The children enjoyed our donut shop game this morning.  Even our little Sloane is catching on to the hand motions of the game.  Marta is now handing donuts out to the teacher’s when it is their turn and verbalizing the color to us.  We listened to our new CD and book, “We All Go Traveling By.”  It is about listening with our ears, and doing some “I spy” with our eyes.  This is tying in wonderfully with broadening our transportation theme.  We brought out our circle plastic rings and the children acted out driving all of the different modes of transportation.  They also reviewed the different colors of the rings.   Jason was kind enough to play some beautiful music on the guitar for us.  Our new friend Ozzie, really enjoyed this.  Please click on the link below to view.

Some of the children went on a walk in the neighborhood this morning.  This was a great learning tool to recognize automobiles, motorcycles and bikes, and to identify each of these.

The tomatoes in the garden are absolutely fantastic!  The garden has been a wonderful way to teach the children everything from planting the seeds, watering them, and watching them grow.  They are great at harvesting our crop, but mainly  sampling them and dining on our home grown vegetables and fruits.

Our nap time has taken on a bit of a “new twist,” as some of the older children are transitioning to toddler beds, while others are going from car seats to cribs.  It has been a “work in progress,” with some of them, but we are getting there!

Today Miss Laurie made us some delicious pizza on whole wheat crust, peas, and fresh fruit.    Hats off to our chef!

Enjoy the weekend!

 

 

 

 

jason’s music session

The children were really engrossed in playing with their baby dolls this morning. It was so interesting to watch them, and truly amazing on what they observe and pick up on. Elizabeth and Marta laid on the floor with some pillows, propped their babies up and fed them their bottles. They also put them in the baby carrier, put a purse on their shoulders and headed to the door. Of course, they told us good bye, and when we asked them where they were going, most were going to work. It seems as though most of them are up on our technology, as they were talking on their cell phones, some even taking pictures.

 

Later during outside time, the children went to the chalkboards & we discussed the airplane that was drawn on it. The children initiated conversation about the wings on the airplane and the windows. Elizabeth mentioned a butterfly in correlation with our discussion yesterday about how other things have wings and can fly. Marta made mention of a bird. We drew these on our chalkboard.

Today the children had a bear hunt, but we a little bit of a different twist on it. One of the children would hide a stuffed teddy bear, and the rest of us would close our eyes, then wait to go find it. Bubbles filled the air with lots of excitement as well.

Today we had couscous with navy beans, cantaloupe, and carrots for lunch. We had some very hearty appetites!

This afternoon we will make a runway with our blocks, and begin some discussion on how cars are also a way of transportation. Triangles are the new shape, and we will continue to explore looking for them in objects we explore and books. The children began exploring our new shape yesterday afternoon by using some new crayons that had triangles at the end of them. They were also able to get some painting in. PK enjoyed some new exploring with bubble wrap.

 

Please note that breakfast is served until 9:00 a.m. daily. If you would like your child to have breakfast here, please keep this time in mind.

Enjoy the beautiful summer day!

The children were eager to start the day today with our “Donut Shop” color game. All of the children are really getting to know their colors. We have circles in an array of colors. We begin with clapping our hands on our legs and singing, “Down around the corner at the donut shop, where there are lots of pretty donuts with sugar on top. Along comes, (child’s name), all alone” and she/ he picks a circle and names the color. The children have had great fun at this.

We welcomed our new friend to WWF this morning. Ozzie is 19 months old and we are glad to have him with us.

We read two books about airplanes, then we talked about different things we might put in our suitcase when we travel. The children had great suggestions. The children looked through magazines and we sought out pictures pertaining to what we might pack, cut the pictures out, and made a mural. The children enjoyed squirting the glue on the paper, and gluing down their picture. We looked at a picture of an airplane and how it looks inside. The chldren even picked where they would want to sit.

Boarding passes, please! Our “crew” boarded the WWF Airlines outside in our box airplanes. They checked in their luggage on wheels, handed Miss Lisa their pretend boarding passes, fastened their seat belts and tightened them, and enjoyed a pretend lunch on individual trays. They placed their drink orders, and some even requested dessert. After landing, the children went up to our roundabout, started their engines, and began to fly. Their arms turned into wings. Just as we were taking off, we saw a real plane in the air. The timing couldn’t have been more perfect!

All of the children have enjoyed harvesting the garden. Today we picked some green beans, zucchini, and more tomatoes. The zucchini was added to some delicious pasta sauce for lunch. The children had whole wheat pasta, and bananas.

This afternoon we will explore outside and discuss things that do and do not fly. A few of the children spotted two butterflies this morning, and they were excited to see them flying. This opened up a whole discussion on how butterflies have wings different than airplane wings, but both can fly.

We are still searching for a pair of Stride Rite pink shoes and an outfit that went missing last Thursday. If anyone picked them up in a plastic bag inadvertently, please let us know.

We look forward to soaring to new heights this week with more discussion on airplanes and shapes.

Enjoy the day!

This morning we started the day with our CD and book, “We all sing with the same voice.” It is a WWF favorite, and the children are learning about diversity, different parts of the world, yet how we are all the same. Finn knows the words by heart now, and is fabulous at leading us in song!

We read some more books about airplanes, and talked about boarding the plane, and boarding passes, as well as the air traffic controllers in the tower. It was a great day to take out some boxes from the basement, take them outside, and create some airplanes. We had a pilot, carry on bags (with no additional fees!), fastened our seat belts, and waited for the tower to tell us it was “all clear” for take off. We talked about gaining speed, and the wheels on the plane. Pretend snacks were served. One of the children said another plane was on fire. Fire fighter Finn to the rescue. Imaginations were running rampant. The children are quick to recite the words to our new songs about airplanes.

For lunch today we had a Caelan favorite in honor of his last day, pizza, pineapple, and fresh cucumber.

This afternoon we will make some airplanes and bid farewell to our little Caelan.

Please note that Tami has placed a payment box on the shelf near the cubbies. Please deposit all checks in it from this point foward.

Make it a great weekend!