“Look! I can squeeze my letter out!” said Leo as he used the tongs to pick up his scrabble letter.

“Will you read the Mulberry Bush?” friends have been asking. They are requesting a Wee Friends nursery rhyme collection that includes many favorites and also many new rhymes to learn. We offered our felt board characters for them to explore.

 

“Hickory, Dickory, Dock”is always a favorite. We talked about what a pendulum does and asked each friend to become one. We also asked friends “Where in your house is there a clock?”

Elliott measured bell pepper sticks as Mel cut the Wee Sprouts. “You have three groups now.” he expressed.

Max and Cassie put the finishing touches on the afternoon WF Daily Schedule.

The Matching Game offers, not only excellent for cognitive development, but oh the anticipation that grows as you look for THE card!

 

“How many of YOUR feet long is the snake you built?”

BOOKS! BOOKS! BOOKS! Wee Friends can never get enough of our read out loud togetherness.

Today, we squeezed a lot of learning moments out of our friends as we listened, observed and jumped into their Wee play.

Hope you’re squeezing a lot of happiness out of your day.

Laurie

Wee Sprouts: Red and green bell peppers. Breakfast: Corn Flakes and bananas. Lunch: Brown rice with chicken, fruit salad (apple/pineapple/raisins) and mixed veggies. Snack: Strawberries and CoJack cheese. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: http://everydaylife.globalpost.com/games-cognitive-development-during-early-childhood-6870.html

 

 

Good Afternoon!

Affection at this age is adorable. Lately, Eren has been very into giving hugs. Friends have been following suite and showing affection in different ways. Relationships truly start at this age. The excitement that friends have when other children arrive at Wee Wee Friends is a very special site to witness.

Our morning was quite active.

First, we got out the shakers and made fantastic music. Some of us chose to use one shaker while a few of us had multiple shakers in our hands. When one of our friends was empty handed, we shared our shakers.

During morning naps, Eren and Saskia enjoyed working with the tunnel. At first, they went in one by one. Towards the end, they found it quite entertaining to head in the tunnel together!

For breakfast, children had english muffins with cinnamon and oranges. Lunch consisted of ham and cheese filled tortillas, pears, and mixed vegetables. PM snack was raisins and graham crackers.

Have a great evening!

Our FABS this week and last week have been natural lead ins to what we experience with our friends each day: MATH K.4.3-Use the terms inside, outside, between, above and below. K.5.1-Make comparisons of length and identify which object is shorter, longer, taller. K.5.2-Understand these concepts of time: morning, afternoon and evening. LITERACY K.4.7-Identify pictures and charts as sources of information.

A few friends have been watching the blue grass, banjo playing Curious George. Elizabeth would like to make a banjo. Today, we began our research.

And the swimmers practiced swimming safety today!

Hope your day is going well.

Laurie

Wee Sprouts: Carrots. Breakfast: Peanut butter toast and oranges. Lunch: Melted cheddar and ham on whole wheat tortillas, mixed veggies and pear slices. Snack: Cheese sticks and raisins.

Happy First Monday of March!

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Maya and Henri had a fabulous time this morning in the gross motor area! We were all smiles .

While playing with the magnatiles, Eren requested a garage. So with the help of teachers and friends, a garage was made.

He loved driving his cars down the driveway into the garage.

Since the garage was such a hit, we extended the driveway to have multiple options where cars could be driven.

Nora decided to build a tower with people on the top. Eren let her know that she built a big tower!

All of our friends used the bean bags in different ways this afternoon. Nora worked on her colors by stating the color of each bag. Lucy and Henri used it as a sensorial experience since there are beads into the bag.

For breakfast, children had cheerios and apples. Lunch consisted of whole grain noodles with kidney beans, fresh strawberries (our fave), and peas. PM snack was cheddar cheese slices and crackers.

Have a wonderful evening!

What happens when you:

• fill a vase with water
• Drop in food coloring
• cut the stem of the carnation
• place the long stemmed carnation in the colored water?

How many gingerbread person high is our amaryllis?

How can we determine if it’s an indoor or outdoor play day? “Are we going outside today?”

What do you do when you GOTTA DANCE? “You Tango like this. Now turn fast.”

What do you do when you are learning to write a letter? “I can show you Elliott.”

What happens when you don the fire person’s hat? “oo-ee-oo-ee-oo-ee-oo-ee.”

What happens when you measure the length of a line?

What happens when you want to read a book? “Daniel is reading a book to me!”

The Wee Life happens.

Laurie

Wee Sprouts: Red peppers. Breakfast: Cheerios and pear slices. Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with red beans, bananas and peas. Snack: Cottage cheese and oranges.

 

 

Markers, in our Early Childhood learning environment,  are sort of like rolls of toilet paper in a home environment: they are necessary for creating (uuhummm) art, and we go through them really fast.

So what to do with the problem of markers that dry out in a week’s time? Tami solved it yesterday.

 

We will collect “yucky markers” and re-purpose them by creating watercolor. We began the exploration today, scientifically, with a discussion on how the markers create the colored watercolor. We then invited friends to create art with this homemade art material.  And so we offer you a glimpse at the Power of Repurposing. And the continued Wee Joy, in learning and creating.

 

 

What have YOU repurposed lately?

Happy weekend.

Laurie

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers. Breakfast: Whole wheat English muffins with peanut butter, bananas. Lunch: Hummus sandwiches on whole wheat bread, peas and apple/pear slices. Snack: Peanut butter yogurt dip and raisins. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: http://www.earlychildhoodnews.com/earlychildhood/article_view.aspx?ArticleID=130

 

Happy Thursday!

**There won’t be a blog tomorrow. Have a good weekend!

Here are a few pictures from today.

For breakfast, children had toast with butter and red grapes. Lunch consisted of rice with pork, banana, broccoli, and mashed avocado. PM snack was graham crackers and string cheese.

 

Wee Sprouts: Red and yellow peppers. Breakfast: Corn Flakes and raisins. Lunch: Brown rice with pork, broccoli and bananas. Snack: Peanuts and strawberries.

Have a great day!

Laurie

 

Hello!

The habitrail was quite popular today. Not only is it a great place for us to get active but it provides a wonderful social aspect into our play. Our older friends help our babies which allows for relationship building to occur! The older Wee Wee’s are so infatuated with our babes!

While Lucy tried to climb up the slide this afternoon, her friends Nora and Saskia participated in gross motor activity to the extreme. They walked up the stairs, ran to the slide and slid down the slide. They did this over and over while Nora shouted, “Go Nora!” Self encouragement is always a great thing to see .

A ravishing game of ‘peek-a-boo’ occurred between Saskia and Lucy. We all had a few good laughs .

For breakfast, children had toast with cinnamon and banana. Lunch consisted of soy butter on tortillas, corn, and fresh strawberries. PM snack was rice cakes with soy butter and raisins. 

Have a lovely evening!

We started our day navigating an obstacle course. And collecting ideas about what “exercise” is.

Our hopscotch introduced the shape of the day: the square. Some friends counted as they hopped and other friends counted backwards and walked.

We explored how many equal lines make a square and placed Little People inside/outside (Math FAB K.4.3) the squares.

 

Finn, Elliott, Ellie and Max continued yesterday’s project of building a Magna Tile Fire Ship Rocket Ship so high that they had to use stools to raise it up. Laurie thought she would HELP them by getting the stools, but she ended up knocking their creation over ON ACCIDENT. Even teachers can get in the way of great learning moments. They were not pleased. But they rebuilt and created something spectacular. And they forgave her.

 

 

Eve built houses.

 

Sloane and Marta played inside/outside and all around house keeping. They asked Mel if she would pretend to be the Grandma.

 

Leo and Daniel built and rode a choo-choo. They read a book on the ride.

 

Aislinn, Clara and Owen practiced catapulting fuzz balls off a flat surface.

 

Per Literacy FAB K.7.2, Lisa invited friends to “Share information and ideas” about how to write a letter to her daughter, Monica, living in Ghana.

 

Happy Zoi led friends as they marched across the hopscotch to “The Ants Go Marching”

Cassie worked her fingers to the bone peeling the masking tape off yesterday’s painted shape collage.

GREAT NEWS!!!!!!!! Max and Finn have both started reading Bob Books.

 

Enjoy your day.

Laurie

 

Wee Sprouts: Carrots. Breakfast: Apple sauce Malt-O-Meal. Lunch: Peanut butter on whole grain flatbread, corn and applesauce. Snack: CoJack cheese and crackers.