“If I have two books and a add one more, what number do I have?”

“If you have three cups of hot chocolate and you spill one, how many do you have left?”

“Find number three!”

“Where is number 10? Hop to it!”

These are a few of the questions Jessica asked friends of different ages after she created first, a number grid, then a number circle.

In other parts of the classroom, it was game after game after game. Counting, rolling, balancing and spinning.

Old Play-Do was added to a pony habitat. It became the soil system for trees. And the stem of of a rose.

 

Have a great day. – Laurie

Wee Sprouts: PPC Sweet Peppers. Breakfast: Kix and blackberries. Lunch: Whole wheat flatbread with ham and cream cheese, cucumbers and apple slices. Snack: Cheese sticks and crackers.

Happy Monday!

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Anna enjoys standing, holding on to anything she can! She had a blast looking at the fish swim inside the fish tank.

Friends requested the waffle blocks this morning. We’re continuing to work on colors. We’ll use toys and activities throughout the environment, such as the waffle blocks.

Here are some AWESOME happy faces to end your day!

For breakfast, children had toast with butter and oranges. Lunch consisted of whole wheat noodles with black beans, apples, and corn. PM snack was yogurt and crackers.

Have a great night!

Today we welcome Kara Runeman to our classroom! Kara, Director of Starz Academy and IUSB Elementary Education Senior will be with us for the next six weeks on Monday and Friday mornings! We are glad you are here!

Sometimes when a Wee Friend request Frozen, the teachers freeze. We thaw out in time to support their passion and press play. Today, the Disney phenomena provided us an awesome learning opportunity: two friends, two Elsa dresses. Dresses that were the same but very different. In the midst of the many morning activities, we stopped and compared/contrasted the dresses.  We studied and shared excitement about the dresses’  differences and similarities.

Enjoy your day. –Laurie

Wee Sprouts: PPC carrots.

Breakfast: Bagel with butter and apple slices.

Lunch: whole wheat pasta with black beans and butter, fresh sliced apples, pears and oranges, and corn

Snack: whole milk yogurt and fresh Purple Porch blackberries. Yum!

Happy Friday!

For breakfast, children had toast with butter and banana. Lunch consisted of hummus on tortillas, blueberries, and broccoli. PM snack was pretzels and raisins.

Hope everyone is able to get well and catch up on sleep this weekend!

Have a restful weekend.

Today has been a busy day full of building houses, Frozen songs, creating Elsa-style capes and more. Yet in the midst of all this joy-filled (and noise-filled) activity, when something catches our attention, we put all of our focus into it.

We concentrate as we sort jewels.

 

We give our full attention to figuring out puzzles.

    

We’re engrossed in creating with Magna Tiles.

    

We focus on parking cars and trucks.

May your day be filled with peaceful moments of concentration too.

-Jessica

Wee Sprouts: Carrots.

Breakfast: Puffins cereal and pears.

Lunch: Hummus on whole wheat flatbread, fresh cherry tomatoes/broccoli  and orange slices and bananas.

Snack:  Mozzarella cheese sticks and Triscuits.

 

From the FROZEN Wee World, we extend warm wishes for a great day.

Wee Sprouts: Grape tomatoes.

Breakfast: Pumpkin muffins and apple slices.

Lunch: Farm fresh egg cassarole with whole grain bread and cheese, fresh pear slices, and fresh cucumber slices

Snack: Bananas and peanuts

Good Afternoon!

Maya, Tate, Nahla, and Anna had a fairly quiet day as some of our friends were home trying to feel better and rest up for the rest of the week. Our morning was spent reading teacher stories as well as a little kitchen play and gross motor work.

After breakfast, we turned on some music and made the maracas, drums, and pianos available for friends.

While Tate was playing in the kitchen, he blew on his bowl and plate and said, “Hot!” He then reiterated this at lunch time as well.

Maya requested ‘The Wheels on the Bus’ and ‘Row, Row, Row Your Boat’ throughout the morning.

Nahla and Anna sat on the floor and moved play cars throughout the environment this morning. A few friends said, “Vroomm!” as the cars were going by.

For breakfast, children had toast with butter and cinnamon along with blueberries, a favorite of ours. Lunch consisted of cheese tortillas, oranges, and broccoli. PM snack was pumpkin muffins and grapes.

Have a wonderful evening! We hope that our friends who were home today got a TON of rest and are feeling better!

At Wee Friends we love to move:

CLIMBING!

 

JUMPING!

                                                 

SWINGING!

 

We love to keep our bodies movin’ and groovin’.

Happy Hump Day! –Jessica

Wee Sprouts: Carrots. Breakfast: Rice cakes with peanut butter and grapes. Lunch: Ham and cheese quesadillas on whole wheat tortillas, broccoli and orange slices. Snack: Cheese sticks and homemade pumpkin muffins.

Good Afternoon!

**Within the past two days, we’ve sent three children home due to illness. Besides the icky runny nose and bad cough, the symptoms include fever and vomiting.

For breakfast, children had cheerios and grapes. Lunch consisted of hummus on whole wheat bread, oranges, and snap peas. PM snack was grapes and string cheese.

Have a great night!

Wees spent their morning using logic and letter recognition to group like seasons, colors and foods. They also used blocks to hide-seek-find and count by twos. Elizabeth brought us a huge sheet of bubble wrap and stickers. 

                                       Enjoy the possibilities of this day.

Wee Sprouts: Pea pods.

Breakfast: Chex cereal and baby bananas.

Lunch: Whole wheat tortillas with PB and baby bananas, fresh orange slices, and fresh cauliflower

Snack: Cottage cheese and wheat crackers