This week we celebrated Leo’s arrival, Marta’s return, pirate voyages, running down the Yellow Brick Road to Oz, visiting with parents, first time name and letter writing, sunshine and green grass sightings, poops in the potty, Thumbelina, friends helping friends and reading aloud to them, and hearts, hearts and more hearts.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumber slices. Breakfast: Whole wheat toast and bananas. Lunch: Baked potatoes with ham and cheese, peas and pear slices. Snack: Co-Jack cheese and pears.

Have a terrific weekend!

Happy Thursday and Valentines Day!

Friends started off their day with gross motor work. A few of our favorite areas include the ladder and the slide. Between climbing and running, our body always gets a workout when we’re on the habitrail!

The reading area was packed this morning!

Music was turned on and the shakers were brought out for children to use.

A surprise came for Ms. Mindy today. A four person quartet came to sing! Friends loved listening to the special singing. We were so attentive!

We did such a good job listening and enjoyed listening to the music.

It was good entertainment!

Miss Mindy took her rose around for the kids to smell! Emma thought it was so pretty that she wanted to eat it! We talked about smelling the rose with our noses.

Today was a happy, smiley day!

As Zoey was laying down for her nap, Emma said, “Shhh..baby.”

For breakfast, children had whole wheat bagel with cinnamon and pears. AM snack was peas. Lunch consisted of heart shaped english muffin pizzas, mixed vegetables, and apple/banana. PM snack was hard boiled eggs and graham crackers.

Have a great night and Happy Valentines Day!!

-Mindy

Today we looked around the classroom to see what LOVE looks like.  Here’s what we found…

Breakfast was whole wheat toast and bananas.  Lunch was heart shaped whole wheat muffin pizzas, mixed vegetables and fresh orange slices.  Snack will be cheese sticks and Tami’s home-made chewy granola bars with a touch of white chocolate to celebrate the holiday<3

 

Happy

Valentine’s

Day!

Tami

 

Lea: “Halloween and my Mom.” and “Yes, Ben can play with me!”

Marina: “Oranges!”

Ada: “Valentines and my Dad.”

Elliott: “All things.”

Jane to Ada: “I’ll save it for you.”

Macy: “Hearts.”

Jane: “My family.”

Finn: “Pirates.”

Finn to Jane: “You should be part of our group.”

Ellie: “Something you like to do.”

Max: “Going down the fire pole quick.”

Sloane: “Kisses and hugs.”

Lea to Ellie: (on the play stove) “Don’t touch it right here, it’s very hot.”

Lisa to Max: “Do you  want to play in the feely box?”

Wee Sprouts: Sweet peppers and carrots. Breakfast: Cereal and bananas. Lunch: Hummus on whole wheat sandwiches, cucumber slices and mandarin/raisin fruit salad. Snack: Peanut butter yogurt dip with apple slices.

Have a great day.

Hello! Hope everyone has had a good day so far!

We had a fantastic stripy day! If you look throughout the blog, we are decked out in stripes!

Emma started her morning off with quiet reading.

She then accompanied Zoey to the habitrail where they took turns putting their arms through the slots.

Daniel and P.K. lined up cars on the window sill. We talked about the colors of each of the cars. P.K. pointed to the blue car and said, “favorite”.

Different genres of music was turned on this morning so we got out the musical shakers. We shook our shakers high in the air!

We sure did get into it!

P.K. decided to put his musical shakers in his pocket!

Once the shakers were worn out, friends pointed to the drums! We hit the drum soft and hard.

Zoey preferred the piano over the drums. Emma enjoyed making loud noises with the drums.

The slide was the happening place to be. It was jam packed all day long!

Daniel made many funny faces today! Grrr!

After a playful morning, we took a breather by the side door.

Before lunch, Marty took a few friends into the kitchen where children worked on their fine motor skills using pegs and Styrofoam boards. Not only did they talk about colors but children were very strategic as they placed the pegs. P.K. built up as high as he could. Daniel made sure to put a peg in every hole. Clara chose to built using her hands instead of the board.

Wow, that’s high!

We FINALLY got a decent day where we could go outside! YAY! No snow. No rain. We’re there!

We bundled up and headed outside where we became familiar with the outside again!

The slide was a popular place.

Zoey spent her afternoon on the rocking chair. She enjoyed shaking her musical shakers while sitting. If the shaker dropped, she did a good job at maneuvering herself to get down and grab it.

For breakfast, children had cheerios and banana. AM snack was green peas. Lunch consisted of pita bread, ham slices, apples, and corn. PM snack was pretzels and raisins.

Have a terrific evening!

-Mindy

We started our day getting ready to receive lots of love-Valentine Love! Friends sat at the art table transforming cereal boxes into Valentine’s Mailboxes.

Writing Your Own Name Love.

Habitrail Love.

Stiff Tin Man Body Love.

Floppy Scarecrow Body Love.

Friends Who Oil Your Joints Love.

Balancing Love.

Music Meditation Over the Rainbow love.

So what DOES love feel like? We reached inside our feely box (where we placed a soft stuffed animal, a sharp, edgy shell, a wooden block and a rose) and talked about love. 

Wee Sprouts: Carrots. Breakfast: English Muffins with cream cheese and pear slices. Lunch: Whole wheat tortillas, ham slices and roasted asparagus. Snack: Goldfish and cheese slices.

Happy Monday!

Hope everyone had a terrific weekend! We started off with group play. Friends gathered in the front area to play with airplanes and cars. Sharing was the theme of play today. Taking turns is an important topic that we discuss throughout different play experiences.

Clara cooked breakfast this morning. She turned the oven on and made sure to tell Miss Mindy that it was “hot” and “no touch!”

Emma played peek-a-boo with her scarf. She showed her pearly whites all day!

Zoey enjoyed looking out the window at a squirrel that she saw! She relaxed in the chair for a while today. Play took a lot out of her!

Music was turned on and friends spun and shook about!

Emma spun with a big smile on her face as Eve did a yoga pose!

Gross motor play was enjoyed throughout the day by our Wee Wee’s. Clara zoomed down the slide on her stomach as Emma waited for her turn down the slide.

We went to the kitchen where friends had the opportunity to paint if they would like. Clara and P.K. did an outstanding job at using the sponge to dot the paper. Instead of using it to paint, they pushed up and down on the paper leaving dot patterns. They both chose to finger paint as well .

Our hands just got a little dirty! We sure do love sensory play .

Sensory input at this age is extremely important. Eren tasted the paint in his mouth. We talked about painting on the paper instead of putting it in your mouth. Curiosity at this age is always at an all time high!

For breakfast, children had whole wheat bagels with soy butter and banana. AM snack was corn. Lunch consisted of whole grain noodles with beef, banana, and green peas. PM snack was oranges and animal crackers.

Have a great night!

-Mindy

If you haven’t RSVP’d but are planning on coming to Wee Can Answer That! Parent’s Night tomorrow evening (Tues), 6:30-8:00, please let us know as soon as you are able!

Today we welcome Leo to Wee Friends! We’re glad you’re here Leo!

As friends awaited the arrival of the Blue Bus, we set out to see the Wizard. First, we blew safely through a windstorm. We landed in Munchkin land and followed the yellow brick road to meet Scarecrow. Here, Marina shows wobbly scarecrow legs.

Macy assembled this new 60 piece puzzle in a snap.

Lisa worked with math terminology: more than/less than, as well as counting and ordering a number of objects. (K.1.8 – Use correctly the words more/less, one/many, none/some/all, most/least). 

Elliott’s creations continue to get more detailed and tall!

Fearless Ben is constantly watched by his older Wee Friends.

We set out heart stencils, red construction paper and paint and friends created art. Arleigh asked if she could make a frame. As is usually the case, this request peaked many friend’s interest and the experiential exploration continued its creative morphing.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumber slices. Breakfast: Whole wheat toast with peanut butter and bananas. Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with beef, peas and pear slices. Snack: Tami’s homemade whole wheat bread with cream cheese and raisins.

Have a great day.

Happy Friday!

Here are a few pictures that were taken throughout the day. Today, friends concentrated on the habitrail and pretend play. A few children worked with airplanes and little people. We put our little people into the plane and off they went. They went around the world! Friends talked about where the people were going while in the airplane. A few answers were the park and zoo!

For breakfast, children had cheerios and raisins. AM snack was green peas. Lunch consisted of egg and cheese tortillas (YUM!), banana, and green peas. PM snack was oranges and hard boiled eggs.

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! See you Monday!

-Mindy

We have been dressing our friends in all their winter gear when going outside. If your Wee Friend has snow pants from home that they would prefer to wear, can you bring those in next week? Thank you so much!!

The morning started slowly and sweetly.

And then we were off. To see the Wizard. Sophie’s favorite story and music. Lisa put together a basket and puppy for her. She ran and hopped and skipped down her imagined yellow brick road.

The music repeated itself for 10 minutes and Sophie kept running and running and running. When Judy sang “Somewhere over the Rainbow” Ada reminded us that, in the movie, Dorothy sits beside a haystack. We found a haystack and Marina joined Sophie as they looked beyond the rainbow.

About two weeks ago, Elliott became very interested in working with a clipboard. Everyday since, we have watched him as he studies his environment, “taking notes” as he goes along. Yesterday, for the first time at school, he wrote his name! Today, he wrote it several times on his clipboard as he moved from area to area, working. Congratulations, Elliott!

We watched a clip of the Danny Kaye 1952 version of Thumbelina, when he sings the title song. Later, a few friends made Thumbelina Books using their own thumbprints. And hands.

Wee Friends LOVE tape. Any kind of tape. The more colors to choose, the better. They tear it, cut it with scissors and want to use it for everything.

Finn asked Melinda to play her accordion.

Four friends working together negotiating horse family relationships, which horses to use and who is who.

An older group of Wee Friends saw the younger group making Thumbelina Books. They asked for books and got busy writing.

Jane: “Hey! Let’s take these to the library. We can see if they’ll publish it. Publish means it can be at the library. I think that’s what it means.”

And Sloaners insisted on sweeping after the book exploration. Thank you, Sloane!

Wee Sprouts: Carrots. Breakfast: Kashi and bananas. Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs and melted cheese on tortillas, applesauce and hash browns. Snack: Apple slices and peanuts.

Have a great weekend!