jackson chose to work at the work bench. Max and Tate looked on as he completed his creation. After writing, his name as well as Tate and Max’s, he decided to paint it with water colors!

Anna brought in musical instruments from her home and donated them to Wee Friends! She sat and went through each item that she brought in. As a group, we decided if we should keep it or share it with our Wee Wee Friends! We enjoyed experimenting with the different instruments.

The art table was open for children to color shamrocks that will be added to our green chain that we made last week!

We had a great Monday! We hope you did too!

Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with butter and apples.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with marinara sauce and shredded cheese, mandarin oranges, and broccoli.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with pumpkin flax granola.

Wee Sprout– Snap peas.

Have a great night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 2/27