Happy Monday!

Today, we welcomed our newest friend, Saskia! She just turned one year old at the end of August. We had a great first day getting to know her! Welcome Saskia and family to Wee Wee Friends!

We also welcomed back Eren aka “Toot-toot”! He was in Turkey all month with his family! We sure did miss him!

Our Monday was full of friendly faces. We are sure going through a transition mode with new friends coming and old friends leaving. The main goal we want to accomplish is to make sure friends feel safe and secure while at childcare. The daily routines will happen eventually but that ‘safe’ feeling for children is imperative.

For breakfast, children had Chex and apples. Lunch consisted of homemade mac and cheese with whole grain noodles, corn, and watermelon. PM snack was string cheese and raisins.

Hope your night is full of friendly smiles .

See you tomorrow!

The Blue Bus arrived at 9am for Wee Gymnastics! Today they worked on the vault and spring board. They learned approaches on the board with straddle jump offs. They practiced hand stands over the vault and half turns off the springboard!

Here are the class groups again! Today was the 2nd week of an 8 week session.

9:00-9:30 – Finn, Elizabeth, Elliott, Lea and Ellie

9:30-10:00- Marina, Leo, Clara, Daniel, Sloane and Owen

Literacy FAB K.1.10 Say rhyming words in response to an oral prompt.

Mel gathered friends in the reading are for a Dr. Seuss rhyming exploration.

They identified rhyming words as they read and then, on the front porch, played a red/stop, green/go rhyming game.

On the music rug, Laurie played Jumping Beans: an alphabet/number identification game. Next, friends sang a welcome song that encouraged them to listen, count and identify the syllables in their names.

 

Outside, we took yearbook photos of your Wee Friends. We’ll make sure to get photos for our friends who weren’t in school today. Enjoy.

Wee Sprouts: Carrots. Breakfast: Cheerios and apples. Lunch: Homemade mac-n-cheese, watermelon and salad greens. Snack: Cheese sticks and orange slices.

Happy Friday!

**These pictures are from Thursday and today .

Today, we say goodbye to our friend Keerthi. It’s been a pleasure getting to know Keerthi and her family. The Wee Wee family will miss you!

It’s been an all around great day. Smiles. Laughter. Fun. Friends. Family.

For breakfast, children had cheerios and banana. Lunch consisted of homemade cheese pizza, pineapple/banana, and peas. PM snack was whole wheat pumpkin bread and string cheese.

Have a great weekend!

Stay tuned to meet our newest friend on Monday and to welcome Eren back who has been in Turkey for the last month!

The idea hatched when I saw a Wee Friend standing on top of a backyard bench, starting to climb up a tree.

So, the first blog I wrote today was entitled “Why Teachers Whine” but I couldn’t get the words to say what I wanted to express. Delete.

The second blog I wrote was entitled “Why Friends Whine” and it didn’t come out well either. Delete.

So here’s a Friday photo journal of our classroom work, sprinkled with multi-aged (up to early 40’s) whining and multi-aged wonder. We are perfectly safe with all feet on the ground.

Have a great weekend.

Wee Sprouts: Carrots. Breakfast: Oatmeal and watermelon. Lunch: Cheese pizza, peas and pineapple/banana fruit salad. Snack: Pumpkin bread and cheddar cheese.

NOTE: There’s a bug making its way through our classroom. It includes fever and vomiting.

WELCOME BACK LEA! Lea has returned from Hawaii and we are so glad to see her!

The morning kicked off with a small group of friends mastering an alphabet puzzle. Aislinn, Owen and Leo worked at piecing three letters together to form a picture.

We gathered our whole classroom together to show and explain the ecosystem we created yesterday at the farm. Lisa read a book called A Place for Frogs by Melissa Stewart. We discussed pond life and then dove into a creative drama sensory exploration about tadpoles, frogs and pond life.

Wee tadpoles caught flies with their tongues, felt the spritz (spray bottle) of dew falling on their bodies, had a fly (plastic math chain) buzz around and dip into their ears and lastly, a beetle (soft, snuggly pillow) hug. Oh! And a froggy treat: a bit of banana!

Friends gathered at the art table to trace letters and create words with them. Or works of letter art.

We continue to enjoy this amazing weather!

Wee Sprouts: Carrots. Breakfast: Chex and bananas. Lunch: Turkey on whole wheat tortillas, corn/tomato salad and bananas. Snack: Pear slices and cheese sticks.

Hello!

The older Wee Wee kids headed outside this morning. It was a lovely, sunny day! It was definitely a sensorial kind of morning outside. We felt the grass and sand as well as smelled the flowers around the backyard. We even heard the birds chirping with our ears!

For breakfast, children were offered kix and oranges. Lunch consisted of whole grain rice with chicken, watermelon (it was delicious), and corn. PM snack was cottage cheese and watermelon.

Have a great night!

Farm Trip Number One. What else can we say? Only that it was spectacular!

Wee Sprouts: Celery sticks. Breakfast: Cereal and raisins. Lunch: Whole grain rice with beef, watermelon and corn. Snack: Peanuts and orange slices.

Happy Tuesday!

Hope everyone enjoyed their Labor Day weekend!

After a long weekend, our friends get back into the swing of things! I’m sure friends loved staying at home for an extra day. We missed them and they missed each other. Our Tuesday was smooth as butter!

Plus we got a ton of smiles today!—Always a bonus!

For breakfast, we offered toast and banana. Lunch consisted of soy butter on tortillas, strawberries and banana, and peas. Afternoon snack was cheddar cheese slices and crackers.

Have a lovely evening!

Welcome back! The swimmers had a terrific session 1! This year’s instructors are Mr. Aaron and Miss Amy.

Tomorrow, Tami will be taking Group A for our first farm visit. The friends in Group A are: Finn, Max, Ellie, Elizabeth, Sophie, Elliott, Lea, Sloane and Marina.

This Fall, we will not have a specific day that we go to the farm. We will watch the weather and check with Farmer Charlotte’s schedule to make the decision. As always, we have farm boots for friends to wear, but if your Wee Friend is particular about his/her footwear, please bring a pair of boots or old shoes (meant for sloshing around and getting dirty in!) tomorrow. Thank you!

FAB K.1.1 – Math: Match sets of objects one-to-one.

Mel invited a small group of friends to the table to explore and match shapes.

They sloshed the word ‘pentagon’ around in their mouths and then found matches. Next was ‘diamond’ and Mel’s preschool rendition of “Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend”.

Other friends sat on the music rug and tapped out 1-2-3-4 counts with rhythm sticks. They called out the names of their favorite songs and while some friends explored counts, others rocked their babies. Some friends did both!

Then the sticks (with a teacher’s guidance) became shapes and letters.

After the shape match and study, a few friends remained around the table to work. Max, first sorted toy cars into color patterns, and then, using a marker, created circular shaped patterns.

By simply introducing the word ‘shape’ and the math concept ‘matching’, all of our friends are able to embrace the FAB in their own developmentally appropriate way. We watch carefully as they begin their work and encourage them as they set their pace for understanding these concepts.

Wee Sprouts: Tomatoes. Breakfast: Chex Cereal and pear slices. Lunch: Peanut butter on whole wheat tortillas, salad with Ranch and strawberry/banana fruit salad. Snack: Hummus and crackers.

Have a great day.