Hello!

Hope everyone had a lovely day.

For breakfast, children had whole wheat toast with butter and cinnamon along with banana. Lunch consisted of scrambled eggs, peas, and apples. PM snack was thin rice cakes with hummus.

Have a terrific night!

PLEASE BRING IN FOR YOUR CHILD FOR OUTSIDE TIME AND NAPTIME:

Outside time: 

• Every child needs a LABELLED, INSULATED  pair of MITTENS for outdoor play, preferably to remain at WF.  Gloves are only acceptable if your child is able to independently put them on their hands with no teacher assistance. 

Please note:

• If your child has strong preferences for which hat/mittens/snow pants/boots, please make sure they are here EVERY DAY for our outside time.  This helpful in avoiding strong emotions about wearing substitute WF gear. 
• Our extra supply of snow pants is a bit sad.  If you have ones your child can leave here, that would be helpful.  Also, we’d love to inherit outgrown snow pants.
• We would also love donations of insulated mittens for our EXTRAS bin.  Regularly children need to switch mittens halfway through our outside time when their mittens get wet.  
• A warm coat for outside play is necessary every day.  When the snow flies, we also need boots here.
• We cannot allow the children to wear scarves for outside time as they present a strangulation hazard.
• We go out everyday, weather permitting.  There is not a set temperature since the “real feel” varies so much with or without sunshine.  However, we are a hardy group and the children do best with daily outside time.  Since the teachers are outside with the children (and generally less active) they are able to gauge how long is appropriate based on the real feel.

Nappers at WF:  Please bring in a cot/travel size pillow AND pillowcase for your napper.  It is very important that it is the smaller size or our cots won’t stack!   

Thanks! Tami

THIS MORNING AT WF

These three P words created a fun filled morning of scientific investigation, taste tests, social experiments between friends and a puppet show. All in A Wee Day’s Work.

Breakfast: Rice cakes, PB, and fresh orange slices

Wee Sprouts: carrots

Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs with cheddar cheese, whole wheat bread, fresh Purple Porch watermelon, and peas.

Snack: Organic refried beans on whole wheat tortillas

 

 

Good Afternoon!

Music flowed through the house this morning as a mixture of piano and maracas were played. We’ve been interested in the bean bags lately. Friends talk about colors as well as working on their throwing abilities .

Our latest interest includes animals and the sounds they make. As we walked outside, we saw a few birds outside.

Maya and Tate looked up toward the sky and shouted, “Tweet, tweet!!”

We loved filling buckets with rocks.

For breakfast, children had Kashi and oranges. Lunch consisted of hummus on tortillas, tomatoes, and banana. PM snack was whole grain bunny crackers and cheddar cheese.

Have a great night.

Do you ever wonder what the Wee daily nap/rest time looks like? Yesterday, Melinda snapped some pictures so you could see where your Wee Friend rejuvenates for the afternoon. It looks something like this:

12pm- We eat lunch

12:15ish- Wee Friends split into two groups: Oldest friends in small group in science center and youngest WF in small group on music rug.

12:20ish-12:45: Read aloud/ message board inquiry/ hands on investigations with math/literacy.

12:45- Older kids go to their appointed rest stop (it changes each week) and younger kids go to their cots.

12:45- Potty rotations/tuck ins/music on.

Wee Rest.

Have a peaceful day.

Breakfast: Chex Cereal and bananas. Lunch: Hummus on whole wheat tortillas, PPC celery/cherry tomatoes and PPC bananas. Snack: Cheese sticks and crackers.

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

**With the drop in temperatures later this week, please make sure that your child comes with an appropriate coat for the weather. Fingers crossed we’ll make it out at least a few days .

Friends chose to get out the blocks and gross motor activities. We love to move our bodies throughout the environment.

There was a traffic jam on the Wee highway this morning. The bikes and cars were quite popular.

Tate and Lucy played with the leaves. They threw them into the air along with moving them throughout the backyard.

It was a smiley naptime today!

Annabelle rolled from her back to her stomach multiple times today. Yay!

For breakfast, children had eggs with banana. Lunch consisted of whole grain noodles with kidney beans, pears, and corn. PM snack was banana and graham crackers.

Have a lovely night!

Happy Monday!

WHO? WHAT? WHERE? Literacy FAB K.2.3

We begin our week with these questions. The Wee Friend’s answers filled our morning with inquiry, creativity, laughter and collaboration! Hope your week has gotten off to a great start!

Wee Sprouts: Celery sticks. Breakfast: Toasted whole wheat bread with butter and fresh fruit salad. Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with red beans, pear slices and corn. Snack: Yogurt and bananas.

 

Happy Friday!

“There is no substitute for books in the life of a child.” — May Ellen Chase

“Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or duty. It should be offered to them as a precious gift.” — Kate DiCamillo

Peek-a-boo games occurred this morning in the habitrail. Nahla and Maya hid from each other and then shouted “Peek-a-boo”!

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend…

Before the cold sets in .

For breakfast, children had bagels with cream cheese and banana. Lunch consisted of whole grain rice with turkey, mixed vegetables, and strawberries. PM snack was cheddar cheese and graham crackers.

Happy Friday! Today was a whirlwind of activity.

We created.

Elliott: “a puncherator”                        Ellie: “a duck”

          

We drove cars and trains.

  

We felt shaving cream between our fingers.

                   

And we laughed with our friends.

                  

Hope you have a fabulous weekend.

-Jessica

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers. Breakfast: Malt-o-Meal and oranges. Lunch: Brown rice with chicken, mixed vegetables, strawberries, kiwis, and bananas. Snack: Cheese and crackers.

Hello!

For breakfast, children had Chex and oranges. Lunch consisted of flatbread with melted cheese, fresh green beans, and strawberries. PM snack was fresh baked whole wheat bread with butter.

Have a great night!

“What is this?”

This was our morning discussion.  We created paper and salt dough fruit to add to it.

We read lots of books and asked lots of questions. After The Three Little Pigs, a few friends built a house of bricks. After jamming out to Five Little Monkeys, we read two versions of the book and compared and contrasted. We got outside before the sprinkles. Hope you are having a great day. –Laurie

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers. Breakfast: Raisin Bran and oranges. Lunch: Hummus on whole grain flatbread, broccoli and strawberries. Snack: Peanuts and bananas.