Quick reminders:

TOYS BROUGHT IN… In these last few weeks, we’ve noticed cubbies and backpacks bursting with at home toys and costumes. We would like parents to limit their child to bringing 1 small naptime at home toy/lovie.  This small toy/lovie must be able to fit INSIDE your child’s cubby or we will ask you to take it back to the car in the morning.   Children will be able to take them out at rest time, but will be asked to leave them in cubbies for the other parts of our day. The ideal item would be a soft lovie for nappers and a quiet independent toy for non-nappers.

VALENTINES…On Friday, we celebrate Valentine’s Day! We do invite each friend to share Valentine’s Day cards with one another.  To eliminate confusion for our friends, we ask that the cards are signed by the giver, but not addressed to each individual friend. This way, we can allow the children to do delivering independently and ‘misdeliveries’ will not be upsetting.  (If you have already done valentines with individual names, no worries. )

THANK YOU so much for working with us! These things will help us keep it all FLOWING.

 

We spent the morning flowing through the classroom. We set out a sensory pool of warm water to further explore how water flows. we used tubes, crazy straws, measuring cups and a colander. No matter the age, friends were able to examine, measure, manipulate and design tubes and splash the water around.

 

 

Wee Sprouts: Cauliflower and carrots. Breakfast: Rice cakes with peanut butter and pears. Lunch:  Farm fresh egg casserole, whole wheat bread slices, bananas and raw mixed veggies.   Snack: Black beans and blue tortillas.

Good Afternoon!

**Just as a reminder, we’re asking if parents could please leave outside toys at home or in the car. We find that children most of the time don’t want to share their special toy which can cause some issues with friends at this age. Thanks so much!

Friends took turns in the kitchen as we worked with paint this morning. We picked out five different colors to use. For most kids, it was a great sensory experience this morning as we got our hands a little messy (if you’re child’s hands are pink, the purple paint tends to stain for a little while!).

Each child takes each experience for what it’s worth. Even though Maya, Tate, Nahla, and Lucy worked with the same materials, the process for each child is always different!

Once we were finished with afternoon snack, we turned on our favorite music as of late: Frozen! It is requested at least once a day and friends are beginning to sing along. We got out scarves and danced around the environment.

The sun today made us super happy and cheerful!

A few quotes that I found today that I thought are extremely appropriate .

“Children learn as they play. Most importantly, in play children learn how to learn.”

-O. Fred Donaldson

“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up”

-Pablo Picasso

For breakfast, children had cheerios and strawberries. Lunch consisted of hummus tortillas, oranges, and tomatoes. PM snack was cheddar cheese and graham crackers. We all ate a GREAT afternoon snack!

Have a great evening!

*Reminder: Conference forms are due TOMORROW, February 11th, if you would like a conference on March 6th. In addition, swim forms are also due if you would like your child to participate in spring swim lessons. Thank you!

Today was a day full of MOVEMENT. This morning friends put on an encore performance of their ballet show from yesterday afternoon, complete with a curtain and music. Friends created tickets with everyone’s names and passed them out. You had to have a ticket to get into the show!

Our newest friend Maddie practiced going up and down every ladder in the Wee Friend house. With deliberate steps, she made it to the top of the habitrail!

 

Later, Melinda read a hilarious story about barnyard animals. We moved our bodies just like the animals and made their noises too. Here we are as cows:

                                                       

And eagerly awaiting the next animal to act out:

Hope your day is filled with some movement too! –Jessica

Wee Sprouts: Split pea pods. Breakfast: Cheerios and blueberries. Lunch: Hummus sandwiches on whole wheat tortillas, cauliflower and apple slices. Snack: Colby jack cheese slices and oranges.

Happy Monday!

Hope everyone had a fantastic weekend!

We got tons of smiles from our babes today! Friends are on the brink of some big things: crawling and walking are on the horizon!

 

For breakfast, children had cinnamon raisin bagels with butter and banana. Lunch consisted of whole grain noodles with kidney beans, applesauce, and peas. PM snack was rice cakes with cream cheese.

Have a lovely night!

Today we welcome a new Wee Friend to our classroom: Welcome Maddie! We also welcome her parents, Mary Kate and Toby to the Wee community. We’re glad you’re here!

We spent the morning getting acquainted with Maddie  and jumping into our week. Hope your week has gotten off to a great start!

Wee Sprouts: Carrots. Breakfast: Whole wheat bagel with cream cheese and apple slices. Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with red beans, peas and orange slices. Snack: Yogurt and strawberries.

 

Happy Friday!

We worked this morning with scarves. Nahla took her scarf and wore it around her head while Rosemary, Tate, and Lucy threw their scarf up into the air as high as it would go.

Anna and Annabelle had a happy nap time. Anna practiced standing all by herself today!

For breakfast, children had eggs with cheese and grapes/strawberries. Lunch consisted of cheese tortillas, banana, and mixed vegetables. PM snack was rice cake with cream cheese.

Have a fabulous weekend.

curiosity [cu·ri·os·i·ty]

noun

a strong desire to know or learn something

Today we were inspired by a noun we highly value here at Wee Friends: curiosity! The desire to explore, observe and learn more about the world we live in is evident in the types of work we engage in every day. Our curiosity emerged in the following ways today:

We wanted to know how many days there are in the month of February and create a calendar.

We were curious about which card would match the pictures on our tiles in Lotto Bingo.

We were interested in what would happen if we put food coloring into water. What happens when you add more than one color? What happens when you add a little? When you add a lot?  What do you see?

    

   

We are curious.

Have a wonderful weekend.

-Jessica

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cauliflower and carrots.

Breakfast: Oatmeal and pear slices.

Lunch: Whole wheat cheese quesadillas, corn, and bananas/pears.

Snack: Cheese sticks and whole grain Goldfish.

 

Good Afternoon!

After breakfast, children requested music. Pianos, drums, maracas, and scarves were made available while we listened to the music.

Annabelle sat and watched Lucy and Rosemary shake their maracas around.

After naptime, Tate pointed up to the hammock. Friends took turns relaxing while swaying back and forth.

For breakfast, children had kix and banana. Lunch consisted of brown rice with cream cheese and shredded cheese, banana, and broccoli. PM snack was cream cheese and pretzels.

Have a wonderful night!

Yesterday afternoon Jessica devised a game to support Math FAB K.2.1- Model addition by joining sets of objects. Friends dropped beads down the tubes and counted them as they blended in the basket.

If we blended and added the number of activities today that friends created, we would have spent our whole morning counting! It has been a whirling dervish of brain power fun!

Wee Sprouts: Grape tomatoes.

Breakfast: Chex and pear slices.

Lunch: Creamy cheddar brown rice, fresh cauliflower and rainbow carrots, and bananas.

Snack: Grapes and peanuts.

 

Good Afternoon!

We spread out this morning on the carpet to read stories. We buffed up our story collection with many new ‘to us’ books from the basement. Our new favorite is a book with ladybugs!

A rousing rendition of ‘Ring Around the Rosie’ took place. Multiple times. It wore us out.

Smiles to brighten our snowy Wednesday.

For breakfast, children had toast with butter and cinnamon along with banana. Lunch consisted of whole wheat noodles with beef (we LOVED it!), honeydew melon, and broccoli. PM snack was goldfish and raisins.

Have a terrific evening.