Tongue knows sour,
Bitter, sweet,
Tongue’s taste buds,
Can’t be beat…
My tongue,
The organ,
Gives me taste,
Without it,
Foods,
Would be a waste!

We talked about the sense of taste today. We learned how the tongue and the teeth work together to create songs and speech. We discussed SALIVA and PAPILLAE (puh-PILL-ee): the bumps on our tongue that help us taste. Then, we experimented with salty, sweet, sour and bitter!

Our fingers were at work measuring, squishing and straining rice. We used our ears to compare the sound of the rice falling with the sound of our rain stick. Many friends used their eyes to guess which objects match the corresponding picture.

Pincer, thumb and middle fingers gripped markers to create uppercase letters.

The Wee World is a sensorial delight. Tomorrow…….smells. Enjoy your day. –Laurie

Wee Sprouts: Sweet bell pepper. Breakfast: Peanut butter on whole wheat toast, grapes. Lunch: Hummus on whole grain bread, salad greens with yogurt dressing and cantaloupe. Snack: Cottage cheese and strawberries.

 

Happy Monday!

It was a lovely (slightly chilly) morning! Our sibling pairs were sticking together today! Tate, Maya, and Lucy love interacting with their older sibling as well as their friends.

Lately, Eve, Sloane, and Elliot have been helping out their younger siblings on the bikes, especially with the turning.

Maya loved playing in the rocks. She took her shovel and transferred rocks from one bucket to another.

Anna was all smiles today since she has learned to turn from her back to her stomach. Yay! She’s working on what she needs to do once she’s turned over, like getting her arms out from underneath her body .

For breakfast, children had toast with butter and banana. Lunch consisted of whole grain noodles with kidney beans, banana, and mixed vegetables. PM snack was sweet peppers and hard boiled eggs.

Have a great night!

We started off this week with an exploration of the five senses. Today we focused on Touch. Using the sensors in the tips of our fingers, we squished 6 balloons and guessed what was inside of them. Then we matched the balloon to a corresponding drawing.

Over this week, we plan to fill in the missing parts of our puppet, as other senses are explored.

With a hook and five fingers, Finn constructed a pirate ship. Emma’s sensors twisted and turned the hard toy garage knobs. Sophie’s sensors squeezed the edges of the soft hammock as she held on tightly. Sloane sensors and arms, carefully held and guided Tate. Clara’s sensors reached for, squished and picked apart cucumbers. One of Owen’s sensors gripped the bottom of the rain stick, whole the other shook its middle to create music. Elizabeth’s sensors immediately identified the thick, squishy balloon filled with paint. Emerson’s sensors carefully turned page after page as she read books. Elliott’s sensors opened and closed scissors. Eren’s sensors maneuvered a sticky label.  Aislinn used her sensors to hoist heavy rocks and then used her pincer and thumb to pick up a rolly polly. Eve used the tips of her sensors to peel away a sticker from its backing. Ellie’s sensors embraced and sent out waves of love through hugs.

Fingers Tell

What can your fingers

See for you?

Whether a surface

Feels old or new?

Is it bumpy, lumpy

Slippery, slick?

Prickly, scratchy,

Hard as brick?

Spongy, rough?

Softer than dough?

Touch it!

See if your fingers know.

 

Enjoy this peaceful day. – Laurie

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers. Breakfast: Cheerios and bananas. Lunch: Penne pasta with red beans, mixed veggies and strawberry/grape fruit salad. Snack: Pretzels with cheese.

 

Happy Friday!

Blossoming language is something that is consistent throughout the toddler years. I’ve found a couple articles and websites that offer information on the topic. While everyone has their own opinion as to how children learn and prosper, the important thing is that we lead by example.

“Just as young children need nourishing food to build physical strength, they also need linguistic nutrition for optimal development of language and cognitive abilities.” (Why not talk to children?! It’s so fun! )

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/how-young-children-learn-language

http://www.whattoexpect.com/toddler-development/toddler-language.aspx

For breakfast, children had whole wheat bagels with butter and banana. Lunch consisted of flat bread with tuna, PPC blueberries, and green beans. PM snack was whole wheat english muffin with cream cheese and raisins.

Have a great weekend!

Have a terrific and restful weekend. –Laurie

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers.

Breakfast: Blueberry Kashi and pear slices.

Lunch:  Whole wheat flatbread with tuna, PPC bananas/blueberries and green beans

Snack: whole wheat English muffin with cream cheese

 

Hello!

Here are a few pictures taken throughout the day.

 

For breakfast, children had Kashi with banana. Lunch consisted of couscous with cheese, mixed vegetables, and watermelon. PM snack was hummus on thin rice cakes and raisins.

Hope everyone has a relaxing evening.

Exploring patterns.

Shapes.

 

Recognizing numbers.

Counting. And ending our morning in song…..with the magnetic spheres and rods. The many faces of math.

 

Wee Sprouts: WF Garden kale and green beans. Breakfast: PB on rice cakes and grapes. Lunch: Cheesy cous-cous, watermelon and mixed veggies.  Snack: PB Yogurt dip and bananas.

 

Good Afternoon!

This morning, Nahla and her mom Heidi came to visit us. Nahla, who is 16 months, will be starting at WWF in mid August so she stopped by to say hi! Our friends enjoyed getting to know her and we look forward to seeing her a few more times before she officially starts.

Friends headed into the kitchen where they worked with shaving cream. One of our friends noted that it was “soft” while someone else pointed out that it was “messy”. When Lulu was all done, she said that there were trucks in her shaving cream! It’s not only our goal to offer age appropriate activities throughout the day but we also want conversations to blossom from those activities. At this age, kids have growth with their vocabulary and language in general week to week, sometimes day to day. We’re getting SO many words!

As we headed outside, we noticed it was much cooler than yesterday! (Crazy to think we were playing in the water yesterday morning!!) Friends went super fast down the hill. We love getting out the bikes and picking our favorite one!

Nora hopped and jumped over the logs that are in the backyard.

Gross motor was the name of the game this morning while we were outside!

For breakfast, children had toast with soy butter and pears. Lunch consisted of tortillas filled with scrambled eggs, corn, and strawberries/peaches. PM snack was string cheese and animal crackers.

Have a lovely night!

Thank you, John, for organizing and launching a rocket! We had a great time!

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers. Breakfast: Whole wheat muffins and raisins. Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled egg role up, PPC peaches/strawberries and corn.  Snack: Hard boiled eggs and pretzels.

Happy Tuesday!

Friends cuddled with one another as they started their day off with stories. “Teacher stories” are our favorite lately.

Take One. Take Two. Take Three.

We met our older friends outside this morning for WATER PLAY!! We were quite excited!

One of our favorite activities was the water table. While it still offered the water aspect, the sprinkler was a little too ‘in your face’ (no pun intended) for our friends. However, we did warm up to it throughout the morning. Our older Wee Friends LOVED it though. We enjoyed watching our friends happily run through the sprinkler.

Naia had some help from Sophia and Sloane this morning. They showed Naia how to run in the sprinkler and then took her hand to help her! Such great friends we have!

Even with the water cleaning us off, some of us did get a little dirty. Lucy had a ball in the mud and sand. She headed to the water table to try and get clean. When we get this dirty, it just means that we had FUN!

With everyone else napping, Tate worked on his building skills. He proceeded to act like an animal, scream, and knock the tower down!

For breakfast, children had cheesy eggs and pears. Lunch consisted of hummus on tortillas, broccoli, and strawberries. PM snack was Colby Jack block cheese and raisins.

Have a great night!