Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Here are a few pictures from today.

For breakfast, children had eggs and raisins. Lunch consisted of pasta with marinara and cheese, corn, and apples. PM snack was cheddar cheese and apples.

Have a wonderful night.

If Wee Friends was a road map, we would have clocked a lot of miles this am. The teachers began with a planned route (Table Manners! Let’s Go to the Library!), and some friends were interested….for a while….but mostly, friends chose their own paths,  interested in creating their own works and choosing how to spend their learning and playing time. So on this rainy Monday, we threw out our map, and followed their footsteps. And we were happy.

Wee Sprouts: PPC green beans. Breakfast: Cheerios and bananas. Lunch: Whole wheat penne pasta with marinara and mozzarella, apple slices and corn. Snack: Cottage cheese and pears.

 

Happy Friday!

It was a gorgeous day outside. Lucy headed straight for the books before deciding to swing with Tate and Sloane.

After Rosemary’s first week, she’s acclimating so well! During nap time, Anna and Rosemary loved talking to one another!

We enjoyed some quiet time sitting on the grass this afternoon.

It was sibling love outside .

For breakfast, children had eggs with cheese and raisins. Lunch consisted of cheese tortillas, strawberries, and corn. PM snack was thin cakes with hummus.

Have a lovely weekend.

RED

Red is sunset

Blazy and bright.

Red is feeling brave with all your might.

Fire-cracker, fire engine

fire-flicker red-

And when you’re angry

Red runs through your head.

Red is a show-off

No doubt about it-

But can you imagine

Living without it?

Fire drill Friday! After our friends mastered our 30 second fire drill, we went on a Red Object Hunt. Each friend chose a red object, brought it to the table and described it with these sentence starters: “This is a —————–. It can————-.”

The piano sang to us beneath Jessica’s skillful fingers! For a long time this morning, Ellie and others at beside Jessica as she played and sang.

We hope your weekend is restful! –Laurie

Wee Sprouts: PPC green beans. Breakfast: Oatmeal with pear slices. Lunch: Peanut butter on hummus, grapes and PPC cherry tomatoes. Snack: Triscuits, milk and pears.

 

Good Afternoon!

Here are a few pictures from today .

Breakfast- toast with butter and grapes

Lunch- pork and rice soup, mixed vegetables, and fresh watermelon

PM snack- string cheese and whole grain bunny crackers (they were the talk of the table!)

Have a terrific night!

Piano, shapes and scraps, Christmas trees, pirate ships and captain hooks, The Little Mermaid and Smelly Socks, towering Magna Tile skyscrapers that got higher and higher and higher, nails and hammers and band aids, Lego hospitals and Tommy Dorsey’s Happy (and clapping and kissing and dancing and tickling) Feet. And best of all, lots of Wee Happy Feet tumbling out the back door into the sunshine. Whew. What a morning. Do you have Happy Feet? –Laurie

Wee Sprouts: Carrot sticks and green bell peppers. Breakfast: Corn Chex and Asian pear apples. Lunch: Pork and rice soup, watermelon and salad greens with Yogurt Ranch. Snack: Strawberries and farm fresh (homemade) cream.

Happy Wednesday!

Transitions. They are inevitable in child care. Whether we’re talking about a new child, new teacher, or new routine, transitions occur. The atmosphere (aka kids, nap times, etc.) might be a little off balance until the dust settles.

This week, we welcomed Miss Jessica who helps us during break times. We are enjoying getting to know her and are so thankful she’s here with us. Also, we have our newest friend Rosemary who is acclimating well. Transitions are going to be tough. New faces. It’s a big thing for these little people. This being said, children are resilient.

Anna is continuing to get stronger. She can hold that little head up forever! Her favorite thing to do is flip from her back to her tummy.

As we headed outside, Maya went straight for the bikes.

Naia helped shuck corn as a few friends stood and watched.  Maya made sure they went to the right bin.

We were very helpful!

Sometimes outside, we’re go go go. It’s nice to sit on the swing or bench and take a breather. A few friends sat with Miss Mindy as we sang songs.

Our friends have been reaching for the sky; doing things out of the norm. (trying to climb the ladder for example); and continuing to grow and learn from their surroundings, including their friends.

“The fundamental job of a toddler is to rule the universe.” –Lawrence Kutner

For breakfast, children had kix and banana. Lunch consisted of farm fresh egg casserole, carrots/peas, and strawberries. PM snack was animal crackers and cheddar cheese slices.

Have a great night!

“Dragon! Is it true that you can burn up ten forests with your fiery breath? “Oh yes!” said the dragon, and he took a huge, deep breath and breathed out so much fire that he burnt up fifty forests.

 

We’ve read the book so many times this week, were losing track. Wee Friends love it! The Paperbag Princess by Robert Munsch. Each read thru has brought to the surface different interests. Today’s interest  landed on the dragon and his fiery breath.

We created a dragon mural with the head cut out. We invited friends to wear a paper bag. “Do you remember what happened in the book? What would you like to say to the dragon? To the Princess?” Fiery dragon breath was spewed out, bubbled out, pushed out, roared out.

Ohhh!!!! Stinky breath! Sweet smelling breath? Let’s explore! We ate bites of different foods and then breathed into our friend’s noses! What do you smell?

Jessica saved the day and repaired a guitar string! Friends watched closely and continued playing the guitars.

Make fresh breath a priority today. ROOOOOAAAAARRRRR! –Laurie

Wee Sprouts: Sweet peppers. Breakfast: Rice cakes with peanut butter and plums. Lunch: Farm fresh egg casserole, PPC corn on the cob and fruit salad. Snack: Watermelon and cheddar cheese.

 

Good Afternoon!

Today consisted of rain (boo!) which meant we spent our morning inside. A couple friends chose to work with puzzles while some of us built a train track. Books were read throughout the day. Thankfully, the sunshine came out this afternoon and we were able to get some fresh air .

For breakfast, children had cheesy eggs and grapes. Lunch consisted of tortillas with hummus, corn, and cantaloupe. PM snack was cottage cheese and raisins.

Have a great night!

What IF the raindrops were lemon drops and gumdrops? Then today, in “the water cave”, friends would have devoured the walls! We spent a busy morning indoors and then got outside to run, hop, slide and glide in the rain.

Speaking of devouring, our Wee Friends have been gobbling up story after story by favorite kid author Robert Munsch. We even listened to this fabulously silly guy read his stories out loud!

Our life skills focus and music right now is listening AND interrupting! We have a WF original song about it called “When You Interrupt Your Friends”. We added maracas today to make the idea of listening FUN!!!!

Hope you are having a great day. –Laurie

Wee Sprouts: PPC Green beans and carrots. Breakfast: Whole wheat bagels with cream cheese and grapes. Lunch: Whole wheat tortillas with hummus, celery sticks and cantaloupe. Snack: Yogurt and peaches.