Good Afternoon!
We had a fabulous day celebrating the bonds and friendships that we’ve formed here at Wee Friends.
We hope you had a fantastic Valentine’s Day!
Breakfast– Whole wheat oatmeal with PPC banana.
Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with shredded cheese, whole wheat bread, PPC banana/fresh strawberries, and fresh carrots.
PM snack– Homemade strawberry shortcake and string cheese.
Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots.
Have a lovely night.
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 2/14
We’re looking forward to meeting with each family tomorrow at conferences!
Here are a few pictures from our day.
Breakfast– Corn Chex and PPC mango.
Lunch– Brown rice with shredded chicken, PPC banana, and PPC cucumbers.
PM snack– Roasted chick peas and triscuits.
Wee Sprout– PPC peppers and cucumber.
Have a great evening.
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 2/15
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Today we did a variety of activities with our friends.
We sat climbed in and out of our big blocks together…..
we decorated some pink and red hearts with markers for someone in our family…
Miss Marty styled Mack and Emma’s hair for the day…
and we were throwing the balls around.
Breakfast: Kix cereal and fresh apples.
Lunch: Scrambled eggs with shredded cheddar cheese, whole grain wheat toast with butter, fresh oranges and corn.
Afternoon Snack: Blue corn chips and refried beans.
Have a great evening!
Rebekah
Link to pictures: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulicoZjgFQSoLgfDhXzg
Good Afternoon!
In pre-k/k group, we read ‘Bob the Dog’. Throughout the story, we pointed out various characters and wrote them on the blackboard. Afterwards, we discussed the setting of the story along with specific events that occurred throughout the story. We were able to put the events into the order in which they happened.
K.RL.2.3: Identify important elements of the text (e.g., characters, settings, or events).
We spent most of the morning making sure we’re reading for Valentine’s Day tomorrow. Each child had the opportunity to decorate their Valentine’s bag! We used a variety of heart stickers and added some markers also.
The rest of our morning went a little something like this:
Franklin used a wrench (or a fork as Franklin calls it) to move wooden nails throughout the workbench space.
Maxwell used his one to one correspondence skills to count the colorful counters that he had placed on the table.
Anna asked, “Mindy! I want to write my letters.” So, during her journal experience and with a little assistance, Anna wrote her letters!
Breakfast– Kix and PPC mango.
Lunch– Hummus on whole wheat flatbread, fresh apples, and PPC cherry tomatoes/cucumber.
PM snack– Whole wheat bagel with peanut butter and block cheese.
Wee Sprout– PPC cherry tomatoes/cucumber.
Have a great night!
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 2/13
Good Afternoon!
This morning our sensory experience involved driving our cars through a car wash and manipulating shaving cream with our hands. We enjoyed making tire tracks and seeing how the shaving cream feels in our hands.
We used our fine motor skills to help us stand our magnatile squares on their edges and stack them together to make a stack as tall as we could.
Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and fresh PPC pears.
Lunch: Hummus on whole grain wheat flatbread, fresh apples and broccoli.
Afternoon Snack: Whole grain wheat bagels with no nut butter.
Wee Sprouts: Broccoli.
Have a great night!
Rebekah
Link to pictures: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulichaEdmdQ2x5hvkxoQ
Reminder, we will be CLOSED this Friday, February 16th for Parent-Teacher Conferences. Thank you.
Happy Monday! It was so nice to see the bright sunshine today.
This morning we brought out the red play dough for our sensory activity. We used hammers as we worked on our hand-eye coordination to pound the pegs into our play dough.
We were involved in imaginative play this morning in the housekeeping area. We set the table with our plates, bowls and teapot. We then put a variety of our foods into our bowls to eat.
Breakfast: Whole grain wheat bagel with no nut butter and fresh PPC banana.
Lunch: Whole grain pasta with shredded chicken, applesauce and corn.
Afternoon Snack: Whole wheat crackers and block cheddar cheese.
Wee Sprouts: Corn.
Have a wonderful evening!
Rebekah
Link to pictures: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulicgyIvrz0BkYVC-x0Q
Happy Monday!
**Just a reminder, Wee Friends will be closed on Friday for conferences! We are looking forward to meeting with all of our families!
In pre-k/k group, we read ‘Duck for President’. Throughout the story, we identified the specific parts that make up a book: the setting, characters, and events. After we read the story, we talked about each of these things and together, we created a list of characters and events and identified the setting.
K.RL.2.3: Identify important elements of the text (e.g., characters, settings, or events).
Maddie explored the welcome activity where she took the initiative to match equal numbers together. She made a creation of dominos by finding matches and linking them together.
K.NS.7: Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group.
The rest of our morning was full of art table creations, magnatile buildings, and gross motor play in the habitrail.
Breakfast– Toast with peanut butter and fresh apples.
Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with butter and shredded chicken, PPC pears, and PPC cherry tomatoes/cauliflower.
PM snack– Cottage cheese and PPC banana.
Wee Sprout– Cherry tomatoes.
Have a great evening.
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 2/12
ANNOUNCEMENT- There is a Parking Policies Reminder sheet attached to everyone’s cubby. Please make sure to read our parking procedure reminders to be courteous to our neighbors. Thank you.
Happy 2nd Birthday to our friend, Rose. We hope you have a great day!
Today we were busy practicing our pouring skills using the teapot.
Today was construction hat day. We all enjoyed putting them on and walking around the classroom.
A friend requested the tunnel. We enjoyed taking turns crawling through, playing with the balls and climbing up and down the habitrail ladder.
Breakfast: Kix cereal and fresh apples.
Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with shredded beef, fresh PPC banana and broccoli.
Afternoon Snack: Cottage cheese and pretzels.
Wee Sprouts: Corn.
Have a great evening!
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Good Afternoon!
**With the incoming weather, please check your phone for any Wee Friend updates before leaving the house in the morning! Stay safe!
**We have placed the following parking reminder on the front door along with a copy attached to your child’s daily sheet today. Please take the time to read it over so that we’re all on the same page when it comes to our parking policy.
PARKING REMINDER: Please be courteous to our neighbors by following our parking policies:
Do NOT block the alley in any way
-Park back from the telephone pole so that neighbors can get into the alley.
-Pull all the way into the alley parking space. That hill is slippery and it is stressful going down with a car partially in the alley.
East side of the street ONLY
Be parked legally/right direction
-Keeping on street parking reserved for brief drop-off/pick-ups during high traffic times and use the church lot for lengthy stays or the parking pad beside WF house.
We thank everyone for their cooperation!
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In our pre-k/k group today, we continued diving in to different narrative genres. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, we read stories in each respective genre: fiction, fairy tale, and poetry. Today, we focused on non-fiction while reading ‘Dinosaurs’. A few of our children are deeply invested in learning about dinosaurs so they enjoyed sharing their findings and passion with the group.
We discussed how almost all of the books in the science area are non-fiction because they are books based on facts.
K.RL.3.1: Recognize familiar narrative text genres (e.g., fiction, nonfiction, fairy tales, and poems).
Several children interacted with the welcome activity. Three different cards were put onto trays: air, land, and sea. A variety of cards were placed on the lazy susan ranging from animals to transportation vehicles. We had to determine to what category card each item belonged. Maddie sorted and categorized all of the cards into the correct space, showing her younger friends what cards go where.
K.DA.1: Identify, sort, and classify objects by size, number, and other attributes. Identify objects that do not belong to a particular group and explain the reasoning used.
Math boxes were requested throughout the morning.
Ruby asked for the ‘measurement’ box, using cubes as a measurement tool. After the cubes were on the paper, Ruby used her index finger to count how many she had.
Elijah requested the ‘shape matching’ box, matching different shapes to the outlines.
Emma and a few of her peers categorized items to the correct board. For example, Emma found three farm animals and placed them on the ‘farm animal’ board.
Breakfast– Corn chex and PPC pears.
Lunch– Brown rice with shredded beef, PPC banana, and PPC cucumber/snap peas.
PM snack– Triscuits and peanuts.
Wee Sprout– PPC cucumbers/snap peas.
Have a great night!
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 2/8
Good Afternoon!
This morning we were busy drawing with markers in our journals. We made many dots and circles on our papers.
Our younger friends, enjoyed some stories while the older friends were napping.
We were busy playing in the habitrail area with balls, walking in and out of the big blocks and holding onto the balance bar while looking in the mirror.
Lunch: Scrambled eggs with shredded cheese, whole grain wheat bread/flatbread, fresh PPC pears and peas.
Afternoon Snack: Whole grain wheat crackers with hummus.
Have a great night!
Rebekah
Link to pictures: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulicYuLOhCd5uFAwW3jw