Good Afternoon!

**Please make sure your child’s labeled snow gear (snow pants, snow boots, gloves, hat, winter coat) is at school by tomorrow morning in case we decide to explore outside! Thank you!

Daniel started off his birthday by receiving a card from his friend, Evie! We hope Daniel was able to have the best 3rd birthday!

We read, ‘Three Cheers for Tacky’ in K/PREK1 and when I opened the first page, N shared, “Hey! It’s snowing in the book too!”

Afterwards, each child solved a specific equation. This week, we’re working on finding an unknown number when the total is 10. For this exercise, we used our fingers—this works well because we have ten fingers! Each child put up the correct number of fingers and had to determine how many fingers were left to make 10. When they came to the right number, they came up and identified the number in a pile and taped it to the chalkboard.

K.CA.4: Find the number that makes 10 when added to the given number for any number from 1 to 9 (e.g., by using objects or drawings), and record the answer with a drawing or an equation.

In PREK2, Miss Kim gave each child a specific number of buttons. She then took a certain number away, requiring children to count the total number left.

Our snowy morning was full of shapes turned into trees, pegs turned into steps, and piano keys turned into music.

Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with butter and fresh pears.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with butter and beans, fresh banana, and fresh carrots/cucumber.

PM snack– Daniel’s birthday treat: pretzels and popcorn along with whole milk yogurt.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/cucumber.

Have a lovely, snowy evening.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 11/11

Happy Veterans Day to all of you who are serving, may have served, or know someone special that has served! Thank you all for your service.

Please Note: If you have not signed up for our Wee Texts that notify you of possible closings and or delays, please do this ASAP. Text 81010 and type in @weefr in the message area.

With the inclement weather upon us, when South Bend or Mishawka schools close, Tami will send out a mass text to all letting you know if Wee Friends has decided to either close or delay until 10:00 am.

Today we had fun in the sensory table. We love to scoop with spoons, pick the Indian corn apart with our fingers and use the small cups to hold all of our corn.

We then moved onto some fine motor enjoyment. We manipulated our hands with puzzles and our fun number/peg boards. We can also learn a little math while engaging in this fun activity. We have conversations with the children about how many red pegs they have in a block and if they can find the number of pegs that represents their age.

Breakfast: Whole grain English muffins with peanut butter and oranges.

Lunch: Whole wheat bread with Sun butter spread, corn and pears.

Snack: Whole milk yogurt with graham crackers.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a fantastic evening.

Marty

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Happy Friday!

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

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

Lunch– Whole wheat english muffins with ham and shredded cheese, fresh pears, and fresh cucumber/carrots.

PM snack– Goldfish and string cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/cucumber.

Have a great weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 11/8

Happy Friday! I hope you have all had a great week.

This morning we kept pretty busy manipulating our hands and utilizing our hand-eye coordination skills while engaging in the ever so fun and popular dot paint markers.

We then moved onto getting our bodies into motion while having fun on the big blocks and soft star rockers, all while listening to music.

Breakfast: Whole grain brown rice cakes with cream cheese and banana.

Lunch Whole wheat warmed English muffins with turkey lunchmeat and Colby jack cheese, sweet potatoes and pears.

Snack: Pretzels and mozzarella string cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Snap Peas.

Have a fantastic weekend and stay warm.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

After reading a few poems in K/PREK1 group, we used singular and plural nouns to complete sentences. For example, one sentence said, “I want do play with Lego/Legos.” Children quickly shared which one was correct. The second part of the activity had children choosing their own noun to complete the sentence. Penny chose ‘cheese sandwiches’ to complete the sentence ‘I have many _________ on my plate’.

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

The activity from yesterday was extended in PREK2. Children each got a turn to roll the dice and when they counted up the dots on their two dice, they identified the number on the paper and added the foam number to it!

“Our flexibility and willingness to follow a child’s lead will allow remarkable things to happen, if we let them.”

-Bev Bos

Breakfast– Kix and banana.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded beef and cheese, fresh apples/banana, and fresh carrots/cucumber.

PM snack– Graham crackers and walnuts.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumbers.

Have a lovely evening.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 11/7

Good Afternoon and happy SNOW!!

Today a friend wore in here special at home Wonder Woman outfit and she happily shared it with her friend, Zoe. We LOVE when our little ones happily share!

Zoe was soooo happy and asked for help putting it on right away. Just look at this happy face!!

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and Apples.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with shredded beef, snap peas and apples.

Snack: Pumpkin seeds and whole wheat triscuit crackers.

Wee Sprouts: Tomatoes.

Have a fantastic evening.

Marty

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Good Afternoon.

Please Note: Now that the colder temps are surly upon us, please make sure your child/ren have the appropriate outdoor clothing. Winter coats, hats, gloves, and warm shoes/boots. Weather permitting, we will go outside on colder days.

We will try and get the kids outside for at least a half hour daily so that we can all get some fresh air and hopefully even some sunshine.

Our friends have really been happily engaged in the dramatic play center this week. Several of our little ones have been pretending to be mommies feeding their babies, along with putting their babies in sleep sacks.  

They are even extending their dramatic play with the babies to the outdoor play environment. We LOVE babies. Thank goodness we even have a couple real live babies in the classroom.  

Breakfast: Whole grain oatmeal with honey and bananas.

Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs with cheddar cheese, whole wheat butter toast, snap peas and apples.

Snack: Whole wheat Ritz crackers and hummus.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a wonderful night!

Marty

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Happy Wednesday!

Each morning, the four kindergarteners have their own sign in and today’s focused on how libraries categorize books. In K/PREK1 group, they shared what their sign in was as well as the four books that were the main focal point.

Several children shared that a library sorts books by the author’s last name. We had four books that are our favorites and using a marker, we underlined the first letter in each of the last names. Together, we sorted them based on what letter came first. We read ‘Mortimer’ written by Robert Munsch and before I could even get the question out, someone shared, “We’d go to the M section to find that!”

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

In PREK2, children worked as a team to match foam numbers to the correct space. Each space had a different dot configuration and each child got an opportunity to match the number to the correct box!

We hope you’re having a terrific day!

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with honey and fresh banana.

Lunch– Scrambled farm fresh eggs with whole wheat flatbread, fresh pear/oranges/banana, and fresh green beans/cherry tomatoes.

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

Wee Sprout– Fresh green beans.

Have a wonderful evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 11/6

Good Afternoon.

Today out in the sandbox friends made “Blue Pie, and Strawberry Pie.

When making these pies, Miss Rebekah overheard, “We need to go get the sugar!”  What great life skills our friends are learning from the everyday tasks that they see and hear from parents, teachers, grandparents etc. Yummmmy Pie!!!

Friends made a teeter-totter for each other to sit and ride on. Great teamwork! My motto stands firm…. “Teamwork makes the dream work!!!

Breakfast: Whole grain Kix and pears.

Lunch: Whole grain/wheat flatbread with hummus, peppers and apples.

Snack: Graham crackers and Cheddar cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Green pepper.

Have a great night.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

Sometimes a child brings a topic into the environment that sprouts an authentic conversation. Today at the breakfast table, N shared, “I went and voted with my mommy!”

Since today is election day, we read ‘Duck for President’ in K/PREK1. N shared her voting experience which consisted of “helping mommy put the paper into the box and then mommy paid for it.” This sprouted several conversations surrounding the following topics:

• Voting is free! It doesn’t cost anything to vote.
• “What does an election mean?”
• You can vote for positions such as:

• Governor: State
• Mayor: City
• President: Country

Penny finished off our discussion stating, “So you vote for things that are really important?”—Yes!

In PREK2, each child was assigned a specific letter. They had to identify the letter as well as the sound that went with it!

Breakfast- Whole Wheat Toasted Oats and fresh apples.

Lunch- Hummus on whole wheat tortilla, fresh oranges, and fresh kale/celery.

PM snack– Block cheese with whole wheat cinnamon raisin bagel and cream cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh kale/celery.

Have a lovely night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 11/5