Good morning!

Below is the link for yesterday’s (5/16) pictures.

Have a great Thursday!

-Mindy

WF 5/16

Happy Wednesday!

In pre-k/k group, read we ‘Smelly Socks’ written by Robert Munsch. In the story, the main character is on the search for new socks so this lead us to talk about what we need to have when we want to buy something. Everyone responded, “MONEY!”.

After we finished reading the story, we looked at the pictures that were on the chalkboard. The first question I asked was, “Which item do you think costs the most?!”. We had a discussion and children were debating between a car and a house. We came to the conclusion that there are some instances where a car can cost more than a house depending on the circumstance. However, we came to the conclusion that the house picture most likely cost more than the car. We went on from there, debating which item cost what dollar amount.

When we were done, a pre-k/k group member asked, “So if ice cream costs $3 but I want 3, how much would that be?”. Without prompting, addition was brought into our group time!

Social Studies: K.4.1 Explain that people work to earn money to buy the things they want. Introduce money names and values.

The art easel was open as children took turns painting on paper. They used a variety of paint brush sizes as well as paint colors.

We read books in group, to our animal friends, and by ourselves this morning. Our older friends pointed out letters that they recognized as well as sounds that they heard.

Other activities that we explored were building with a variety of blocks including small wooden blocks and creating at the wood working bench. Maxwell used large wood as well as small wooden shapes to make his creation before he painted it at the art table.

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with honey and PPC pears.

Lunch– Scrambled eggs with shredded cheese, whole wheat bread, PPC banana/fresh oranges, and fresh carrots.

PM snack– Air popped popcorn with butter and strawberries.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots.

Have a lovely night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: THE WEBSITE IS DOWN. I’LL POST PICTURES ONCE IT’S WORKING!

Happy Wednesday. We hope you’re enjoying your day!

Imaginations run wild in the Wee Wee classroom daily, but today Emma and Mack had a great time engaging together to make an even better imaginative scenario! As they were rocking on the chair enjoying one another’s company, Emma decided that she would apply “spray sunscreen” onto Mack’s body.  Mack, of course had NO problems with this and they both went to sunscreen town.

According to “livingandloving.co.za, there are five benefits to your child using their imaginations during play. Those being as follows…. Social development, Language development, Emotional development, Physical development and Thinking skills.

Next, Pascale used her imagination skills by taking one of the babies and giving her a blanket to keep warm in the dramatic play center. Daniel on the other hand used his imagination by placing the colorful wooden block stackers onto his face to see the classroom in a different color. 

Breakfast: Whole grain Kix cereal and oranges.

Lunch: Scrambled eggs with cheese, corn and fresh PPC banana.

Snack: Whole wheat crackers with hummus and fresh PPC banana.

Wee Sprouts: Corn.

Have a fantastic night!

Marty

LINK TO PICTURES:  https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIuljJsc6XRaQo9fbGNSgg

Good Afternoon!

Here are a few pictures from our Tuesday!

Breakfast– Kix and PPC kiwi.

Lunch– Hummus on whole wheat flatbread, fresh oranges, and PPC cucumber/cherry tomatoes.

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

Wee Sprout– PPC cherry tomatoes/cucumber.

Have a wonderful night.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 5/15

Good Afternoon!

Please Note…. Now that the weather is changing please bring in your child at least TWO pairs of extra summery clothes for their spare bin! Also, we will be having a PJ day on Friday, May 25th to kick off the Memorial Day weekend.

Life skills are an important aspect of a child’s everyday learning! Pascale works diligently on grasping the larger sized broom to help sweep all the pea gravel off the concrete path. She saw a WF teacher sweeping and  thought it would be a great idea to help too! We LOVE that our friends enjoy helping.

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and fresh PPC strawberries.

Lunch: Whole wheat flatbread with hummus, carrots and fresh PPC Kiwi slices.

Snack: Whole grain cinnamon raisin bagels with butter.

Wee Sprouts: Carrots.

Have a wonderful evening.

Marty

LINK TO PICYURES:  https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIuljJpg9nITIAH3c4-fSw

Good morning!

Below is the picture link from yesterday!

Have a great day!

-Mindy

WF 5/14

Good Afternoon!

I’ve attached an article that stuck out at me today. It revolves around the question, “What are you doing?”, when directed towards a child. Children at this age get so deeply invested in their play, when an adult asks them, “What are you doing?”, they have a challenging time answering that question! I loved this quote that is toward the end of the article: “Sometimes play= silence”.

https://www.naeyc.org/resources/blog/self-directed-play-moment

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After we read our story in pre-k/k group, we learned a new song. The song talks about coins physical attributes as well as how much each coin is worth. We’re going to sing this song each day throughout the week so that we become more confident in singing it!

After, we passed around real coins: specifically, penny, nickel, dime, and quarter. We talked about how each coin have a heads side as well as a tails side.

Social Studies: K.4.1 Explain that people work to earn money to buy the things they want. Introduce money names and values.

Our rainy morning was full of puzzles, play dough, and books!

Play dough was requested this morning and children kept rotating all morning, up until we were ready for lunch! Children used play dough knives and cookie cutters to manipulate the play dough.

“Play is the highest expression of human development in childhood, for it along is the free expression of what is in a child’s soul.”

-Friedrich Froebel

Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with no nut butter and fresh apples.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with butter and shredded beef, PPC pears, and PPC cucumbers/fresh carrots.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with PPC strawberries.

Wee Sprout– PPC cucumber/snap peas.

Have a great night!

-Mindy

The website that generates the picture link is down. I’ll try and post it tomorrow! Thanks!

Happy Monday. We hope you all had a fantastic weekend and Mother’s day!

While the rain may have kept us inside this morning, we did not let that stop us from having loads of fun.

Monday’s are always full of excitement because we know the trash man comes with his big trash truck!  As soon as our friends hear the loud sound of his truck, they come running to the habi-trail area as fast as they their little feet will take them. We LOVE trash Monday’s!

Breakfast: Whole wheat toast with Sunflower butter and fresh PPC pears.

Lunch: Whole wheat/grain pasta with butter and shredded beef, corn and fresh PPC pears and oranges.

Snack: Whole milk yogurt and graham crackers.

Wee Sprouts: Corn.

Have a lovely evening.

Marty

LINK TO PICTURES:  https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIuljJoq1Of4WRYNFisbyA

Good Afternoon. Enjoy some pictures from our chilly Friday!

Breakfast:  Whole grain wheat bagels with sunflower butter and fresh PPC kiwi.

Lunch:  Hummus on whole grain wheat flatbread, fresh PPC mango and mixed vegetables.

Afternoon Snack:  Goldfish cheese crackers and colby-jack block cheese.

Wee Sprouts:  Peas.

Have a fabulous weekend and Happy Mother’s Day!

Rebekah

Link to pictures:  https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIuljJoBkPR31JAOcdiS-w

Good Afternoon!

**Just a reminder: our young 4’s/3’s farm trip is scheduled for Monday! Hopefully the weather cooperates . Please make sure your child is dressed for the weather AND wearing rain boots if possible. We’ll leave around 9:45 am. Thanks!

We want to wish all of our Wee Friends moms a fabulous Mother’s Day! You all deserve the world; we don’t know what we’d do without you!

“A Mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take.”

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While our pre-k/k group went to the campus of Saint Mary’s to see a children’s dance/movement program, the rest of us transitioned into our morning and moved throughout the house. The art easel was requested while trio blocks and housekeeping were filled with imagination.

Breakfast– Rice cakes with peanut butter and PPC strawberries.

Lunch– Hummus on whole wheat flatbread, PPC banana/pears, and PPC cauliflower/snap peas.

PM snack– Pretzels and string cheese.

Wee Sprout– PPC cherry tomatoes/snap peas.

Have a lovely weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 5/11