Happy Friday!

Here are a few pictures that were taken throughout the day!

For breakfast, children had kix and grapes. Lunch consisted of egg casserole with hash browns and cheese, english muffins, oranges/grapes, and peas. PM snack was graham crackers and string cheese.

Have a great weekend! See you on Monday!

Hello!
May we request that, each week, you bring in a few pairs of extra socks for your Wee Friend? We are optimistic that soon,  we will be spending parts of each day outdoors. Our playground is SO wet and the snow, still so deep.

Also, if you are able, please leave a pair of shoes at Wee Friends so boots are reserved only for our outdoor play. Thanks so much for working with us on these details that make our friends (and teachers!) more comfortable.

Have a great weekend.-Laurie

Wee Sprouts: Carrots. Breakfast: Corn Flakes and bananas. Lunch: Egg casserole with cheese and potatoes, orange slices and whole wheat English muffins. Snack: Monterey Jack cheese and bananas.

Good Afternoon!

Henri and friends read many books today. It was a picture perfect scene. Eren leaning over Lulu’s shoulder looking at a book together made the day!

It was a packed kitchen this morning! Everyone made their own dish with pancakes and birthday cake at the forefront.

The afternoon consisted of building with different kinds of blocks. Nora enjoyed working with triangle soft blocks.

Maya was crawling, crawling, crawling all over the place! When she wants to go somewhere, she is speedy!

For breakfast, children had toast with butter and cinnamon along with bananas. Lunch consisted of ham and cheese slices along with bread, apples, and corn. PM snack was crackers and string cheese.

Have a wonderful night.

Problem Solving in our Early Childhood environment has many faces. And many moments. From “Flush and Wash” to “That’s MY toy!” to “What letter makes THIS sound?” our days are filled with opportunities to role model positive problem solving.

As such, it’s been 10 days since we began our experiment of soaking carnation- like flowers into colored water. We’ve been waiting. Waiting for the stems to soak up the water and transform the petals! But nothing has happened. So we went back to the drawing board. “Why isn’t it working?” we asked our Wee Friends. “How can we change our experiment to achieve the results we want: multi colored flowers!” So we got to work answering those questions.

And we will wait. We will solve this exciting problem. For there is more magic to make and see and enjoy. Have a terrific day. –Laurie

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers. Breakfast: Corn Chex and bananas. Lunch: Turkey and ham on whole wheat, pear slices and corn. Snack: PB yogurt dip and graham crackers.

Have YOU enjoyed problem solving today?

Hello!

With the snowy weather this morning, friends came in one by one. It sure was a pretty drive in though.

Even though all of our baby friends aren’t one yet (soon though), they’re starting to play next to one another. Their play doesn’t interact with one another but the proximity to one another has been increasing recently. They’re bonds with one another are growing stronger and stronger.

The random faces that our friends make throughout the day are FABULOUS! Of the many activities friends participated in this morning, reading books and habitrail play topped the list. The habitrail is becoming a more crowded place as of late since the babies are travelling up there more and more throughout the day.

Eren and Nora cooked it up in the kitchen! They made pancakes for a late breakfast. Nora proceeded to get out the donuts as well.

For breakfast, children had english muffins and banana. Lunch consisted of cheese filled tortillas, bananas, and peas. PM snack was homemade banana bread and string cheese.

Have a great night!

The snow created a slow start today. Friends trickled in and got busy with work and play.

We continue to explore red/green/yellow and what they symbolize on a stop light. We also wrote the words they represent (ex: Go!) Mel invited friends to explore heavy/light objects and the different sounds they create when dropped on a cookie tin. Friends negotiated sharing toys, measured each other’s height and danced to Melinda’s nursery rhyme medley on the piano.

Hope you are having a great day. –Laurie

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers. Breakfast: Corn Chex and raisins. Lunch: Melted cheddar on flatbread, peas and bananas. Snack: Homemade apple bread and peanuts.

 

Good Afternoon!

After breakfast, friends headed out of the kitchen and started their day off! Between baby toys and crawling everywhere (we’re getting quite active), we all had a busy Tuesday morning!

Eren requested his favorite book as of late. We are LOVING Leonardo .

Smiles lit up our day. Even with the warmer temperatures, it was quite dreary. (However we would much rather have it than snow!)

Tate: “Henri, I’m so happy to see you. I had a great time on vacation.”       

Henri: “I’m so glad!”

(Hugging takes place)

Tate: “Oh..I like your toy!”

After nap time, our band session occurred. Our favorites were the piano and xylophone.

Active. Fun. Challenging. We love the habitrail!

Eren started his afternoon off by heading over to the music area and counting the rungs on the wall. “One, two, three…”

For breakfast, children had kix and oranges. Lunch consisted of hummus filled tortillas, pears/oranges, and green beans (we devoured the green beans!). PM snack was pears and cheddar cheese slices.

Have a great (snowy) evening!

Happy Birthday, (one day late!) Sloaners! Sloane was 5 months old when she came to Wee Wee. Yesterday she turned FOUR!!!!! We love you, Sloane!

 

 

 

The Wee Traffic Song

(to the tune of ABC’s)

“Red light, red light, stop, stop, stop.

Green light, green light, go, go, go.

Yellow, light, yellow light, slow the car down.

Yellow light, yellow light, slow the car down.

Red light stop and green light go.

Yellow light, yellow light, slow, slow, slow.”

 

We are spending time this week identifying common signs and symbols (Literacy FAB K.1.21). We also spent time today talking about patterns. First with foam blocks, then with Do-A-Dots.

 

“This is my book. About cats and dogs. It has purple dots.” – Eve

A few friends finished their banjos by applying the neck, the bridge and the string.

 

The swimmers reported great fun this morning. We heard “My toes touched the bottom of the pool!”, “I got my head wet!” and “I jumped in three times!”.

Hope you are having a great day. –Laurie

Wee Sprouts: Carrots. Breakfast: Whole wheat muffins with cream cheese and pear slices. Lunch: Flatbread with hummus, pear slices and green beans. Snack: Sloaner’s Bday guacamole and chips.

 

 

Happy Monday!

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Henri and Lucy spent some quality time this morning crawling around and playing with different toys. They loved chasing after balls that teachers rolled across the room.

Maya and Lucy waited patiently this morning while Miss Marty got their bottles ready.

This afternoon, dress up was the name of the Wee Wee game! Lucy and Henri tried on hats while Maya tried to put on play shoes.

Lulu and Saskia read many books. Lulu really enjoyed ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ today .

For breakfast, children had toast with soy butter and pears. Lunch consisted of whole grain noodles with kidney beans, mixed vegetables, and mixed fruit (pineapple, blueberries, strawberries, and banana).  PM snack was graham crackers and string cheese.

Hope everyone gets a chance to enjoy the awesome weather tonight!

Enjoy this video from Jennifer, our gymnastics teacher!

http://flipagram.com/f/3TiDBK7Ap1

Wee Sprouts: Carrots. Breakfast: Cheerios and apple slices. Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with black beans, mixed veggies and fruit salad (strawberries/bananas/pineapple). Snack: Peanuts and raisins.