Good Afternoon!

**With the current weather we are experiencing (even though it’s November), here is the link to the handbook. The inclement weather policy is included. If you can remember back, this week last year we were dealing with tornadoes!

https://weefriendskids.com/handbook-policies/

**Also a reminder that with the winter weather, we ask that you limit your parking time so that everyone can easily find a parking space. Since WWF closes at 5:30, please make sure that you are exiting the environment by that time. If you have questions/concerns about your child or their day, please a lot extra time for this.

For breakfast, children had Kashi and banana. Lunch consisted of cheese and ham tortillas, broccoli, and oranges/kiwi. PM snack was cheddar cheese and bunny crackers.

Have a great night!

 

REMINDER:

As a reminder, we need ANNUAL shot records that are printed off from your pediatrician’s office and the deadline for this is January 5th.   (Those newly enrolled this summer/fall should already have a recent record on file.) Attached are photos from yesterday.

 

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers. Breakfast: Raisin Bran and orange slices. Lunch: Melted ham and cheese on whole grain flatbread, orange slices and broccoli/carrots. Snack: Cottage Cheese and raspberries.

 

Here’s a photo journal of the process our swimmers use to get to and from swimming. Enjoy your day!

 

Already the weather delays for public schools started TODAY!  Yikes.  The families that have signed up for Remind 101 all received a text bright and early letting you know that we having a normal opening today.  (Sorry if it’s too early for some, but others have requested as early notification as possible since they start planning their day in the wee hours.)

If you haven’t already, please sign up for text notifications as ALL weather closings and delays will be relayed through this service this winter.

 

Text this message: @weefr

To this number: 81010 (works like a traditional 10 digit phone number)

Also, please make drop offs and picks ups quick when the weather is bad so that the “good” parking spots remain accessible to as many families as possible.

HERE’S OUR  WEATHER POLICY

Wee Friends recognizes that delays and closings are horribly inconvenient.  However, we balance that with the safety of getting our staff to work and being able to get the street, sidewalks and stairs cleared for our clients.  Here are some general guidelines:

• If the public schools are closed due to road conditions, plan on a MINIMUM of a 10:00 delayed opening.
• As a general rule, we DO NOT close or delay for temperature only public school closings since our children are not bussed.  However, it doesn’t take much snow combined with frigid temperatures to make clearing sidewalks dangerous for our staff in the early hours of the morning so a delay would make sense in those instances.
• I will announce delays/closings by 7:15 in the morning via our text service.
• A delay may turn into a close after 7:15, if I find that our staff cannot get in to work.  Please keep in mind, it is really hard to determine how the roads will be when it is still dark and clearing has not begun.

 

Happy Monday!

Hope everyone had a terrific weekend!

We did a little research this morning. As we’re reading “Rumble in the Jungle”, we came across a couple animals that we weren’t too sure what sound they made. For example, the zebra and hippo! What sound do they make? We took to the internet to see if we could get our questions answered.

Through the internet, we got to listen to the sounds that these animals make. Since Thanksgiving is coming up shortly, we also researched what sound a turkey makes. Do you know that a turkey makes 14 total sounds!? For example, gobble gobble, kee kee run, cluck, tree call, and assembly call. We listened to all 14 sounds and found that they were all quite different from one another. Given our environment and following children’s leads as to what they’re interested in, we were all about the animals today!

For breakfast, children had toast with butter and cinnamon along with banana. Lunch consisted of whole grain pasta with kidney beans, peas, and banana. PM snack was whole milk yogurt and graham crackers.

Have a lovely night.

-Mindy

We are nearing a few bigger WF/WWF closings:

Thursday and Friday, November 27 & 28th, for Thanksgiving

Mon-Fri (2 full weeks), December 22-January 2, for holiday break, re-opening on Monday, 1/5/15

Friday, March 6, 2015, Parent Teacher Conferences

In our classroom…

Yesterday afternoon, Jessica read I Love the Mountains adapted by Archambault and Plummer. Afterwards, she invited friends to re-create the illustrations with different shapes of paper, as in the book.  Look on the art room clothes line for their work!

And enjoy your weekend.

Wee Sprouts: Carrots

Breakfast: Kix cereal and grapes

Lunch: Whole wheat PB sandwiches, fresh apple/orange/pear slices and peas

Snack: Mozzarella cheese sticks and grapes

 

Good Afternoon!

Hope everyone enjoyed (ha!) the wintery weather today. Even though technically it’s still Fall .

We sure loved watching it come down from the sky throughout the day.

For breakfast, children had Chex and banana. Lunch consisted of brown rice with cheddar cheese, peppers, and pears. PM snack was cottage cheese and graham crackers.

Have a great night!

 

Happy First Snow Day.

Breakfast: Puffin Cereal and pear slices. Lunch: Brown Rice with beef, PPC purple cauliflower and broccoli and bananas.  Snack: Peanut butter on celery sticks.

 

Hello!

Hope everyone had a lovely day.

For breakfast, children had whole wheat toast with butter and cinnamon along with banana. Lunch consisted of scrambled eggs, peas, and apples. PM snack was thin rice cakes with hummus.

Have a terrific night!

PLEASE BRING IN FOR YOUR CHILD FOR OUTSIDE TIME AND NAPTIME:

Outside time: 

• Every child needs a LABELLED, INSULATED  pair of MITTENS for outdoor play, preferably to remain at WF.  Gloves are only acceptable if your child is able to independently put them on their hands with no teacher assistance. 

Please note:

• If your child has strong preferences for which hat/mittens/snow pants/boots, please make sure they are here EVERY DAY for our outside time.  This helpful in avoiding strong emotions about wearing substitute WF gear. 
• Our extra supply of snow pants is a bit sad.  If you have ones your child can leave here, that would be helpful.  Also, we’d love to inherit outgrown snow pants.
• We would also love donations of insulated mittens for our EXTRAS bin.  Regularly children need to switch mittens halfway through our outside time when their mittens get wet.  
• A warm coat for outside play is necessary every day.  When the snow flies, we also need boots here.
• We cannot allow the children to wear scarves for outside time as they present a strangulation hazard.
• We go out everyday, weather permitting.  There is not a set temperature since the “real feel” varies so much with or without sunshine.  However, we are a hardy group and the children do best with daily outside time.  Since the teachers are outside with the children (and generally less active) they are able to gauge how long is appropriate based on the real feel.

Nappers at WF:  Please bring in a cot/travel size pillow AND pillowcase for your napper.  It is very important that it is the smaller size or our cots won’t stack!   

Thanks! Tami

THIS MORNING AT WF

These three P words created a fun filled morning of scientific investigation, taste tests, social experiments between friends and a puppet show. All in A Wee Day’s Work.

Breakfast: Rice cakes, PB, and fresh orange slices

Wee Sprouts: carrots

Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs with cheddar cheese, whole wheat bread, fresh Purple Porch watermelon, and peas.

Snack: Organic refried beans on whole wheat tortillas

 

 

Good Afternoon!

Music flowed through the house this morning as a mixture of piano and maracas were played. We’ve been interested in the bean bags lately. Friends talk about colors as well as working on their throwing abilities .

Our latest interest includes animals and the sounds they make. As we walked outside, we saw a few birds outside.

Maya and Tate looked up toward the sky and shouted, “Tweet, tweet!!”

We loved filling buckets with rocks.

For breakfast, children had Kashi and oranges. Lunch consisted of hummus on tortillas, tomatoes, and banana. PM snack was whole grain bunny crackers and cheddar cheese.

Have a great night.