Good Afternoon!

Our morning consisted of our usual: welcome activity, sign in board, and breakfast!

The rest of our morning consisted of:

Habitrail play which can vary from moving out body throughout the environment to intricate building using various tools and manipulatives.

Reading using various sources such as YouTube. One of our favorite stories is ‘Mortimer’ by Robert Munsch. There’s a YouTube video where Robert Munsch reads the story aloud. Our friends LOVE his rendition of the story (they have it down to a T).

Creative play as well as the art table. We’ve been using the science area for light building lately that we incorporate into our play. The stools aren’t JUST stools.. .

Thankfully the rain held off as we headed outside for a morning full of movement and fresh air.

In large group, we read, ‘Being Frank’. We were talking about the book at the lunch tables because I was holding onto it. Someone said, “Who’s Frank?” Lucy responded, “You know? Like Frank Sinatra.”

During large group, ‘Being Frank’ was about a little boy who was honest to a fault. We found out though that sometimes being completely truthful about everything can sometimes hurt an adult or friends feelings. Throughout the story, Frank found a way to still tell the truth but make sure that he wasn’t hurting his friends feelings in the process.

A few of our large group comments:

“We better always tell the truth or that’s when Mommy and Daddy can put us in timeout!”

“It’s not nice to lie! I don’t do it.”

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with honey and pears.

Lunch– Red pepper hummus on whole wheat bagels, strawberries/banana, and broccoli.

PM snack– Blue corn chips with refried beans.

Wee Sprouts– Cucumbers.

Have a fantastic night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 11/2

Happy November!

It was a morning full of sensory experiences.

The sensory tub was opened for friends to investigate and manipulate moon sand! Using various tools, children can alter or change the form of the moon sand. Friends can do this activity individually or team up with one of their peers!

The art easel was made available as well. Children were very patient waiting for a turn as we had two spots that were open at a time. Before we even got started, we had to refill the paint jars so Lucy and Calix helped me by telling me what colors I needed.

It was an absolutely GORGEOUS first day of November. Imaginary play occurred all throughout the backyard as friends took full advantage of the day.

In large group, we read two stories. In each story, we used our predicting skills to figure out would could happen in the story. The first story we read feature our favorite character as of late, Tacky! The story was titled, ‘Tacky In Trouble’. Before we even started reading it, we questimated what Tacky could be getting in trouble for. On the front cover, Tacky was shown standing next to a big elephant so most of our guesses included the elephant! We used the pictures that were given to us to guide our answers.

After we got done reading our stories, we conducted our daily calendar check-in. Jackson pointed to a certain day on the calendar and asked what it was. I said, “Well that’s Election Day”. This sparked a child-geared conversation about our President and various thoughts/comments that our friends wanted to share. Not only did we find out that Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are running for President (yes..totally child initiated!) but various questions were asked such as:

“Does that mean that Obama is going to die?”

–That’s when I explained that each President can only be in office for a maximum of 8 years. We talked about what the President does exactly. Maddie also let us know that Washington was a President as well! I mentioned that he was the first President of the United States! “That must have been a long time ago!”—

We had a FABULOUS first day of November. We hope you did too!

Breakfast– Kix and oranges.

Lunch– Homemade egg salad on english muffins/whole wheat bread, broccoli, and oranges.

PM snack– Whole wheat bagels with cream cheese.

Wee Sprout– Cherry tomatoes.

Have a lovely night! Hope everyone gets to enjoy the beautiful weather.

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 11/1

Today we poked holes in playdooh with golf tees…

Took turns playing with balls and going down the slides…

And built towers!

Breakfast was toast with butter and cinnamon. Wee sprouts was peas and carrots. Lunch consisted of whole wheat egg salad sandwiches, bananas, peas, and carrots. Afternoon snack was wheat crackers and cream  cheese.

Link to photos: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulhuI9qXaL2xvvtWA4iw

Have a great night!

Amanda

Good morning!

A late ‘happy birthday’ to Grady! He turned three years old yesterday!

**A note: We got a donation from a Wee Friends mom on Monday. We got a TON of paper for our friends to use at the art table. The paper sheets are work sheets from her work. HOWEVER, we are just using them as scrap paper for our friends to color on and are NOT implementing the activities on the worksheets. Thanks!

Our computer was not functional yesterday but was back in action today!

So..here are some pictures from yesterday as well as from our Halloween parade. We want to thank everyone for the turnout! It was AWESOME!

Here was our menu from yesterday:

Breakfast– Toast with butter and apples.

Lunch– Pasta with chicken, apples, and carrots.

PM snack– Grady’s birthday zucchini bread and kiwi.

Wee Sprout– Carrots.

Hope you have a great day!

-Mindy

 Link to pictures: WF 10/31

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast was Whole Grain Cheerios and pear. Wee sprout was peas and carrots. Lunch consisted of whole wheat pasta with chicken, grapes, peas, and carrots. Afternoon snack was string cheese and blueberries.

Link to photos: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulhuBksTxW-k1qNCWPsQ

Happy Halloween!

Amanda

Just a friendly reminder, on Monday, October 31st at 4:00 we will have everyone dressed in their Halloween costumes and parade around the neighborhood. Parents are welcome to join in.

Happy Friday! Enjoy the pictures from our wonderful day at Wee Friends!

Thank you to Addi for bringing a book to share with us in Kindergarten today! After the book, we read some sentences on sentence strips that Miss Mindy wrote. We read each sentence and then recognized and named each punctuation mark at the end of each sentence (K.W.6.2b).

Breakfast: Brown rice cakes with cream cheese and banana.

Lunch: Scrambled eggs and cheese, whole wheat bread, PPC pears and PPC cauliflower and carrots.

Afternoon snack: Pretzels and mozzarella string cheese stick.

Wee Sprouts: Cauliflower

Have a great weekend!

Rebekah

Link to photos:https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulhuAgeIwd1CGsKWlFlw

Today we played with shakers…

Were silly with the big blocks..

Drew with chalk…

And explored the now empty garden!

Breakfast was Whole Grain Cheerios and banana. Wee sprout was carrots. Lunch consisted of farm fresh eggs, whole wheat bread, pear, kiwi, and carrots. Afternoon snack was cheese crackers and string cheese.

Link to photos: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulht8tKGYCtFISqtW2tg

Have a great weekend!

Amanda

Today to go along with our message board, the children had a table top activity to help them understand the meaning of the word opposite.

They were able to show off their creativity and imaginative skills through play dough, building with blocks or dressing up in housekeeping.

We also enjoyed climbing and dancing outdoors.

Breakfast: Kashi’s Blueberry Cluster cereal and apples.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with black beans, pineapple and cucumbers.

Afternoon Snack: Graham crackers and Sunflower butter.

Wee Sprouts: Sugar Snap Peas.

Have a great night!

Rebekah

Link to photos:https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulht5_egZ4JC4HlTDKKw

Our friends all took turns painting at the easel this morning. We used paint in fall colors to decorate the classroom for the season.

They did a great job creating new art for us to admire, and there are plenty of paintings to go home, too!

Breakfast was toast with butter and cinnamon and bananas. Lunch consisted of whole grain brown rice with black beans, grapes, and broccoli. Afternoon snack was wheat crackers with sweet pea butter.

Link to photos: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulht4ZevdFFA1IFvBIvg

Have a great night!

Amanda

This morning Miss Rebekah brought out the shaving cream to provide us with a different sensory experience that we haven’t done in a while. We also added some of our cars to it to see all the different wheel tracks we could make. While we were driving our cars many friends thought of the book Duck in the Truck which talks about a duck who needed help from animal friends to get his truck stuck out of the mud, but for us getting it unstuck from the shaving cream.

Our friend, Maddie also wore a neat Halloween shirt. A majority of the friends went into the bathroom with Miss Melinda who then turned out the light to see what happened with her shirt. How exciting to see a shirt that glows in the dark.

A nice story, puzzles, and journaling are a nice way to spend time together.

Breakfast: Oatmeal, and strawberries.

Lunch: Turkey and cream cheese whole wheat tortilla sandwiches, banana, and cucumbers.

PM Snack: Popcorn with butter and raspberries.

Wee Sprouts: Peppers.

Have a great Wednesday evening.

Rebekah

Link to photos:https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulht0R9T04MbdvX4p4Ow