It’s 7:45am and WF is ready for friends. “Let’s continue our tally work.” thinks the teacher. “Hmmmmm….could this learning experience be a bit more inviting?” she wonders. “Ponies! Yes. That will definitely bring them to the table. Bright, sparkling, purple ponies.” Waiting. Waiting. No one touches the ponies. Almost no one touches the tallies. The Power of the Ponies has failed. But it did induce a good laugh. Onward we went to creating a compass and an uppercase/lowercase spinning game. Morphing to our WF interest and direction. With or without the ponies….we press on to the Light of Learning.

 

Have a great day. – Laurie

Wee Sprouts: Carrots. Breakfast: Whole grain rice cakes with peanut butter and strawberries. Lunch: Farm fresh egg casserole with cheese and potatoes, pear slices, and whole wheat flatbread. Snack: Refried black beans and crackers.

 

Happy Tuesday!

We’re having some technical difficulties with the camera and the computer reading the pictures. Hope to have this resolved soon .

For breakfast, children had cheerios and oranges. Lunch consisted of hummus on whole wheat bread, broccoli, and blueberries. PM snack was string cheese and pretzels.

Have a great night!

***BLUE BUS SIGN UP HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH THIS WED 1/13/15.

We currently have only 3 children enrolled for this session.  Our minimum class number is 6 children for the Blue Bus to continue to come to Wee Friends.  So, if you are interested, you will need to sign up today or tomorrow.  Otherwise, if not enough families are interested in this extracurricular activity, we will take a break from it and check back in the spring.  The cost is $80 for 8 weeks.  The class is Mondays 9:00-9:30.

The Excitement of New Materials

Tuesday morning started off with a flurry of excitement. New Legos! Friends helped Melinda sort a huge batch of building blocks into various bins. Whether it’s new materials or simply newly rediscovered materials, we are always eager to see what innovative things friends will do.

                                          

Materials used in a new way or in a different setting are also exciting! This morning Laurie led friends through a counting, adding and subtracting activity with dominos and dot painters at the art table.

                                         

A recently discovered tool from the basement are paper punchers. We practiced identifying shapes, threading paper and then pressing down (hard!) to punch. We love collecting our tiny shapes in envelopes to share at home.

 

Just because there are new materials or tools out and about at Wee Friends, it doesn’t mean we forget our primary pastime: playing with and enjoying the company of our friends.

                                                                                       

Hope you have a great day.

-Jessica

Wee Sprouts: Red bell peppers and carrots. Breakfast: Cheerios and pears. Lunch: Hummus sandwiches on whole wheat bread, broccoli, and orange slices. Snack: Cheese and graham crackers.

***The WF classroom annual shot record updates were due last week.  Those missing them have reminders in their cubbies to get them in immediately. 

***There are 2014 Tax Year Receipts tapes to cubbies.

 

Breakfast: whole wheat bagels and bananas

Lunch: whole wheat pasta with chicken, broccoli and bananas

Snack: Whole milk organic yogurt, and purple porch blueberries and blackberries

Wee Sprouts: sugar snap peas

 

Stay warm and dry!

Good Afternoon.

Our day consisted of kitchen play, dancing, and enjoying our warm house. We missed a couple of our friends who stayed home today!

A couple smiles to brighten your day.

For breakfast, children had cheerios and banana. Lunch consisted of cheese and turkey tortillas, broccoli, and apples. PM snack was cheddar cheese and crackers.

Hope everyone has a terrific night. Stay safe and warm!

We chilled in today. Here’s what it looked like:

• Hideout resurrected
• Dominoes used to count, match and create a Little People Village
• Sorting a deck of cards
• Creative potty training “Listen to the choo-choo timer! “Run to the Potty!” Here comes your favorite song…..”
• Doll baby love
• Stencil and sticker work with scissor safety tutorial
• Books, cars, books and cars
• One on one math assessments
• Warm, delicious lunch
• Great conversations

Hope you are staying warm and safe today. –Laurie

Wee Sprouts: PPC Carrots. Breakfast: Raisin Bran and PPC pears. Lunch: Melted cheese and turkey quesadillas, steamed PPC green beans and PPC apple/pineapple  fruit salad. Snack: Peanuts and PPC orange slices.

 

Good Afternoon!

Here are pictures from throughout the day.

For breakfast, children had Kashi and banana. Lunch consisted of scrambled egg roll-ups, oranges, and cucumbers. PM snack was rice cakes with cream cheese.

Have a great night and drive safe!

Yesterday afternoon, a Wee Friend was using the stacking cakes to drum on any surface she could find. After several classroom areas were explored, Melinda gathered bongo drums and rhythm sticks, invited friends to join her on the music rug and a musical exploration began.

Today, we hid out, made measurement predictions and acted out a musical book. Have a terrific day. –Laurie

Wee Sprouts: Green bell peppers. Breakfast: Rice cakes with peanut butter and strawberries. Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs, whole tortillas, orange slices and cucumbers/celery. Snack: Hummus and whole wheat crackers.

 

 

Good Afternoon!

Friends took to the kitchen this morning to paint. Lucy, Nahla, and Tate worked for quite some time using different colors of paint. Tate enjoyed painting his hand and then transferring the paint to the paper.

After naptime, we learned about static electricity. Friends took the capes and put them over their head. When they took them off, we noticed that their hair would stick straight up!

We met our newest friend today! David will be six months soon. He visited with his mommy so that he could get acclimated this afternoon. Annabelle welcomed David and they spent some time on the floor together. They should become great friends since they are only two days apart!

For breakfast, children had cheerios and strawberries. Lunch consisted of cheese tortillas, kiwi, and mixed vegetables. PM snack was string cheese and strawberries.

Have a fantastic night!

It’s a question that many friends begin with before they share information. “Guess What?” gives us information about the motivation behind Wee Friend initiated works. It gives us insight into how friends make personal connections in the classroom: “I flew on an airplane one time!” So Guess What? When we placed plastic ants in a sensory bin filled with rice, we had no idea that the colony cones we made would eventually become maracas or binoculars. And guess what? It’s totally how our Wee days unfold.  We are listening and engaging and following our friends as they create. And guess what else? It’s a super great way to learn. Have a great day. –Laurie

PS: Guess What? The Purple Porch Co-op brought us red bananas! Super cool!

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers and carrots. Breakfast: Cheerios and red bananas. Lunch: Peanut butter on whole wheat flatbread, mixed veggies and kiwi/red bananas. Snack: Mozzarella cheese sticks and pretzels.