Good afternoon!

Friendships are an important key factor in every child’s development. Whether they maintain a solid friendship with just one friend or many friends, it’s always refreshing to see the relationships that are being built with our little guys. 

Smiling is contagious and all of our friends have smiles that brighten our classroom.

Breakfast: Kix and oranges.

Lunch: Whole grain rice with shredded chicken, mixed vegetables and fresh PPC blueberries.

Snack: Pretzels and mozzarella string cheese sticks.

Wee Sprouts: Corn.

Have a fantastic evening!

Marty

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Good Afternoon!

Maddie explored word families this morning using plastic eggs! She turned the egg to make different words and using her background knowledge of consonant and vowel sounds, she was able to read the words in each family. For example, she read b-in, f-in, s-in, p-in, and m-in.

We’re always looking for new items to paint with. Up to bat today was..balloons! Emoji balloons to be exact. Children looked at the different faces that were on the balloons before we started painting with them. We used the balloons in a couple of different ways: pounding the balloon onto the paper and taking the balloon and swirling the paint around the paper.

Our magnatile creations were extensive and exact. There was a reason for everything we did!

“The goal of early childhood education should be to activate the child’s own natural desire to learn.”

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with PPC blueberries.

Lunch– Scrambled eggs with shredded cheese, whole wheat bread, PPC pears, and PPC cherry tomatoes/fresh carrots.

PM snack– Whole grain ‘Wheat Thins’ and hummus.

Wee Sprout– PPC cherry tomatoes/fresh carrots.

Have a lovely night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/21

Good afternoon!

Our Wee Wee Friends decided they wanted to do something a little different today! The waffle blocks are always a fun choice and have a multi learning experience to make it even better. This activity enhances our friends hand-eye coordination, color recognition and the use of their fine motor skills. Mack, Emma and Pascale all had a great time building with them this morning.

Zoe also had a full morning, just like her friends. She enjoys her breakfast and is all smiles while receiving it from Miss Rebekah. She then moves onto the bouncer and finds it to be a fantastic way to have a little entertainment. Last but not least, she loves to play with the colorful and soft play fruits. Our babies love explore and learn through their play!

Breakfast: Kix and Apples.

Lunch: Scrambled eggs with cheese, whole wheat whole grain toast with butter, peas and apples.

Snack: Whole wheat whole grain Ritz crackers and hummus.

Wee Sprout: Peas.

We hope you have a wonderful evening!

Marty 

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“Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Anna banana, happy birthday to you!”

We celebrated Anna today as she turned FOUR years old! We hope you had a sparkly, fun filled birthday!

                                    

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We opened up ‘Wee Friends Library’ in pre-k/k group. After reading ‘Elmer and Snake’, we looked at four library books and worked as a team to put them in alphabetical order using the author’s last name. We used our knowledge of authors and illustrators as well as the order of the alphabet to get the job done! We paid close attention to the first letter of the author’s last name and put them into order.

Before completing our daily calendar exercise, we counted by ten’s up to 100! Our two kindergarten friends counted aloud first before their younger peers joined in on the second round.

K.1.19: Learn and apply knowledge of alphabetical order (first letter) when using a classroom or school library/media center. (2006 standard)

K.NS.1: Count to at least 100 by ones and tens.

It was a morning full of exploration!

Max and Grady explored different inclines to see on which incline the car would travel the fastest. Max made a comment related to the speed of the car: “The blue car moves faster when I tip it like this!”

An art activity was made available this morning that got the attention of several friends! Each child got a printout of an egg. First, they painted shaving cream onto their egg before using eye droppers to add various water colors to their creation. Children used the eye dropper to drop big and small dots of water color onto their paper, waiting to see the different between each.

“Education is a natural process carried out by the child and is not acquired by listening to words but by experiences in the environment.”

-Dr. Maria Montessori

Breakfast– Kix and PPC mango.

Lunch– Hummus on whole wheat flatbread, fresh apples, and PPC snap peas and cucumbers.

PM snack– Homemade banana muffins made by Anna and family (they were delicious: thank you!) with string cheese.

Wee Sprout– PPC snap peas and cucumbers.

Have a great night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/20

Good afternoon and happy first day of Spring!!! We are looking forward to many warmer days and tons of outdoor play.

REMINDER: Wee Friends will be CLOSED for the observance of the Good Friday holiday.

The use of our fine motor skills are always in abundance at Wee Wee Friends. Whether it’s painting at the easel, playing with magnatiles, cars/trucks or fingering through the numerous books we have to chose from, our hands and fingers are always in motion.

Breakfast: Cheerios and PPC fresh banana

Lunch: Whole wheat whole grain flatbread with hummus, corn and PPC fresh mango.

Snack: Whole wheat whole grain bagels with butter and cinnamon and PPC fresh banana.

Have a fantastic evening!

Marty

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Good Afternoon! Enjoy some of the pictures from our day.

Breakfast:  Whole grain wheat toast with no nut butter and fresh oranges.

Lunch:  Whole grain wheat pasta with marinara sauce and shredded cheese, fresh PPC blueberries and peas.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole milk yogurt with fresh PPC blueberries and oranges.

Wee Sprouts:  Corn.

Have a great night!

Rebekah

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Good Afternoon!

In pre-k/k group, we read, ‘Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons’. The story focused on subtraction with numbers under 4. Pete the Cat started out with four buttons on his jacket and he started off by losing one button. After we read this, many children commented on how Pete had three buttons now. Pete kept losing one button each time until he had zero buttons left! Each time, we talked about how many buttons Pete had.

After the story was over, we started discussing the number 100 and the different ways we can count to 100. Today, we started working on counting to 100 by ten’s. A few of our older friends already have this skill so they helped their younger friends today. Everyday this week, we’ll work on this skill before doing calendar!

K.NS.1: Count to at least 100 by ones and tens.

Everyday, children have the CHOICE to do a journal, paint at the art easel, or read a story. Children make choices for themselves throughout the day based on their interests and what their body may need at any given time. This allows meaningful learning experiences to occur because they’re not FORCED to do something but rather they WANT to do something.

We make the activities and experiences available; children choose whether or not to come. If a child is involved, focused, and thriving with trio blocks, we’re certainly not going to pull them away from that to come do an art project that they may not be interested in at that time. Instead, a teacher may sit with this child and his trio block creation and start up a conversation about what he’s creating.

Breakfast– Whole wheat english muffin with peanut butter and PPC pears.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with marinara sauce and shredded cheese, PPC banana, and PPC cucumber/carrots.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with PPC raspberries.

Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots.

Have a terrific evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/19

Good Afternoon!

Playing peek-a-boo is a popular activity with our friends.  We find many areas and items to use to play it.

We enjoyed shaking and placing the dancing scarves on our heads as we danced with them.

Today we worked on our fine motor skills as we drew pictures using markers.  We all used a variety of colors to fill up our papers.

Breakfast:  Whole grain wheat English muffin with sunflower butter and fresh PPC banana.

Lunch:  Turkey and cream cheese on whole grain wheat tortillas, fresh banana and peas.

Afternoon Snack:  Graham crackers and cheddar block cheese.

Wee Sprouts:  Peas.

Have a great weekend!

Rebekah

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Good Afternoon!

**Just a reminder: Wee Friends will be closed Friday, March 30th. Thanks!

The art area was full of children transferring ideas to paper.

Grady took his finger to trace letters before writing them on a piece of paper while Ruby and David painted at the easel. Several younger friends asked to do a journal which prompted more conversations about our letters and the sounds that they make.

We moved our bodies in a positive, engaging way as we listened to music. First, we simply danced and fulfilled our gross motor urges before playing different instruments to add to the music.

Breakfast– Rice cakes with peanut butter and PPC pears.

Lunch– Ham and cream cheese on whole wheat tortillas, PPC banana/pears, and PPC cucumbers/peppers.

PM snack– Pretzels with string cheese.

Wee Sprout– PPC peppers.

Have a great weekend!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 3/16

Good Afternoon!

We started our day on the music rug. Some of the kids requested songs, and then performed their own dance moves. After they finished dancing, most of kids headed to the art table, where they got out colored tape. Some children decided to make shapes and designs. Maxwell created a house out of the tape, while Anna said she made a treehouse.

Even though it was sunny outside, the kids enjoyed their time inside playing and building with the trio blocks. Some of our friends like to stay focused and concentrate for hours while creating towers, buildings, and complex vehicles.

Breakfast– Kix Cereal and PPC Pears

Lunch- Rice with chicken, PPC cucumbers, fresh tomatoes, mangos, oranges, and PPC pears

PM Snack- Goldfish crackers and peanuts

Wee Sprout- PPC cucumbers and fresh tomatoes 

Have a wonderful evening!

-Hannah

Link to pictures: WF 3/15