Good Afternoon!

“We can never have enough nature.”

-Henry David Thoreau

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Different forms of nature consumed our morning! Two groups explored nature in various ways.

The farm group set out for a short but muddy walk as we searched for different leaves and twigs on the ground to use for upcoming art projects! We were able to see different animals including chickens, dogs, horses, and goats.

Children searched the backyard environment for different bugs: rollie pollies, spiders, and ants occupied our bug containers. What a great group activity: searching for bugs together! We often see our older friends assisting their younger peers if they can’t find any bugs.

Breakfast– Corn Chex and fresh apples/oranges.

Lunch– Hummus on whole wheat tortilla, fresh banana, and fresh carrots/cucumber.

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

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/cucumber.

Have a terrific evening.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 6/4

Good Afternoon.

“Every child deserves a champion – an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection and insists that they become the best that they can possibly be.” ~Rita Pierson

Today Daniel asked for Mar-Mar to read, We’re Going on a Bear Hunt. Not only did we read this fun, interactive story… we did just that, acted the story out. We all LOVE this story and friends can listen to it many times throughout their day.  

We then decided it would just as fun to cook in the dramatic play center kitchen. Zoe made all kinds of yummy foods while Daniel made Oatmeal with honey.

This activity has multiple learning opportunities. Hand-eye coordination, the use of our imagination as well as fine motor skills.

Then we were off to find… BUGS BUGS and MORE BUGS!!!! This is yet another activity we could engage in everyday and as many times in a day as we possibly can. Having the Wee’s help us makes this hunt session even better!!

Breakfast: Whole grain Kix cereal with apples.

Lunch: Whole wheat/grain tortilla with hummus, carrots and banana.

Snack: Whole wheat bagels with peanut butter.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh Cucumbers.

Have a wonderful evening.

Marty

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Happy Monday!

**Just as a reminder: for the safety of your child, please make sure that a teacher is aware of the drop off/pick up of your child. Along with this, we ask that only parents and teachers open the front door as we need to ensure the safety of all children. Thank you for your understanding!

**Wee Friends will be closed Thursday, June 27th through Friday, July 5th. We’ll reopen on Monday, July 8th.

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Today, we welcomed Jack into our classroom! He made the trip across the bridge after breakfast and was able to move seamlessly throughout the environment. We’re so excited that Jack’s here with us!

We read ‘A House for Hermit Crab’ in K/PREK1 which focused around the months of the year. After May had ended in the story, I asked what month came next and several friends shared their thoughts. A few weeks ago, our FAB focused on calendars. We spent some time working with months of the year and in what order they belong.

Afterwards, we made a web where we came up with several places that we go to in our community. Our list grew substantially as friends started telling stories about places they’ve been to before.

Social Studies: K.3.3 Locate and describe places in the school and community.

In PREK2, children used a map to identify places within our environment. Each child identified one space and wrote their name by it.

We spent a gorgeous morning outside. Friends utilized the different bike options as well as searching for any and all bugs!

Breakfast: Whole wheat toast with butter/cinnamon and fresh apples/pears.

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with butter/kidney beans, banana, and fresh carrots/cherry tomatoes.

PM snack: Whole milk yogurt with fresh pears.

Wee Sprout: Fresh carrots/cherry tomatoes.

Have a fantastic evening.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 6/3

“Childhood is a short season.” ~Helen Hayes

We welcomed a new (baby) friend today! Friends were very excited about having another baby in the classroom.  

Please enjoy the pictures from from our beautiful Monday!

Breakfast: Whole wheat toast with butter and cinnamon with orange’s.

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with kidney and black beans, corn and apples.

Snack: Whole milk yogurt with graham crackers.

Wee Sprouts: Corn.

Have a wonderful evening.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!  I can’t believe it is already the last day of May. How the year is flying by!

What a beautiful morning full of sunshine instead of rain.  We decided to spend the majority of our morning outside.  We utilized the art easel to use a variety of colors of  tempera paint with different size brushes to paint beautiful masterpieces.

After painting, we enjoyed a delicious cucumber Wee Sprout snack.

Then we were ready to engage ourselves in many of our favorite outside activities ourselves or with a friend from the other classroom.

Breakfast:  Whole grain rice cakes with cream cheese and fresh apples.

Lunch:  Ham on whole grain flatbread, fresh oranges/apples and peas.

Afternoon Snack: Whole grain goldfish crackers and mozzarella cheese stick.

Wee Sprouts:  Fresh cucumbers.

Have a great weekend!

Rebekah

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Happy Friday!

**Please check your child’s bathroom cubby to make sure he/she has appropriate summer clothes! Thank you!

Breakfast– Rice cakes with peanut butter and fresh apples.

Lunch– Shredded cheese on whole wheat flatbread, fresh pears, and fresh peppers/cucumber.

PM snack– Popcorn and string cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper.

Have a great weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 5/31

Good Afternoon!

Today is Maxwell’s last day at Wee Friends. Come August, he’ll join his older brother Jackson, at elementary school! We are SO going to miss the energy, constant smiles, and overall zest for life that Max brings into our environment. Maxwell and his older brother have been staples in our classroom for the last four years. We know you’ll provide your new teacher with smiles, laughter, and joy. You’re a Wee Friender for LIFE!

Enjoy pictures from our active and engaging Thursday!

Breakfast– Quaker Oatmeal Squares with fresh pears/banana.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded turkey/cheese, fresh banana/apples, and fresh cherry tomatoes/cucumber.

PM snack– Sunflower seeds and whole wheat crackers.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cherry tomatoes/cucumber.

Have a fantastic evening.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 5/30

Good Afternoon.

“There are no seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child. There are seven million.” ~Walt Streightiff

This morning our fish were quite active in their water home! We all got quite a kick out of watching the three of them go to nose to nose (if you will). They seemed to have all wanted the same piece of fish food that was slowly falling to the bottom of the tank. Daniel told his friend Evie… “Silly Fish.”

We were all happily engaged in coloring in our journal binders today.

We enhanced our learning by using our fine motor, hand-eye coordination and color recognition skills all while having fun making beautiful marks/creations in our binders.

Breakfast: Whole grain Kix and banana.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with shredded pork, fresh yellow peppers and banana.

Snack: Whole wheat Ritz crackers and Mozzarella string cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh Cucumbers.

Have a nice evening.

Marty

LINK TO PICTURES: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIuljfxq6ymLXBxLdGMOTg

Happy Wednesday!

“Children love to be alone, because alone is where they know themselves, and where they dream.” ~Roger Rosenblatt

Please Note: Wee Friends classrooms will be closed for the upcoming summer break from June 25th to July 5th. We will re-open on July 8th.

When we have infants in the classroom, we always love to watch them grow and develop into awesome little people that achieve so many wonderful and exciting milestones!

Well, today Miss Nesta achieved a very BIG milestone… She figured out how to climb up the habi-trail slide and get herself all the way to the top. Just look at that happy face when she conquered her goal.  

Daniel and Evie showed interest in the rhythm sticks today and asked if we could also listen to music. So what better way to get our musical senses in motion?? We listen to Hap Palmers… Tap your sticks.

We all had a fabulous time listening to Hap’s words telling us where to place our sticks. We were learning how to follow directions given to us, all while having fun!  What’s better than that?!?!?

Breakfast: Whole grain oatmeal with honey and fresh honeydew, strawberries and cantaloupe.

Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs with Colby Jack shredded cheese, carrots and banana.

Snack: Whole wheat Ritz crackers with cream cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Carrots.

Have an awesome night.

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

K/PREK1 looked at the physical characteristics between a world map and a globe. Afterwards, we sorted these words into four categories. At the end, several friends shouted, “We have a tie!”. We were able to distinguish between what we saw on a map versus on a globe.

Social Studies: K.3.2 Identify maps and globes as ways of representing Earth and understand differences between a map/globe.

PREK2 members looked at a map of places that you’d see around town. Lines were drawn from place to place to show the route that was taken!

Max and Grady explored letters at the island this morning in various ways.

Max asked for the Montessori letters. He spelled words that he knew and then used a dry erase marker to write down the word. As Grady completed his alphabet puzzle, he identified the letter as well as the sound it made. Max and Grady helped one another if they needed some assistance!

Children gathered at the art table where they used leaves and paint to make prints! Large pieces of paper were taped to the table so that friends could make a group creation.

“It must not be forgotten that the basic law of children’s creativity is that its value lies not in its results, not in the product of creation, but in the process itself. It is not important what children crate, but that they do create, that they exercise and implement their creative imagination.”

-Vygotsky

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with honey and fresh cantaloupe.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat bread, fresh cantaloupe, and fresh cucumber/carrots.

PM snack– Tortilla chips and hummus.

Wee Sprouts– Fresh carrots.

Have a terrific night.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 5/29