WF, 5/1/2017 | Wee Friends Early Childhood Program LLC

Good Afternoon!

**We have quite a few birthdays this month. So, as a reminder, if you plan to bring in a treat to celebrate, please make sure that it’s NUT FREE. Thank you!

We want to wish Elijah a belated happy birthday! He turned three years old on Saturday! Your Wee Friends hope you had a great birthday and are feeling better today Smile .

We dove right in on this Monday morning. The welcome activity was the road map along with various motor vehicles. Children wanted to investigate more so we moved the road map back to the habitrail area where we could sprawl out. Friends talked about the various different vehicles including buses, planes, and cars. We talked about which vehicle goes the fastest and slowest.

This week, we will investigate things that move in different ways, such as slow, fast, etc. (FAB—Science K.3.2)

In large group, we started our week off with Tacky the Penguin. When we started group on Friday, Lucy vocalized “Mindy, I’m in a Tacky mood!”. So, this weekend when I was at the library, I picked up several Tacky books incase friends are in a ‘Tacky’ mood.

We love the character of Tacky. He shows us that it’s okay to be different; it’s nothing to be ashamed of. We are all different. Plus, we’re able to get out a few good laughs when Tacky’s around.

Before heading outside, water beads were requested by many friends. Our older friends got the first opportunity to explore them as they were at the farm when the beads were originally introduced. Afterwards, children got the chance to work with them using their hands as well as with the tongs.

The bucket of chalk was put on the deck. Children scattered throughout the environment drawing on the sidewalks and chalkboard. Lulu’s creation stretched quite a ways as she had a goal in mind.

A group of friends got together and used chalk to decorate the stone steps heading down the hill. “Can you take a picture of this and send it to our mommy’s and daddy’s?!”