Happy Friday!

Our four kindergarteners had a sign in this morning revolving around the book ‘Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs’. We continued that conversation during K/PREK1. We read the book and afterwards, we worked together to come up with three important events: one that occurred at the beginning of the book (yellow strip), one that occurred in the middle (green strip), and one at the end of the book (orange strip).

We discussed the difference between the three words: beginning, middle, and end.

K.RL.2.2: With support, retell familiar stories, poems, and nursery rhymes, including key details.

K.1.4: Identify and order events that take place in a sequence.

PREK2 friends put their artistic skills on display as they talked about characters and setting. After the story was read, they identified the settings and characters by drawing a picture under the word.

The art table was buzzing with fall creatures galore! Our friends used playdough, plastic eyes, and bones to make their own scary creations.

“Most of what children need to learn during their early childhood years cannot be taught: it’s discovered through play.”

-Ruth Wilson

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

Lunch– Ham and sliced cheese on whole wheat bread, fresh pears/banana, and fresh kale/snap peas.

PM snack– Goat cheese, whole wheat crackers, and fresh pears.

Wee Sprout– Fresh kale/snap peas.

Have a lovely weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 10/11

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

Today we had some of our other friends have time with pounding the golf tee’s into the pumpkin and everyone loved it (again.)

We chased the rainy blues day away with some gross motor fun. We had happy children with bright, happy smiles when they saw Miss Rebekah bring up the trampoline.

X marks the spot! The X was added to show our friends where the safest and best area was to jump! We had great listening ears and we all had a great jumping time.

Breakfast: Whole grain brown rice cakes with peanut butter and oranges.

Lunch: Warm whole grain tortillas with turkey lunch meat and cheddar cheese, sweet potatoes and pears.

Whole grain cheese crackers and mozzarella string cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a wonderful weekend and GO IRISH!!!

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

We read a story in K/PREK1 titled, ‘Strictly No Elephants’. It centers around an elephant and his owner not being able to join a specific group. They encounter a skunk and his owner who ALSO weren’t allowed to join the same group. SO, they created their own group where everyone is welcome! We identified the problem in the story as well as the solution.

After we were done, I read four sentence strips that had four specific, important events from the story. Working together, children were able to correctly identify the order of events that occurred in the story.

K.1.4: Identify and order events that take place in a sequence.

Before doing our calendar activity, which is a daily occurrence, we worked as a team to find three specific times on the clock. We identified the two hands on the clock; hour and minute.

K.M.2: Understand concepts of time, including: morning, afternoon, evening, today, yesterday, tomorrow, day, week, month, and year. Understand that clocks and calendars are tools that measure time.

Members of PREK2 worked as a team to fill in the missing events that occurred in the story, ‘Up, Up, Down’. Once they filled in the missing parts of the story, Miss Kim read it back to them.

Jack explored the welcome activity this morning. He rolled two dice and counted the white dots on each dice. He used the tongs to move puff balls by the dice so that his puff balls matched the number that was on his dice.

Sophia and Emma used the puff balls in a different way. They discussed the puff balls using descriptive words such as big and small as well as talking about the differences in color.

Some friends love it. Some friends said, “No, thank you.”

The ‘guts’ of a pumpkin can be a very controversial activity. We heard the following:

“This feels so cool!”

“Ew! That’s disgusting!”

“I DON’T want to do that.”

That’s the beauty of it. Children who wanted to explore the guts of the pumpkin could stand there for as long as they wanted while friends who didn’t want to take part in the activity were free to do so!

Breakfast– Whole Grain Cheerios and fresh strawberries.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded chicken, fresh oranges/pears, and fresh cherry tomatoes/pepper.

PM snack– Pumpkin seeds and whole wheat crackers.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cherry tomatoes/pepper.

Have a fantastic evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 10/10

Good Afternoon.

This morning we absolutely LOVED manipulating the gold tee’s and playdoh hammers into our big orange pumpkin. This activity enhances our fine motor and hand-eye coordination skills to a “Tee!” Friends had a blast. We also talked about the color and shape of the pumpkin and if it was hard or soft.

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and banana.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with shredded chicken, fresh yellow pepper and banana.

Snack: Pumpkin seeds and whole wheat Ritz crackers.

Wee Sprouts: Snap peas.

Have a great evening.

Marty

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Good Afternoon.

Please enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast: Whole grain Kix cereal and apples.

Lunch: Scrambled eggs with shredded Colby cheese, whole wheat toast with butter, cucumbers and pears.

Snack: Blue corn chips with refried beans,

Wee Sprouts: Tomatoes.

Have a great evening.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

Enjoy a sneak peak of our Wednesday!

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with honey and banana.

Lunch– Egg roll-ups with whole wheat flatbread, fresh pears/banana, and fresh carrots/cucumber.

PM snack– Air popped popcorn with butter and raisins.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/cucumber.

Have a terrific night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 10/9

Good Afternoon!

What a beautiful Fall day!  Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast:  Whole grain Cheerios and fresh strawberries.

Lunch:  Grilled cheddar cheese sandwich on whole grain wheat bread, fresh oranges and cucumbers.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole grain Ritz crackers with cream cheese and mozzarella cheese stick.

Wee Sprouts:  Fresh cherry tomatoes.

Have a great night!

Rebekah

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Good Afternoon!

Enjoy a few pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Corn Chex and fresh strawberries.

Lunch– Homemade tomato soup with grilled cheese, fresh apple/oranges, and fresh carrots.

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

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots.

Have a lovely night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 10/8

Happy Monday, I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend.

Miss Tami bought a big pumpkin for us to explore and do a fun activity with!

Today we just looked at it and touched it to see what it and its stem felt like. Soon, we will take golf tees and small playdoh hammer/mallets and pound the tee’s into the pumpkin. We LOVE to explore and manipulate new things!

We then went onto the sensory bin, a fine motor/sensory activity. While engaged in the sensory bin, we manipulated our hands and fingers by picking off the small kernels of corn on the Indian corn stalks. This can be a tricky task, but with hard work and determination we DID IT!!!

Breakfast: Whole grain English muffins with cream cheese and oranges.

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with shredded beef, corn and strawberries.

Snack: Whole milk yogurt with graham crackers.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a nice night!

Marty

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Happy Monday!

One of the longest standing traditions at Wee Friends takes place in the fall: hammering golf tees into a big pumpkin! Children always love this activity. Not only is it fun, but it requires hand and eye coordination along with motor control. The top of the golf tee isn’t that big so it takes concentration to hit the golf tee with a wooden hammer.

Choices are a main aspect of our day. Children know if they need some quiet time or down time, the reading area is a great place for that! Lately, friends have been taking the pillows and building a small fort where their body is enclosed as they read their favorite story.

We have several various activities that allow children to use their hands. One of our favorites recently is LEGO’s. Not only do LEGO’s require fine motor strength but it also requires concentration.

A group of friends collected loose materials throughout the yard and decided to build a campfire! Not only did they construct the campfire but they went around gathering sticks for their marshmallows!  We all love a good campfire story!

MACK for Week 6: Children will learn to define friendship and to recognize the friendships they have with their peers.

One of the wonderful things about our classroom setup is most of these children have been together for years! Sometimes, it more like a sibling relationship. Children know each other so well: they know what makes them happy, frustrated, or sad.

Strengthening the friendships between children is one of our highest priorities as being able to sustain meaningful relationships in our lives is crucial!

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

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with butter and shredded beef, fresh banana/apple, and fresh kale/cucumber.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with fresh oranges.

Wee Sprout– Fresh kale/cucumber.

Have a lovely night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 10/7