Here are our places. The places where we learn and explore. The places where we spend alone time and the places where we play together. The places we eat and rest and jump around.

The island, where we match shapes, and the piano, where we play notes:

The sandbox, where we play imaginary games with friends, and the front porch, where there is lots of room to pop bubble wrap:

The art table, where we mix a new batch of play dough, and the backyard, where we collect flowers:

Our places: where we learn to live and grow and love!

Happy Monday -Jessica

Wee Sprouts: Organic rainbow baby carrots. Breakfast: Toasted whole wheat bread with butter and oranges. Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with cheese, corn and apples/oranges. Snack: Organic whole milk yogurt and pretzels.

Today was Tate’s first day in Wee World and we are excited to have him. Friends and big sister Sloane were eager to help show him the ropes, as there are lots of new routines to learn and places to explore. Welcome Tate!

Have a great weekend! –Jessica

Wee Sprouts: Grape tomatoes. Breakfast: Whole grain oatmeal and fresh pears. Lunch: Whole wheat flatbread with turkey, peas and fresh oranges. Snack: Whole wheat bagels with cream cheese.

Happy Friday!

For breakfast, the kids had Kix cereal and strawberries. For lunch they had turkey on tortilla, apples, and peas. Snack was pretzels and cheese.

Here’s some photos of our day. Have a great weekend!

Nothin’ like takin’ a few laps in the rain.

Stay dry! –Jessica

Wee Sprouts: Carrots. Breakfast: Cheerios and fresh grapes. Lunch: Brown rice with kidney beans, mixed vegetables and fresh cantaloupe slices. Snack: Peanuts and strawberries.

Good Afternoon!

Here are a few pictures from today!

For breakfast, children had toast with butter and cinnamon along with banana/pears. Lunch consisted of brown rice with kidney beans, pears, and mixed vegetables. We had to retrieve more kidney beans because we LOVED our first helping! PM snack was string cheese and pretzels.

Have a terrific night!

Yesterday the Wee Friends classroom got a brand new set of UNO cards. Today we asked the question: what should we do with the old tattered and faded deck?

Let’s make art!

One of the great things about emergent curriculum is the ability to utilize a variety of materials when the opportunity arises. We set up paper, glue and the old UNO cards and then let the Wee Frienders create! Throughout this process, conversation flowed around the colors and numbers on the cards, with friends trading with each other to get the specific cards they wanted for their work.

You never know where children’s creativity will take them. Owen made a sun with the yellow UNO cards with wild cards in the middle and was very proud of his work:

In large group today we began discussing family and answered the question: What does family mean to you? Over the next few days we will be talking about different types of families and figuring out similarities/differences between our own families. If you have a family photo to bring in it would be helpful; we can add it to our family wall!

Stay cool in this heat and have a great night. –Jessica

Wee Sprouts: Grape tomatoes. Breakfast: Rice cakes with peanut butter and strawberries. Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs, whole wheat flatbread, fresh broccoli and bananas. Snack: Hummus and blue corn chips.

Happy Wednesday!

Friends got the opportunity to go into the kitchen this morning and work with moon sand. We enjoyed scooping the sand with a spoon or shovel and transferring it into a bucket.

Tate and Maya worked with the number cake. They counted with their friends and teachers once they put the cake back together!

For breakfast, children had chex and banana. Lunch consisted of scrambled eggs with bread, broccoli, and banana. PM snack was pretzels and cheddar cheese slices.

Have a terrific evening!

Good morning!

Here are a few pictures from yesterday! (6/9/2015)

The menu from yesterday: breakfast—cheerios and banana. Lunch—hummus on tortillas, strawberries, and peppers/cucumbers. PM snack—rice cakes with hummus.

*No Farm Tomorrow. Unfortunately, the weather forecast looks like rain!

Today was a day full of activity! One of our morning explorations was driven by a question from Elliott and Owen: how far can a link chain go?

Using ALL of the links, they began constructing a chain starting at the housekeeping loft…

Down the stairs…

and to the basement!

We also read a Wee Frienders favorite, This is Not My Hat. After reading the story, we decided that we wanted to make our own hats. After an origami hat lesson, our heads were decked out in stylish paper hats.

Have a wonderful afternoon. –Jessica

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers. Breakfast: Kix cereal and oranges. Lunch: Whole wheat tortillas with hummus, fresh bell peppers, and strawberries/bananas. Snack: Cheese sticks and graham crackers.

Happy Monday!

Hope everyone had a terrific weekend!

Here are a few pictures from throughout the day.

For breakfast, children had toast and banana. Lunch consisted of noodles with beef, apples, and corn. PM snack was string cheese and graham crackers.