Happy Monday and Happy March!

For K group, we read, ‘The Grouchy Ladybug’ which is one of our favorites! We love the attitude of the grouchy ladybug and the journey she takes throughout the story.

Once we were done reading the story, we looked at the five patterns on the chalkboard. Each friend was assigned one pattern. One at a time, friends came up to the chalkboard and looked through my hand to find the piece of paper that would complete their pattern!

K.CA.5: Create, extend, and give an appropriate rule for simple repeating and growing patterns with numbers and shapes.

During sign in this morning, children worked with fruit to not only complete patterns but create their own! Each friend was given three fruit patterns and they had to finish the pattern. Once they finished their three patterns, they drew their own fruit pattern on their piece of paper.

K.CA.5: Create, extend, and give an appropriate rule for simple repeating and growing patterns with numbers and shapes.

In PREK2, children discussed their favorite pizza toppings and graphed the results! Our conclusion: we just need cheese to make us happy!

An art activity was made available at the art table this morning. There were several steps to this project. First, children used various sponges to paint their piece of paper. They used white, green, and blue paint. The blue represented the sky and the green represented the grass. Once friends were done painting, they grabbed a few sticks to place on their paper which represented trees! Last, they added pieces of tissue paper which represented leaves!

Friends worked for quite a long time on their creation so not everyone was able to have an opportunity this morning so this activity was also offered this afternoon!

Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with butter and fresh pears.

Lunch– Whole wheat noodles with marinara and shredded cheese, fresh cantaloupe, and fresh pepper/cherry tomatoes.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with graham crackers.

Wee Sprout– Fresh pepper/cherry tomatoes.

Have a great evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/1

Happy Monday and Happy March. I hope you all enjoyed the beautiful weekend.

This morning we began our day by listening to music and engaging with our musical instruments. We always love to manipulate the shakers and pianos.

We then enjoyed the sensory table with corn, beans and corn stalks. We were able to get our fine motor juices flowing with this fun activity.

Then, the BEST part of our day….seeing the garbage truck!! We LOVE when the garbage man comes down our street and takes our garbage and our nearby neighbors as well.  

Breakfast: Whole wheat butter and cinnamon toast with oranges.

Lunch: Whole wheat noodles with marinara sauce and shredded Colby cheese, corn and apples.

Snack: Whole milk yogurt with graham crackers.

Wee Sprouts: Peppers.

Have a lovely night.

Marty

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Happy Friday!

Sophia has been apart of the Wee Friends family for several years and tomorrow, she’ll celebrate her sixth birthday! We are so happy we were able to celebrate with her today!

In K group, we went over a chart that we had made for our sign in activity. We talked about the scale that we used and identified which item weighed the most!

K.M.1: Make direction comparisons of the length, capacity, weight, and temperature of objects, and recognize which object is shorter, longer, taller, lighter, heavier, warmer, cooler, or holds more.

As we were weighing our objects this morning, a few friends shared that they have a scale like that at home. Each friend was able to weigh two items and after weighing the first item, they made a prediction about which item weighs more.

In PREK2, children were given different measuring cups. They each had the chance to share which measuring cup they thought would hold the most liquid!

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

Lunch– Hummus on whole wheat tortilla, fresh pears/oranges, and fresh broccoli/carrots.

PM snack– Sophia’s birthday treat: homemade blueberry muffins and string cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh broccoli/carrots.

Have a fantastic weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 2/26

Good Afternoon. I hope everyone has had a great week.

As we are entering the month of March we painted shamrocks today to decorate the classroom. We had a wonderful time exploring with the green paint. Some of us used paint brushes while others thought their hands would be better method. Either way, we had a wonderful time!

We then went to the dramatic play area to dress up and make some yummy food for friends to eat.

Breakfast: Whole wheat/grain English muffins with butter and cinnamon.

Lunch:Warmed whole wheat tortillas with shredded cheese, Mixed veggies and apples.

Snack: Whole grain cheese crackers with mozzarella cheese sticks.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a lovely weekend.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

After reading about two of our favorite characters, Frog and Toad, we used a tape measure to see how tall each K group member is! There were a few friends whose height is very similar so they stood back to back to see if we could determine who the tallest friend was. We wrote down everyone’s height and compared the results.

K.M.1: Make direction comparisons of the length, capacity, weight, and temperature of objects, and recognize which object is shorter, longer, taller, lighter, heavier, warmer, cooler, or holds more.

Earlier in the day, kindergarteners started off by doing this activity and eventually, everyone joined in! Each friend stood behind a piece of tape in the science area and jumped as far as they could. We measured the distance of each jump and documented it on the chart.

PREK2 friends used a scale to compare items. They put two different items on the scale and figured out which item was the heaviest and which was the lighter item.

The morning offered up opportunities for peers to work together. For example, Rowan and James worked together to build to boats using the big plastic blocks. They talked about what animals would be allowed on their boats before taking off!

Animals were made available at the art table where friends used shaving cream to give them a good bath! Shaving cream is an interesting sensory experience that most our children love exploring!

Breakfast– Kix and banana.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded turkey, fresh apples/oranges, and fresh broccoli/carrots.

PM snack– Whole wheat crackers and sunflower seeds.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/broccoli.

Have a lovely evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 2/25

Hello, I hope everyone is having a fantastic day!

Our friend, Katherine stopped by for another visit this morning and she was very happy to be back!

Miss Annastecia read the book, Clap Your Hands by Lorinda Bryan Cauley this morning to several of our friends and we acted out the movements. We were silly, happy and scary as we did several of the motions.

Breakfast: Whole grain Kix cereal and apples.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with shredded turkey, mixed veggies and pears.

Snack: Pretzels and Peanut butter.

Have a lovely evening.

Marty

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Good Afternoon.

Today we had a special little visitor and new friend that will be starting in our classroom next week. Katherine is Jack’s (from our preschool classroom) little baby sister. Katherine will be turning one next month and we look forward to having her in the environment!

We had another fun excursion outdoors playing in the snow again today!

Breakfast: Whole grain Kix cereal and apples.

Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs with shredded cheese, Whole wheat butter toast, green beans and banana.

Snack: Whole grain brown rice cakes with cream cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Red pepper.

Have a nice night.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with banana.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat tortilla, fresh oranges/pineapple, and fresh carrots/cucumber.

PM snack– Air popped popcorn with butter and applesauce.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/cucumber.

Have a great night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 2/24

Good Afternoon!

Honestly, the most memorable thing about today was that we FINALLY GOT OUTSIDE! We have been looking in the backyard lately, daydreaming about the day when we could venture outside and today was that day! The sun was shining and even though the snow was deep and compact, we all had a fantastic time!

Enjoy the pictures!

Breakfast– Oatmeal Squares with fresh apples.

Lunch– Melted shredded cheese on whole wheat flatbread, fresh pineapple, and fresh carrots/cucumber.

PM snack– A birthday treat fit for a 6 year old: homemade pumpkin bread and block cheddar cheese!

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/cucumber.

Have a lovely night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 2/23

Good Afternoon.

Today we had a mini spa day and received ponies. Friends pretty much always love having their hair either combed or with ponies.

Then for the MOST exciting part of our day… SNOW PLAY… OUTSIDE!!!!

Breakfast: Whole grain Chex cereal and apples.

Lunch: Whole wheat bread with peanut butter, cheddar cheese, mixed veggies and banana.

Snack: Whole wheat bagels with butter.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a nice night! Enjoy the warm up!

Marty

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