Happy MLK Day!

“If we are going to empower our kids to truly ‘be the change,’ then they have to understand that change involves a lot of risk-taking, mistakes, and hard work.”

-Martin Luther King Jr.

It is one of our missions here at WF to empower our children to explore, and test the limits of what they are capable of doing. Mistakes too, are everyday learning opportunities to grow. We hope these experiences will embolden them to become the change in the world they will someday inherit. We know it will be better with them in it.

Breakfast: Oatmeal Squares & Oranges

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta w/ marinara sauce, cucumbers/bell peppers

PM Snack: Yogurt w/ granola

Wee Sprouts: Yellow bell pepper & cucumber

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Have a lovely rest of your day!

Ms. Kim

Happy Friday!

This morning we headed into the kitchen to engage in the corn/bean sensory table.  We explored the gourds and corn cobs in it as well as working on our scooping and pouring skills with the variety of cups and scoops.

Arthur and Dax were busy building with the wood blocks.  They would use their hollow block and put something inside and then cover it up.

Emily and Paige were using their imaginative play skills as Emily was doing Paige’s nails using the doctor’s syringe.  Emily then said she was “writing” with it.  Hannah was intrigued and watched intently to see what she was doing.

Our friend Eliza is working on her balance skills as she stood with out assistance. It won’t be long before she is walking.

Breakfast:  Whole grain brown rice cakes with peanut butter and fresh apple slices.

Lunch:  Turkey lunch meat on whole grain wheat tortillas, watermelon and sweet potatoes.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole grain Goldfish crackers, mozzarella cheese stick and fresh apple slices.

Have a great weekend!

Rebekah

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Happy Friday!

One of our favorite stories in our MACK collection is the ‘Tortoise and the Hare: A Fairytale To Help You Find Balance’—we read it for K/PREK1 group today. It’s the classic story of Tortoise and the Hare but with a twist. Each character lives their live very differently. The Hare moves fast in everything she does while the Tortoise takes his sweet time moving throughout his day. At the end of the story as they are finishing their race, they realize that they can take aspects of each others life and adapt it to their own life. We love the moral of the story and enjoy watching their relationship evolve throughout the story. If you’re looking to add a new book with a great story line, we highly recommend this book!

Watercolors occupied our morning! As children came to the art table, they got the opportunity to use crayons and water color on their paper. First, they drew with crayons and once they were done, they put water color over their drawing which brought out the crayon drawing! Most friends did this on several pieces of paper—we had so many creations that were done!

Several children explored the welcome activity throughout the morning. Friends took pictures of animals and sorted them into three different categories based on where the animals lived: zoo, farm, and house.

Breakfast– Brown rice cakes with peanut butter and fresh pears.

Lunch– Ham and cream cheese rollups, whole wheat flatbread, fresh watermelon, and fresh snap peas/cucumber/pepper.

PM snack– Goldfish and string cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh snap peas/cucumber/pepper.

Have a lovely weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 1/13

Good Afternoon!

We played Community Helper Bingo in K/PREK1 group today after reading ‘A Child’s Calendar’. While any game like this brings out our competitive side, I witnessed children helping their peers find various spaces on their boards and cheering each other along.

Social Studies: K.2.1 Give examples of people who are community helpers (inside the classroom and outside the classroom) and describe how they help us.

Yesterday, Miss Linsey started an art project where children got to experiment by making a secondary color by mixing two primary colors. This morning, a few friends continued this project as they didn’t do the project yesterday. The colors that they were able to make from simply mixing yellow, blue, and red together made them extremely happy and curious.

The rest of our morning consisted of children scattering into various areas of the environment.

Rowan worked on her balancing skills are she stacked rocks while Bo chose to do a shape activity. UNO has become a daily activity with our older friends and this morning, Daniel and Millie played a few rounds together.

We have been loving being able to go outside this week! While it was cloudy and a little windy, we enjoyed getting some fresh air.

Breakfast– Kix and fresh strawberries.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded pork, fresh pineapple, and fresh snap peas/cucumber.

PM snack– Whole wheat crackers with peanuts.

Wee Sprout– Fresh snap peas.

Have a lovely night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 1/12

Good Afternoon!  Enjoy some of the pictures from our day!

Breakfast: Corn Chex with fresh apple slices/oranges.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with black beans, fresh orange bell peppers, corn and fresh oranges.

Afternoon Snack: Sunflower seeds with whole grain Triscuit crackers.

Have a terrific evening!

Rebekah

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Good Afternoon!

Today was matching shirt day for Arthur and Ben.  Looks like they also had matching style of pants just different colors.

We started off the morning engaging with the bucket people, baby dolls, looking at books on the reading step, wearing dress up clothes and playing with food in the housekeeping area.

Dax and Hannah looked through the fish tank at each other and played peek-a boo.

After our Wee Sprouts, we all headed up to the front to build with Magna-Tiles.  We connected them to cover a small space of carpet, built cubes and added Little People to our building creations.  Dax looked through his Magna-Tile.

It was also warm enough for our little bodies to head outside to play this morning.  We loved riding our bikes down the hill,  playing in the play house, exploring leaves and grass and engaging with the trucks.

Breakfast: Overnight oatmeal with oranges.

Lunch:  Farm fresh scrambled eggs, whole grain wheat toast with butter, fresh cantaloupe and broccoli.

Afternoon Snack: Whole grain wheat Ritz crackers with hummus.

Wee Sprouts:  Fresh yellow bell pepper slices.

Have a great evening!

Rebekah

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Good Afternoon!

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with cinnamon and banana.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat flatbread, fresh cantaloupe/banana, and fresh cucumber/cherry tomatoes.

PM snack– Tortilla chips with hummus.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cherry tomatoes and cucumber.

Have a wonderful night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 1/11

Good Afternoon!

This morning several of us engaged in looking at our fish swim in the tank and used the edge of it to support us while standing or walking.

We then headed to the front area to build with Duplos and climb on the habi-trail ladder and go down the slide.

Eleanor joined exploring the puppy and the friends interacting with her while sitting in her chair.

Breakfast: Kix cereal with fresh orange slices.

Lunch:  Peanut butter on whole grain wheat tortillas, fresh orange bell peppers, fresh bananas and 1/2 of a mozzarella cheese stick.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole grain wheat bagels with cream cheese and apple slices.

Have a terrific evening!

Rebekah

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Good Afternoon!

We read, ‘I Want To Be A Firefighter’ in K/PREK1 group today! After learning about the in’s and out’s of being a firefighter, we created a web surrounding the topic of community helpers. Children worked together to make quite the extensive list of community helpers before we headed to the journal table.

Social Studies: K.2.1 Give examples of people who are community helpers (inside the classroom and outside the classroom) and describe how they help us.

Our morning was full of various activities including playdough! A few friends were interested in making animal nests so a teacher helped with their vision by bringing various animals to the table from the science area. Once their nests were complete, they were able to use the animals to extend this activity.

Breakfast– Whole Grain Cheerios with fresh strawberries.

Lunch– Peanut butter on whole wheat bread, fresh apples, and fresh carrots.

PM snack– Whole wheat bagel with cream cheese and cheddar block cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots.

Have a wonderful night.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 1/10

Welcome back everyone!  While we were on our winter vacation, our friend,  Eliza turned a year old.  We would like to wish you a happy belated birthday and hope you had a great one.

Today we welcomed our new friend, Eleanor which is Arthur and Millie’s baby sister to our classroom.  We are so happy to have her join us.  Our friends have enjoyed interacting with her.

The friends were busy in the housekeeping area this morning, engaging with baby dolls, cooking delicious food to eat and creating dress-up outfits to wear.

We also loved looking out the window at the big dump truck and workers cleaning up a leaf pile.

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We then headed off to several different areas of the classroom.  We headed to the front area to build with Duplos and wood blocks and to the reading step to read books independently.

Breakfast:  Whole grain wheat toast with butter and bananas.

Lunch:  Whole grain wheat pasta with butter and black beans, fresh apple slices and peas.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole milk yogurt and graham crackers.

Have a great evening!

Rebekah

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