WWF, 4-11-2012

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Hello!

Our friends started off their day at WWF with a sensory activity. Coffee was added to flour to make a dirt like substance. Children used their hands to sift the dirt as well as pouring tools to practice measuring and filling. Not only was this a great ‘touching’ activity, but our friends noticed how lovely the house smelt! Coffee filled the air!

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While some of our friends were in the kitchen doing the sensory activity, a yoga session was taking place in the living room. Children did ‘downward facing dog’ along with a variety of stretches. One of our favorite songs came on which was ‘big brown bear’. Kids went around the living room on all fours growling like bears :)! Their gross motor skills were in high gear this morning!

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For breakfast, our friends had eggs, toast, and apples. AM snack was peppers. Lunch consisted of whole wheat rice, bananas, and mixed vegetables. PM snack was crackers and raisins.

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Have a wonderful night!

-Mindy

WWF, 4-10-2012

Hello!

***PARKING REMINDER: Please remember to only park in front of Wee Friends. We know it’s easy to get into old habits but please take the time to come down our street and park the correct way. There should be no cars parked on the other side of the street or parking in the wrong direction. Remember that the parking pad and parking spots in the back are also available. If you have any questions about what’s acceptable, please ask! Thanks!

Aiden was all smiles today! He is enjoying using his arms and legs while having floor time at WWF. Sloane was working on pouring shapes from container to container. Her fine motor skills were in action while she was carefully pouring the shapes, making sure not to spill. Marina and Ozzie worked together using cars and driving them on the small window sill.

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Marina, Sloane, Chloe, and Ozzie traveled to the kitchen to build a play-dough road. They took cars and drove on the pretend road. A few friends volunteered to go and retrieve play people that could walk on the road! Marina and Chloe took their hands and rolled the play-dough into a thin line.

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Music time involved children using sand blocks, scarves, and streamers. Jada took her two sand blocks and scrapped them together. P.K. took his baby and wrapped her up with a scarf. He was caring while putting the baby down for night time. Ellie snuggled up with Ms. Paulina while singing a song. Ellie made sure to hum the words while Ms. Paulina played her guitar.

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For breakfast, our friends enjoyed eggs and raisins. AM snack was snap peas. Lunch consisted of whole wheat bread with ham, green peas, and mixed fruit. PM snack was crackers and string cheese.

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Have a great evening!

-Mindy

WWF, 4-9-2012

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Good Afternoon!

Hope everyone enjoyed their long weekend! We started off our morning by playing with our friends that we haven’t seen for three whole days! Some children chose to play in the tunnel while others chose to work with play-dough. Our friends gathered together on the floor this morning and worked together while playing a game.

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We went outside where our friends visited the slide quite often. Children also liked riding the bikes and playing with their Wee Friends from next door! It was great to get some fresh air. Our friends worked great together while they were going down the slide holding hands!

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While most of our friends were sound asleep, a few children gathered in the living room where they played together.

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This morning for breakfast our friends enjoyed cheerios with pears. AM snack was cucumbers. Lunch consisted of whole wheat macaroni and cheese, mixed vegetables, and apples. PM snack was rice cakes with cream cheese.

Hope everyone has a great evening!

-Mindy

WWF, 4-5-2012

Happy Thursday!

We started our day off by doing an Easter activity. Friends took turns in the kitchen using bingo dotters. Children were very precise in where and how they colored their egg and the surrounding space. Some children chose to just color the egg itself while others colored the outer space. We even had children color everywhere! When kids were done, they could choose to add pink sprinkles to their Easter artwork. This was their favorite part!

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Marina and Ellie chose to work with one bingo dotter at a time.

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Elizabeth chose to use two bingo dotters at a time!

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Jada did a great job using her words when she wanted a different color.

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Ozzie called out the colors that he was using.

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Olivia made sure to dot both sides of her paper! She wanted to make sure that there was no wasted space :).

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Music time started shortly after our Easter egg work! Children used their imagination by laying down and pretending to go to sleep. Friends covered each other up using scarves. Ellie, Elizabeth and Ozzie sure got into the dancing aspect of music time!

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Chloe sure did have a great time riding on the back of the trailer bicycle. Her Wee Friends were very courteous by giving her a ride!

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For breakfast, our friends enjoyed eggs with apples. Lunch consisted of a turkey sandwich with whole wheat bread, apples, and green peas. PM snack was hard boiled eggs and apples.

Hope everyone has a safe and glorious weekend! 🙂

-Mindy

WWF, 4-4-2012

Good Afternoon!

Our morning started with music time. Children used musical shakers as well drums to make different sounds that echoed throughout the house. Our friends followed directions by jumping, shaking, and bouncing to the music. Our favorite though is running! Kids are really using their gross motor skills throughout our music session.

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It was such a beautiful morning! We headed outside a little early to catch some of that gorgeous sunshine. Our friends rode bikes and used their arms to push grocery carts. The sandbox was thoroughly enjoyed by all!

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While outside, a few of our friends noticed that a bush of lilacs was starting to bloom. Our friends smelled the flowers and a child yelled out, “It’s purple!”

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For breakfast, our friends had cereal and apples. Lunch consisted of whole wheat macaroni and cheese with chicken, butter beans, and oranges. PM snack was honey cornbread and pears.

Hope everyone has a spectacular evening!

-Mindy

WWF, 4-3-2012

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Hello!

Our friends started their day off by learning about beets. Children tore off the leaves of the beats and then pulled the stalks out of the bulb. A few of our friends helped to break the stalks so that they could be boiled in a pot of water. Tomorrow we will continue our beet investigation by dying eggs with the coloring from the beets!

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While the stalks were boiling on the stove, our friends used the leaves of the beets to paint! Children used purple paint along with the leaves to make different strokes and lines on their paper.

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After beet painting, we headed outside where children chose to ride bikes and play in the sandbox. We also brought out our grass to see if it was growing at all. Since it was such a sunny day out, we thought the grass could use some glorious sunshine :).

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For breakfast our friends enjoyed eggs and apples. Lunch consisted of whole wheat pita bread sandwiches with hummus, cucumbers, and bananas. PM snack was crackers, string cheese, and apples.

Hope everyone has a wonderful evening!

-Mindy

WWF, 4-2-2012

Happy Monday!

Hope everyone had a terrific weekend!

Our friends read books with teachers and friends to start their day! Children are becoming very knowledgable as to the characteristics of books. Kids are turning the pages correctly and when we come to the end of the book they say, “All done!” Friends also got dressed up in hats and used purses as an accessory. They ran around the house and made sure that every friend had something to play with such as a hat.

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A few of our friends travelled into the kitchen where they worked with colored magnets. Kids were having a great time stacking the magnets to see how high they would go! Ozzie and Jada decided to clean off the plastic shapes. They made sure to scrub the shapes so they would get all clean.

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For breakfast this morning, our friends were served eggs with apples. AM snack was green peas. Lunch consisted of whole wheat pasta with marinara, mixed vegetables, and fruit salad. Our afternoon snack was bananas and crackers.

Have a great evening!

-Mindy

WWF, 3-30-2012

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Happy Friday!

Our Wee Wee Friends started off their Friday by working with the waffle blocks. Children lined them up and stacked them together. When kids were done with the waffle blocks, they were very responsible and picked up their blocks and put them back into the basket.

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Lately, our friends have shown an interest in their bodies. So, our friends made a cutout of their own body! They loved being traced and getting to color it after they were done. Children thought it was interesting to watch their friends get traced.

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Music time came next where we worked in some gross motor activities along with the music. Our friends ran, walked, and bounced around the room to different songs. We used musical shakers to make music along with drums. While having music time, it started to rain and thunder outside. We opened up the windows and tried to be really quiet so that we could hear the sounds that were coming from outside. A few of our friends looked out the window to see what was happening.

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For breakfast, our friends had eggs and bananas. AM snack was mixed vegetables. Lunch consisted of a whole wheat tortilla with pork and melted shredded cheese, pears, and green peas. PM snack was apples and yogurt.

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Hope everyone has a terrific weekend!

-Mindy

WF Daily Explorations Friday 3/30

A couple weeks ago Tami introduced geodes into our environment. This morning, as friends were arriving, we placed a basket of them on the circular table and, using a felt foundation, explored the beautiful crystallized rocks.

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Wee Friends counted the geodes, stacked them and used pipe cleaners to string them.

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Macy expressed that her geode, when on the pipe cleaner, looked like a clock, tick-tock. We discovered the word pendulum. Several friends went on to make jewelry with their geodes. We explored the spatial concepts above and on the table when discussing where the fragile geodes needed to be placed to avoid breaking.

A large group of friends helped the teachers fold laundry!

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Fly me to the moon and let me live among the stars….ladadadadadadada…..Using cardboard paper and markers, Wee Friends designed airplane wings and attached them to their arms with pipe cleaners. Simon managed to turn the pages of a book with his wings attached!

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We made it outside just before the large raindrops and thunder struck!

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Elliott used the top step of the porch to take off and away they all went!

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Macy and Annie took on the great task of switching out our marker blocks with new markers. Their muscles got a workout as they pulled out old markers, pulled caps off and stuck new markers in!

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Macy found a couple different uses for her airplane wings.

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Wee Friends have learned about poetry this week and have studied words that rhyme. We chose a Shel Silverstein poem to memorize and it goes like this:

When the light turns green you go!

When the light turns red you stop!

But what do you do when the light turns blue, with orange and lavender spots?!

Today’s Wee Sprouts are carrots and turnips. For breakfast we served Cheerios and bananas. Lunch was Lisa’s delicious chicken salad, peas and applesauce. Our snack today will be the rare WF treat: popcorn!!

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Have a terrific weekend.