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

Please note: With the Fall season now here and cooler days have been amongst us, please make sure that your child/ren have at least 2 sets of extra (warm) clothes and a jacket or sweatshirt for their cubbies. We will definitely make the most out of going outside as long as we are can before old man winter hits! Thank you.

Please enjoy the pictures from our day!

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

Lunch: Whole grain tortillas with shredded cheese, peas and apples.

Snack: Cottage cheese and triscuit crackers.

Wee Sprouts: Corn.

Have a fabulous weekend.

Marty

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Happy Friday!

In K/PREK1, we read a story titled, ‘Ruby Finds A Worry’. In the story, Ruby notices that she has a worry that keeps following her. Instead of talking about it, she ignores it and it only gets bigger. She meets a little boy in the park who also has a worry and eventually, they both start talking about their worry. Once this happens, the worries get smaller and smaller until it’s not noticeable anymore.

Afterwards, we shared our worries with one another. A few friends didn’t want to share which is perfectly fine but others shared several worries that they have! We discussed what we do when we have these worries and what helps make us feel better.

MACK Week 4: Children will learn a variety of strategies for managing strong emotions constructively, including expressing their emotions, listening to others, problem solving, and using mindfulness techniques.

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We took our first farm trip of the season this morning! We checked the following activities off of our list:

• Loved on a bunny named Snickerdoodle.
• Fed worms to the chickens.
• Used rakes to scatter manure piles around the grassy area because it helps the grass grow!
• Held a salamander named Sally.
• Cleared out the compost bin for the worms.

• We found out that the worms prefer leafy greens rather than citrus!

Miss Charlotte told us how appreciative she was that we helped her so much this morning! Even though we didn’t get to take advantage of the gorgeous morning and take a walk, we sure stayed busy around the farm.

The rest of our Friday look a little something like this!

Breakfast– Brown rice cakes with peanut butter and pluots.

Lunch– Melted shredded cheese on whole wheat flatbread, fresh cantaloupe/banana, and fresh carrots/pepper.

PM snack– Graham crackers and string cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/pepper.

Have a fantastic weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 9/27

Good Afternoon!

We checked off our last genre box during K/PREK1 group: poetry! We try to have one poetry session a week. Poetry is much different than other stories we read from the other three genres AND it allows us to play with words more since most of the poetry we read involves rhyming words.

When we read poetry for group, each child gets to pick a poem by putting their index finger into the book as I slowly flip the pages. Today, we read several poems that offered humor along with rhyming words which is our favorite!

K.RL.3.2: Recognize familiar narrative text genres (e.g. fiction, nonfiction, fairy tales, poems).

During PREK2 group, each friend got a turn to choose which item didn’t belong in a specific group. For example, Mack observed three different items and had to decide which item was different than the other two.

The rest of our morning was full of stories, categorizing puff balls by size, and art table creations. The art table was bustling this morning as it was challenging to find open spaces! Friends were getting in the fall spirit by drawing pumpkins and making Halloween decorations! It’s never too early in their eyes .

Breakfast– Whole grain Cheerios and banana.

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

PM snack– Peanuts and whole wheat crackers.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumbers.

Have a lovely evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 9/26

Good Afternoon.

Today friends enjoyed reading quite a few books. At times we would read amongst ourselves or we would ask for a teacher to read to us. Either way, we always have so much fun reading.

Early literacy is crucial to a child’s early years for many reasons. Here is a snapshot of just a couple….  Developing early literacy skills makes it easier for children to learn to read, and even read earlier on in their life and reading can profoundly influence language development. Reading can also enhance a child’s already blooming imagination.

Our outside play is full of gross motor activities.  Today friends were working hard on their balancing skills. There are many opportunities for us to gain on improving the core area of our bodies. We love finding every possible way!

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and bananas.

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

Snack: Whole wheat Ritz crackers with peanut butter.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Have a wonderful night.

Marty

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Good afternoon.

This morning friends worked on utilizing their hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills as well as recognizing the shapes and colors of the stackers. We also were able to see that each individual circle or triangle shape was of a different size.

We then headed outside to a little chiller weather, but that didn’t keep us down. We got our bodies in motion by working on some gross motor fun.

The last couple of days our friends have been engaging themselves in running from the concrete section of the sandbox into the actual sand. They love seeing how far they have jumped.  

Breakfast: Whole grain oatmeal with honey and pears.

Lunch: Scrambled eggs, whole wheat toast with butter, carrots and kiwi.

Snack: Blue corn chips and refried beans.

Wee Sprouts: Yellow pepper.

Have a fantastic evening.

Marty

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Hello!

Here are a few pictures from our Wednesday!

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with honey and banana.

Lunch– Scrambled eggs with whole wheat flatbread, fresh strawberries/banana, and fresh carrots/peppers.

PM snack– Hummus and blue corn tortilla chips.

Wee Sprout– Fresh peppers.

Hope everyone has a terrific evening.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 9/25

Good Afternoon.

Today Ellie and Nesta were very enthusiastic about swinging on the ever so popular swing. Ellie is aware of how holding onto the swing is imperative to her safety, while Nesta will need to learn that skill as she gets older and with time.  None the less Nesta LOVED her first experience.

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and clementine’s.

Lunch: Whole wheat flatbread with hummus, mixed vegetables and banana.

Snack: Whole wheat cinnamon raisin bagels with butter and mozzarella string cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Garden Fresh Cucumbers.

Have a wondaful night.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

K/PREK1 continued our adventure into different text genres. Today, we read ‘Fantastic Bats’ and quickly, friends shouted out, “That’s nonfiction!”

Throughout the story, we learned various and interesting facts about bats. For instance, did you know that bats can fly up to 60 miles per hour? We used the speed of a car on the highway to compare.

N asked, “So the illustrator drew those pictures right?”. I told her that these pictures weren’t drawn but rather someone took photos of the bats that were highlighted throughout the story.

K.RL.3.2: Recognize familiar narrative text genres (e.g. fiction, nonfiction, fairy tales, poems).

In PREK2, each friend got a turn to identify the shape that was different in their given group. For example, when Sophia made her way to the board, she noticed that every shape had hearts on it except the first picture which had a triangle. She identified the different one by circling it!

‘Beautiful Oops’ is one of our favorite books! It is super interactive and turns ‘oops’ into beautiful creations!

Miss Annastecia took newspaper and ripped it into various sizes. Friends were invited to the table to make their own creation out of a newspaper scrape.

Breakfast– Kix and fresh pears.

Lunch– Hummus on whole wheat flatbread/tortilla, fresh pineapple, and fresh cucumber.

PM snack– Whole wheat cinnamon raisin with cream cheese

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumbers.

Have a great evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 9/24

Good Afternoon!

**Parents: If you would like bug spray applied to your child during our outside time, please bring in a bottle specifically for your child as we do not have communal bug spray at Wee Friends. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask! Thanks!

‘Giraffe’s Can’t Dance’ was on the K/PREK1 itinerary today as we dove into a specific genre: fiction! We took our knowledge of stories one step further from last week after discussing authors and illustrators and their role in the creation of a story.

This week, we’ll be focusing on different narrative text genres and today, we started with fiction. Right away, a few children shouted, “Fiction means not real!”

Each day, we’ll read a story from a different genre and then discuss what that genre entails.

K.RL.3.2: Recognize familiar narrative text genres (e.g. fiction, nonfiction, fairy tales, poems).

Miss Kim put a cheetah in the middle of two animal groups. Each child in PREK2 had to count the two groups and decide which group was bigger. They identified the bigger group and therefore, had the cheetah eat the bigger group!

Our new canvas’s are coming along and today, we took another step toward completion! A few different sparkle options were offered and children added varying sparkles to their canvas. Some children chose to make lines with the sparkles and others chose to add sparkles to the corners of their artwork.

Friends were quite anxious to get a turn to continue working on their canvas! Grady and David patiently waited for their names to be called by peering through the window.

Our MACK curriculum for Week 4 is: Children will learn a variety of strategies for managing strong emotions constructively, including expressing their emotions, listening to others, problem solving, and using mindfulness techniques.

Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with butter and fresh kiwi.

Lunch– Whole wheat noodles with butter and shredded chicken, fresh cantaloupe/banana/kiwi, and fresh carrots/peppers.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with fresh pears.

Wee Sprout– Fresh peppers.

Have a great evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 9/23

Good Afternoon and Happy First day of Fall  

The dramatic play center has been in full swing here lately with our Wee Wee’s. Friends have been engaging themselves with the baby dolls. They enjoy feeding them, burping them and changing their clothes and diaper’s.

Dramatic Play allows children to see the world and their environment from a different perspective, it can also aid in helping a child expand their imaginations, increase their vocabulary, build confidence and build on their problem solving skills. 

To introduce our Fall season we swapped out the ever so popular sensory table. We now have a mixture of corn, black beans and pine cones.

With this fun activity we utilize our fine motor and hand-eye coordination skills to scoop, pour and dump the colorful mixture into cups and bowls. We all had a GREAT time!

Breakfast: Whole wheat toast with butter and clementine’s

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with butter and shredded chicken, corn and clementine’s.

Snack: Whole milk yogurt with graham crackers.

Wee Sprouts: Corn.

Have a great evening.

Marty

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