Do you ever wonder what the Wee daily nap/rest time looks like? Yesterday, Melinda snapped some pictures so you could see where your Wee Friend rejuvenates for the afternoon. It looks something like this:

12pm- We eat lunch

12:15ish- Wee Friends split into two groups: Oldest friends in small group in science center and youngest WF in small group on music rug.

12:20ish-12:45: Read aloud/ message board inquiry/ hands on investigations with math/literacy.

12:45- Older kids go to their appointed rest stop (it changes each week) and younger kids go to their cots.

12:45- Potty rotations/tuck ins/music on.

Wee Rest.

Have a peaceful day.

Breakfast: Chex Cereal and bananas. Lunch: Hummus on whole wheat tortillas, PPC celery/cherry tomatoes and PPC bananas. Snack: Cheese sticks and crackers.

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

**With the drop in temperatures later this week, please make sure that your child comes with an appropriate coat for the weather. Fingers crossed we’ll make it out at least a few days .

Friends chose to get out the blocks and gross motor activities. We love to move our bodies throughout the environment.

There was a traffic jam on the Wee highway this morning. The bikes and cars were quite popular.

Tate and Lucy played with the leaves. They threw them into the air along with moving them throughout the backyard.

It was a smiley naptime today!

Annabelle rolled from her back to her stomach multiple times today. Yay!

For breakfast, children had eggs with banana. Lunch consisted of whole grain noodles with kidney beans, pears, and corn. PM snack was banana and graham crackers.

Have a lovely night!

Happy Monday!

WHO? WHAT? WHERE? Literacy FAB K.2.3

We begin our week with these questions. The Wee Friend’s answers filled our morning with inquiry, creativity, laughter and collaboration! Hope your week has gotten off to a great start!

Wee Sprouts: Celery sticks. Breakfast: Toasted whole wheat bread with butter and fresh fruit salad. Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with red beans, pear slices and corn. Snack: Yogurt and bananas.

 

Happy Friday!

“There is no substitute for books in the life of a child.” — May Ellen Chase

“Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or duty. It should be offered to them as a precious gift.” — Kate DiCamillo

Peek-a-boo games occurred this morning in the habitrail. Nahla and Maya hid from each other and then shouted “Peek-a-boo”!

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend…

Before the cold sets in .

For breakfast, children had bagels with cream cheese and banana. Lunch consisted of whole grain rice with turkey, mixed vegetables, and strawberries. PM snack was cheddar cheese and graham crackers.

Happy Friday! Today was a whirlwind of activity.

We created.

Elliott: “a puncherator”                        Ellie: “a duck”

          

We drove cars and trains.

  

We felt shaving cream between our fingers.

                   

And we laughed with our friends.

                  

Hope you have a fabulous weekend.

-Jessica

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers. Breakfast: Malt-o-Meal and oranges. Lunch: Brown rice with chicken, mixed vegetables, strawberries, kiwis, and bananas. Snack: Cheese and crackers.

Hello!

For breakfast, children had Chex and oranges. Lunch consisted of flatbread with melted cheese, fresh green beans, and strawberries. PM snack was fresh baked whole wheat bread with butter.

Have a great night!

“What is this?”

This was our morning discussion.  We created paper and salt dough fruit to add to it.

We read lots of books and asked lots of questions. After The Three Little Pigs, a few friends built a house of bricks. After jamming out to Five Little Monkeys, we read two versions of the book and compared and contrasted. We got outside before the sprinkles. Hope you are having a great day. –Laurie

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers. Breakfast: Raisin Bran and oranges. Lunch: Hummus on whole grain flatbread, broccoli and strawberries. Snack: Peanuts and bananas.

 

Good Afternoon!

Friends had the opportunity to paint this morning.

We saw many different strategies. There was the ‘try to take up as much paper as possible’ strategy. One of the most popular was ‘only sticking to one area of the paper’ strategy. However our friends completed their painting session, they explored many areas of interest such as sensorial.

Maya kept saying, “WOW!”, when she got a lot of paint on her brush. When Lucy was on her last painting, she decided to dive in with her hands! She found it quite humorous that there was paint on her hand. Tate’s first instinct is to go straight for the mouth. He had a great sensorial experience as he painted both of his hands green!

Nahla and Saskia both loved to work with different colors of paint. When they felt like they were done with a certain color, they would raise their bowls and say “more”. They both decided to take advantage of the big paper that they were given.

It was a GORGEOUS morning.

We were literally all smiles.

For breakfast, children had kix and banana. Lunch consisted of scrambled eggs, mixed vegetables, whole wheat bread, and banana. PM snack was whole wheat crackers with hummus.

Have a lovely evening.

How do you make a peanut butter sandwich?

How do you pop a balloon?

We asked these questions and created lessons around our weekly Literacy and Math FABS. We listened to EXACTLY what each friend said and executed their idea, just as they stated it.

“Put the peanut butter on the bread.”

HOW? Power. The very first exercises in learning how to communicate clearly and intentionally.

Have a great day. –Laurie

Wee Sprouts: Grape tomatoes. Breakfast: PB on rice cakes and persimmons. Lunch: Scrambled eggs, bananas and mixed veggies. Snack: Refried beans and crackers.

Good Afternoon!

For breakfast, children had Kashi and banana. Lunch consisted of cheese tortillas, broccoli, and persimmon. PM snack was cheddar cheese and crackers.