We will be taking Group A to the farm tomorrow! Group A: Finn, Elizabeth, Marta, Max, Elliott, Sophia, Sloane, Ellie, Owen and Aislinn. Group B: Leo, Clara, Zoi, Emma, Daniel, Eve, Eren and Nora.

We will leave Wee Friends at 9:30. Please have your child here in due time. Also, make sure your Wee Friend has farm boots or old shoes that can get yucky. Clothing layers are good as well! Thanks so much!

And SNAP! It took Aislinn two days to learn how to snap. Enjoy your day. –Laurie

Wee Sprouts: Carrots. Breakfast: Cereal and raisins. Lunch: Homemade, whole wheat crust cheese pizza, red peppers/tomatoes and bananas. Snack: Apples and cheese slices.

Hello!

**Even though it tends to still be a little chilly in the morning, please make sure that your child has the appropriate clothes in his/her cubby in the bathroom for any needed clothing changes throughout the day. Thanks! (HOPEFULLY, winter has fully left us)

First, we want to wish Henri a BIG happy 1st birthday! We love you!

Lucy, Maya, and Henri all joined the ‘toddlers’ club this week. In May, look for our last ‘baby’ to turn 1. Where has the time gone?

Between habitrail play and spending a lovely morning outside, friends had an exciting Wednesday! We’re half way through our week. We’re noticing that friends spirits are up and naps are better when we get some vitamin D outside!

For breakfast, children had eggs with cheese and strawberries. Lunch consisted of cream cheese filled tortillas, peas, and pears. PM snack was pretzels and cheese.

Have a lovely evening!

-Mindy

 

After reading My Garden by Kevin Henkes, we invited friends to take a nature walk and collect natural materials that they could create a garden mosaic with. When they came to the art table, Mel drew an outline of their inspiration. They filled it in with the items they found outside.

Max and Finn worked at the stove with dried Great Northern beans. They recorded how long it took for the water to boil. They poured the dried beans into the water and kept close watch, examining what happened to the beans. After a while, they took them out of the boiling water and studied them.

 

Enjoy your day. –Laurie

Wee Sprouts: Cherry tomatoes. Breakfast: Cereal and raisins. Lunch: Peanut butter on flatbread, fresh strawberries and bananas, watercress greens with sweet peppers. Snack: Cottage cheese and kiwi.

 

Good Afternoon!

Lucy, Henri, and Tate are continuing to master the habitrail! Yesterday, Henri was able to get up the whole habitrail by himself. Lucy and Tate are ecstatic when they go down the slide. It was a fun time had by all.

Nora and Tate had a blast outside. Nora worked on her balancing skills as she stepped from trunk to trunk.

Tate loved touching the cold sand with his fingers. It was a nice chance for us to get some fresh air!

For breakfast, children had english muffins with butter and oranges. Lunch consisted of cheese and chicken tortillas, broccoli, and banana. PM snack was graham crackers and strawberries.

Have a wonderful evening!

Oh the Earth is good to us! And so we thank the earth! For giving us the things we need, Wee Friends and their families….oh the earth is good to us.

We celebrated Earth Day by getting our fingers in the dirt and planting our seeds. Here’s what’s on board for our summer garden: carrots, eggplant, cucumbers, green beans, cherry tomatoes, spinach, corn and……….what else?

Other Wee Friends sorted beans.

The report from the Y is that the swimmers had a blast and worked hard.

Wee Sprouts: Sweet peppers. Breakfast: English muffins and PPC strawberries. Lunch: Toasted cheddar and chicken on tortillas, PPC watermelon and PPC cucumbers. Snack: PPC strawberries and bananas and peanuts.

 

Happy earth Day. Love, Pollyanna

Happy Monday!

Hope everyone had an enjoyable holiday weekend!

Today, even though she was at home, we want to send out a big happy 1st birthday out to Maya! We love you!

Here are a few pictures from today.

Breakfast was kix and banana. Lunch consisted of egg casserole with potatoes and cheese, peas, and banana. PM snack was cheddar cheese and pretzels.

Have a lovely evening!

Here are the Wee Friends who have signed up for this gymnastics session: Finn, Elizabeth, Marta, Clara, Elliott, Daniel, Eve and Sloane. If you have planned on enrolling your Wee Friend but haven’t done so, please do ASAP! Jennifer will have one class starting at 9:30am.

Among the many works of the day, was the question: “How many different ways can you sort?”. We set out a variety of silk flowers to better explore this question. Many times, we begin with an intentional focus for a lesson.  Many times, after that idea has run its course,  we leave the materials out to see what else our friends will discover. We watch. And many times (long after the intentional work is past) we think, “Ah!!!! THERE it is!”

 

Hope your day is sorting itself out nicely. –Laurie

 

Wee Sprouts: Carrots. Breakfast: Cereal and raisins. Lunch: Potato egg casserole, peas and orange slices. Snack: Animal crackers and apple slices.

Hello!

Here are a few pictures from today.

We want to wish Lucy an early happy birthday! Lucy will be celebrating Easter and her 1st birthday on the same day! We love you big girl!

For breakfast, children had english muffins with butter and oranges. Lunch consisted of turkey and cheese on bread, mixed vegetables, and banana. PM snack was fresh PPC honeydew melon and string cheese.

Hope everyone has a fabulous holiday weekend! Safe travels!

See everyone Monday!

We end our week with lots of new information about eggs and nests. Today we dyed hard boiled eggs and sampled fish eggs (whitefish caviar!). Almost ALL of our friends tried the caviar and one friend (Marta!) had four helpings. We spotted new buds on many of our trees and plants. We studied life-giving sunshine in patterns on our rugs. Finn and his parents turned our garden soil and added manure. We created oval sketches on logs in the backyard.  We have found this spring life.

 

Enjoy your long weekend and don’t forget: NO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY (tomorrow!)

 

Wee Sprouts: Cherry tomatoes. Breakfast: Cereal and strawberries. Lunch: Ham and cheese sandwiches, fresh cucumbers and bananas. Snack: Kefir and bananas.  (All PPC produce and fruit)

Good Afternoon!

Eren requested magnatiles to start off his morning! Lucy and Lulu joined him in the kitchen where they made different structures such as a garage.

We also love playing with the cars as well as the magnatiles.

As we headed outside, Eren and Lulu requested bikes!

We headed into the log house where we used out dump and fill skills with different buckets and bowls.

We love getting vitamin D. It makes our bodies feel good!

When our older friends were taking their naps, Tate and Henri had a blast together! Forming and building relationships at this stage in their development is key.

We also mastered a few new tricks. Henri loved crawling throughout the habitrail! He had the BIGGEST smile on his face. Tate wanted down so he zoomed down the slide. He liked it so much he did it over and over.

For breakfast, children had toast with butter and cinnamon along with banana. Lunch consisted of whole grain rice with beans and banana. PM snack was string cheese and graham crackers.

Have a great night!