Artists were at work in the kitchen this morning! Rosemary and David painted many beautiful pictures for us to admire.
The fish received a lot of visits from our friends throughout the day. Rosemary thought they looked hungry, so she brought over bowls of food from housekeeping to feed them with.
Breakfast was Kix cereal and pears. Lunch consisted of whole grain brown rice with chicken, pears, and corn. Afternoon snack was wheat crackers with cream cheese.
Have a good night!
Amanda
Although we had to stay inside on this cold and dreary day, the atmosphere inside of Wee Friends was warm and bright! Throughout the day friends were engaged in a variety of activities.
Friends gathered around the light table to sort jewels and objects by color, size and shape.
More jewels were sorted and friends played a long game of house.
Elliott used his morning time to stack the colored counters. He used every single counter in the box and discovered there were lots of red counters, but only a few purple ones.
Other Wee Friends built unique creations with the wood and plastic blocks.
We also had a dance party, complete with ribbon streamers!
And yes, we already started listening to Christmas music. Friends’ request.
Wee Sprouts: Carrots. Breakfast: Corn Chex and fresh pears. Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with turkey, cucumbers/carrots and grapes. Snack: Pumpkin seeds and wheat crackers.
Link to photo album: WF 11/12/2015
Happy Thursday! –Jessica
Our friends are outside enjoying the fresh air!
Emma made new friends!
David loves our giant sandbox.
And Anna and Rosemary took the baby dolls on a tour of the backyard!
Breakfast was hot wheat cereal and bananas. Lunch consisted of farm fresh eggs, bananas, and cucumbers. Afternoon snack was raisins and string cheese.
Have a great night!
Amanda
*Notice: We are required to have complete shot records that are under a year old for every child at WF. If you child has an upcoming doctor visit or physical, please ask for a copy of your child’s shot records so we can update our files. Thank you!
Today has been a wonderful day enjoying the sunshine and warm weather. Children spent time today in all areas of the house, from the reading area to habitrail and everything in between. We saw lots of friends enjoying books together:
While other friends collaborated in building block creations with MANY blocks:
We even had friends create a countdown to Thanksgiving! Clara spent the morning drawing a turkey out of her traced hand which we photocopied. Next, Clara and friends cut the turkeys out and put them on the wall. We figured out there are only 15 days until Thanksgiving!
Kindergarten: Today our kindergarten time was dedicated to handicrafts. While not typical kindergarten curriculum, learning skills like sewing and crocheting help kindergarteners practice hand-eye coordination and promote focus. Learning some of these skills is also challenging and requires friends to practice perseverance. Elizabeth chose to continue sewing her stocking, while Elliott learned how to use a crochet hook to chain for the first time. Cassie also joined in on the fun!
Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers. Breakfast: Hot wheat cereal and fresh oranges. Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat bread, fresh snap peas and oranges/bananas. Snack: Whole wheat bagels with cream cheese.
Link to the photo album: WF 11/11/2015
Have a wonderful day! –Jessica
Anna and Rosemary have been working on their climbing skills! Rosemary climbed into the window of the log house, said “I sleeping!” and acted like she was taking a nap.
Franklin spent a long time giggling in front of the mirror this afternoon. He enjoyed the sound a Ping-Pong ball made when he hit it against the glass.
Breakfast was Corn Chex cereal and pears. Lunch consisted of whole wheat tortilla with cheddar cheese, bananas, and peas. Afternoon snack was toasted whole wheat bagels with cream cheese.
Have a good night!
Amanda
*Announcement: While at lunch today several friends brought up the idea of having pajama day (“Why can’t we all come to school in pajamas?!”) So, on Wednesday, November 25th (the day before our Thanksgiving Break) we will have Pajama Day! If friends would like, they can come to school in their soft and cozy PJs. Woohoo!
Lately, many of our friends have shown an interest in wrestling, tumbling and other types of big body play. This type of physical play is normal, age-appropriate and different from fighting. In appropriate big body play children’s faces are relaxed and they are usually smiling/laughing, as this type of play is very enjoyable for children.
Big body play is important for children’s development in many ways, teaching children:
Here at WF we have specifically designed the environment to provide a safe setting for children to play vigorously with their bodies. When children engage in big body play they know that they must check to make sure the area is safe and that a teacher is there to supervise. With a teacher there to help children learn to recognize non-verbal and verbal cues from each other, big body play is a safe and developmentally appropriate practice!
For more information about this important style of play, there are several excellent articles on the subject on the bookshelf by the front door! Let us know if you have any questions.
Enjoy the sunshine! –Jessica
Wee Sprouts: Pea pods. Breakfast: Kashi’s Blueberry Clusters and oranges. Lunch: Whole wheat flatbread with cheddar cheese, cucumbers/pea pods and oranges. Snack: Homemade popcorn with butter and block cheddar cheese.
Link to the photo album: WF 11/10/2015
Our friends spent the afternoon on the habitrail together! They love climbing the ladder and going down the slide!
And Ruby has finally mastered the stairs!
Breakfast was whole wheat toast with butter and cinnamon. Lunch consisted of whole wheat pasta with red beans, peas, grapes, and pineapple. Afternoon snack was organic whole milk yogurt and grapes.
Link to the photo album: WWF 11/9/2015
Have a great night!
Amanda
Hello! Today was a busy Monday getting back into the routine of school. We’ve had an exciting day full of child-led activities. Throughout the day we noticed—
Collaboration and determination:
Focus and teamwork:
And of course, JOY!
Hope you’re having a great start to the week. –Jessica
Wee Sprouts: Carrots. Breakfast: Toasted whole wheat bread with butter and grapes. Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with red beans, fresh carrots/pea pods and apples/oranges. Snack: Organic whole milk yogurt and fresh pears.
Link to photo album: WF 11/9/2015
Hello! Today has been a day full of creation. Many friends spent time at the art table deeply engaged in activities such as twisting yarn, building tree houses, drawing, and making boat anchors.
Even though the temperature dropped from the unseasonably warm temps earlier this week, that didn’t stop the Wee Friends from staying active outside!
Kindergarten: Because Elizabeth and Elliott both spent extensive periods of time creating/building in the morning, both kindergarteners decided to complete habitrail/art table logs of their work. Elizabeth built this “animal and people hotel” and sounded out “hotol” for her journal.
Elliott created a tree house out of red grocery ties and tape and drew a very detailed log of his creation, including tree house windows and the blue ladder you climb to get up it. Jessica recorded the sounds Elliott heard while he sounded out “tree house” and used this word as an opportunity to explain the “ou” sound!
Have a wonderful weekend. –Jessica
Wee Sprouts: Carrots. Breakfast: Brown rice cakes with almond butter and bananas. Lunch: Whole wheat bread with peanut butter, broccoli and fresh pineapple/pears. Snack: Mozzarella cheese slices and grapes.
Link to the photo album: https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=A58B8C61670EC2D4!71146&authkey=!AKw9eqoFlbAWdFk&ithint=folder%2cJPG
Happy Friday!
Our friends engaged in a lot of parallel play today!
First, they got together to play with the colorful, wooden people and cups.
Next, they thought the stackable birthday cake looked fun, so they moved into housekeeping.
They finally decided on waffle blocks and had a good time building creative structures and banging the blocks together!
Breakfast was toast with butter and cinnamon and pears. Lunch consisted of whole wheat bread with sweet pea butter, pears, and peas. Afternoon snack was crackers and string cheese.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Amanda
