Good Afternoon.

Today Daniel brought out our letter squares and started reciting many letters that he recognized. Evie then quickly joined in the letter fun and also started naming the letters she recognized. We then spelled out the names of all of our friends that were engaged in the activity. We had a great time going through the many letters, even the ones we didn’t quite know yet. We also took our fingers over the letters and traced them to get a better understanding of that specific letter. 

We were happy that the rain stopped so we could go outside and play. We ran, played in the dramatic kitchen play area and of course looked for bugs!

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and Apples.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with shredded turkey, fresh orange peppers and clementine’s.

Snack: Pretzels and Mozzarella string cheese. 

Have a fantastic night.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

Non fiction dinosaur books in the science area are one of our most popular and most read topics. So, we channeled this into our new sensory bin!

Anytime a ‘new’ toy or activity makes its way into the environment, patience is often a word we use a lot. The morning message board was PERFECT for today as it talked about patience and different things we could do as we’re waiting for a turn.

At the sensory bin, four friends can engage in the activity at a time. Children do a great job at saying, “Hey ____, ‘so and so’ has left the bin if you still want a turn.” We had several children this morning waiting for a turn at the sensory bin so we referred to the morning message to see what we could do to remain calm and patient.

Anna and Penny got creative when trying to see how tall they were. They used a plastic block as the base and a wooden block to see where each of them came to on the orange plastic block. Soon, several peers was jumping in wanting to be measured.

A few older peers set up an ice cream stand down in the shade and our bug finders stopped searching for worms to ‘cool themselves off’!

“Be somebody who makes everybody feel like a somebody.”

-Kid President

Breakfast- Whole grain oatmeal with honey and banana.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat tortilla, fresh oranges/banana, and fresh carrots/cucumber.

PM snack– Popcorn & Apples/oranges

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots.

Have a terrific night.

-Mindy

Good Afternoon.

Happy Birthday Miss Rebekah!    We hope you have a fantastic day.

“Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.” ~Winnie the Pooh

Today Daniel and Evie decided to manipulate the Duplo blocks and build many fun things. Evie used her wonderful imagination and made a “Palm Tree Truck.” She was very happy about her creation and couldn’t wait to share what she had made with Daniel and her teachers. The imaginations of our friends never ceases to amaze me! LOVE LOVE LOVE!

We then moved into the kitchen area where we manipulated  two different colors of playdoh. We used the many playdoh knives, cutters and rollers to make our playdoh creations. Today was all about CREATIVITY!!!!

Breakfast: Whole grain Chex cereal and banana.

Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs, whole wheat butter toast, fresh juicy tomatoes and clementine’s.

Snack: Whole wheat Ritz crackers with peanut butter. Also… A special fruit popsicle treat from Miss Rebekah.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers.

Have a fantastic evening.

Marty

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Good morning!

Here is the picture link from Tuesday.

Have a great day!

-Mindy

Picture link: WF 6/18

Happy Tuesday!

After reading a ‘Frog and Toad’ story that centered around counting by 10’s, we got out our laminated counting sheets where friends each got the opportunity to work on their counting by 10’s skill set. Lucy asked to go first which allowed her younger peers to observe Lucy count.

The farm was quiet. Running was had. Flowers were picked. Animals were fed said flowers. A wonderful morning was had by all.

Meanwhile, a group of children listened to one of our favorite Robert Munsch stories, ‘Too Much Stuff!”. More and more children came to listen which turned into a great literacy opportunity.

Several friends chose to come to the art table and create with pipe cleaners and beads. This is a simple yet super popular fine motor activity for all ages! Our older friends often incorporate patterns into their pipe cleaner creations.

“Life is like riding a bicycle—in order to keep your balance, you must keep moving.”

-Albert Einstein

Breakfast- Whole grain Cheerios and fresh pears.

Lunch- Hummus or ham on whole wheat english muffin/tortilla, fresh cantaloupe, and fresh carrots.

PM snack- Whole wheat bagel with peanut butter and string cheese.

Wee Sprout- Fresh carrots.

Have a terrific evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures will be posted as soon as possible .

Happy Monday!

HAPPY 5TH BIRTHDAY TO PENNY! We so enjoyed spending your birthday with you!

Mr. Rogers wrote:

“There would be no art . . . if human beings had no desire to create. And if we had everything we ever needed or wanted, we would have no reason for creating anything. So, at the root of all art . . . there exists a gap — a gap between what the world is like and what we wish and hope for it to be like. Our unique way of bridging that gap in each of our lives seems to me to be the essence of the reason for human creativity.”

Everyday, children occupy the art table space to either create a drawing for their mommy or daddy, for their friend, or simply for themselves. There is always time for a drawing in the eyes of a child.

We fill our art table area with several different choices that children make: markers, feather, caps, crayons, paint dotters, and stickers to name a few. The art area is one of the areas where we get to see children’s personality, creativity, and social skills.

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Breakfast– Whole wheat bagel with butter and fresh pears.

Lunch– Whole wheat noodles with pasta and shredded beef, fresh pears/banana, and fresh cucumber/carrots.

PM snack– Fresh blueberries, ham and cream cheese rollups, and pickles (Penny’s birthday treat).

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/carrots.

Have a great night.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 6/17

Happy Monday! I hope you all had a great weekend and Father’s Day.

“Listening means being open to differences, recognizing the value of another’s point of view and interpretation. Thus, listening becomes not only a pedagogical strategy but also a way of thinking and looking at the others. ~ Carlina Rinaldi 

Just a friendly reminder as our summer vacation time is quickly approaching, WF/WWF will be CLOSED beginning next week Thursday the 27th through July 7th. We will reopen on July 8th!

Our little ones always love it when a teacher from the preschool site comes over to play with us.

This morning Miss Mindy came over for a short visit and was quickly engaged with two of our little guys manipulating the wheel and connector activity. Thank you Miss Mindy for playing with us.  

Today we engaged in a fun shaving cream sensory activity that quickly lead into something a little more than just feeling the cream. We added in cars and trucks and big buckets with water in them for a car/truck wash.

We painted the trucks and cars and got them all dirty and messy, then put them into the water to get them all nice and clean again. Super Duper Fun Times  

Breakfast: Whole wheat butter toast with cinnamon and oranges.

Lunch: Whole wheat butter noodles with shredded beef, sweet potatoes and pears.

Snack: Whole milk yogurt with graham crackers.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh Cucumbers.

Have a fantastic evening.

Marty

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Friday’s blog post:

Happy Friday!

We hope that all of our wonderful dad’s have a fantastic Father’s Day on Sunday! We appreciate you!

Breakfast– Rice cakes with peanut butter and fresh pears.

Lunch– Turkey and ham on whole wheat tortilla, fresh pineapple/watermelon, and fresh pepper/cucumber.

PM snack– Pretzels with mozzarella string cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper.

Have a terrific weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 6/17

Happy Friday! What a beautiful day.  

After the yucky, rainy day we had yesterday, we were so excited and happy about being outside today! What a GREAT way to end our week. Smiles and sunshine… there’s nothing better.

Breakfast: Whole wheat toast with cream cheese and banana.

Lunch: Whole wheat bread with ham and turkey lunchmeats, carrots and banana.

Snack: Whole grain cheese crackers with mozzarella string cheese.

Have a fantastic weekend and Happy Fathers Day to all of our awesome daddies!

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

Yesterday in K/PREK1, we each came up with one spot in the community that we’d like to add to our map. Today, we constructed that map by each friend choosing a space where they’d like to put their establishment. After each square was occupied, I gave each child a different colored marker and they had to follow the lines from the Wee Friends house to their specific spot! There were a few spots that required friends to stop at the stop signs!

Social Studies: Create maps 2 dimensionally and 3 dimensionally.

In PREK2, children answered the question, “If you could travel anywhere, where would it be?”—the three choices were Walt Disney World, camping in the woods, and the ocean. What a wide variety!

Several children occupied habitrail while exploring a science experiment that was created. Using a dixie cup, balloon, tape, and a cotton ball children set off exploring. When they pulled the balloon back, the force from the balloon shot the cotton ball into the air.

“Pretend play combines two wondrous and uniquely human characteristics—the capacity for fantasy and the capacity for, and need to, make meaning of our experience.”

–Susan Linn

Breakfast– Corn Chex and fresh apples.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded chicken and cheese, fresh watermelon, and fresh carrots/cherry tomatoes/cucumber.

PM snack– Whole wheat Ritz crackers and sunflower seeds.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cherry tomatoes/cucumber.

Have a great night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 6/13