• If you would like any of Miss Charlotte’s farm fresh eggs, please email Tami directly. $3 a dozen.
• WF would love your holiday cards if you are looking for a place to recycle them.
• ‘Tis the season of Winter Gear and our WF love their own Winter Gear! While we have an abundance of mittens, hats, snow pants and boots on site, many Wee Friends are very excited to wear their own special gear and become very upset if it is not available to them. Can you help us in this way: if your Wee Friend is particular about any of these items to make sure they come to school? Thank you so very much for your help in making the transition to outdoor play smooth for your child.

This is a great time of year in the preschool classroom. We’ve just come from the comfort of being with our families for two weeks. We’ve established healthy routines and made good friendships. We’ve settled into familiar processes and social interactions. We all know each a bit better and can now explore, in more detail, “Who am I, anyway?”!

So, we began our day with our message board sign in asking “What color are my eyes?”

A small group of friends gathered in housekeeping to sing “Green eyes, green eyes, if you have green eyes, please stand up!? We explored eye color, hair color, clothes colors and patterns and other body parts.

Lisa invited friends to the art table to create self portraits using markers, blue and yarn.

Melinda cut up celery stalks for Wee Sprouts and invited friends to the easel to explore how the bottom stump of the stalk could create shapes and patterns.

When friends finished with the art portion of their self portrait, they moved to the message board to write an original story about themselves.

Have you noticed the new bulletin boards Tami installed opposite the habitrail? This functional art will also absorb the sounds of Wee Friend Folly!

Marta and Elliott worked very hard on a block and Little People negotiation. One of the friends wanted to play with the Little People and the other was concerned that it would create too big a mess. With a little language side coaching, they resolved that the Little People could come out and they proceeded to hide them deep within in the layers of blocks they stacked. Like many of our friends, months of hard work and practice led them to this moment-a peaceful and accommodating exchange!

Today in post lunch small groups Lisa read “Never Talk to Strangers” by Irma Joyce and Laurie read “Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride!” by Kate DiCamillo. Our older preschool friends are beginning an in –depth alphabet letter study: identifying letters by sight and sound.

Breakfast: Kix and bananas. Lunch: Hummus on whole wheat bread, pea pods and orange slices. Snack: Rice cakes and peanut butter.