A New Big Sister!
Today Naia wore a shirt announcing the news: on Friday she became a big sister!Congratulations Jaime, Dennis and Naia! We can’t wait to meet baby Truman.
Have a great day. –Jessica
Wee Sprouts: Pea pods. Breakfast: Whole wheat toast with peanut butter and apples. Lunch: Homemade macaroni and cheese with whole wheat pasta and mozzarella cheese, carrots and watermelon slices. Snack: Whole milk yogurt and strawberries freshly delivered from PPC.
It was a beautiful farm day! The farm was quiet and peaceful as we were the ONLY visitors this morning. We spent time with the chickens, sheep, baby goat, and kitty cats. Then we took a leisurely stroll through the prairie and woods. Just lovely.
And thanks to all of the wonderful WF parents that joined us today
Group A (all children already 4 or 5 years old) will be going to the Children’s Dance Workshop program featuring, “The Stonecutter” and selections from “Mother Goose”. The show is at St. Mary’s College O’Laughlin Auditorium. A group permission slip will be up soon.
Parents of our children aged 2 and 3 are welcome to transport and attend with their child. It is a very nice event, but it is long for that age group so you may need to bail part way through. There will be a teacher at WF for the children who do not go or for children that need to return earlier than the show runs. I’LL NEED YOUR RSVP IS THIS IS YOUR PLAN. Thanks!
Happy Friday!
For breakfast, children had eggs with banana. Lunch consisted of turkey sandwiches, cheese, mixed vegetables, and oranges. PM snack will be crackers and string cheese.
Have a great weekend!
FARM PHOTOS WILL BE POSTED EARLY THIS AFTERNOON!
Another morning sunbath started our day. In the quiet classroom, our youngest Wee Friends enjoyed both independent and group play and projects. It was an excellent opportunity for us to have multiple, long conversations about sharing, “my space” and the many ways and places we can work together.
Have a great weekend.
Wee Sprouts: Pea pods. Breakfast: Oatmeal and orange slices. Lunch: Turkey sandwiches on whole wheat bread, carrots and apple slices. Snack: Cheese and apple slices.
Good Afternoon!
We had a few requests for music after breakfast was served. Some toddlers tunes were turned on and many musical choices were made available to our friends. We’re working on soft and loud sounds along with spatial awareness such as shaking the maracas up high, down low, at our feet, or at our belly.
THANKFULLY the sun decided to come out today. It made for a chilly but great morning outside.
A few Wee Wee’s pitched in and offered their assistance. We enjoyed getting to help and prepare the garden for new food!
One of the best hangout spots when it’s a sunny day: the log house!
A little sensory action took place during the big kids nap time. David and Anna sat in the kitchen where they worked with different sized fuzzy balls. They loved dropping them on the floor and watching them roll.
For breakfast, children had toast with butter and cinnamon along with banana. Lunch consisted of brown rice with turkey, mixed vegetables, and banana. PM snack was string cheese and raisins.
Have a terrific night!
*Notice: Tomorrow Group A [Elizabeth, Emerson, Elliott, Sophia, Daniel, Sloane, Ellie, Owen, and Aislinn] will be taking a trip to the farm. It is still expected to be a little chilly in the morning, so please have your child dress in layers. Thank you!
Today Daniel brought in a book from home that had friends LAUGHING and GIGGLING and SHRIEKING in its hilarious-ness. The Book With No Pictures by B.J. Novak is a unique story that, like its title says, has no pictures. But even with no illustrations, the silly things the author makes the adult reader say (My head is made of blueberry pizza?!) had friends in stiches. They were so engrossed with the story, they had all three teachers read the book!
SO. MUCH. LAUGHTER.
Thank you for sharing this book with us Daniel! –Jessica
Wee Sprouts: Green beans. Breakfast: Kix cereal and cantaloupe. Lunch: Brown rice with chicken, bananas, and mixed vegetables. Snack: Peanuts and pears/apples.
Hello!
Friends took to the moon sand this morning. Nahla, Tate, and Maya worked together to move the moon sand throughout the sensory tub. It sure did satisfy our sense of touch!
While our older friends were napping, David, Anna, and Annabelle worked with the train set. David is enjoying slithering around the room! Once friends hit that activity level, they become much happier! Who wouldn’t want to explore anything and everything!? 
For breakfast, children had cheerios and banana. Lunch consisted of egg salad, tortillas, watermelon, and broccoli/cauliflower. PM snack was goldfish and yogurt.
Have a terrific evening.
We absorb. Wees absorb. Books, words, ideas, strategies, emotions, friends, teachers, attitudes, life skills and Wee Sprouts. So today, as our minds absorbed the weather and the earth absorbed the snow, we looked around our classroom with absorbent lenses, and began our day.
Soak up the joy today!
Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers. Breakfast: Rice cakes with peanut butter and strawberries. Lunch: Egg salad on whole wheat tortillas, PPC watermelon and broccoli. Snack: Hummus and crackers.
This morning we experimented with another way to use pickle juice: make dill pickle bread. Friends read the recipe:
“Which ingredient starts with the sound ‘f-‘?” “Flour!”
“How many cups of pickle juice do we need?” “One!”
and then measured and combined the ingredients.
Kneading the dough turned out to be quite the sensory experience:
“It’s sticking to my fingers!”
“This smells like pickles.”
“I NEED to wash my hands after this!”
While our older friends experimented with bread dough, our younger friends worked with the play dough.
In the end, it turns out that bread dough is pretty hard to get perfect on the first try. Our pickle bread didn’t really rise properly, but it was sure fun to make.
Hope you have a great day. –Jessica
Wee Sprouts: Sweet peppers. Breakfast: Cheerios and raisins. Lunch: Hummus on whole wheat flatbread, green beans and cucumbers, and fresh pear slices. Snack: Colby jack cheese slices and home-popped popcorn.
