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WF Daily Explorations, Wednesday 11-9-11

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Happy Blustery Wednesday!

032This morning was filled with more “gaming”. The children all seem very enthusiastic about this new topic, which may become our next study. Children filled the artroom working with Miss Laurie and Miss Tami on creating their own letter board games with large paper, markers, dot paints, and stickers. They had discussions about the counting of the dice, the paths the counters took, & the rules of their own game. Children recognized that the board games were the first letter of their name and their friends name. Some even realized that Kai was working on a letter A board, which was not the first letter of his name since he was spelling out his name in 3 board games. F.1.16 Identify first letter of own name.F.4.5 Draw at the top or bottom of the page, when requested.F.4.8 Write using pictures, letters, and words.F.6.1 Write from left to right.
F.6.2 Combine strokes and shapes to represent letters.F.1.18 Apply one-to-one correspondence with objects and people.F.2.1 Identify “first” and “last.”F.3.7 Give reason of placement of objects.F.5.16 Tell what comes before and after.

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While our friends kept the artroom busy all morning, other friends played in housekeeping, played in the workshop, sang, played with floam, read books in small groups with Miss Melinda, and enjoyed a short visit from Jacob who likes to visit his old Wee Frienders.

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For lunch we had home-made roast pork and brown rice soup, whole wheat bread slices, and bananas.

Have a great day!

 

 

 

WWF, Cooking, Matching, and pipe cleaners coming out of everywhere!

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Our morning began with some dancing accompanied by maracas to “BINGO,” our fire truck song, and “She’ll be coming around the mountain.” From there, we ventured off to another journey to our do nut shop game. Chloe joins us in our circle and begins the motions to the song prior to us even starting! She has it “down pat,” as do all of our friends. Jada did a wonderful job this morning joining us in our two dance songs, jump and wiggle, and who is in the middle.

 

Some of the children worked in the kitchen playing again today with our strainers and pipe cleaners. What fun for a dreary morning. Straws were added to our “mix,” and seemed to be a big hit with the children.

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The children also enjoyed our matching game yet again, today. Ozzie and Marta are really into our transportation cards. Chloe amazed us with recognizing some animals on hers, and placing the matching card on them. Jada was intrigued with this, as was Oliva, Marta, and Sloane.

“Too many chefs spoil the pot” is not true here! Sloane, Olivia, Marta and Ozzie were busy in the kitchen as well.

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We did take advantage of yet another day of nice non typical November weather. Olivia and our WF, Nate from next door, played the Limbo with connecting a broomstick to the gate. They had a lot of fun. Chloe is trying diligently to ride one of our little bikes. Sloane and Olivia were busy in our little play house, and Ozzie was riding his Blue Dog down the hill. Go Marta, go! She is peddling our training wheel bike all over the round about, and now says, “Excuse me” if someone is in the way!

Our breakfast this morning was cereal. Our mid-morning snack was served outside. All of the children should do well with eye exams, as they are really into eating their carrots! For lunch today we dined on grilled cheese on whole wheat bread, carrots (of course!) and fresh pear slices. Our afternoon snack will be graham crackers and raisins.

Marta and Sloane have done a great job today telling us when they need to use the potty. We are progressing wonderfully in this area. For those of you that might have some of our WWF change of clothes due to some accidents, we kindly ask that once you have laundered them, you do return them to us. They sure do come in handy in situations such as these.

Clara and PK are becoming quite the “baby buddies,” and it has been enjoyable to seem them play and communicate together.

Enjoy the falling temperatures~

WWF, Cooking, Matching, and pipe cleaners coming out of everywhere!

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Our morning began with some dancing accompanied by maracas to “BINGO,” our fire truck song, and “She’ll be coming around the mountain.” From there, we ventured off to another journey to our do nut shop game. Chloe joins us in our circle and begins the motions to the song prior to us even starting! She has it “down pat,” as do all of our friends. Jada did a wonderful job this morning joining us in our two dance songs, jump and wiggle, and who is in the middle.

 

Some of the children worked in the kitchen playing again today with our strainers and pipe cleaners. What fun for a dreary morning. Straws were added to our “mix,” and seemed to be a big hit with the children.

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The children also enjoyed our matching game yet again, today. Ozzie and Marta are really into our transportation cards. Chloe amazed us with recognizing some animals on hers, and placing the matching card on them. Jada was intrigued with this, as was Oliva, Marta, and Sloane.

“Too many chefs spoil the pot” is not true here! Sloane, Olivia, Marta and Ozzie were busy in the kitchen as well.

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We did take advantage of yet another day of nice non typical November weather. Olivia and our WF, Nate from next door, played the Limbo with connecting a broomstick to the gate. They had a lot of fun. Chloe is trying diligently to ride one of our little bikes. Sloane and Olivia were busy in our little play house, and Ozzie was riding his Blue Dog down the hill. Go Marta, go! She is peddling our training wheel bike all over the round about, and now says, “Excuse me” if someone is in the way!

Our breakfast this morning was cereal. Our mid-morning snack was served outside. All of the children should do well with eye exams, as they are really into eating their carrots! For lunch today we dined on grilled cheese on whole wheat bread, carrots (of course!) and fresh pear slices. Our afternoon snack will be graham crackers and raisins.

Marta and Sloane have done a great job today telling us when they need to use the potty. We are progressing wonderfully in this area. For those of you that might have some of our WWF change of clothes due to some accidents, we kindly ask that once you have laundered them, you do return them to us. They sure do come in handy in situations such as these.

Clara and PK are becoming quite the “baby buddies,” and it has been enjoyable to seem them play and communicate together.

Enjoy the falling temperatures~

WF Daily Explorations Tuesday 11/8

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Today the older swimmers practiced jumping off the bloc with a barbell shaped float. They worked on the back stroke as well as swimming from the deep end of the pool to the shallow end. The younger swimmers also swam from one side of the pool to the instructor near the rope. They swam to capture plastic duckies tossed ahead of them. They also practiced twirling their arms in circles under the water.

We’ve been talking about Thanksgiving, the pilgrims, the Native Americans and the Mayflower. Most of the conversations settle around the things we are thankful for. Yesterday we created a message board asking “How are the Pilgrims and the Indians Different/The Same?”

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For the last two days, we have studied math by playing Letter Long Path Games. Using the letters ‘S’ and ‘K’ (so far!), we roll the dice and advance along the path of the letter according to the amount shown. The ‘S’ game has spiders that, when landed upon, makes the player return to Start. The ‘K’ game has a river and a mountain to get across to reach Finish.

Simon brought in a rockin’ CD and we all gathered in the truck room and moved our muscles to James Brown, the Beach Boys and many others! Thank you, Simon!

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Here’s what the Wee Toddlers were up to while the swimmers were away!

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For lunch we served melted turkey and cheese on whole wheat tortillas, peas and apples.

Have a great day!

 

WWF, Strainers, Pipe Cleaners, and Straws 11-8-11

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It was a great morning at WWF!  The children had a great time in the kitchen using Pla-Doh,  straws, pipe cleaners and strainers.  Many of them put the pipe cleaners into the straws, then into their Pla-Doh.  Long and short, big, little and many math concepts were learned.  We also did our famous “Down around the corner at the donut shop.”  It was so great to see Eleanor and Ozzie partake in this.  We also burned off some energy with our wiggle and dancing in the middle song and dance.  Ozzie as definetly flattering us with all of his dance moves!  Some of the children also played our matching memory game.  Elizabeth and Marta enjoyed their matching animal cards, while Ozzie loved his transportation card, Sloane, her fruits and vegetables, Olivia loved her zoo card, and Chloe enjoyed joining in the fun.  We also danced to our “We all sing with the same voice” CD and book.  Eleanor really enjoyed this, as did the others, we listened to it three times.
 
Our breakfast this morning was cinnamon toast and fresh fruit, and for our outside mid-morning snack we had sliced cheese.  Our lunch today was scrambled eggs with ham and cheese,  avacado and bananas, and pancakes. 
Our potty trainers are making strides!  Two of our three are now telling us when they need to use the potty.  Marta is enjoying her book selection at the same time, so we added more to our bathroom library! 
Enjoy the afternoon, the warm and temperature, and prepare for the morning snow this Thursday.  (Yikes)
Make it a great day!
 
 

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WWF Daily Explorations, Monday 11.07.11

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Happy Monday! We have had a great day here at WWF. We did some sensorial activities this morning with feeling the textures of different fabrics. Some were busy doing our matching game this morning by using our matching cards with transportation, fruits and vegetables, and animal themes. Painting was available in the kitchen.

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Above is a picture from late Friday afternoon. The children did some rice play by mixing watercolor paint in it. The children spent a lot of time dumping and filling containers. The children really enjoyed it.

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For breakfast this morning we had cereal and fresh fruit. Our mid-morning snack was carrots and rice cakes. For lunch today we had pasta with marinara sauce, lima beans and corn, and fresh apple slices. Our afternoon snack was cheese and crackers.

Our potty trainers are moving right along! We are now extending our visits to the potty every 35 minutes. It has been a great training day! For those training, please be sure you send in some extra clothes and underwear.

For those of you who have brought in snow pants, boots, hats and mittens so far, a big thank you. Please be sure to label all of your child’s clothing.

Make it a great day!

WF Daily Explorations, Monday 11-7-11

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Happy Monday! Today we had a few “new” things! First, our new friend Elliott started Wee Friends. He is very sweet and seemed to enjoy all of his new experiences!

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Second, we now have a new holes that I made in the walls this weekend. The new opening allows us to have better visibility over the front rooms. A few more coats of paint and we’ll be all set!

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This morning was a blue bus morning. The kids spent a lot of time working on balance skills on the balance beam. The reported h798ighlight of this was working on scales (arms out while balancing on one leg) and hopping like a bunny.

Inside, we had lots of story times and the art room was full of eager artists! They drew pictures with markers, used tempera paint at the easel, and everyone was excited to further explore using more corn syrup paint. Miss Melinda discovered this was the favorite paint choice last week in our paint experiments. Today the kids had several colors and created shiny (and sticky!) pictures. Literally, they are good enough to eat.

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Also, popular (and new) were the silky capes that reinforces why Tami likes Halloween so much…the clearance sale of costumes after the holiday!

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Outside, we enjoyed mild temperatures and the kids spent time riding bicycles, climbing on the climber and in the sandbox. The slide was extremely popular with large groups of children negotiating who would go together holding hands down the slide.

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WE ARE LOOKING FOR DONATIONS OF…lots of old, smaller sized girl underwear and size 2 & 3 easy to pull up and down pants. We have a gaggle of potty training girls at WeeWee and find ourselves short of “extras”. We like all those ugly & stained items that you wouldn’t want to pass down to anyone else!

For lunch we served whole wheat pasta with marinara, lima beans/corn, and fresh apple slices.

Enjoy your day!

WF Daily Explorations 11/4

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About two weeks ago, we re-introduced the sign in sheet to our Wee Friends. Each morning, each friend traces the letters of their name. Kindergartener Kai is now working on his last name as well.

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In preparation for our November 17th 4:30pm Fall Concert, Wee Friends rehearsed four songs: “Flush and Wash”, Wee Friends Anthems #1 and #2 and “The Johnny Appleseed Song.” Mark your calendars and don’t miss it!!

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We played the Jumping Beans Game in which a friend pulled out a bean shaped piece of felt with either a dot, a number or a letter on it. If they chose a dotted bean, we sang a song. If it was a lettered bean, we discovered which friend’s name started with that letter. If it was a number on the bean, we performed an action that many times.

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We started talking about Thanksgiving today. We asked the children “What Do You Know About Thanksgiving?” We read Thanksgiving is for Giving Thanks by Margaret Sutherland. We discussed the things we are thankful for and created art representing these ideas. We hung the art on our reading area tree.

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Some friends chose to trace their fingers and turn them into turkeys by gluing multi-colored feathers on them.

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Our new friend Elliott spent part of the morning with us, playing in the truck room with Stephen, Nate and Simon. We will welcome him full time on Monday!

For lunch we served melted cheese on whole wheat tortillas, salad and grapes.

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Have a restful weekend!

WWF Potty Training 101

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It has been a busy morning at WWF! The children enjoyed some water play in the kitchen, doing stamp art, dancing, singing, and playing our matching game. We also enjoyed some outdoor time.

We have started some potty training with Sloane, Marta, Elizabeth and Jada. Our timer is set for every 30 minutes, and off to the potty they all willingly go! They are all enthusiastic, and are doing a great job! Thanks to our parents who have encouraged them at home as well. We are off to a great start!

Our breakfast this morning was cinnamon toast, and fresh fruit. Our mid-morning snack was cucumber slices and rice cakes. For lunch today we had ham and cheese on english muffins, cucumbers, and bananas.

It was a very full and busy day here at WWF. Here are some pictures for your enjoyment!

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