Good Afternoon!

We were all full of hugs today. We love those days.

For breakfast, children had cheerios and banana. Lunch consisted of pizza bagels, broccoli, and oranges. PM snack was crackers with cream cheese.

Have a terrific evening.

At Wee Friends it is always interesting to see the inventive and imaginative ways in which friends will use the materials we provide. Two different friends, based on their age and interests, may have radically different ways of approaching the same material.

For instance, today both Maddie and Elliott chose to work with the little colored people. Maddie sorted them by color into different cups, while Elliott connected the people into lines.

 

Same material, two different ways of sorting and learning!

Happy Tuesday – Jessica

Wee Sprouts: Olives. Breakfast: Buttered whole wheat toast and blueberries. Lunch: Whole wheat bagels+marinara sauce+mozzarella cheese=homemade bagel pizzas! served with broccoli and bananas. Snack: Cheese sticks and whole wheat Goldfish.

Happy Monday!

Today, we welcomed baby Franklin! We’re so excited to get to know him, as well as his parents Justin and Bre!

For breakfast, children had toast with oranges. Lunch consisted of noodles with kidney beans, peas, and oranges. PM snack was crackers and string cheese.

Have a great night!

Welcome Lucy! Today Lucy transitioned over to Wee Friends and we feel lucky to have her. This morning sister and brother spent some time together, painting new alphabet signs.

Every friend approached their sign differently, using a variety of colors.

 

There was lots of focused work using the paintbrushes and discussions of what letters were on their sign.

Later, Laurie continued the letter exploration by reading The Alphabet Book. Throughout the book, friends eagerly shared words that started with the letter on the page. We discovered that we have many friends whose names start with the letter E!

Next, friends were invited to make letters with their bodies. They had to think really hard about how to create some letters of the alphabet.

  

They did “A” oh “K”!

Have a great day. –Jessica

Wee Sprouts: Pea pods. Breakfast: Cornflakes and bananas. Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with kidney beans, peas, and oranges. Snack: Whole milk yogurt and fresh blueberries from the Purple Porch. 

Good Afternoon!

We had a FANTASTIC trip to the farm! Friends were all set to go this morning!

Right from the get, we were extremely observant to the animals around us. Tate pointed out, “Chicken!”

We had the option of getting to pet a salamander. Throughout the whole time we were at the farm, we talked about using special touches with every animal that we saw.

In pairs, friends went into the bunny ring! The bunny was super soft, as some of the kids noted.

Next came the chicken, which was one of our favorites! Not only did we get to touch the chicken but we loved the sounds it made.

The goat was very friendly .

It was an AWESOME morning. There was a lot of walking involved–we all slept for at least two hours! (kids not teachers )

For breakfast, children had kix and pears. Lunch consisted of brown rice, mixed vegetables, and banana. PM snack was string cheese and crackers.

Have a lovely evening!

P.S.—There are more farm pictures on the Wee Friends blog!

This morning while the younger Wee Friends were at the farm, the older friends explored the world of the Magic School Bus with Laurie.

After reading a variety of Magic School Bus books, they constructed their own Magic Wee Friend Bus. Next, they discussed the different characters in the books and assigned friends to be those characters. Then, they acted out the story. Today the Wee Friend Bus went to space and saw the moon!

Our farm trip today was all about the animals. We saw kitty cats:

We dug through a compost bin to find worms and felt a salamander:

 

The baby goat was a big hit, as were the rabbit and horses:

  

Here are the many faces of Wee Frienders on the swing:

We had a great time! –Jessica

Wee Sprouts: Pea pods. Breakfast: Kix and apple slices. Lunch: Brown rice with beef, red and yellow peppers, tomatoes, and apples. Snack: Peanuts and bananas.

Hello!

Here are a few pictures that were taken throughout the day.

Hope everyone has a lovely evening!

Good Afternoon!

Right after breakfast was served, Maya asked for ‘Doe-A-Deer’ (Do-Re-Mi from The Sound of Music). This has been her favorite song lately! Friends moved their bodies to the music while using rings and scarves.

Tate and Lucy put many rings over their heads. When they took each ring off, we talked about the certain color of that ring. Lucy saw a specific ring and shouted, “Yellow!”

Children transitioned from music time to working with waffle blocks. We had a couple friends connecting the blocks together to make a tower! Maya enjoyed showing Anna how to connect the blocks together. Multi-age at its finest .

It was an absolutely beautiful morning. We congregated in the sandbox to start.

Friends quickly moved throughout the yard dabbling in bikes, log house play, and the teeter totters.

For breakfast, children had chex and peaches (YUM!). Lunch consisted of hummus tortillas, corn, and cantaloupe. PM snack was cheddar block cheese and banana.

Have a terrific night!

Today was a day full of gardening fun! This morning friends planted seeds, scooping and mixing and pressing down the dirt. We started growing sunflowers, cucumbers, broccoli and kale.

Next, we went outside and got to work on the garden soil. Friends eagerly jumped in to help spread a layer of compost/manure over our garden beds.

During this process there were many conversations, including sentences like:

“It was my turn with the shovel!”

“This will make our kale grow good.”

“Look! I found a worm!”

“Can I have the rake when you’re done?”

Friends worked together throughout the garden, including sibling pairs.

We should be ready to plant soon! –Jessica

Wee Sprouts: Grape tomatoes. Breakfast: Rice cakes with peanut butter and pears. Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs, whole wheat bread, cucumbers, broccoli and watermelon slices. Snack: Refried beans and blue corn chips.

Two announcements:

*This week Group B will be going to the farm on Thursday, April 30th! Group B includes Maddie, Riley, Clara, Eren, Emma, Saskia, and Naia. If you can make it, we always encourage parents to join us! It’s sure to be a great farm trip.

*We now have permission slips up for our field trip on Friday, May 8th to the Children’s Dance Workshop. Please sign when you pick up or drop off.

Thank you!