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There you have it!  Just a quick snapshot of a Wee rainy morning here. 

Breakfast: PB brown rice cakes and sliced apples.

Wee Sprouts: garden cucumbers

Lunch: Quinoa and brown rice with cheddar cheese, cantaloupe & pear slices, and colored sweet peppers.

Snack:  Tami’s homemade Whole Wheat Almond Butter Cashew “Cookies” (lightly sweetened with maple syrup instead of processed sugar!)

Stay dry!

Tami

 

Good Afternoon!

While outside, we noticed that across the alley, a tree was getting chopped down! Friends stood over by the fence so they could get a glimpse of where all of the sounds were coming from. Lucy even tried to climb the fence to get closer .

A few friends watched from afar. We talked about what they were doing with the tree. Friends heard loud noises which happened to be the trees getting put into a machine that cut them all up!

Nahla headed to the sandbox where she worked with her shovel and hands. Lucy and Maya enjoy the log house every morning.

For breakfast, children had toast with butter and raisins. Lunch consisted of hummus on tortillas, corn, and banana. PM snack was peas/carrots and cheese.

Have a great evening.

To the tune of “Wheels on the Bus”:

“What do you do when you’re feeling sad? Feeling sad, feeling sad.

What do you do when you’re feeling sad? Squish the Play-Do.”

And so we did.

To the tune of “If You’re Happy and You Know It”:

“If you’re sad and you know it, squish the Play-Do!

If you’re sad and you know it, squish the Play-Do!

If you’re sad and you know it, squish the Play-Do and get it out…

If you’re sad and you know it, squish the Play-Do!”

So we squished, pounded, tossed, textured, squeezed, pinched and created with Play Do. AND we got the sadness out.

At every other turn, Jessica worked on letter/number recognition. She used the page numbers of a glossary to do so. As well as the letters and words of an interesting gerbil book.

When we heard a loud buzzing and motor sound outside, we ran out to see what it was. And we kept running. And listening to the tree trimmers.

Hope your day is happy….and you know it. –Laurie

Wee Sprouts: Grape tomatoes. Breakfast: Buttered whole wheat toast and bananas. Lunch: Whole wheat tortillas with refried beans, PPC corn on the cob and strawberry/blueberries.  Snack: Apple slices and Mozzarella cheese.

 

Ahh…what a difference between today and Friday.  We certainly enjoyed an extra dose of outside time this morning!

Reminder:  Our first YMCA swim day is tomorrow for Sophie, Daniel, Aislinn, Ellie, Elliott, Sloane, & Clara.  PLEASE BRING A SWIM SUIT IF YOUR CHILD DOES ALREADY HAVE ONE HERE.  GOOGLES ARE GREAT FOR THE BIGGER KIDS THAT PUT FACES INTO THE WATER.

Breakfast was cheerios and pears/pineapple slices.  Wee Sprouts were carrots.  Lunch was whole wheat pasta with butter/black beans, fresh broccoli and tomatoes and clementines/pears.  Snack will be whole yogurt with bananas.

Have a great day!

Tami

Happy Monday!

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

It was a perfect morning. Saskia ran straight for the bikes while a group gathered in the log house. Word on the street was they were making a special dessert!

Everyone was able to get a cup and a bucket. Friends worked on their dumping and pouring skills. The pebbles sure made a loud noise when we all dumped out our buckets at the same time.

Once afternoon snack was done, children headed towards the habitrail area. A couple of us worked with the big blocks while others worked on conquering the ladder. A few of us are working on climbing up the ladder to see how far we can get!

For breakfast, children had eggs and raisins. Lunch consisted of whole grain noodles with black beans, fresh tomatoes, and clementines. PM snack was string cheese and whole wheat bunny crackers.

Have a great night!

Happy Friday!

Between habitrail play and stories (we read a lot..), we had a full morning inside!

 

Looking outside, it was so beautiful so we headed out a little early. The outdoors always perks up our spirits. Who doesn’t love fresh air?!

For breakfast, children had chex and banana. Lunch consisted of egg casserole, fresh tomatoes, and watermelon. PM snack will be string cheese and whole wheat bunny crackers.

Have a lovely weekend.

 

It began with Elliott expressing “I know a project for today. I want to make a boat to see if it floats.” He found a book, an origami book, that had a picture of a boat. He studied it and made a plan. Jessica noticed him working at the table and joined him. After a discussion, they began the work of creating an origami boat. Other friends noticed and joined them. The table quickly filled up and friends began a morning spending focused time understanding this great art of creating 3D objects with paper. There were rich, in depth conversations about how to fold the edges.  After a creation was complete (lots of boats!) Jessica invited friends to see if their paper boats could float. She offered them a tub of water to investigate scientifically. We hung the letters of the word ORIGAMI up for friends to reference as they worked. Log on to the attached link to see all the benefits of preschoolers working with origami!http://home.earthlink.net/~robertcubie/origami/edu.html

Enjoy the link and your weekend! –Laurie

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers. Breakfast: Malt-O-Meal and pear slices. Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs, whole wheat flat bread, watermelon and tomatoes/cauliflower. Snack: Mozzarella cheese and pineapple.

 

Hello!

Here are a few pictures taken from throughout they day.

For breakfast, children had toast with butter and strawberries. Lunch consisted of whole wheat english muffins with hummus, banana, and fresh tomatoes. PM snack was cheddar cheese and pretzels.

Have a great night!

Elliott: “But there are NO castles in whales!”

Elizabeth: “Yes there are castles in Wales. I’ve been there. I’ve played on the rocks.”

The fertile conversational soil for emergent learning. It was one of the many morning works that brought friends together, closer to understanding one another….and new vocab!

Sophie and Emma have been collecting acorns. We invited friends to create art with the acorn, exploring its purpose and parts as we created.

We find unexpected meaning and purpose in all we do! And then we build on it.

 

Have a great day. –Laurie

Wee Sprouts: Riley’s garden cucumbers. Breakfast: Puffin cereal and pear slices. Lunch: English muffins with hummus, bananas rand fresh green beans. Snack: Celery and peanut butter.

 

Hello!

It was a kitchen and housekeeping kind of morning. Everyone gathered in the kitchen where they shared items to make us breakfast. Maya took an orange and put it into a bowl and mixed it up! We made sure that everyone had a kitchen toy so that anyone who wanted to participate had the chance! It’s a wonderful site to see friends choosing what they want to do. It allows us to understand what they’re interested in so that they can be invested in the learning that takes place through their own play.

Friends have been showing so much emotion lately during their play. We’re always so gentle with our babies. We give them hugs and kisses which translates into how we should treat a real baby! All of our friends love saying hi to Anna and giving her gentle hugs. Maya gave Anna multiple ‘leg’ hugs this afternoon.

As we headed outside this morning, our friends were happy to see that Rosemary had woken up from her nap to join us!

Rosemary started her time outside time off by a little sensory experience. She began pulling at the grass. Once it got on her hands, she noticed it was wet. She loved the sensorial experience so much that she put some grass on her baby doll so that her baby doll could try .

The outside sure does wonders for our friends. Anna could not have been happier just laying on the blanket, looking up at the sky. She was ALL smiles .

For breakfast, children had eggs and raisins. Lunch consisted of ham and cream cheese rollups, PPC plums, and a big, juicy tomato. PM snack was strawberries and yogurt/soy butter dip.

Have a lovely evening!