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.

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.