Enjoy the pictures from today and yesterday!
Today we built towers…
Identified animals and gave them some snuggles…
Sang the alphabet….
And did some dancing!
Breakfast was toast with butter and cinnamon and bananas. Lunch consisted of whole wheat pasta with cheese, bananas, and peas. Afternoon snack was pretzels with string cheese.
Link to photos: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulhqhVdVb9o0hVwOGVOw
Have a great night!
Amanda
Good Afternoon!
Miss Melinda started off our morning with music! As she played the piano, many friends shouted out what song she was playing. A few children went and stood right next to her, singing along.
A sensory activity was offered this morning that involved aluminum foil, circular paint brushes, and a variety of paint.
The activity was open to interpretation. Some children moved the paint brush in an up and down motion, making dots on their foil. Others took their brush and moved it horizontally on the foil.
The first group noticed that the foil made noise when they touched it. “Paper doesn’t do that!”
In kindergarten today, we made shapes with popsicle sticks. Using the sticks, we made a variety of shapes including, square, triangle, trapezoid, and a few others! After we made all of the shapes with the sticks, we walked throughout the house looking for various shapes. It took us forever to find a triangle! FINALLY, we found a triangle shape on a puzzle.
One of the things we really focused on and will continue to do throughout the week is looking at all of the shapes with four sides and how they differ. Today, we worked with the square and rectangle. We found many examples of each throughout the house!
(K.4.1: Identify and describe geometric objects: circle, triangle, square, rectangle, diamond, trapezoid, hexagon, octagon, parallelogram, sphere, and cube)
In large group, we read two different stories that focused on letters. While the FAB for the week is to WRITE most uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet, first we have to make sure that we can identify these letters confidently. The difference between uppercase and lowercase letters were discussed as well as letters that we’re familiar with. The various comments were made:
“That’s an L for Lulu!”
“An M! We can spell mom: M-O-M.”
“That ‘l’ has a tie on it!” (during Chicka Chicka Boom Boom)
We hope you had a great day, just like we did!
Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with honey and grapes.
Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with butter and chicken, cherry tomatoes/cucumber, and PPC strawberries.
PM snack– Blue corn chips with refried beans.
Wee Sprout– Cherry tomatoes.
Have a lovely night!
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 9/7
Hello!
**For parents of swimmers: On Tuesday’s, please dress your child in clothes that are easily taken off/put on since children are changing at the Y in the dressing room. We often try and have children assist in this process as much as possible. Please avoid shirts and dresses with buttons, tights/tight leggings, and lace up tennis shoes.
Some of the swimmers went up to the science area and waited for the weehicle to pull up. From what we heard, it was a GREAT first session. One child was super thrilled to share that, “I swam with the noodle all by myself!”
While the swimmers were away, the rest of us enjoyed the outside environment. The little people and trucks were quite popular this morning.
We saw a BIG truck this morning. The garbage truck came down the alley and honked their horn for us! This was quite exciting for our friends.
In large group, we focused on the following FAB:
K.RF.3.1: Identify and produce rhyming words.
After reading, ‘There’s a Wocket in My Pocket’ and ‘The Cat in the Hat’, we talked about what the two books have in common. After a little discussion, we came to the conclusion that cat and hat rhymed as well as wocket and pocket. As a group, we came up with several examples of rhyming words. There were a couple examples that were given where the two words DIDN’T rhyme. Addi said, “They have to sound alike. Stool and carpet don’t sound alike.” We used the word ‘stool’ though and found out that it has a rhyming word, ‘pool’!
Breakfast– Kashi Cinnamon Harvest Wheat and apples.
Lunch– Hummus on bagels/whole wheat bread, broccoli/peppers, and oranges.
PM snack– Whole grain bagels with no nut butter.
Wee Sprout– Broccoli.
Have a great night!
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 9/6
Please note: We will be closed Monday, September 5 for Labor Day.
Today was a fun filled day of playing with shaving cream…
Enjoying the perfect weather…
Playing on steppers that made our feet feel funny…
And having our hair done at Miss Marty’s Hair Salon with beautiful results!
Breakfast was Whole Grain Cheerios with bananas. Wee sprout was corn. Lunch consisted of whole wheat tortilla with refried beans and cheese, blueberries, and corn. Afternoon snack was graham crackers and string cheese.
Link to photos: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulhqYhuNwHkcGct-YWFQ
Have a great night!
Amanda
Happy Friday!
**Just a reminder: we are CLOSED Monday, September 5th for Labor Day. Enjoy the long weekend.
This morning, we read ‘The Dot’. After reading it, we talked about how everyone is their own person. The art table was open for children to make their own ‘dot’. The conclusion we came to was that all of the dots look different; BUT are all spectacular in their own way.
“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.”
-Dr. Seuss
Breakfast– Rice cakes with cream cheese and pears.
Lunch– Sweet pea butter on tortillas/whole wheat bread, banana, and carrots/cherry tomatoes.
PM snack– Mixed fruit (strawberries, blueberries, and pears) and string cheese
Wee Sprout– Cherry tomatoes.
Have a smashing weekend!
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 9/2
Good Afternoon!
**We have a few different illnesses going through Wee Friends:
–One child went home today with a fever. No other apparent symptoms.
–This past weekend, a child had the following symptoms: no appetite, vomiting, and spots that had appeared a few days after. The spots appear to look like mosquito bites and the doctor said it was a virus (no fever associated with this).
Here are a few pictures from throughout our day!
Breakfast– Cheerios and peaches.
Lunch– Homemade egg salad on whole wheat bread, watermelon, and cucumber/cauliflower.
PM snack-Pumpkin seeds and whole wheat crackers.
Wee Sprout– Cucumbers.
Have a great night!
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 9/1
Enjoy the pictures from today!
Breakfast was Whole Grain Cheerios and banana. Lunch consisted of egg salad sandwiches with bananas and corn. Afternoon snack was whole wheat crackers with sweet pea butter.
Link to photos: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulhqNZpTKFJPEkuYxPhQ
Have a great night!
Amanda
It turned into an exciting morning outside when Miss Rebekah brought out the big parachute!
Everyone found a handle and worked together to lift the parachute up and down. Sophia couldn’t keep the huge smile off her face!
Franklin loved standing under the parachute and watching it float up and come back down. A few of our friends snuck underneath and popped back out from another side.
Friends laughed and jumped and held on tight to their handles as they shook the parachute as fast as they could!
Breakfast was Kix and apples. Wee sprout was mixed vegetables. Lunch consisted of whole grain brown rice with chicken, strawberries, and mixed vegetables. Afternoon snack was rice cakes with sweet pea butter.
Link to photos: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulhqMcS-8bwSaeXmvg3Q
Have a great night!
Amanda
Hello!
Happy last day of August–
**This is an extremely rare situation we have going with the mosquitoes. That being said, if you want your child to have bug spray on while here at school, please provide specific bug spray for your child. At this time, we will just put bug spray on children who have bug spray here (morning and afternoon if needed)! If you have any questions about this, please ask! 
No matter the time of day, children are always able to go to the art table. Maxwell sat down at the art table this morning and started creating. Rosemary closely followed and got out a marker block for herself. This is one of the areas in the classroom where our imagination starts bubbling. Not only does it engage our creative and artistic flow but it allows our language to evolve.
Another spot that we’ve been taking full advantage of this week is our new sensory table! With the different tools available, it’s definitely open to interpretation. Some friends take the corn and move it throughout their fingers while others work on their pouring and filling skills.
As we headed outside this morning, a couple friends suggested the parachute be brought out. We all took turns going underneath the parachute as well as the important job of holding the parachute.
We added one more skill to our parachute adventure: throwing balls into the mix! As a group, we tried to keep the balls in the middle as long as possible. Talk about team work!
In kindergarten today:
Jackson and Addi focused on identifying lower case letters (K.RF.2.4) using our set of Montessori letters. I put a few letters into a hat so that they could pull a letter out of the hat and identify it. There were a few that we were unsure about so we worked together to try and solve it.
Without prompting, Jackson and Addi started saying, “This is a ‘D’. Like D for Daniel!” We started associating each letter with a word that we were familiar with.
In large group today, we read two different stories, ‘Roly-Poly Egg’ and ‘Llama Llama Home With Mama’. Jackson said, “Hey! Roly and poly rhyme!”
Before we started reading our books, I inquired about prior background knowledge of ‘syllables’. A few children knew what the word was but couldn’t define it. I simply told them it’s ‘the separate sounds we hear in words’. We did a few examples: preschool and flower. We put our hand under our chin to see how many times it moved. We all said ‘flower’ together. As a group, we came to the consensus that our chin moved two times, meaning it has two syllables. We did the same with preschool!
Once we read our two stories, we specifically looked at the titles of our books. We put our trusty hand underneath our chin again and found out all of the syllables for both titles! The clap method was also adopted to find syllables: Ma-ma (clap, clap).
Before ending group, we each found out how many syllables our name has! Addi and Lulu both chose to use their ‘real’ names, Addison and Luisa which had more syllables than their nicknames.
We headed to the table where children journaled their specific thoughts. It’s always lovely to see children’s thoughts transferred to paper.
Breakfast– Homemade blueberry oatmeal casserole with banana.
Lunch– Organic brown rice with chicken and cheese, strawberries, and cucumbers.
PM snack– Air popped popcorn and PPC peaches.
Wee Sprouts– Cucumbers.
Have a lovely night.
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 8/31
Good afternoon!
**At pickup today, we have a packet of important papers to go home/be signed. Please pick up your packet from a teacher! Thanks!
The welcome activity that was made available at the round table this morning focused on our one to one correspondence skills. Friends look at each item on the poster and the corresponding number and put the correct number of spiders on each item. For instance, on the hot dog which had the number 4, four spiders were put on the hot dog picture!
We went outside early this morning so that we could get a good deal of outside time before it started raining. Right as we headed out, we were made aware of the mosquito population in our backyard. So, a group of friends started a running group. As they ran, they yelled, “Go away mosquitos!”
While we were shooing the mosquitos away, a team worked together to build a log fortress. They moved the logs throughout the rock area before building a wigwam looking structure.
The theme of pretend was kept up once a couple of children started a game of ‘doctor’! Rosemary and Anna took turns being the patient while doctors gave them pretend medicine and checked their temperature using a woodchip thermometer. They were thankfully both cleared!
In Kindergarten:
We worked on one of our FAB’s throughout our day. We counted many different items that were formed in a couple of different ways. When we sat down for journaling time, I asked how many markers we had available to use! Together, we counted the rectangular shape of the marker block to see how many markers we had.
As we read our story in large group, I got down on the floor with everyone and we counted the toppings on the pizza that was formed in a circular shape.
In large group, we read ‘Pete’s Pizza’. During the story, we talked about the different sizes of pizza that we’ve seen. The overwhelming consensus was a circle! However, one child did say they’ve had a triangle pizza before!
We made our own pizza and went around the group to see everyone’s favorite toppings. A child commented, “I always have a whole lot of toppings on my pizza…almost ten!” We’ll transfer this into a project for tomorrow morning! Who wouldn’t want to talk about pizza? 
Breakfast– Chex and PPC peaches.
Lunch– Organic roasted red pepper hummus on bread/tortilla, apples, and green beans.
PM snack– Whole wheat bagels with cream cheese.
Wee Sprouts– Cherry tomatoes.
Have a great night!
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 8/30