The children enjoyed some water play this morning with a sink full of bubbles and some abc’s. Olivia, Lea, and Elizabeth enjoyed pulling out one letter at a time, reciting it, and placing them on the perimeter of the sink. From there, we moved on to our donut shop game, we sang the abc’s, and then had the children identify by pointing the letter that their first name begins with. Elizabeth and Ellie were right on it!

Chloe motioned to us for music. We read our CD book and music, “We’re going through the jungle.” Elizabeth was right there on the “Snap, Snap” for the crocodile. Ellie, Olivia, and Lea listened intently.

Our Chicka Chicka Boom Boom theme was continued in the kitchen with the children painting with foam letters. A beautiful mural was created.

For morning snack was a taste test! We sampled coconut milk (thanks to Jada’s mom for letting us sample it), then charted if we liked it our not. We drank from straws with mustaches, adding a little fun to the mix of it! We also had some abc crackers.

With the sun shining and beautiful temperature, it was time to head outside before lunch.

Miss Tami made a wonderful casserole for us today with eggs, hash browns, and ham. We also had some bananas.

 

Enjoy the day!

Happy Monday!

Hope everyone had a great weekend! We started off our day today introducing and playing with our new friend Lea! We demonstrated the donut shop game to her. After the donut shop game, some of us chose to read books and play on the jungle gym.

Since it was such a nice morning, most of us went outside! We all bundled up in our hats, jackets, and mittens. Chloe and Olivia invited their new friend Lea to join them on the swing. Lea and Ozzy chose to play together in the house outside. Sloane and Elizabeth had a blast going down the slide! Ellie had a great time riding the bikes and cars around. Since we hadn’t been outside in a while, it seemed like all of the kids gross motor skills were in full swing! While Miss Mindy and Miss Lisa took the kids outside, Miss Marty enjoyed time with P.K., Aiden, and Clara. They played with blocks and were able to start on a snack before the rest of the kids came inside.

For breakfast, we enjoyed cereal with milk. Before it was lunch time, we got to nibble on rice cakes with cream cheese which was a hit! Once lunch time came, we all sat down and enjoyed whole wheat noodles with tuna, apples, banana, broccoli, and bread. When asked what she wanted more of, Lea stated, “Red apples please!” We are all starting to distinguish between the different colors :).

Have a great evening!

Good Afternoon!

What a glorious sunshine filled day! Our day began with some of our favorite books and songs on CD. Chloe kept signing for more! The children danced and sang to “We all sing with same voice,” and “We all go traveling by.” PK joined us in our morning donut shop ritual. Ozzie was very much interested in our gender recognition today. Elizabeth and Ellie joined in as well. Sloane and Olivia opted out of our name cards, and have had a full day building with Legos and playing on our Jungle Gym.

In the kitchen we offered the children alphabet stampers with various colored ink pads. This is a great way to help the children learn their abc’s. Chloe and Olivia enjoyed markers. Sloane, Ozzie and Olivia spent a lot of time connecting our train tracks.

PK was so glad to see his friend Clara today! How nice it was to see her dimples and smiling face. Miss Marty gave her pigtails.

Our breakfast this morning was cereal and fresh fruit. Miss Tami prepared a cream and cheddar cheese pizza on a whole wheat pizza crust. The children loved it. This was accompanied with a vegetable medley and bananas. Afternoon snack was Chex Cereal and raisins.

PLEASE REMEMBER TO PARK ACCORDING TO OUR NEW PARKING GUIDELINES. The teachers have been instructed to remind parents and ask them to move if they are not parked on the East side of the street (our side), if they are parked too close or in the alley, if they are parked the wrong direction, or if they are staying inside longer than 10 minutes for pickup. To help with parking the wrong direction, I suggest parents begin to approach WF/WWF by using
Wall Street and leaving us using Hastings Street. I have noticed that most families are arriving from North locations and they use Hastings which has them going the wrong way for parking. But, I also realize its hard to form new habits when the car is on autopilot! Also, please park so that the maximum number of cars can park in our spaces.

You can use the parking pad on the North side of WF. Short cars can angle park there to fit 2 cars, but be sure to pull all the way forward so that your entire car is out of the alley. Other options for longer pickups is the East WWF alley parking pad or the church lot. We so appreciate your cooperation!

Here’s a few pics from the last few days!

Enjoy your weekend!

After a breakfast of fresh oranges and toast, the children were ready to venture into the main room for our donut shop game. PK joined in today, and was grinning from ear to ear. Along with our name cards, and naming the gender of each of our friend’s, the children are also beginning to tell us how old they are.

We danced to “Five Little Monkeys,” then read one of our monkey books, per Elizabeth’s request. From there, we moved right into our ‘Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.” Jada knows the book cover to cover, and all of the children are enjoying our abc song. Today we identified the letter that begins with their first name. Ozzie, Ellie, and Elizabeth are real pros!

Miss Lisa and Miss Mindy made water bottles with a group of children in the kitchen. We added letters to them, naming and recognizing each letter before the children placed it in the bottle. After they decided there were enough in the bottle, we counted paint drops in an array of colors to the bottle. We then added some dish soap to make bubbles. Once the lid was securely tightened, we would turn the bottle over and watch the letters float to the top. The children also took individual bowls and enjoyed playing with the letters at the table.

Miss Marty read to some of the other children. Ellie is becoming quite the bookworm.

For lunch today we had ham and cheese tortillas, peas, and fresh fruit.

Please be sure to turn in your parking form to one of the teacher’s if you have not already done so. Tami is requesting that you print and write your name on the signature line.

A special thanks to Jen for providing us with enough water bottles to complete our project today. Also, for those of you who brought us plastic bags, many thanks, and do keep them coming.

Enjoy the sunshine~

Hello! This is Miss Mindy. My first day at WWF was Monday and I’m loving getting to know the children as well as parents!

Today we started the day by reading a snowman book that Miss Amy was kind enough to share with us. The children loved talking about the snow! Afterwards, we played the donut shop game. We’re still working on recognizing boys and girls using our name cards. Ozzie is beginning to show great progress when distinguishing between girls and boys. We put in a few CD’s to dance along to. Chloe and Sloane were shaking their musical instruments to the beat of the music. Ellie danced while moving her body to the music. She had a great time spinning in circles.

Miss Mindy and Miss Lisa did a painting activity in the kitchen after dancing. Olivia, Jada, Sloane, and Ozzie had a great time working with green paint to make a hand print tree. After they finished their tree, they had a chance to mix paints together and finger paint or some chose to use a brush to paint.

Miss Marty had a group on the carpet reading books and playing multiple hands on activities including musical instruments and different kinds of blocks. Ellie chose to read multiple books and Aiden had a great time listening to the stories being read.

For snack this morning we had muffins and bananas. Lunch was couscous, carrots and lima beans, and pears. P.K. loved the couscous! He was a mess when he was done :). Afternoon snack consisted of animal crackers and apples.

Sorry for no pictures today, as they all came out fuzzy. We apologize

Chloe was anxious this morning to move right into our donut shop game. She brought Miss Lisa the basket full of donuts, started clapping her hands, and was ready to go. Aiden sat intently on Miss Marty’s lap and grinned from ear to ear as we sang the song. The children are also learning to identify our friend’s by gender when doing our name picture cards.

 

Prior to break, the children had a real interest in “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.” This has evolved into a new “theme” and the children are learning to recite the words. Ellie seemed to finish up every page with knowing to say,”I’ll meet you at the top of the coconut tree.” The children enjoyed singing the ABC song. Sloane wanted an encore.

 

Some of the children gathered in the kitchen to glue some abc’s on their coconuts. Pla-Doh was also offered, and several of the children added some of our abc letters to it.

Chloe, Sloane, Jada and Elizabeth sat at the felt board, pulled out a letter from our shoe box, recited it with Miss Lisa, and placed it on the board.

Chloe later motioned to Miss Mindy that she wanted “We All Sing with Same Voice” CD on. She demanded a repeat performance! Elizabeth then wanted the “monkey song” on, so the children danced to that.

 

Miss Marty had a kitchen full of children to do a sensory activity with our rice tubs.

For breakfast this morning the children had cereal and fresh sliced apples. Our lunch today was whole wheat pasta with marinara, green beans, and banana slices. For our late afternoon snack we had muffins, cheese, and oranges.

We are in need of more plastic bags for our soiled diapers. Also, we would appreciate any water bottle donations to make some shakers. Thanks!

Have a great day!

 

 

 

Happy New Year! Welcome back to all of our families. Today we also welcomed Miss Mindy and Aiden, Olivia’s brother. Please join us in welcoming them to our WWF Family.

 

Despite the snow outside, we have begun to create our own “ABC paradise,” by beginning our theme of “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.” We have an outside patio umbrella and small table with alphabet books in beach pails. This morning we read the book, and sang our ABC song. Eleanor and Ozzie were great at identifying the letters. Jada sang and danced with the book in her hand. Sloane signed for “more!”

Some of us chose to use flannel felt board and took a letter from the box, and placed it on the board. Others opted for our abc pasta sensory box in the kitchen. Ozzie dumped and filled, Sloane scooped up hers, and Jada enjoyed filling measuring cups with hers.

 

Several of the children were very interested in our abc books pulled from the shelves.

For breakfast this morning we had toast and fruit. Our mid-morning snack was rice cakes. For lunch today we had whole wheat tortillas, ham, cheese, orange slices and broccoli.

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! Enjoy the day!

Yesterday afternoon the children dressed up and danced to “My Favorite Things” from Sound of Music. Jada immediately looked for a dance partner and danced with Olivia and Elizabeth.

 

Some of our favorite moments here at WWF are those when the children independently initiate and engage in a self-directed activity, such as looking at books.

Here are some fun moments from today. Miss Lisa added a component to our name game—she asked the children to identify whether the child on the card is a boy or a girl. Elizabeth surprised us by correctly labeling most of the children. We decorated a gingerbread men and practicing drawing letters in shaving cream + glitter + ribbon. We also enjoyed some fresh air outside and sang songs while walking around our circle. We did Ring around the Rosie about 30 times!

 

Thank you to Jada’s family for the fun snowman books for all the children. We also are missing Chloe today and hope that her ear surgery went smoothly today. We hope you all have a peaceful and enjoyable winter break. Smiles of the day brought to you by Ellie and Elizabeth. Cheers!

 

 

 

 

 

Today we brought out our felt letter and number box. Each child took a letter from the box, we helped them identify their letter, and they placed it on our black felt board. Max and Jada were particularly interested in this project.

Others spent time climbing and sliding on our climber. In our art space Elizabeth and Jada worked hard practicing cutting snowman paper with (child-friendly) scissors. We also explored soft, glittery, shiny, and puffy textures in a sensory exploration

Enjoy your day!

Today Miss Lisa added a new counting book to our morning group activity “Ten Little Monkeys’ by Keith Faulkner. The children were able to place paper monkeys in the trees. Here is a picture of Ellie placing her monkey high in the tree.

Trucks and trains were of particular interest today

Lots and lots of book reading!

Stops at Marty’s hair salon

and some experimenting with mixing color and shaving cream

We had a sing-along at the lunch table while we waited for our lunch. Marty and Lisa lead a round of songs and the children kept asking for “MORE!” A favorite was “Make new friends”and “I stuck my head in a little skunks hole”. Lunch today was rice with beef, corn, and apples.

A beautiful smile to help brighten your day…