Happy Monday!

Hope everyone had a terrific weekend.

Friends gathered around the art table as markers and paper were made available upon request. We focused intently on our vision and what we wanted our finished product to look like. Each child’s process to get to the end was different.

Strawberry muffins were whipped up in housekeeping. A friend said, “These are strawberry muffins. We are baking them in the oven.”

Once friends got outside, a few children decided to run off some energy. They did several laps around the circle. Friends ventured into the grass and played follow the leader. One friend started jumping so everyone started jumping!

It was the morning of Wee Friends creatures! A yellow caterpillar was found! Friends made a habitat for it and walked it around the yard making sure to show every single friend.

Someone shouted, “Look! There’s a blue butterfly!” A group followed the blue butterfly around the yard until it eventually flew out of the yard.

The teeter totter was a popular activity this morning! The dilemma: enjoy the teeter by yourself or ask a friend to join!?

For breakfast, children had whole wheat berry muffins and fresh apples. Lunch consisted of whole wheat pasta with chicken, oranges, and carrots/cucumbers. PM snack was organic whole milk yogurt with pears/banana. Wee sprouts for the day was green beans/carrots.

Have a great evening.

-Mindy

Happy Friday! Today we had LOTS of fun with the parachute:

Everybody under!

Enjoy the weekend! –Jessica

Wee Sprouts: Green beans. Breakfast: Brown rice cakes with peanut butter/cream cheese and oranges. Lunch: Whole wheat English muffins with mozzarella cheese and marinara sauce, fresh green peppers and watermelon. Snack: Monterey jack cheese slices and green grapes.

Hello, everyone.

Unfortunately, we’re not able to share any photos with you today because our camera broke . But a new one is on the way! We’ll have more pictures for you in a few days.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

For breakfast, kids had Cheerios and bananas. Lunch consisted of whole grain brown rice with shredded beef, watermelon, and broccoli. Afternoon snack was kidney beans and watermelon.

Have a great night!

Amanda

Enjoy these pictures from today!

Have a great afternoon! –Jessica

Wee Sprouts: Cucumber. Breakfast: Kix and kiwi. Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with shredded beef, fresh broccoli and watermelon. Snack: Peanuts and bananas.

 

This morning, Rosemary, Anna, and Annabelle got together in the kitchen and played with the moon sand.

Anna loves putting together any buckle she can find.

Friends went looking in housekeeping to see what yummy foods they could find.

Breakfast was whole grain oatmeal and bananas. Lunch consisted of whole wheat bread with homemade organic strawberry preserves and sweet pea butter, bananas, and cucumbers. Afternoon snack was goldfish.

Have a great night!

Amanda

This morning started off with a plethora of puzzles! Friends worked with a variety of wood, foam and magnet puzzles, displaying persistence until they found exactly where the pieces fit.

Later, the sand sensory bin was a popular choice, with friends mixing, pouring and measuring the sand. Today’s sand creation of choice was making “cinnamon!”

Friends contemplated putting on a dance show with piano music and the new skirts that are in housekeeping:

Outside, friends developed a game with the playground balls:

Others started burying objects for a “treasure hunt”:

And siblings enjoyed spending time together:

Have a great day! –Jessica

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers. Breakfast: Whole grain oatmeal and grapes. Lunch: Whole wheat bread with peanut butter and homemade strawberry jam, cauliflower and bananas. Snack: Homemade popcorn with butter and fresh apple slices.

Rosemary, Anna, and Annabelle played with shaving cream this morning. It was a fun (and messy) sensory experience!

Anna worked on her climbing skills and was so proud of herself when she made it to the top of the tube!

 

Breakfast was Whole Grain Cheerios and kiwi. Lunch was whole wheat bread with hummus, blueberries, strawberries, and corn. Afternoon snack was cheddar cheese, blueberries, strawberries, and kiwi. We also had homemade whole wheat fig newton’s. There were fresh organic figs in our Purple Porch delivery, so Tami made us a fig treat!

Hope you had a great day!

Amanda

Good Afternoon!

Our food delivery came earlier than expected today! Friends were a big help this morning as they wanted to pitch in to put everything away.

It was a big morning in the habitrail area as a couple of our friends went down the pole for the first time unassisted! Sloane was a big motivator as they came down the pole with BIG smiles on their faces.

Daniel and Owen focused in on the art area as they worked to make masks. Owen chose to color his mask while Daniel cut out holes for the eyes, nose, and mouth. Every creation that our friends make is truly different and specific to each child.

A play-dough sensory activity was made available at the art table this morning. Using tools such as spatula, rolling pin, and cookie cutouts, friends made different creations using the play-dough on their tray.

For breakfast, children had chex and blackberries. Lunch consisted of hummus sandwiches, PPC tomatoes/cucumbers, and PPC strawberries/blackberries. We enjoyed a special afternoon snack: homemade whole wheat fig newtons! We got a good sized batch of figs from PPC so we baked up a treat during naptime! They were delicious! Our wee sprout for the day was cucumbers.

Hope everyone has a terrific evening.

-Mindy

I hope everyone had a great weekend!

Anna and Annabelle had fun splashing in the rain water this morning.

One friend transitioned from a bassinet to a crib today, and another friend went from a crib to a Montessori bed! Big changes in Wee Wee World.

A new toy was introduced to the climbing area! Our friends had so much fun exploring our new toy. Smiles and laughs were beaming through the environment.

For breakfast, kids ate whole wheat toast with butter and raisins. Lunch consisted of whole wheat pasta with black beans, cantaloupe, and peas. Afternoon snack was graham crackers and cantaloupe.

Have a nice night!

Amanda

This afternoon for snack we did something a little different. Instead of having orange slices, we decided to make orange juice! First, we cut the oranges in half. Then we squeezed as much juice as we could out of the oranges before pouring it into our glasses.

Besides challenging our small motor movements, this work provided an opportunity for friends to take a close look at oranges. We compared what the orange looked like before and after we squeezed and noticed how sticky your hands get when working with oranges. This experience also prompted many conversations about pulp and seeds and answering “what happens if you drink a little bit of a seed?!”

Making orange juice takes a lot of concentration!

The results were delicious!

Enjoy your afternoon. –Jessica

Wee Sprouts: Carrots. Breakfast: Toasted whole wheat bagels with peanut butter and bananas. Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with black beans, fresh green beans and oranges. Snack: Organic whole milk yogurt and homemade, freshly-squeezed orange juice.