Hello!

Differing kinds of tracks took up the beginning of our morning! The wooden train tracks and the big yellow tracks were the most popular. “We have to make big turns so that the trains can go fast!”, said a friend.

Play dough was requested so Clara got out the play dough that smells like peppermint. Children took turns at the table, manipulating the play dough into many different forms. A lot of children used the rolling pins in some fashion. Jackson and Clara used the rolling pin to flatten their block of play dough as thin as they could.

Not only does play dough allow us to work on our fine motor skills but so many different creations are created! Today, we had a heart, pancake, and wall built!

Since it was Tuesday (our muffin day), we made our own homemade apple-oatmeal muffins!

First, I told everyone that was around the island that we were going to have to double the recipe. If we just made the regular recipe, it would’ve yielded 12 muffins. I asked if that would’ve been enough for our class. Clara shouted, “No! Not everyone would be able to have one!” So I brought up the word “doubling”.

I took two muffin tins and we counted all of the circles. We came to the number 24! After measuring the dry and wet ingredients individually, we mixed them together!

Daniel used the word, “brilliant” once he tasted his muffin. They appeared to be a hit!

In large group today, we read the sequel to ‘Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs’ which is called, ‘Pickles to Pittsburgh’. We observed their neighborhood throughout the story. Many questions like; “How is the food falling from the sky?” and “What if our neighborhood looked like that?” were asked.

After we read the story, we brainstormed as a group. Friends took turns raising their hands, telling the group what they see in their neighborhood. I told them that I live in an apartment complex which may yield different observations. I commented that I see a lot of cars where I live because there are no garages. “So you have to leave your car outside every night?!”

We talked about the flooding that happened overnight. There were some children that saw standing water while others didn’t. As a group, friends started a discussion about why some neighborhoods have certain things while others don’t, such as trees and cars.

Breakfast– Whole grain cheerios and PPC peaches.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with butter and shredded chicken, PPC strawberries, and green beans/cherry tomatoes.

PM snack– Homemade apple-oatmeal muffins and block cheddar cheese.

Wee Sprouts– Cherry tomatoes from PPC.

Have a terrific evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 8/16

Happy Monday!

It was a full, active day here at Wee Friends!

We started off by welcoming our newest Wee Friender’s, Brycen and Calix!

Our FAB for the week:

Social Studies: K.3.6 Identify and compare similarities and differences in families, classmates, neighbors and neighborhoods, and ethnic and cultural groups.

We incorporated this into our day in a variety of ways.

Miss Melinda offered a music and movement opportunity in the habitrail area where she started off the conversation by asking Lulu, “Lulu, are you the same as Riley?” She laughed and said, “No! He’s a boy!” We talked about the similarities and differences between us all. The fact that we’re all people was mentioned as a similarity.

We compared us as people and then switched to comparing and contrasting instruments. Children were asked how much they know about instruments as well as what instruments we have available here at Wee Friends. The following were shouted out: piano, drums, guitar, and shakers (maracas).

This conversations lead into DOING! Friends each got their own instrument and proceeded to make music by walking throughout the house.

As we played our different instruments, we marched to a beat.

Jackson and Addi started their Kindergarten year today!

The FAB for the week was able to be brought into our large group discussion today. We read two stories that discussed the similarities and differences in each other as well as our families.

The first story we read was a new Robert Munsch book that I found at the library! After reading, ‘Purple, Green, and Yellow’, we talked about the color of our skin and how no one is the same. Clara commented, “I’m beige!”

The second story we read was, ‘Meet the Parents’, which was a story displaying what parents do for their children. I started off the story asking, “Raise your hand if you have one parent? Raise your hand if you have two parents?” In this group, everyone raised their hand for two parents. We talked about how some children only have one parent. A child raised her hand and said, “Maybe because their other parent went away?”

After our stories, we dissected all of our families. We found out how many people are in each of our families. “Everyone’s family looks different”, said Clara.

We headed outside this morning where we realized that the rain that we got over the weekend washed away some of the sandbox. Clara, Jackson, and Addi took the initiative to form a group to collect the sand that was on the sidewalk and transfer it using trucks and buckets. They moved it to the areas of the sandbox that got eroded.

We all pitched in. Great team effort!

After sweeping up leftover sand, the three amigos headed around the yard cleaning up other areas that were a little messy.

Our Monday was terrific! We hope you had a great day too.

Breakfast– Bagels with sunflower seed butter and pears.

Lunch– Hummus on tortillas, oranges/pears, and green beans/carrots.

PM snack– Yogurt with fresh PPC peaches.

Wee Sprout– Green beans and carrots.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 8/15

We have a new friend at Wee Wee! Welcome Sonya and her parents Alison and Cheng to the Wee Friends family. We are happy you’re here!

Enjoy the photos from today!

Breakfast was bagels with butter and pear. Lunch consisted of tortilla with hummus, pears, and peas. Afternoon snack was organic whole milk yogurt with pears.

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

Have a great night!

Amanda

Enjoy the pictures!

Breakfast was Cheerios and pear. Wee sprout was corn. Lunch consisted of whole wheat flat bread with refried beans and cheese, pear, and corn. Afternoon snack was mozzarella string cheese and pretzels.

Link to photos: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulho4x0YT9GdmWT0Zh8g

Have a great night!

Amanda

Happy Friday!

Today, we said good-bye to our curious, enthusiastic friend, Emerson. She’s off to do big things in kindergarten! We hope you have a wonderful time at your new school! We’ll miss you!

Miss Melinda’s neighbor gave us two tonka trucks to borrow! We took turns sharing the new trucks that we used in the rock area. The green truck was a tad involved! There was a lever that friends had to lift to move the bed up and down.

Our curious friends are always anxious when we get new toys to investigate!

Breakfast– Rice cakes with no nut butter and pears.

Lunch– Melted, shredded cheese of flatbread, cantaloupe, and green beans.

PM snack– Colby jack block cheese and grapes.

Wee Sprouts– Broccoli.

Have a lovely weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 8/12

Enjoy the pictures from our water day!

Breakfast was eggs with cheese and bananas. Lunch consisted of whole grain brown rice with shredded chicken, strawberries, bananas, and peas. Afternoon snack was colby cheese and graham crackers.

Link to photos: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulho0aYtV01d2PJeLQNw

Have a great night!

Amanda

Hello!

We had a FABULOUS water day. There have been a few friends asking for a water day over the last couple of weeks so we indulged .

There was so much imagination spurring from our friends today! A group gathered in the sandbox where there were buckets and a water hose provided. The building of many mud structures occurred and prompted children to say, “Mud puddle!”

Whenever a child got especially dirty, they quickly ran through the sprinkler to get a little cleaner. An older friend commented, “It’s kind of like a car wash!”

We had a lovely Thursday. We hope you did too!

Breakfast– Whole grain cheerios and banana.

Lunch– Organic brown rice with chicken, oranges/banana, and a mixture of cherry tomatoes, cucumber, and pepper.

PM snack– Pumpkin seeds and graham crackers.

Wee Sprout– Cucumber and red pepper

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 8/11

Please note: Tomorrow will be a water day outside. Please bring a bathing suit for your child. Also, if there are any board books you would like to donate for the classroom, we would greatly appreciate some!

Our friends stayed very busy today! They played with the transparent stacking squares in the morning. They love to making silly faces at each other through them!

Then we turned on some fun music that everyone danced to. Afterwards, we took down some musical instruments. Our friends enjoyed banging on the drums and using the shakers to run along the wall xylophone.

We hung up photos of all our friends on the wall at their eye level. Our friends love looking at them!

After snack we played with pegs in the kitchen. Many towers were built! They did a great job of sharing the boards and pegs with each other.

Breakfast was Kix and bananas. Lunch consisted of hummus on flatbread, strawberries, and corn. Afternoon snack was string cheese and wheat crackers.

Link to photos: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulhos8_hheZkXzJ_pYNA

Have a great night!

Amanda

Good Afternoon!

***We are going to have water day tomorrow so please make sure your child has a swimsuit here! Thanks!

Our day flowed seamlessly. After completely the sign in message and eating breakfast, children drifted off to various activities.

We re-arranged the habitrail area and rotated toys into the environment. The big, yellow tracks were brought upstairs which were utilized all morning long. Various configurations were made so that cars and tracks could be driven all throughout the circle carpet!

 

As we went outside, we found out that we had a TON of helpers on our hands. First, a station was set up to shuck corn that we had for lunch. Friends headed to the garden where they helped weed. We love going into the garden each day, seeing if there’s any vegetables ready to pick!

We needed to move our bodies before lunch so music was turned on outside. Sometimes, just a little music does the trick!

We read two stories during large group today. The second story we read was titled, ‘My Many Colored Days”. After finishing the story, we talked about how WE feel today. Everyone told the group how they felt today using colors, just like the book!

A child transferred the conversation that we had in large group to her journal. She said, “Look. This guy is blue and sideways! He’s not very happy.”

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with honey and PPC peaches.

Lunch– Hummus on flatbread, fresh corn on the cob, and apples.

PM snack– Blue corn chips and refried beans.

Wee Sprout– Red pepper.

Have a terrific evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 8/10

Our day was filled with drawing…

Using the new buckets and shovels in the rock area…

Driving trucks and school buses…

And sharing the object permanence boxes!

Breakfast was Whole Grain Cheerios and pear. Lunch consisted of whole wheat tortilla with refried beans and cheese, pears, and corn. Afternoon snack was brown rice cakes with cream cheese.

Link to photos: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulholeNBQI5B9t6SwfXg

Have a great night!

Amanda