It’s been an active day here at Wee Friends! Children spent the morning engaged with the scooters and the train tracks back in habitrail. The train tracks were brought up from the basement this morning. Trading toys in and out keeps the environment fresh! Children are often excited to see “new” materials they haven’t seen in a while.

Sequins were a popular activity:

Elliott spent most of the morning working with some old cardboard boxes…creating his very own “pod.”

Jackson and Maxwell were especially excited to see the garbage truck this morning!

What a glorious day to be outside! Miss Amanda brought out the big bubbles and friends had a blast trying to pop and catch them. They also took turns trying to blow bubbles themselves.

Watch out for the opossums playing dead and the foxes crawling around WF!

 

Wee Sprouts: Yellow bell pepper. Breakfast: Toasted whole wheat bagel with sweet pea butter and fresh apples. Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with chicken and mozzarella cheese, carrots, and fresh oranges. Snack: Organic whole milk yogurt with red grapes.

Link to the photo album: WF 4/11/2016

Have a great day! –Jessica

Enjoy these pictures from our day!

We love having former friends visit!

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers/tomatoes. Breakfast: Brown rice cakes with cream cheese and fresh pears. Lunch: Whole wheat English muffin pizzas with organic marinara sauce and mozzarella cheese, cucumbers/tomatoes, and apples/oranges. Snack: Mozzarella cheese sticks and fresh pear slices.

Link to the photos: WF 4/8/2016

Have a great weekend! –Jessica

Happy Friday!

Ruby was very excited to see the fish this morning. Her excitement made everyone else curious!

Maggie’s favorite activity today was the slide. She would stand at the top, laugh, slide down, and then clap when she reached the bottom!

David worked on his fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination while stacking the circles on the post. He was very proud of himself when he completed it!

Breakfast was toast with butter and apples. Lunch consisted of English muffins with turkey and cheese, mixed vegetables, and pears. Afternoon snack was string cheese and graham crackers.

Have a great weekend!

Amanda

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Hi, everyone! Enjoy the photos from our day!

Breakfast was whole wheat toast with sweet pea butter, bananas, and kiwi. Lunch consisted of whole grain brown rice with chicken, bananas, and corn. Afternoon snack was wheat crackers with sweet pea butter.

Have a great night!

Amanda

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*Announcement: Weather permitting, we will be having a WF Garden Prep Day on Saturday, April 16th. We will be clearing out the garden, tilling, etc. in preparation for planting this spring. Any families who would like to come help out are welcome! Exact times to come as the weather forecast gets closer. Thank you!

While the wintry rain/snow mix kept us from going outside again, we were busy indoors. This morning started with an invitation to paint with watercolors. Many children wrote their names on their papers and then got to work, sharing the various colors. Most friends completed more than one piece of artwork!

We ended up with some beautiful pieces of art:

With WF alum Finn visiting for the day, friends were quite excited! Much time was spent building complex creations in habitrail with both wood and plastic blocks.

Everything from boats to hideouts were created!

In addition, a variety of puzzles were flying off the shelves today:

Wee Sprouts: Carrots. Breakfast: Kashi’s Cinnamon Harvest and fresh pears. Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with chicken, bell peppers/pea pods, and bananas/apples. Snack: Sunflower seeds and graham crackers.

Link to the photos: WF 4/7/2016

Have a great evening! –Jessica

Today we added liquid watercolor to shaving cream and gave it to our friends to use as fluffy paint!

They enjoyed using the paint brushes to swish and dab the shaving cream onto the tray.

They also loved the soft texture of the shaving cream on their hands, between their fingers, and, in some cases, on their face!

Breakfast was Kix and bananas. Lunch consisted of farm fresh eggs, whole wheat flat bread, pears, kiwi, and corn. Afternoon snack was block cheese and graham crackers.

Have a great night!

Amanda

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Since the rain has kept us indoors today, the habitrail area has gotten A LOT of use. Older friends worked together to build a unique balance beam. Children of all ages gathered to try it out!

Later, the balance beam was used as building ground for a car ramp. Wood blocks were set up to create a ramp with a little bit of a slope. Sometimes the cars needed an extra push. This work is a great example of play-based learning—the boys were naturally experimenting with properties of balance and physics through cars and blocks!

The Easter sensory bin was also part of our day. The baskets, purple fuzz, chicks and eggs continue to be a popular activity, even though the holiday has passed.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers. Breakfast: Hot wheat cereal and apple bananas (a unique fruit brought to us from the Purple Porch—interesting to say the least…). Lunch: Egg roll-ups made from fresh farm eggs and whole wheat flatbread, bok choy salad, and bananas/oranges. Snack: Homemade popcorn with butter and apples.

Link to the photos: WF 4/6/2016

Have a great afternoon! –Jessica

Today our friends were interested in teeter totters…

Scooping and filling in the sandbox…

Being silly with colorful tissues…

And lining up animals while showing off their best roars!

Breakfast was Whole Grain Cheerios and kiwi. AM Wee sprouts was mixed veggies. Lunch consisted of whole wheat tortilla with refried beans and cheese, strawberries, and mixed vegetables. Afternoon snack was brown rice cakes with cream cheese.

Have a great night!

Amanda

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Hello!

Friends Rosemary and Anna took rubber bands and placed them on a board. While working on our fine motor skills, children take the rubber bands and stretch them to different lengths so that they are secure on the board.

Different building materials were used today. The magnatiles ended up being an individual activity where friends worked specifically on something they were building while a group gathered in the habitrail area where plastic and wood blocks were worked with.

A sensory bin was put on the table for children to explore. Here’s a snippet of what was heard:

“This corn is hard!”

“Why is there a spider in here?”

“Can I have a cup?”

Wee Sprouts: snap peas.

Breakfast: corn chex and strawberries.

Lunch: cheese and refried bean tortillas, kiwi/oranges, and cherry tomatoes/cucumbers.

PM Snack: cream cheese with pretzels.

Have a terrific evening!

Link to pictures: WF 4/5

Our new friend Sophia started today! We would like to give a big welcome to Sophia and her mother Nichole. We look forward to getting to know them both, and to watching Sophia learn and grow!

This morning, Ruby asked to get out the big blocks. Her friends joined her and they all took turns climbing in and out of them.

David showed off his cool hat to Franklin. Ruby found one too!

Emma made a feast for her puppy! David saw her cooking and thought he would help. It’s so interesting to watch them imitate what they’ve observed at home.

Breakfast was whole wheat toast with butter and pears. Lunch consisted of whole wheat pasta with red beans, apples, and mixed vegetables. Afternoon snack was organic whole milk yogurt and bananas.

Have a great night!

Amanda

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