Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Up coming dates:
April
8th- Frog class will be taking a field trip to Greenwood Nursery and Food Pride. We will be learning about the cycle of food and plants.
12th- Open House and Preregistration @ 6-8 pm. Lots of fun for everyone.
22nd-25th- No school for Easter Break. Have a restful weekend!
May
6th- Frog Field trip to Brookings. Leaving here as close to 8:30 am as possible and be back by 2:30. Please bring a lunch. Cost for adults will be $6.00. Wee World is paying for the children's entrance fee.
12th-Fish Muffins for Moms. Please plan on attending this really fun morning with your child. Begin @ 10:00 am
13th- Frog Muffins for Moms. This will begin @ 10:00 and end around 12:00. It will be a half day for the kids so they will be dismissed with you. We will be putting together their end of the year Memory Books so bring your scrapping talents!
19th- Last day for the Fish
20th-Frogs Preschool Graduation and last day. It will begin @ 7:00pm in the church Santuary. All Frogs need to be here by 6:30. More details will come as it gets closer.
Local schools Kindergarten Roundup dates:
Milroy- Monday April 11th @ 6:30 pm. Please call them for more information if needed. #507-336-2563. Supt. Bill Delaney
Tracy- They will be doing things differently this year, but the dates that I have are May 19th and 20th during the day. For more information call #629-5518. Tracy Olsen Principal.
St. Mary's will be the 20th of April @ 12:45 with Mass @ 2:00. For information about this call #629-3270.
If you need help with anything or other information please don't hesitate to ask. I do know that the kindergarten teachers prefer to have Roundup be an event for you and your Kindergarten child.
Have a great week!
Shelly
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Open House Update!
The Wee World Board of Directors has finished the process of hiring a new Director and Lead Teacher for the 2011/2012 school year. We are pleased to announce that Kaitlyn Lubben has accepted the offer and will be teaching the children of Wee World for years to come.
We have asked Kaitlyn to be available for our Open House and Preregistration event. Due to a scheduling conflict we have had to change that evening to Tuesday April 12th instead of Thursday April 14th. She will be there the night of the 12th to answer questions, meet families and get to know our Wee World family. We are very excited for the colorful ideas and fresh attitude she will bring to the preschool.
Our Open House and Preregistration is always a fun event! We will be having popcorn, games, balloons and lots of artwork from the children to show off. See you then!
Sincerely,
Shelly and Sheila
Friday, February 18, 2011
Spring FEVER!
Guess what? We can use our RED DOOR on Tuesday the 22nd!!! Yay!!!!
I bet you can tell from the new blog background that I have spring fever? I think we all could use a good dose of Vitamin D from the sun and just sit in it for a while. These last few days have spoiled us I'm afraid and we are going to have a hard time staying inside if winter is much longer.
Anyway, I am making up the newsletter for March and wanted to let you all in on a little goal that the Frog class has made with me and I am going to make somewhat of the same deal with the Fish class.
The goal with the Frog's is to have ALL students zipping their own coats, tieing their own shoes and snapping their own snaps by the end of March! For the Fish class we need to have them zipping and snapping their own items of clothing. If both classes do this, we will have either a Sundae party or a Pizza party...my treat! We have been working really hard all year to help these fine motor skills come along. We know you work with them at home and I'm hoping this will give the kid's a little incentive to practice on thier own. For tieing shoes I would like to ask if the kid's could borrow a big sneaker or boot with laces and for you to show them how to get it started. We have shown them how to make the X with the laces and roll the top under, the loops are the hardest part. So any extra help you send their way to progress this goal would be appreciated.
Coming up in March is our Cookie Dough fundraiser,(which is always a huge sucess), our Buggy For Books reading incentive program that runs into the middle of April and....playing outside hopefully! Be looking for information about these things in the weeks to come.
One more sidenote: We are still accepting Campbell's Labels for Education. All of the participating items are on the sheet in your child's BEE folder. Also, if you have ever wondered what our Fish Bowl is at the sign in desk, it is our "Fishing for Donations" bowl. In there are fish that have an item written on them that our preschool is always in need of. If you have ever thought about donating something and aren't quite sure what to get, grab a fish from the bowl! We appreciate all the help we can get!
Thank you so much for all your support and have a wonderful long weekend! See you on the 22nd!
Shelly
Thursday, February 3, 2011
February Fun!
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| A fun afternoon of gross motor activity! |
| Jacob and his grandma last year |
| Cereal box Valentine boxes! |
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Happy New Year!
If you were wondering what the pictures hanging in the entry way were I will tell you....it's kind of a funny story. I wanted to introduce the children to some famous artists and our dramatic play area will be turning into an art studio in the near future. So I was going through one of my early childhood art books that discuss' this very topic. I came to school the next morning and had one of my many "OOOHHH!" moments (ask Sheila how many of those I have) and I said, "We are going to have the kid's do their very own Starry Night by Van Gogh!" And Sheila said, "Yeah, but lets call it "A Snowy Day"! So I printed off the picture and showed the kid's what the original Starry Night looked like and voila! Art was created! We will be doing a replica of Jackson Pollack, Georgia O'Keefe and Monet this year also. I am looking for a few beret hats too if anyone would like to donate. :)
Thanks for your continued support of our program and have a safe January!
Shelly
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Christmas time is here!
Looking ahead to the rest of the month there are some dates we need to be aware of:
Thursday the 16th the Fish class is going on a field trip to Marshall High School's Child Development class. We need to LEAVE the preschool no later than 8 am so please have the children there by 7:50 to load up and get car seats strapped in. You may leave your carseat in the entry way by their coats.
Friday the 17th we will again sing some Christmas songs at Senior Dining. We will be there @ 11:15 and leave about 11:30 in order to get back to school for lunch.
Tuesday the 21st and Wednesday the 22nd will be the class parties and Pajama Day! Children can come in their pajama's, bring their gift for a class friend and then we will play some games and eat treats. Also, please send a gallon ice cream bucket with your child (cleaned out of course) that week. We are going to decorate Christmas trees and need to be able to get them home safely with the children. We may even have a "special" visitor for the parties too! Regular class times for both of these days.
There will be no school from the 23rd of December until the 3rd of January.
Here is an FYI for the month of May (I know it's hard to imagine May right now)-Our Muffins for Mom's will be Thursday the 5th of May and Friday the 6th of May. We traditionally do a fun activity that the children and Moms can do together. This year we are having the children and Moms put together their child's preschool photo album. We are providing the 12x12 pages marked with the appropriate months of the school year and pictures from through out the year. Also in the albums will be all of the hanprint quilt squares that the children have made during the year. So Moms...if you come across cute scrapbook stickers, stamps or what ever you like to scrapbook with, you may want to pick it up for this fun morning in May.
May 19th will be preschool graduation night for the Frog class.
Have a wonderful, joyous and safe Holiday Season!
Shelly
Monday, November 15, 2010
Busy November....
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| Frog class at the park |
Sunday, October 24, 2010
The days of fall!
| Frog Fire Hall trip |
| Fish Fire Hall Trip |
| Pumpkin Patch with the punkins! |
We have some dates and fun activities planned in November too. First off we will have Parent/ Teacher Conferences on 17th and 18th. These will start after-school both days and run until late Wednesday night and mid evening on Thursday night, so we should be able to accommodate everyone's schedules. I will have the sign up sheet at the sign in desk the first of November. If you can't come in and sign up, just give me a call and we can pick a time.
Next, the children get a great experience to go over to Senior Dining and sing some Thanksgiving songs and eat lunch with the folks there on the 22nd @ 11:15. This is something we started last year and the patrons of Senior Dining really look forward to it. The cost of the lunch will be the same $2.75. I believe the lunch that day is Tator Tot Hot dish. If you think your child won't eat it you may send a lunch for them and we will take it over with us. If you would like to come over and watch and eat lunch with us, please feel free to. Lunch for an adult is $4.75 I think. I will check to make sure.
Also on the 22nd and 23rd we are adding an event Wee World has never had. From 8 am to 9 am we would like the Dad's to come and have juice and donuts with their children. This will be our Donuts for Dad's! Since we get out of school much before Father's Day and we have our wonderful Muffin's for Mom's we thought it was time to honor our Dad's. BUT....we have to wait for harvest to be over! Luckily, with the weather cooperating the way it has, harvest should be close or at least over by the 22nd & 23rd so we hope you can make it. This will be really informal so just come when you can between those hours and sit and have a donut. Sometimes it is such a small thing we do as parents that our children remember the most. We hope this is one of those great memories that are created.
There will be No School on the 24th, 25th, 26th of November.... have a wonderful Thanksgiving Break!
Lastly to just put down on your calendar for upcoming events is our Christmas Social. On the 9th of December we will be at the MinnWest Bank in Tracy singing @ 11:00 am. This is an activity for BOTH classes. It is on a Thursday and we will have a regular class time for the Fish class. They may come in nice clothes if you wish to send them, we don't do alot of art that day. For the Frog's; you may meet us at the bank @ 10:55 in order to get accessories on the kids and get them handed out. After we perform, we will then head over to the Fire Hall to have a potluck and socialize. If you would like to drop off your food before the performance, please feel free too. More details will come as it gets closer.
Whew! Another busy month ahead and this one isn't over yet. I look forward to seeing all of you at conferences and getting to know you a little better at our Social. I am enjoying all of your children and I love watching them learn. If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to call or e-mail me.
With gratitude,
Shelly
Friday, October 1, 2010
First month of fun!
This last week we have done some beautiful art and worked on our alphabet letters. We have also finished up our Apple and Back to School units and will be starting our Safety and Fall/Pumpkin units. The whole month of October is busy and we have many things jam packed in it. Next week will be our safety week. We will start having fire drills this next month also. The state requires that we have 1 drill a month. Our "Safe Zone" for our school will be across the street. Ask your children next week about our drill and talk to them about your home and where your Safe Zone should be. We will be taking our field trips to the Fire hall next Wednesday and Thursday. This is always a fun trip and the firemen do a fabulous job of explaining to the children the need to be safe. We will also talk about water safety, and home safety. By now you are probably hearing some songs we sing at school. Mainly our Thank You song. This is a song we sing daily in sign language before we eat snack. Our snack helper helps set up snack, then we seat the children and ask them to keep their hands in their laps until everyone is sitting down together. We then lead the children in the Thank You song. One of the lesson's this teaches the children is to be considerate of the other children and also to be grateful. Often times we hear "I want a white one" or "I don't like that." We understand if someone has a real dislike for chocolate or can't eat a specific food, but sometimes we have to say "You get what you get and you don't throw a fit" or "Take a bite to be polite". Children understand when someone says they don't like the snack they have brought to school and feelings can be hurt. I make rhymes often so they can remember rules and by December other children will remind another..."You get what you get and you don't throw a fit." Being grateful for things we have is a learned thing that too often children go with out learning. Sheila and I work hard to talk to them about treating our toys, pencils and all of the friends at Wee World with respect.
Our "Scoop on Reading" ice cream cone grew this week with the addition of all the book titles we have read in a month! It is awesome! I love to see just how much literacy time we spend during the month when we add our scoops to the wall. My goal every year is to have it go out into the hall way. Also in our classroom, Corny the Caterpillar grew! He is our alphabet caterpillar and he grows each month with the new letters we are learning. 
Remember to check out the tabs for the newsletter, snack calendars, and lunch menu's for the month. October's newsletter will be the last hard copy I send out. We have a big group and to save on paper, I will add it to the blog monthly. It will always be out on the first. Snack calendars and lunch menu's will come home also unless you would like to print them off of the blog. Sorry if there was confusion about he first extended day of preschool for the Frog class. I just thought it would be less confusing having it start on a Monday rather than a Friday. The blog will be updated weekly and monthly with all the new items under the appropriate tabs for you to download and print off. You can sign up to get notifications on the right side under Followers. Every time it is updated you will get a notification in you e-mail.
Have a great weekend and enjoy our beautiful fall weather.
Shelly
Friday, September 17, 2010
Field trips and fun!

I am so proud of the Fish class. They are learning so much and for our first couple of art activities they have really worked hard to cut, color and glue. We had a sheet last week that went home we entitled "Sticker Art". I know it probably didn't look like real art, but the purpose of that one activity was to teach the children how
to peel and place stickers. There were some really small stickers that we worked with and that fine motor skill is one of many that we tackle during the year for the Fish class. We also played counting games with Apples and Apple seeds. Every activity has a purpose...we play with purpose.So the Frog have been hangin' out playing and getting to know our routine and each other. The highlight of the week was the field trip to Holmberg Orchard. We were able to pick apples off of the trees and sample a great tasting apple. Walking out in the orchard you could hear many birds....no, that was the speaker system scaring away birds so they won't eat the apples. We a bunch of fun playing in the corn and straw. Ms. Shelly became the victim of several piles of straw! It was great! Thanks my friends for picking straw o
ut of my hair.On another note for the Frog class: Our first full day of extended day preschool will be Monday, October 4th. That is the first day we will offer lunch also. Please send in your money for lunches, the calendar that I sent with the menu with the days selected that your child will eat hot lunch in by the end of next week. I need to get the count to Senior Dining.
Picture Days are Tuesday September 21st and Wednesday the 22nd. If you did not receive an e-mail with the clarification about ordering different packages for pictures, call and we can help you out.
Have a great weekend!
Thursday, September 9, 2010
First week success!
Thursday, September 2, 2010
New year full of changes and growth!

Next Tuesday and Wednesday as you are getting your child ready for school, you will probably think of how much they have grown over the summer or how much their vocabulary has improved in the last year. Or if you are a parent like me, you will remember when they were really little and needed so much of your help and were very dependent on you for everything. That memory can make a parent sad and long for those days when their child was still little.
This school year will inevitably bring about changes in yours and your child's life. Preschool is their first big step in to their educational career's and being away from you. They are going to have good days and bad days, just like everyone else. They are going to make friends, learn to share, create and have amazing "firsts" that they will want to show you when you two are together at the end of the day. Learning to zip their coat, tie a shoe, write their name and so many other "firsts" are about to take place. Make sure you treasure these moments that are about to come along. Take the time to sit and listen to their stories...however long it may last and watch them write their name. Those moments only happen once and trust me, they are precious.
It is our job at Wee World to make sure that Preschool is the most positive experience it can be for you and your child. I believe that every child is a unique individual that learns at their own pace and in their own time. Together we are growing life long learners. Please feel free to call or come in a talk if you need to.
Have a great Labor Day weekend and I will see all of you next week!
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Get ready, get set....GO!
Well, it's that time of year again. The time of year that makes Mom's and Dad's both happy and sad. The time of year that makes teachers say, "Summer's over? Really?"
I personally have lived my life around the academic calendar. Both of my parents were school teachers so life revolved around the school year, football season, wrestling season, Christmas concerts and graduation. My Mom taught 4th/5th/6th for 30 yrs. and my Dad taught high school History for 30 yrs. plus coached. When school starts every school year I kind of pay homage to them for giving me the love of educating.
This blog is going to keep you up to date, have forms on it that you may need along with newsletters and snack calendars. I think I have figured out enough over the summer to get this up and running and keep it updated. Periodically I will add some photos of parties and field trips for those parents that can't attend. It is always fun to get to see the things that we do in school.
As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me or Sheila at the school @ 629-4802.
Upcoming Dates to know:
- Saturday August 21st is Tracy Night Out! Go and enjoy a fun community event. We will have a booth there from 3-6 pm to do face painting and tattoos. Stop by and say hi!
- August 26th- Fish Class orientation @ 6:30
- August 27th- Frog Class orientation @ 6:30
- Tuesday September 7th- Fish Class first day 8:30-11:00
- Wednesday September 8th- Frog Class first day 8:30-11:00
I am excited for this year and we have some fun things planned! See you all soon!
Ms. Shelly
Fish class making fish bowls for "One Fish, Two Fish. Red Fish, Blue Fish"


