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Today Wee Frienders blew up the cushion for our swing and built a house:

Drew pictures at the art table with stencils and rubbing plates:

Worked with puzzles and toys in housekeeping:

Laughed with friends while putting together a big floor puzzle:

Read stories with teachers:

And built car garages/airplane hangers!

Wee Sprouts: Cucumber. Breakfast: Brown rice cakes with cream cheese and bananas. Lunch: Whole grain flatbread with cheddar cheese, romanesco cauliflower, carrots and bananas. Snack: Mozzarella string cheese and Wheat Thins.

Link to the photo album: WF 1/8/2016

Hope you all have a great weekend! –Jessica

Happy Thursday! Enjoy the photots from our day!

Breakfast was Kix and oranges. Lunch consisted of whole grain brown rice with chicken, bananas, and green beans. Afternoon snack was cream cheese and crackers.

Have a good night!

Amanda

Link to photos: http://1drv.ms/1OPUzQr

Happy Thursday! Today started off with some work at the light table. Using the Crystal Climbers friends experimented with mixing various colors together. When stacking the different colored tiles on top of each other it is easy to see the colors they make!

Friends also spent time working on puzzles and playing together in housekeeping.

For most of the morning the art table was occupied with friends working with the shape punches. Besides challenging fine motor skills (putting the paper into the punch correctly), this activity also works large motor skills (it takes a lot of force to push down the punch!) Many friends took their creations to the next level by gluing or sorting their tiny shapes.

To the joy of the WFers, we also got some outside time today. Many friends worked together to collect ice from around the yard and put it in a sled. They created a very large ice collection!

This week we have been working on some of our social studies standards. Our next 12 week cycle of literacy and math FABs start next week! This week one of the FABs is K.2.1: Give examples of people who are community helpers (inside the classroom and outside the classroom) and describe how they help us. We have been talking about various occupations and jobs in a variety of settings.

In large group this week we have discussed what our parents do at their jobs (we had some funny answers—ask your children what they think you do!), what tools some occupations use, re-visited the song “The People in Our Town” and talked about what they want to do when they grow up.

Wee Sprouts: Green beans. Breakfast: Cheerios and bananas. Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with chicken, carrots and fresh apples. Snack: Triscuits and peanuts.

Link to the photo album: WF 1/7/16

Happy Thursday! –Jessica

Ruby and Anna played with the new puzzles this morning. Anna’s favorite is the bug puzzle. Ruby enjoyed playing with the animal pieces.

We had music time this afternoon. Our friends really enjoy the wall xylophone. They tap and slide shakers and drumsticks against it to make noise. They also asked for the pianos and other xylophones.

Breakfast was whole grain oatmeal and pears. Lunch consisted of cheese tortilla, pears, and corn. Afternoon snack was crackers and string cheese.

Have a great night!

Amanda

Link to photos: http://1drv.ms/22Loc9y

Ruby and Anna played with the new puzzles this morning. Anna’s favorite is the bug puzzle. Ruby enjoyed playing with the animal pieces.

We had music time this afternoon. Our friends really enjoy the wall xylophone. They tap and slide shakers and drumsticks against it to make noise. They also asked for the pianos and other xylophones.

Breakfast was whole grain oatmeal and pears. Lunch consisted of cheese tortilla, pears, and corn. Afternoon snack was crackers and string cheese.

Have a great night!

Amanda

Link to photos: http://1drv.ms/22Loc9y

Although the cold temperature kept us from going outside this morning, we kept busy inside with a wide variety of learning experiences today!

From exploring the piano to creating with dot paints, friends were thoroughly engaged in the activities of their chosing. Many friends chose to work with play dough, making everything from crabs to cookies. The open-ended nature of play dough allows children to creatively express themselves! While some friends created objects, others simply enjoyed the feeling of the playdough between their fingers.

Today we also had the opportunity to explore a pomegranate! When first presented with the fruit and asked to guess what it was, many friends said it was a beet.

So it was quite a surprise to see all the seeds inside the pomegranate. Friends worked really hard to squeeze the seeds out. Eventually a wooden spoon was used to bang the seeds out of the flesh too.

Many friends discovered they LOVED the taste of pomegranate seeds. They were all gone in about five mintues!

Wee Sprouts: Green and red bell peppers. Breakfast: Whole grain oatmeal and fresh pears. Lunch: Hummus on whole wheat tortillas with carrots, bananas, and clementines. Snack: Fresh pears and homemade popcorn with butter.

Link to the photo album: WF 1/6/2016

Have a great day! –Jessica

Our friends had fun together in the gross motor area today. Anna’s new favorite thing to do is climb into the tunnel on her own. Everyone was using their muscles to climb on the soft stars and steps!

Maggie tried to climb up the slide to join her friends, but it was a little too slippery!

Breakfast was whole grain Cheerios and pears. Lunch was whole wheat bread with sweet pea butter, applesauce, and broccoli. Afternoon snack was crackers with cream cheese.

Have a great night!

Amanda

Link to photos: http://1drv.ms/1O9c34u

Our friends had fun together in the gross motor area today. Anna’s new favorite thing to do is climb into the tunnel on her own. Everyone was using their muscles to climb on the soft stars and steps!

Maggie tried to climb up the slide to join her friends, but it was a little too slippery!

Breakfast was whole grain Cheerios and pears. Lunch was whole wheat bread with sweet pea butter, applesauce, and broccoli. Afternoon snack was crackers with cream cheese.

Have a great night!

Amanda

Link to photos: http://1drv.ms/1O9c34u

Good Afternoon!

It was a morning of team building! Friends used their communication skills to create different structures. The ability to listen to other childrens thoughts and ideas was at an all time high this morning.

One of our friends came up with the idea of making a long track for different sized balls that we have throughout our environment. The idea grew and grew all morning to the point of extending tubes from the habitrail to the ground. There were a few hiccups but we’re continuing to problem solve with different strategies. I’m sure you’ll see more on this later in the week .

Miss Melinda brought in farm fresh eggs that she received from her son. We researched the type of chicken which is called ‘Aracucana Rooster’. The eggs were all different colors such as blue, pink, and yellow! We boiled them and then had them for afternoon snack! Yum!

Wee Sprouts– Cucumber.

Breakfast– Kix and apples.

Lunch– Whole grain bagels with peanut butter, broccoli, and applesauce.

PM snack– Hard boiled eggs and goldfish.

Have a terrific evening!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: http://1drv.ms/1MRgcYY

Welcome back!

Today was Maggie’s first day at Wee Wee! We’d like to welcome her and her parents Julie and Matt to the Wee Friends family.

Anna figured out how to climb into the tunnel today. David and Ruby came over to see what she was doing and it started a game of peekaboo!

We pulled down the basket of shakers this afternoon. Our friends had fun trying all the different ones to see what sounds they made.

Breakfast was whole wheat toast with sweet pea butter and bananas. Lunch consisted of whole wheat pasta with black beans, oranges, apples, and mixed vegetables. Afternoon snack was organic whole milk yogurt and pretzels.

Have a great night!

Amanda

Link to photos: http://1drv.ms/1JqcoTL