The Frozen soundtrack seems to never be out of style at Wee Friends! This morning was spent dancing to a variety of Frozen songs. Friends asked each other, “Is this Ana? Is this Elsa?” trying to guess who was singing. There was twirling and swirling and running and so much JOY.

Books are a huge part of our Wee World. It is always interesting to see how and where friends decide to read. Today friends flipped the stools over in the science area to create some unique book reading seating. Whether sitting, lounging or laying down we love to look at books!

Kindergarten: The interest in 3D shapes continued today as Elliott examined a sheet of various dodecahedra and asked to make a paper model of a dodecahedron made from rhombuses. A quick search on the computer yielded a template and they got to work. Talk about fine motor practice! These tiny models have many small flaps and curves to cut. In the end, we wound up with some really cool 12-sided shapes.

Wee Sprouts: Pea pods. Breakfast: Brown rice cakes with no-nut butter and bananas. Lunch: Whole wheat bread with hummus, fresh broccoli, pears and bananas. Snack: Pretzels and mozzarella cheese sticks.

Link to the photo album: WF 1/29/2016

Have a wonderful weekend! –Jessica

Anna and Emma spent the morning in the kitchen writing in their personal journals. This was Emma’s first time using her journal. Soon it will be filled with colorful scribbles! Anna flipped through her notebook and admired some of her previous entries. She would look at a page and say, “Pretty!”

The rainbow stackers were brought down to play with this afternoon. Some of the pieces would roll away and our friends would have to chase after them!

Ruby, Anna, and David were acting silly together on the habitrail slide. They were having fun sliding down backwards and on their bellies and then rolling around when they got to the carpet!

Breakfast was toast with sweet pea butter and kiwi. Lunch consisted of whole grain brown rice with cheese, kiwi, and carrots. Afternoon snack was graham crackers and block cheese.

Have a great night!

Amanda

Link to photos: http://1drv.ms/1ZX1cjS

*Reminder: Conference sign-up sheets are due tomorrow. Thanks!

Today has been one of those days where every single child seemed to always be deeply engaged in their work. Throughout the morning and afternoon friends were playing together in every area of the house. They built magna-tile houses to hold animals and completed puzzles only to tear them up and do them again!

There was spirited imaginative play going on in housekeeping, with friends making beds and taking care of each other. The latest food creation from the kitchen area? Rice with “lots and lots of mustard!”

Today friends gathered to watch Miss Mindy check what the temperature was outside to see if we could go outside. During this process friends noticed a picture of a tornado on Mindy’s weather application. This led to an in-depth discussion of tornados, with friends watching a few videos. Later, friends were heard discussing what tornados look like. One friend shared, “I don’t like tornados!”

Our Wee Frienders love to help out. Here two friends fold our hand towels!

Wee Sprouts: Carrots. Breakfast: Corn Chex and fresh blackberries. Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with cheddar cheese, carrots, grapes and bananas. Snack: Pretzels and peanuts.

Link to the photo album: WF 1/28/2016

Have a great night. –Jessica

Today has been one of those days where every single child seemed to always be deeply engaged in their work. Throughout the morning and afternoon friends were playing together in every area of the house. They built magna-tile houses to hold animals and completed puzzles only to tear them up and do them again!

There was spirited imaginative play going on in housekeeping, with friends making beds and taking care of each other. The latest food creation from the kitchen area? Rice with “lots and lots of mustard!”

Today friends gathered to watch Miss Mindy check what the temperature was outside to see if we could go outside. During this process friends noticed a picture of a tornado on Mindy’s weather application. This led to an in-depth discussion of tornados, with friends watching a few videos. Later, friends were heard discussing what tornados look like. One friend shared, “I don’t like tornados!”

Our Wee Frienders love to help out. Here two friends fold our hand towels!

Wee Sprouts: Carrots. Breakfast: Corn Chex and fresh blackberries. Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with cheddar cheese, carrots, grapes and bananas. Snack: Pretzels and peanuts.

Link to the photo album: WF 1/28/2016

Have a great night. –Jessica

Today has been one of those days where every single child seemed to always be deeply engaged in their work. Throughout the morning and afternoon friends were playing together in every area of the house. They built magna-tile houses to hold animals and completed puzzles only to tear them up and do them again!

There was spirited imaginative play going on in housekeeping, with friends making beds and taking care of each other. The latest food creation from the kitchen area? Rice with “lots and lots of mustard!”

Today friends gathered to watch Miss Mindy check what the temperature was outside to see if we could go outside. During this process friends noticed a picture of a tornado on Mindy’s weather application. This led to an in-depth discussion of tornados, with friends watching a few videos. Later, friends were heard discussing what tornados look like. One friend shared, “I don’t like tornados!”

Our Wee Frienders love to help out. Here two friends fold our hand towels!

Wee Sprouts: Carrots. Breakfast: Corn Chex and fresh blackberries. Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with cheddar cheese, carrots, grapes and bananas. Snack: Pretzels and peanuts.

Link to the photo album: WF 1/28/2016

Have a great night. –Jessica

Today has been one of those days where every single child seemed to always be deeply engaged in their work. Throughout the morning and afternoon friends were playing together in every area of the house. They built magna-tile houses to hold animals and completed puzzles only to tear them up and do them again!

There was spirited imaginative play going on in housekeeping, with friends making beds and taking care of each other. The latest food creation from the kitchen area? Rice with “lots and lots of mustard!”

Today friends gathered to watch Miss Mindy check what the temperature was outside to see if we could go outside. During this process friends noticed a picture of a tornado on Mindy’s weather application. This led to an in-depth discussion of tornados, with friends watching a few videos. Later, friends were heard discussing what tornados look like. One friend shared, “I don’t like tornados!”

Our Wee Frienders love to help out. Here two friends fold our hand towels!

Wee Sprouts: Carrots. Breakfast: Corn Chex and fresh blackberries. Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with cheddar cheese, carrots, grapes and bananas. Snack: Pretzels and peanuts.

Link to the photo album: WF 1/28/2016

Have a great night. –Jessica

Anna and Ruby had fun playing in front of the mirror with the “ballerina bar” this morning. Our friends so enjoy watching themselves as they jump, dance, and bend!

There were lots of claps and cheers today as Ruby walked around the classroom for the very first time! Everyone was so proud of her!

We had more fun with the big blocks again this afternoon. Anna can do a big jump out of them and on to the carpet!

Breakfast was Chex and pears. Lunch consisted of farm fresh eggs, blueberries, bananas, and mixed vegetables. Afternoon snack was homemade oatmeal and blackberry muffins from Wee Friends and string cheese. Wee sprouts was mixed vegetables.

Have a great night!

Amanda

Link to photos: http://1drv.ms/1JFZ3Hw

*Reminder—Due dates for conference related materials:

• The conference sign-up form is due this Friday, January 29th
• The pre-conference form is due Friday, February 12th
• The re-enrollment form & fee is due Friday, March 4th (the day of conferences)

Thank you! We look forward to talking with you at conference time.

Today’s big project today was an exploration of one of the coolest substances: GOOP! Friends explored the feel of cornstarch before it was combined with water and a little watercolor. The resulting mixture was a pink goop that is both a liquid and a solid!

Friends took their time with this substance, feeling it with their fingers and hands. Later we added popsicle sticks so they could scrape and stir their goop. Most friends didn’t mind the messy nature of this project.

Such focus!

Kindergarten: Today’s kindergarten work continued to explore how simple geometric shapes can be combined to form larger shapes. We worked with some “Make a Shape” cards that gave children instructions for creating a shape. For example, the task may be to make a hexagon out of 1 trapezoid and 3 triangles. Many friends joined in this work! 

Elliott came across a card that wanted him to make a hexagon out of 1 hexagon, 2 rhombuses, and 2 trapezoids. He was having trouble forming a hexagon until we realized that although those shapes could not make a regular hexagon, he could make an irregular hexagon: a shape with 6 sides that are not all equal! It was quite a discovery.

Wee Sprouts: Tomatoes. Breakfast: Hot wheat cereal and fresh pears. Lunch: Scrambled farm fresh eggs with whole wheat bread, fresh pea pods and oranges. Snack: Refried beans and blue corn chips.

Link to the photo album: WF 1/27/2016

Have a wonderful Wednesday! –Jessica

*Reminder—Due dates for conference related materials:

• The conference sign-up form is due this Friday, January 29th
• The pre-conference form is due Friday, February 12th
• The re-enrollment form & fee is due Friday, March 4th (the day of conferences)

Thank you! We look forward to talking with you at conference time.

Today’s big project today was an exploration of one of the coolest substances: GOOP! Friends explored the feel of cornstarch before it was combined with water and a little watercolor. The resulting mixture was a pink goop that is both a liquid and a solid!

Friends took their time with this substance, feeling it with their fingers and hands. Later we added popsicle sticks so they could scrape and stir their goop. Most friends didn’t mind the messy nature of this project.

Such focus!

Kindergarten: Today’s kindergarten work continued to explore how simple geometric shapes can be combined to form larger shapes. We worked with some “Make a Shape” cards that gave children instructions for creating a shape. For example, the task may be to make a hexagon out of 1 trapezoid and 3 triangles. Many friends joined in this work! 

Elliott came across a card that wanted him to make a hexagon out of 1 hexagon, 2 rhombuses, and 2 trapezoids. He was having trouble forming a hexagon until we realized that although those shapes could not make a regular hexagon, he could make an irregular hexagon: a shape with 6 sides that are not all equal! It was quite a discovery.

Wee Sprouts: Tomatoes. Breakfast: Hot wheat cereal and fresh pears. Lunch: Scrambled farm fresh eggs with whole wheat bread, fresh pea pods and oranges. Snack: Refried beans and blue corn chips.

Link to the photo album: WF 1/27/2016

Have a wonderful Wednesday! –Jessica

Here’s some photos from the fun day our friends had!

Breakfast was Kix cereal and apples. Lunch consisted of whole wheat tortilla with cheese, bananas, and carrots. Afternoon snack was toasted whole wheat bagels with cream cheese. Wee sprouts was corn.

Have a great night!

Amanda

Link to photos: http://1drv.ms/20slQKW