Good Afternoon!
We have a few messages to pass along:
My name is Jessica Millen and I am a former WF teacher! I am now working for All IN 4 Pre-K, a campaign of Hoosier families, community advocates & business leaders working together to expand access to high-quality pre-k.
We are trying to collect stories from families about their experiences with high quality pre-k, just like the exceptional care and education your children receive at Wee Friends. These are important stories to share not only with our elected officials, but also the general public. If you would be willing to talk briefly to me or someone on our media team about the importance of early childhood education, please send me your contact information at [email protected].
To learn more about the campaign and get involved like us on Facebook or visit our website at www.allIN4prek.com. Thanks!
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Jennifer and Tom (Elijah’s parents) have reached out for help finding a nanny for their infant daughter. Here are a few words from Jennifer:
“I am sending this request to everyone I know in the South Bend area in the 1% chance someone could help! I’m hoping to use the power of networking to find a part-time nanny for Agatha who will be 4 months old when I go back to work in January.
I will be lecturing and need to be on campus every day, but for about 3-4 hours. The schedule is a bit flexible.
Even if someone you know can only do half of the time, I’d be interested in talking to her. We might be able to arrange that 2 people split the schedule.”
**If you know anyone who would be interested in this opportunity, please contact us as we can forward it on to Tom and Jennifer.
Thank you!
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As everyone knows, it was an important day today! It was the WEE FRIENDS election!
In large group, we’ve talked about the election process and the President in general. So, we transferred what we already know plus some newly acquired information to cast our vote this morning!
To begin, we read, ‘I Want To Be President’! In this story, we learned important things that the President does such as helping people. We also learned that he lives in the White House and works in the Oval Office specifically.
After we read the story, we headed to the science area where Miss Melinda signed each voter in.
Once each child was signed in, they headed to the voting booth where they received their ballot and cast their vote!
Each child carried their vote to Miss Rebekah where they put their ballot in the box and received their sticker!
After all of our ballots were cast, we counted them as a class. The end result: Hillary Clinton-9 and Donald Trump-7.
We LOVED learning about the process of voting and in general, took it very seriously! A few of our friends headed to the real polls this morning with their parents and shared their experience.
The rest of our morning included:
Testing out our new swing!
Playdough!
Large Group:
We continued to explore the meaning of President and what goes in to an Election Day. After reading ‘Duck for President’, we took what we learned throughout the day to come up with what the President does and what he/she should exemplify.
“Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them.”
— Lady Bird Johnson, Former First Lady of the United States
Breakfast– Kashi Blueberry Clusters and pears.
Lunch– Homemade chicken avocado salad on whole wheat bagels, banana/oranges, and cucumbers/snap peas.
PM snack– Whole wheat bagel with cream cheese.
Wee Sprouts– Cucumbers.
Have a lovely night!
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 11/8
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