Hello!
The classroom slide was our friend’s favorite thing today! There were many giggles as they went down it over and over again.
Rosemary was busy in the kitchen, sampling a variety of delicious food.
Breakfast was whole wheat toast with No Nut butter and fresh bananas. Lunch consisted of whole grain brown rice with cheese, water melon, and corn. Snack was whole wheat crackers with sweet pea butter.
I hope you all had a great day!
Amanda
Hello!
Everyone enjoyed their outside time this morning.
Maya and Anna colored together in the new art area.
And Ruby was loving the sandbox!
Breakfast consisted of whole grain oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh strawberries. Lunch was whole wheat bread, farm fresh egg casserole with potatoes, fresh cantaloupe, and broccoli. Snack was homemade pumpkin muffins with butter made by the Wee Friends Preschoolers.
I hope you all have a great evening!
Amanda
This morning the Wee Frienders experimented with some simple ingredients: milk, food coloring, and dish soap. Although there were only a few ingredients, the results were spectacular! The fats in the milk react with the dish soap leading to some interesting movement and designs:
The reaction happens fairly quickly, but incited awe!
This morning a friend REALLY wanted to hear some spooky Halloween songs. It may be June, but we had so much fun listening and dancing to spooky sounds. We stirred brew like witches, flew on brooms and flapped our wings like bats!
This afternoon has been a whirlwind of activity as well, with friends on the work bench and playing with play dough at the art table. Eren requested the fuzzy balls from downstairs and made “bread”.
Have a great day! –Jessica
Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers. Breakfast: Whole Grain Cheerios, pears and leftover homemade whole wheat pumpkin muffins. Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with cheese, red peppers, grapes and watermelon. Snack: Peanuts and wheat crackers.
This morning friends were eager to see how our caterpillars were doing. The past few days the caterpillars have been forming their chrysalises and today they were hard enough to make the transfer to their butterfly habitat. We should see them hatch in about a week!
This morning friends got out the dot stampers and experimented with making dots and sliding the stamper across the page. Different colors were used and many different designs created.
This morning we also made homemade pumpkin muffins. We had several different choices of healthy muffins we could make, so the Wee Frienders voted. Although pumpkin muffins may seem more appropriate as a fall snack, it’s what friends decided on!
We gathered ingredients, counted the number of cups and practiced filling the measuring cups accurately, all the way up to the top. We smelled the pumpkin pie spice and the pumpkin and used our muscles to stir through the thick batter. Cracking eggs is also fun!
It was especially neat to see how the milk, pumpkin and oil mixed together.
The Wee Frienders are great bakers; the muffins were a delicious snack!
Have a great day. –Jessica
Wee Sprouts: Grape tomatoes. Breakfast: Whole grain oatmeal and red grapes. Lunch: Farm fresh eggs, whole wheat bread, fresh broccoli and cantaloupe. Snack: Homemade whole wheat pumpkin muffins with organic milk.
Good Afternoon!
This morning’s beautiful weather was perfect for outside play.
Something so easy as grass can provide such stimulation outside. Whether friends run their fingers through it or pull the grass out of the ground, the sensorial aspect is always high outside!
Breakfast was whole grain cheerios and fresh grapes. Lunch consisted of whole wheat tortilla with organic refried beans and shredded cheese, bananas, and tomatoes. For afternoon snack, the kids ate toasted whole wheat cinnamon raisin bagels and cream cheese.
Good Afternoon!
Friends were invited to the table this morning to play a category game. Using cards and objects, each child decided what object went to what category. For example, a friend said, “Basketball goes to sports!”. This was a game where friends could lend a helping hand. Some of our older friends helped their younger peers, offering suggestions or help when needed.
A styrofoam block and golf tees were put in the middle of the table for exploration. Children used hammers to hammer the golf tees farther into the block. Between making different designs and working on pulling the tees out of the block, the longevity of the activity was quite long for some friends!
We’re continuing to LOVE our new outside art area. Many kids took turns at the table using markers and scissors to make different creations. Once the creations are done, friends put them into the DONE box.
We have quite the bug exploration crew that has assembled. By lifting up small rocks and using their eye, rolly pollies and lightning bugs were found today! Friends used buckets to collect their interesting creatures!
Breakfast—Kashi Blueberry Clusters with fresh organic green grapes.
Lunch—Organic refried bean and shredded cheese tortillas, snow peas/cherry tomatoes, and banana.
PM snack—Whole wheat bagel with cream cheese.
Have a terrific evening!
Hello! I hope everyone had a good weekend.
Friends started their morning off outside. Ruby loved exploring in the sand while Anna was partial to the pebble rocks.
A few friends went to the Wee Friends door to say, “Hi!”
Maya played with the moon sand today.
She saw all the sand on the floor and said, “This is very messy! I’ll clean up.”
For breakfast, the children had whole wheat toast with cinnamon and oranges. Lunch consisted of whole wheat pasta noodles with pinto beans, oranges, and green beans. Snack was graham crackers and string cheese.
*Vacation Reminder: Wee Friends will be closed for Independence Day and Summer Break from Thursday July 2nd through Friday July 10th. We will reopen on Monday July 13th.
At Wee Friends we love learning about nature and the natural world that surrounds us. We incorporate nature into the classroom through projects such as raising caterpillars into butterflies. Our caterpillars started forming their chrysalis over the weekend:
But at other times, nature brings the learning experiences to us! This afternoon a baby blue bird made its way into our backyard, chirping loudly and hopping from object to object. It was an instant source of fascination for Wee Frienders.
Melinda put on gloves and helped move the bird outside our backyard, where hopefully its mother would feel more comfortable coming to get it. Owen and Elliott fed the bird a worm they found!
Once we closed the gate, however, the bird came hopping right back!
We seem to have found a new friend.
-Jessica
Wee Sprouts: Carrots. Breakfast: Toasted whole wheat bagels with butter and fresh apple slices. Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with red beans, peas, and fresh oranges. Snack: Organic whole milk yogurt and organic blueberries.
Hello, everyone!
Our friends spent some time playing with the musical instruments this morning.
Then, everyone got to go outside and play in the sunshine!
For breakfast, the kids ate Blueberry Kashi cereal and fresh pears. Lunch consisted of whole wheat tortilla with No-Nut butter, broccoli, and fresh Purple Porch blueberries. Snack was whole wheat Goldfish and grapes.
Hello!
Imagination was the name of the game today!
“Imagination does not become great until human beings, given the courage and the strength, use it to create.”
― Maria Montessori
A few friends gathered in the housekeeping area where breakfast was prepared! Eggs were suggested by a friend so eggs were whipped up! Of course a little cheese was added.
Maddie and a few friends took all of the animals and lined them up in a row, starting with the biggest animals. Different animals noises could be heard throughout the house!
The white tiles have been a big hit this week. Children are creating different structures with the blocks, all special and unique.
Ellie was SUPER happy today as she lost her first tooth 
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We got our hands deep in the sensory tubs as sand and bird seed were available this morning. A couple kids took it upon themselves to collect all of the big black seeds from the bird seed. First, they put them all into a pile and then one by one, they placed them into a cup. Sorting at its best!
Breakfast—brown rice cakes with peanut butter with fresh peaches.
Lunch—whole wheat tortilla with almond butter, fresh oranges, and cucumbers/broccoli.
PM snack—cheddar cheese and cheese crackers.
Here are a couple smiling faces to end your week.
Have a terrific weekend!
