Good Afternoon and Happy November.

Please Note: Wee Friends will be CLOSED Thursday and Friday November 26th and 27th for the Thanksgiving Holiday.

Adrian enjoyed playing in the dramatic center today! We’re not too sure what he was cooking up, but he was all smiles while making it.  

Nesta was also playing in the dramatic play center but in a different fashion. She was putting on the dress up clothing and shoes. She was pleased with her end result and told Miss Marty she was a “Red Girl.”

Breakfast: Whole grain English muffins with butter and cinnamon  and pears.

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with butter and shredded beef, peas and pears.

Snack: Whole milk yogurt with granola.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a lovely evening.

Marty

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Happy Friday!

What an end to our week!

We hope everyone has a safe and happy Halloween weekend!

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

Lunch– Ham and cream cheese rollups, fresh watermelon, whole wheat tortilla, and fresh cherry tomatoes/broccoli.

PM snack– Homemade pumpkin muffins and string cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh broccoli/cherry tomatoes.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 10/30

Good Afternoon and Happy Friday!

We spent our morning engaging in all things pumpkins!

We played Ring around the Pumpkin to the RATR tune, we cut open our classroom pumpkin to see and feel what was inside and we read ALOT of pumpkin/Halloween stories. It was a great morning.

Ring Around the Pumpkin…

Carving the pumpkin…

Jack-o-lantern…

Pumpkin and Halloween stories…

…… Equal a SUPER FUN MORNING!!!!

Breakfast: Whole wheat butter toast with cinnamon and oranges

Lunch: Whole wheat bread with turkey lunchmeat, tomatoes and pears.

Snack: HM pumpkin muffins (Thank you Plennert Family) and Colby cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Snap peas.

Have a wonderful weekend and don’t forget to turn your clocks back an hour Sunday!

Marty

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Good Afternoon

**We are going to have a small Halloween celebration tomorrow afternoon. If you’d like, please bring a costume for your child to wear. Thanks!

In K group, we read a book from our MACK collection titled, ‘Just Ask’. At the center of the book is the simple notion that if you have a question about someone, ask them. Throughout the story, we met characters who had Dyslexia, ADHD, Downs Syndrome, and Diabetes (to name a few). Of course, the questions arose, “What is ____”. So, we read the page and then afterwards, chatted about the unknown word and explored the illustrations to try to answer our questions.

There were a few times when children connected their personal life to what we were talking about in the book. For example, knowing someone who is in a wheel chair. Children were very invested in the story and at the at, the author posed the question, “How will you do with your powers?”—ask you child what they said .

MACK Week 9: Children will celebrate the differences and similarities that connect all people.

In PREK2, children played number pickup. Children covered all of their numbers with a gem and when they picked up a gem, they had to say the number that was showing.

Here’s a look at the rest of our Thursday!

Breakfast– Whole Grain Cheerios with fresh pears.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded beef, fresh watermelon, and fresh broccoli/cucumber.

PM snack– Sunflower seeds and whole wheat crackers.

Wee Sprout– Fresh broccoli/cucumber.

Have a fantastic evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 10/29

Good Afternoon.

This morning friends engaged in a fine motor and hand-eye coordination activity. This activity also helps us with our color recognition. The pegs with peg boards are always a favorite of ours.

Our friend Adrian had a wonderful time expanding his gross motor skills with the rings. He enjoyed putting  them around his feet/ankles to walk and jump through them.

Breakfast: Whole grain Chex cereal and oranges.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with shredded beef, carrots and strawberries.

Snack: Whole wheat crackers and pumpkin seeds.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a lovely evening.

Marty

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Happy Wednesday. It is so wonderful to see the sunshine today.  

Miss Tami bought some mini pumpkins for us to enjoy. This morning we did two separate activities with them and we so much fun.

The first activity, we sat in a circle and sang a made up song/tune about “rolling the pumpkin.” We then took turns with Miss Rebekah choosing a friend to roll the pumpkin too as we sang our fun, made up song. We then each received a pumpkin of our very own to paint and take home to enjoy.

We then happily went outside for some fresh air!! We all wore our warm winter hats to keep our heads warm!  Great job Wee Wee’s for keeping them on.  

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and apples.

Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs with shredded cheese, corn and apples.

Snack: Pretzels and mozzarella string cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a wonderful night.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with honey and fresh strawberries.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat tortilla, fresh cantaloupe, and fresh peppers/snap peas.

PM snack– Tortilla chips with hummus.

Wee Sprout– Fresh peppers and snap peas.

Have a great night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 10/28

Good Afternoon!

We started to get into the Halloween spirit during K group as we read the book, ‘Patty’s Pumpkin Patch’. Throughout the story, friends identified several exclamation points that they saw.

After the story was done, we read five sentences that were pulled from the story. We chatted about the punctuation that was used and read the sentences the way they should be read given the specific punctuation. I asked the group if they noticed anything about the beginning of each sentence and a friend shared, “They all have bigger letters!”—this started a conversation about uppercase letters/capital letters and how all sentences begin with an uppercase letters.

K.W.6.2a: Capitalization–Capitalizing the first word in a sentence and the pronoun I.

K.W.6.2b: Punctuation–Recognizing and naming end punctuation.

In PREK2, each child was given three cards that had different numbers on it. Miss Kim drew a specific number of circles and friends had to chose what number card matched the array on the chalkboard.

We tried to brighten up the rainy, dreary morning by offering a fun pumpkin activity! Children stood behind the pumpkin and put their arms through the arm holes. They chose two eyes, a nose, and a mouth and placed them (without looking!) onto the pumpkin. They came around to the front to see what their pumpkin face looked like!

Breakfast– Kix and fresh oranges.

Lunch– Grilled cheese on whole wheat bread, fresh watermelon/apples, and fresh carrots.

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

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots.

Have a wonderful evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 10/27

Good Afternoon.

Please enjoy the pictures from our rainy Tuesday!

Breakfast: Whole grain Kix and oranges.

Lunch: Whole grain flat bread with refried beans and shredded cheese, carrots and apples.

Snack: Whole wheat cinnamon raisin bagel with butter.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumber

Have a great night.

Marty

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Happy Monday!

We’re going to be diving into punctuation and capitalization in K group this week and today, we started exploring the three punctuation marks that we use in our writing and see in the stories that we read. We added onto our kindergarten sign in by identifying the punctuation marks and sorted sentences based on the mark that was used.

When we came to the exclamation point, a friend said, “Like if I said, “I love candy!”. Friends were quick to give an example of a sentence using specific punctuation.

K.W.6.2b: Punctuation–Recognizing and naming end punctuation.

In PREK2, children worked with items and sorted them into the correct categories such as bugs, cold things, and food. They discussed what made the items alike in each category.

Children were quick to come to the art table this morning to explore a sensory experience involving Halloween goodies, various colored liquid, and ladles.

The rest of our morning was consumed with reading books in various spots in the environment and building with wooden blocks before bundling up to go outside.

Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with peanut butter and fresh apples.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with marinara sauce and shredded cheese, fresh watermelon, and fresh carrots/cucumber.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with fresh apples.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/carrots.

Have a wonderful evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 10/26