Welcome Back!!! We started our morning exploring our “sheets” of paper that we made right before break out of sawdust, water and the blender.  Despite following the directions carefully, the paper experiment failed.  We all discussed why it “didn’t work” and then moved right into other ways to use our colored sawdust.  After some thought, it turned into an paint exploration!

Over break, Eleanor turned 5 years old!  HOORAY,  Ellie! 

Today is Owen 4th Birthday!  He was excited to meet the age milestone of 4 years old to use the workshop tools, real wood and real nails. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was a busy morning getting caught up on how we spent our summer breaks.

Breakfast was kix, bananas, & milk.  Lunch was whole wheat buttered pasta with beans, fresh cantaloupe, and corn.  Wee Sprouts were carrots.  Snack is bananas and a special treat from Owen, yogurt squeezes. 

 

Have a great day!

Tami

Good Afternoon!

Yesterday, Lulu and Miss Mindy took a walk around the neighborhood. We saw a lot of trees that had fallen! Lulu talked about the rain and the storm that occurred the night before. Today, we saw efforts to clean up the mess that the storm left behind. We’re so glad that none of our neighbors were hurt and that clean up is under way!

While her younger friends took their naps this morning, Lulu worked with sensory rice in the kitchen. She practiced pouring and dumping along with scooping and filling. One of the cups had holes in the bottom. Lulu quickly found out that when she put the rice mixture into the cup, it slowly fell out from the bottom!

When we headed outside, Lulu ran shouting, “Bicycles!”

Maya and Tate played with cars and little people this afternoon. Maya tried her hardest to get her little person into the car seat.

For breakfast, we had cinnamon toast squares and strawberries. Lunch consisted of hummus on tortillas, pears, and broccoli. PM snack was peas and blueberries/grapes.

Hope everyone has a fantastic summer vacation! We’ll see you back here on July 14th .

-Mindy

Wee Friends is closed tomorrow and Friday. We will reopen Monday, July 14th. Happy Summer!

Wee hope your family time and explorations are filled with wonder and fun!

 

Breakfast: rice cakes with peanut butter and pear slices.

Lunch: whole wheat flat bread with hummus, fresh nectarines and bananas, and carrots

Snack: fresh strawberries and our homemade whole milk plain yogurt and fresh fruit frozen bars

Wee Sprouts: green pepper slices and carrots

Tomorrow is our last day of school, before Summer Break. we will reopen Monday, July 14th.

Trees

Trees are the kindest things I know
They do no harm, they simply grow
And spread a shade for sleepy cows
And gather birds among their boughs.

Trees give us fruit in leaves above,
And wood to make our houses of.
Leaves to burn on Hallowee’en,
And in the Spring new buds of green.
Trees are the kindest things I know.

Enjoy pictures of our tree walk! We filled our bag and minds with objects and images of standing and fallen trees. We saw exposed roots and deep holes where trees had been. We counted wounded trees and recorded numbers and other observations on our clipboard.

Breakfast: Peanut butter toast and blueberries. Lunch: Ham sandwiches on whole wheat bread, Baby Spinach with Yogurt Ranch dressing and grapes/blueberries. Snack: Hardboiled eggs and orange slices.

 

 

Happy Monday!

Hope everyone had a terrific weekend!

**Just a reminder that we have a short week this week. WWF will be closed July 3rd through July 11th for summer break.

Maya and Naia sat together and worked with each other to try and build a tall tower. Maya handed Naia the blocks so that she could stack them one by one. This showed great team work! When the tower fell down, they started building another one.

Even with the age difference between the two friends, they enjoyed playing and learning from one another.

Anna is becoming more aware of her surrounds and friends. She’s beginning to flash us smiles quite often . Lulu and her friends are becoming very attached to our new friend often asking, “Where’s Anna?” (when she’s napping). It’s always a good refresher when we have a tiny baby like Miss Anna! We remember what we can do with the baby and what we can’t do.

We took some awesome naps today. It’s wonderful when our friends are able to rest their bodies and get such great naps! Our friends were totally refreshed this afternoon.

For breakfast, children had toast with butter and raisins. Lunch consisted of whole grain noodles with turkey, broccoli, and applesauce. PM snack was fresh PPC strawberries and thin cakes with cream cheese.

Have a good evening!

In Laurie’s blog earlier today,  she shared that the children are currently interested in how paper is made from wood.  Miss Melinda is going to lead the children through making some homemade paper tomorrow…from wood!  Please pray for my blender.  It’s about to get one heck of a workout!

We have a small supply of wood pulp from having the children pound  our logs into pulp.  A nice quiet activity

We would love to have more pulp so that we can make more paper! 

So any of you have a workshop that has a pile of sawdust sitting beside your saw?  Could we please have your sawdust?   Please, only non chemically treated wood. 

 

Thanks!

Tami

REMINDER: Wee Friends will close at 5:30 Wednesday for summer break. We will reopen on Monday, July 14th.

 

Mom to Sophie: “Trees make paper!”

Sophie to Sloane: “Did you know trees make paper? My mom told me.”

Sloane to Melinda: “ Melinda! Did you know trees make paper?”

Elizabeth: “I knew that! I saw it on Cat in the Hat!”

Melinda: “Would you like to MAKE paper?”

Emma: “Me too! Me too!”

We explored textures of different paper and we took turns chopping soft wood to use to create new paper.

The lifecycles of ideas in child initiated learning environment are not conventional. They last as long as our friends have interest.  Our friends have expressed great excitement in the scientific sensory exploration of paper making. They stopped being interested in the jungle.

And then came the Titanic.

On the lifecycle of ideas turns. Stay tuned. –Laurie

 

Wee Sprouts: Carrots. Breakfast: Cereal and orange slices. Lunch: Whole wheat penne pasta with turkey, broccoli and unsweetened apple sauce. Snack: Rice cakes and cream cheese.

Marta Ciccone. Marta came to Wee Wee three years ago, in the winter of 2011. She transitioned to the older classroom a year later. Marta and her family have filled our lives with laughter, language, stories of the world, great parties, great nonas and  great support of our program. Marta is curious and articulate. She notices the (big!) world around her and asks questions that inspire others to engage and learn. Her temperament is spicy and her joy contagious. We will miss Marta so very much. Thank you, Marta, for growing with us and teaching US about our Wee World. WE LOVE YOU! Ciao, Marta, Chiara, Pamina and Baboo! 

Marta’s Ginger Beet Smoothie

Ingredients

• 1 apple, chopped
• 1 large carrot, chopped
• 1 fresh beet, washed, scrubbed and cut into wedges
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 1/2 small head of cabbage, core removed
• 1 large handful fresh kale
• Fresh ginger, to taste (I used four relatively thin slices of fresh ginger)
• 1 1/2 cups cold water (may use more or less to reach desired consistency)

Directions:

1. Place all ingredients in a high-powered blender
2. Blend until everything is completely smooth and thin enough to to drink through a straw

Enjoy every delicious sip with someone you love.

Wee Sprouts: Carrots. Breakfast: Banana Cinnamon Malt-O-Meal and raisins. Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs, mixed veggies, whole wheat tortillas and grape/orange fruit salad. Snack: Graham crackers and Mozzarella cheese.

 

Good Afternoon!

Anna started reaching for toys this morning while Maya and friends sat in the kitchen whipping up some food!

Lulu sported her Germany soccer outfit today! She was so happy that her and her Papa matched!

Outside was filled with new worms, bikes, and coloring!

For breakfast, children had kix and strawberries. Lunch consisted of whole grain rice with cheese, green beans, and watermelon. PM snack was banana and pear smoothie pops and whole grain thin cakes with hummus.

Have a great night!

 

We’ve been waiting for the worms. While we waited, we created.  Puppets, sticks, letters and pix. Stickers, a few bickers, pulling up knickers. Standing up and standing down, we waited for the postwoman to come ‘round.

 

She made it.

-Laurie

Wee Sprouts: Carrots. Breakfast: Cheerios and bananas. Lunch: Cheesy brown rice, watermelon and celery sticks. Snack: Peanuts and strawberries.