Good Afternoon, I hope you all have had a great week.

Friends enjoyed engaging in the indoor and outdoor dramatic play centers today.

They were cooking up some good foods for their friends and teachers to gobble up. 

Breakfast: Whole wheat toast with butter and cinnamon and pears.

Lunch: Whole grain tortillas, turkey lunchmeat, snap peas and strawberries.

Snack: Whole grain goldfish cheese crackers and block cheese.

Have a fantastic weekend.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

In K group, we read, ‘My Apron’ by Eric Carle. Before we started reading, I read a sentence that was on the front cover stating that the story was from Eric’s real life and immediately, friends shared, “That’s a non fiction story!”

As we finished up the story, we moved into singular and plural nouns. I read the sentence aloud with two different options for the noun. For example:

“I have two dog/dogs at home.”

Children worked together to determine which word made sense. We chose the word that completed the sentence and tapped it in the blank spot.

K.W.6.1a: Nouns/Pronouns- Writing sentences that include singular and/or plural nouns (e.g., dog/dogs, cat/cats).

In PREK2, children drew a line matching an illustration to the correct number. For instance, Evie drew a line from an illustration with four circles to the number 4.

“What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child.”

-George Bernard Shaw

Breakfast– Whole Grain Cheerios with banana.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded turkey, fresh watermelon, and fresh broccoli/pepper.

PM snack– Whole wheat crackers and roasted pepitas.

Wee Sprout– Fresh broccoli/pepper.

Have a great evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 11/5

Good Afternoon.

Today while playing outdoors several friends worked on strengthening their gross motor skills by doing some climbing.

Climbing in this particular area takes a little more effort and stability as it is an uphill climb and on large rocks.

Our friends ROCKED it out, and had so much fun reaching their goal…the top of the platform to get to the slides to slide down.

Nesta then had fun engaging in a little more gross motor activity. Running around the circular path with her sister and another Wee Friend’er! What a GREAT day!

Breakfast: Whole grain Kix with banana.

Lunch:Whole grain brown rice with shredded turkey, corn and watermelon.

Snack: Whole grain brown rice cakes with cream cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Carrots

Have a wonderful night.

Marty

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Good Afternoon.

What another beautiful day! We got outside a tad earlier than our norm today to enjoy the sunshine and fresh air.  

Nesta climbed all the way to the top of the climbing house and was very proud of her accomplishment. This is a great  activity to enhance our gross motor skills and our confidence level.

Baby Paige was awake during our outside time and got to enjoy it as well.

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and apples.

Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs with shredded cheese, whole wheat butter toast, carrots and strawberries.

Snack: Whole wheat crackers and pumpkin seeds. (Fresh from our pumpkin)

Wee Sprouts: Snap peas.

Have a lovely evening.

Marty

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Happy Wednesday!

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with fresh pears.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat tortilla/flatbread, fresh oranges/banana, and fresh broccoli/peppers.

PM snack– Air popped popcorn with butter and fresh strawberries.

Wee Sprout– Fresh broccoli/cauliflower/red pepper.

Have a wonderful night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 11/4

Good Afternoon!

Happy birthday, Cassie! We celebrated Cassie’s 30th birthday today! We hope you had a fantastic day, Cass!

We read, Duck for President, in K group today! We’ve been chatted about voting and the importance of it the past two days. Throughout the story, Duck went from running for the head of the farm to Governor to President!

Before heading to the journal table, each friend took their own counting sheet and counted to 100 by 10’s. They point to each number and said it aloud.

K.NS.1: Count to at least 100 by ones and tens.

In PREK2, children had the opportunity to use a dry erase marker to fill in missing uppercase letters.

“Whatever you are, be a good one.”

-Abraham Lincoln

We took the time this morning to vote. Children were told their choices, given a writing utensil, and place their ballot in the ballot box. Just like adults do.

We counted the ballots and in our class, Joe Biden was elected President.

After voting between Clifford and Duck yesterday to prepare us for today, friends still wanted to vote for Clifford!

A glimpse into the rest of our day!

Breakfast– Corn Chex and fresh pineapple.

Lunch– Melted shredded cheese on whole wheat tortilla, fresh apples, and fresh cucumber.

PM snack– Homemade banana bread and block cheddar cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber.

Have a great evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 11/3

Good afternoon and what a gorgeous day. I hope you all had the opportunity to go out vote today.

Please enjoy the pictures from our Sunny Tuesday!

Breakfast: Whole grain Kix and banana.

Lunch: Whole wheat grilled cheese and turkey lunch meat, corn and banana.

Snack: Whole wheat bagels with butter.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a wonderful evening.

Marty

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Happy Monday!

In K group, we read, ‘Stick Man’. Afterwards, we talked about how librarians categorize books in a library, something we had hit on during kindergarten sign in. We identified the author of Stick Man,  Julia Donaldson! We discussed how Stick Man would be placed in the ‘D’ section because of the last name of Donaldson.

K.1.19: Learn and apply knowledge of alphabetical order (first letter) when using a classroom or school library/media center.

During kindergarten sign in, children had to categorize the following books by the author’s last name:

The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear—written by Don Wood

Up, Up, Down—written by Robert Munsch

Stellaluna—written by Janell Cannon

The Mitten—written by Jan Brett

They identified the author’s last name and had to determine the correct order based on last name!

With the election just one day away, we decided to dive into democracy at a level that our class can comprehend: will Duck or Clifford win?!

Miss Kim read two stories that revolved around elections: Duck for President and Clifford for President.

After reading both stories, we talked about a few characteristics of each nominee that would make them a good President.

Each friend got to fill out a ballot and place it in the ballot box!

Tomorrow, we’ll vote for the real thing! If you’re anxious to see how our class would vote and who we would elect, check back here tomorrow!

The rest of our day was full of sunshine and smiles—two of our favorite things!

Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with butter and banana/pear.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with butter and shredded beef, fresh pineapple, and fresh carrots/cucumber.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with granola and pineapple.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/cucumber.

Have a great evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 11/2

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