We wanted to make sure to inform you that a Wee Friend has been diagnosed with the chicken pox. There is a handout hanging by the sign in sheet with information about the chickenpox.

Alphabet and Number Island was well inhabited this morning.

Mel gathered scientists at another island to create silly putty. They measured, stirred, examined liquid and solid, added watercolor and stretched the ooey gooey wads with their fingers.

Lisa engaged in mature role playing with two Wee mommies. Through language, listening and props, Lisa role modeled a grown up taking care of a baby.

We made it outside before a rain shower. Cold as it was.

We came in side and enjoyed the ever-rare video “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving”.

Hope you have a peaceful weekend.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers and carrots. Breakfast: Scrambled eggs and bananas. Lunch: Hummus on whole wheat bread, mixed veggies and orange slices. Snack: Peanut butter yogurt and bananas.

 

Happy Thursday!

We welcomed back our friends today after an extended weekend because of the lack of electricity!

Here are pictures that were taken throughout the day .

For breakfast, children had cheerios and apples. Lunch consisted of whole grain noodles with kidney beans, broccoli, and oranges. PM snack was string cheese and animal crackers.

Have a great night!

Another heartfelt THANK YOU for working with Wee Friends as the River Park neighborhood got back to normal.

And it was business as usual in the Wee World!

Literacy FAB K.1.19 – Learn and apply knowledge of alphabetical order.

Magna Tiles: structures created that are long and low/short and high.

Back together again.

Happy Thursday.

Wee Sprouts: Celery. Breakfast: Corn Flakes and pear slices. Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with red beans, broccoli and pears. Snack: Cheese slices and crackers.

Just in case anyone missed the Facebook or email notification, I wanted to let you all know that our power returned around 4:00 p.m. today.  Hooray! See you all tomorrow!

Tami

At 3:45 p.m. today, this very encouraging photo of 34th and Hasting Street was posted on Facebook by a neighbor.  I have called AEP twice today (9:00 and 3:45)  and haven’t gotten any better estimate about actual restoration than the Thursday by 6:00 p.m. “worst case scenario” they are giving for our address. 

It is a good sign that they are working on lines in our grid now!

Tami

Thanks to everyone who has brought in labeled, insulated mittens to keep at school! Here’s a friendly reminder if you have yet to bring a pair in for your Wee Friend!

A fishing boat was created this morning. Here’s the order of events that followed this one block creation:

Friends explained the details of their fishing boat. Owen explained they were catching bass. Finn described, in detail, the three different types of bass fish. Teacher offers fishing poles.

Lea sees the sailors and decides to become a mermaid. She casts other friends as mermaids, too. Teacher offers large blue sheet to represent ocean and yellow plastic sheet for sail.

Teacher puts on stormy music.

Teacher offers TP rolls around legs to create a mermaid fin. We explore how our feet feel by lifting, swirling and tapping our legs.

TP keeps breaking, friends get frustrated.

We try squishing two legs in one pant leg for a fin.

Things go down stream as friends disperse and fishing poles become, first oars, then weapons.

Exploration phase out. On to cars, puzzles, snuggling with books and a costume change.

Creative play is transferred to literacy opportunities as a few friends sit at the island and write out the words they used throughout their play.

Happy Friday!

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers. Breakfast: Oatmeal and pear slices. Lunch: Peanut butter sandwiches, green beans and fresh fruit salad. Snack: Pear slices and cheese sticks.

Good Afternoon!

Here are a few pictures that were taken today.

For breakfast, children had Chex and banana. AM snack was corn. Lunch consisted of egg and cheese tortilla roll-ups, broccoli, and banana. PM snack was cheese and animal crackers.

Have a terrific evening!

For the last week, Aislinn has been singing “I’m a Little Teapot” at the top of her Wee lungs. Today, we made our own cuppa’ (and pot), sang Aislinn’s song and tipped ourselves over. And over and over.

A small group of friends sat around the art table creating a collage with magazine pictures. Later, the collection of pages will be bound into a book and will tell a story. The discussion about why friends chose the pictures they did, was on-going.

Jack Prelutsky (www.jackprelutsky.com), famed kid-poet, wrote a poem called “The Snopp on the Sidewalk”. Wee Friends gathered to talk about the snopp (and other dragon-like creatures). We learned that the snopp talks in a whispered, “inside” voice. Friends took turn either being the snopp, or being the person who asked the snopp a question.

Afterwards, several friends who have been writing a book about dragons, shared the book (in progress) with all the Wee Friends.

And then it was Wee business as usual. Writing, building, reading, puzzling, creating and learning together.

Have a great Thursday!

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers. Breakfast: Kashi and bananas. Lunch: Flatbread with farm fresh eggs and cheddar cheese, broccoli and fresh, mixed fruit salad. Snack: Cottage cheese and pineapple.

Happy Wednesday!

While our baby friends were working on their crawling form, our older friends enjoyed reading teachers books. They sang along with the different stories that were told.

 

For breakfast, children had malt-o-meal and pears. Lunch consisted of whole grain rice with mozzarella cheese, oranges, and corn. PM snack was rice cakes with cream cheese and raisins.

Have a great evening.

We began our day finishing our mysterious baking soda art projects. Today we added water color to the images created by the dried baking soda.

We invited friends to share and explore the question “Which side of the bed did you get up on? The grumpy side or happy side?” We followed with a discussion expressing, if you DO get up on the grumpy side of the bed, how do you make yourself feel better? Eating food, snuggling with mama and “giving myself a kiss” were a few of the answers.

Lisa played “Where Are You?” if you are brushing your teeth, or eating your breakfast to name a few.

A few friends played “Give and Take” with the rain stick. Each friend took one end of the rain stick and together, the two friends took turns giving and taking the shifting rocks inside. Each friend was an equal participant, with no one designated the leader. Each friend did/his her part, to get the job of shifting the rocks over, done. The teacher side coached, encouraging this equality by expressing “Listen! Watch your friend! Your turn to ‘take’, hold your body still as your friend ‘gives’!”

We took it a step further and had two friends stand side by side, and with the same ‘give and take’ dynamic, talk to one another. Listening, watching and taking turns. Then we asked each friend which they preferred giving or taking.

Have a great day.

Wee Sprouts: Celery sticks. Breakfast: Whole wheat buttered toast and bananas. Lunch: Whole grain rice with mozzarella cheese, orange slices and corn. Snack: Cranberry bread and cheese.