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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Today we welcome Anna to the Wee Friends classroom. We are so excited to have Anna be part of our community. She has already made herself quite at home exploring the environment and joining in some group activities this morning!

This morning started off with lots of fine-motor work. Children were invited to the art table to work with plastic beads and pipe cleaners, creating unique bracelets. The house was unusually quiet as many friends focused on stringing the beads!

The pegs and pegboards were also brought out. Some children chose to work with only certain colors of pegs, while others made it their goal to fill the entire board. After completing her creation, Rosemary said, “I made a beautiful castle!”

Kindergarten: Today our kindergarteners and older preschoolers gathered in the science area for a reading of the Magic School Bus book about the solar system. Besides generating lots of laughter, the book also inspired further curiosity about the planets! After seeing a model of the solar system in the book, they decided to create their own. Working together, they created various planets using paper, markers, and yarn. This is an ongoing project (they’re currently working on it right now!) so we’ll post updates tomorrow. Completed planets: the Sun and Mercury.

Wee Sprouts: Carrots. Breakfast: Toasted whole wheat bread with butter and fresh oranges. Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with red beans, fresh broccoli/cauliflower, and apples. Snack: Organic whole milk yogurt and homemade cinnamon honey granola.

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

Stay warm out there! –Jessica

The time has come to say farewell to our Anna Girl. She will be transitioning over to the preschool site on Monday. She has been with WWF since she was baby and has made our classroom full of laughter, excitement, and pure joy. We will miss her sweet face and personality. However, we know that she will move mountains next door and flourish tremendously.

What a fun Friday we had!

We read stories together…

Were silly on the habitrail…

Started a zoo…

And explored sight and sound with the sensory tubes!

Breakfast was Kix and pears. Lunch consisted of whole wheat tortilla with cheese, pears, and mixed veggies. Afternoon snack was string cheese and pretzels. Wee sprouts was carrots.

Have a great weekend!

Marty and Amanda

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What a wonderful first day of April it has been! Today started off with lots of exploring at the piano and puzzling action.

Yesterday afternoon, we opened a special delivery from Amazon: new T-rex dinosaurs. It seems like our persuasive letter to Tami worked! The new dinosaurs have been a popular toy option today. Children have taken to calling the new green dino below the “poop dinosaur” because it came with a “genuine dino poop fossil.” You can check out the poop for yourself in a jar up front in the science area  

Many friends chose to work with the Connect 4 set today as well. It was so interesting to see the many ways in which children chose to use the chips: balance them on their sides, put them in the game board, or stack them!

Today our pickled beets were ready for us to try! While they looked very colorful, most friends agreed that they liked the beets better before they were pickled.

Although eating the pickled beets may not have enticing to most friends, painting with the beet juice certainly was!

The finished products were quite unique:

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers and pea pods. Breakfast: Kashi’s Blueberry Clusters and bananas. Lunch: Whole wheat tortillas with cheddar cheese, carrots/cucumbers, and fresh apples. Snack: Block cheddar cheese and fresh pears.

Link to the photos: WF 4/1/2016

Have a great weekend! –Jessica

Good afternoon! Enjoy the photos from our day!

Breakfast was Whole Grain Cheerios and banana. Lunch consisted of whole grain brown rice with shredded beef, banana, and mixed veggies. Afternoon snack was crackers with sweet pea butter. PM Wee sprouts was green beans.

Have a great night!

Amanda

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This morning friends were invited to come to the round table to work on sewing with yarn. This fine motor skill activity was inviting to friends of all ages! Everyone concentrated really hard on getting the yarn through the hole.

 

 

Our kindergarten students took this work to a more advanced level and worked on creating an even border around the entire board. They even designed their own patterns!

 

 

 

We read lots and lots of stories and got cuddles at the same time.

In addition, Miss Mindy turned our watercolor coffee filters from yesterday into beautiful butterflies. Spring is here!

One of our favorite books to listen to is Robert Munch’s Mortimer. In this story, Mortimer sings a catchy song:

Clang, clang, rattle-bing-bang, gonna make my noise all day!

Clang, clang, rattle-bing-bang, gonna make my noise all day!

We’ve read and listened to Robert Munch read this story several times. Needless to say many children have learned the words to this song. Today our friend Lulu spent over 10 minutes singing it at the top of her lungs. Gotta love having an outdoor space where children can fully (and loudly) express themselves!

Wee Sprouts: Green and yellow bell peppers. Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios and fresh plums. Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with shredded beef, bell peppers/tomatoes, and oranges/apples. Snack: Pumpkin seeds and wheat thins.

Link to the photo album: WF 3/31/2016

See you in April! –Jessica