Happy Wednesday!

Our day was filled with sunshine and books. Not a bad day right?

Our friends have been enjoying the sandbox a whole lot lately. The sensorial feeling on their fingers and hands is wonderful and has children keep coming back for more!

Between reading by ourselves as well as with other friends and teachers, our literacy was in high gear today.

For breakfast, children had whole grain toast with soy butter and banana. Lunch consisted of turkey rollups with cream cheese, pears, and fresh tomatoes. PM snack was hard boiled eggs and cucumbers.

Have a lovely night!

The teaching of young children is complex. We must balance the scaffolding we [teachers/parents] provide with opportunities for children to scaffold each others’ learning. Providing engaging materials is only a part of our job—we must also provide a supportive environment in which those materials can be used. It is important to be curious along with the children on a daily basis. What happens when we say ‘yes’ to children?”

www.naeyc.org, volume 5 no.3

Our butterfly died this morning. Melinda noticed that it had fallen to the bottom of the habitat. We had a lengthy conversation about the butterfly’s life cycle. When Ada checked on it, it seemed to be breathing still, so she asked if she could take it out and hold it. We said yes. As she held it in her hand, other friends visited it, touched it and studied it. Elliott found a tub to carry it in, and then used a clipboard to record his ideas about the butterfly.

Later, Lisa led a large group discussion about what happens at bigger kids schools, particularly Arleigh and Ada’s new schools. Everyone was captivated. No naps at big kids school? Hot lunches on trays? A principal? No way.

It’s a morphing season at Wee Friends: Hellos/goodbyes, hot weather and cold, life/death , no …and yes. And together, we keep it all moving.

ps: this is an excellent time to take your Wee Friend to the SB Zoo Butterfly exhibit. There through October, I’ve heard.

pps: only a few pix today!

Wee Sprouts: WF garden carrots. Breakfast: Applesauce Cream-of-Wheat. Lunch: Ham rolls with cream cheese, WF garden tomatoes and pear slices. Snack: Orange slices and pretzels.

Have a good day.

Hello!

Three little monkeys jumping on the bed. One fell off and bumped her head. Momma called the doctor and the doctor said…”No more monkeys jumping on the bed!”

For breakfast, children had cheesy eggs with oranges. Lunch consisted of pasta salad with cucumber and tomato with banana as our fruit. PM snack was crackers and hard boiled eggs. Friends also got to try fresh cut peaches!

Have a great night.

“The young of all creatures cannot keep their bodies still or their tongues quiet: they are always wanting to move and cry out; some are leaping and skipping and overflowing with playfulness and pleasure, and others uttering all sorts of cries. Enforced learning [in young children] will not stay in the mind. So avoid compulsion and let your children’s lessons take the form of play.” –Plato

Wee Sprouts: WF Garden grown carrots. Breakfast: Cheerios and bananas. Lunch: Whole wheat pasta salad with WF tomatoes and cucumbers, bananas and WF garden kale and Ranch. Snack: Peaches and string cheese.

Good Afternoon!

Since we are almost half way through August (whoa!), just wanted to mention that WWF is closed for Labor Day which is September 2nd. We’ll be back in action Tuesday, September 3rd .

We spent most of our morning outside with our Wee friends! It was a lovely morning. We saw our friends that we missed over the weekend!

Various activities went on while we were outside. Clara worked on taking the big blue ball and bumping it with her head while Emma rocked back and forth on the teeter totter!

The chalk was put out for friends to draw with. We loved it!

For breakfast, children had raisin bran and banana. Lunch consisted of whole grain rice with chicken, fresh mixed fruit, and mixed vegetables. PM snack was string cheese and pretzels.

Have a great night!

Today we welcome 3 year old Owen to Wee Friends! We are so glad you are with us!

Lisa came to Wee Friends today with a butterfly habitat that stands 3’ tall! Rich, having heard all about how friends were collecting live specimens, built it for us! Thank you, Rich!

We stayed outside all morning chasing butterflies and doodle bugs. We watched more babies being born. We read books under the shade of our tree. Using sidewalk chalk, we created art, numbers and letters. The Boss of the Garden led a harvesting of tomatoes, zucchini, potatoes and (our first) carrots. Marina, Sloane and Leo took care of their babies. We welcomed a new friend and started talking to “old” friends about new schools. This Friday, we say goodbye to Ada and a week from today, Arleigh.

Have a terrific Monday.

Breakfast: Whole wheat PB toast and bananas. Lunch: Brown rice with turkey, fruit salad with cantaloupe, strawberries and blueberries and a WF garden kale salad with Ranch. Snack: Yogurt and blueberries.

Happy Friday!

To start off our Friday, our four friends headed into the kitchen where they worked with coffee filters and markers. Once they were done with each coffee filter, we sprayed water onto the coffee filter and watch the colors melt together! The different colors ran down the coffee filter and blended together. We found this very interesting!

Stories took up most of our morning. Between teachers reading books to children and friends reading to themselves, books were everywhere this morning! Books allow friends to increase their vocabulary. A lot of our friends vocabulary is taking off! Woohoo!

Smiles filled the room.

Once we headed outside, friends scattered to their favorite activity. We love drinking from the water fountain .

For breakfast, children had raisin bran and banana. Lunch consisted of whole grain mac and cheese, oranges, and salad.

Have a lovely weekend!

We are flying into our weekend chasing butterflies. A perfect way to end this week spent observing nature’s amazing and miraculous…..bugs……and the miraculous and amazing Wee Friends who have invested hours of study. This week we created habitats for doodle bugs, a fly, a cricket, an earthworm, an ant and today….a few species of butterflies found on our butterfly bush outside.

Before the butterfly expedition, friends spent time be-jeweling homemade crowns, building pirate ships, reading Bob the Dog (and exploring letter sounds and recognition) and digging in the sand.

Have a great weekend.

Wee Sprouts: WF cucumbers. Breakfast: Peanut butter toast and apple slices. Lunch: Homemade mac-n-cheese, salad with ranch and oranges. Snack: Cottage cheese and pretzels.

Happy Thursday!

Friends started packing for their Wee Wee picnic! They decided to take everything . It sure was delicious! We did a great job sharing our food with our friends and teachers.

After our picnic food was gone, we heard lovely music coming from our music area. Emma and Eren played their xylophones in unison.

The sun was shining this morning as friends headed outside. There was a traffic jam with a few trucks and grocery carts! We were go, go, go!

For breakfast, children had cheerios and banana. Lunch consisted of melted cheese on whole wheat tortillas, mixed vegetables, and banana. PM snack was special mini cupcakes that Macy from Wee Friends brought over along with string cheese. Today is Macy’s last day at Wee Friends. Thanks for the special cupcakes Macy and we will sure miss you!

Have a great night.

 

 

Macy Wolfe Little was 7 months old when she became a Wee Friend. Today she is 5 and 3/4, and it’s time to say goodbye. She will start kindergarten at Northpoint Elementary School in a couple weeks. Today marks 7 1/2 years that the Little Family has been a part of the Wee Friends family. Both Macy’s sisters, Sydney (9) and Taylor (8) were Wee Friends. How do we say goodbye?! Well, the sendoff began yesterday by the Little’s having the Kona Ice truck visit Wee Friends! THANK YOU so much!

How do we say goodbye? Let’s not! We will say “We love you, Macy Wolfe Little! Thank you for the gifts you have shared with Wee Friends: Your giggles, your leadership, your initiative and thoughtful observations! You are a lovely girl and we can’t wait for you to come back and visit us, sharing stories of your new friends and new school-and the school bus! We know you are excited about riding the school bus.” That’s what we’ll say. No goodbyes, just big hugs and kisses.

Fly away Little Lady! YOU CAN DO IT! And come back to us soon.

Wee Sprouts: Elliott’s garden tomatoes. Breakfast: Cheerios and bananas. Lunch: Lisa’s taco salad (thank you, Lisa!), tomatoes and bananas. Snack: Tami’s homemade rice pudding and crackers.