This morning, Cassie helped Ben write his name on the message board!

We invited friends to listen to Eric Carle’s The Very Clumsy Click Beetle. We studied his illustrations and talked about what a collage is. We decided to create our own click beetle costume and started at the art table with coffee filters and watercolor.

Another group of friends decided to build and play beneath a tent.

Melinda invited friends to join her in a science experiment that explored what happens when you pour pepper into a bowl of water and then, dip a soapy finger into the pepper water.

“It looks like tiny bugs!” is a comment we heard.

“It makes a hole!” and “Mine is all the way down!” were other observations.

Lisa Update: Lisa called yesterday morning and spoke to all our friends. She is pain free, she shared! We miss you!

Wee Sprouts: Sweet peppers. Breakfast: Corn Flakes and pineapple. Lunch: Melted turkey and mozzarella on whole wheat tortillas, peas and applesauce. Snack: Peanuts and raisins.

Enjoy your day. 

Good Afternoon!

Clara and Emma learned about static today. By rubbing their hair with certain items such as a bouncy ball, they saw that their hair stuck straight up! We rubbed the bouncy ball on our hair a little bit more to see what the affect would be. When we looked in a mirror, we saw that our hair stuck up even more .

Our friend Sydney helped us set up an obstacle course. We had to follow step by step directions of how to finish the course. It was a lot of fun!

For breakfast, children had cheesy eggs and oranges. AM snack was corn. Lunch consisted of hummus on whole wheat bread, banana, and mixed vegetables. PM snack was cheddar cheese slices and pretzels.

Have a terrific evening.

-Mindy

Happy Birthday, Max! Max turned four on March 31st!

Ada put the final touches on her Muppet this am, and as always, this one friend’s interest led to a group sewing bee.

Max journeyed through a Wee Friends Rites of Passage today-the workbench! Friends have to be four to handle real hammer and nails and today was his day.

Melinda created an alphabet maze for friends to find their way through. The goal was to place letters along the path that opened up at the end.

Wee Friends, Wee friends, Mighty Mighty Wee Friends, we play games, we sing songs. Wee Friends, Wee Friends Mighty Mighty Wee Friends, we grow friendships all day long!

Among the day’s many independent works, was the construction of “a dark place” to rest.

Wee Sprouts: Carrots and broccoli. Breakfast: Whole wheat toast with PB, bananas and Easter eggs. Lunch: Hummus sandwiches on whole wheat, green beans and slices of pear. Snack: Orange slices and crackers.

Have a great day.

Happy Monday!

Today, we welcome our newest addition to our Wee Wee Friend family, Keerthi! We’re excited to get to know her and her family .

A big theme this morning was throwing our bouncy balls to one another. We worked on hand eye coordination while throwing the ball to our friends. Sydney (Macy’s sister) helped our friends learn how to throw and catch with the big ball today.

Keerthi shared her ball with Clara. Clara responded by saying, “Thank you!”

For breakfast, children had cheerios and banana. AM snack was peas. Lunch consisted of whole grain noodles with tuna and chick peas, broccoli, and pears. PM snack was goldfish and raisins.

 

Have a terrific evening!

-Mindy

Macy’s big sisters, Sydney and Taylor, are spending spring break with us! Cassie, too! Our Wee Friends love when visitors are here, especially big kids. Today was no exception as we dove deep into Easter joy with an Easter egg hunt and a song:

“A tisket, a tasket, pass the Easter basket!

Marina’s hands, Sophie’s hands, now who has the basket?”

We worked on using loud, projected voices and the girls answered: “Sophie!” or “Marina!”. They giggled with delight as they heard their own voices reach the rooftop!

We were missing a few sand block letters so Mel invited friends to discover which letters were lost and guess which letters were in the basket.

Elliott built a cage. We recorded words he used and then studied those letters. Ada was interested in transcribing Elliott’s Cage Word List.

Puzzle Mania persists!

Ada is assembling an Orca Study Briefcase, with all things Orca.

The Spring Author Study for our older group will be with author Eric Carle (author of all things earthen and growing! www.eric-carle.com). We jumped into our study today exploring Literacy FAB K.2.3- Generate and respond to questions who, what, where.

After lunch, Melinda read Little Tiger’s Big Surprise by Julie Sykes to our younger Wee Friends. When she asked who (like Little Tiger) in the group had a baby on the way, all 5 friends raised their hand: Elliott, Sloane, Leo, Marina and Marta!

Wee Sprouts: Cucumber and carrots. Breakfast: Raisin Bran and pears. Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with tuna, mixed veggies and bananas. Snack: Hard boiled eggs and goldfish.

Enjoy your day.

Hello!

**We’re incorporating a new detail to our blog starting today. There will still be a detailed blog but along with that blog will be a photo album at the end of the every blog post. This will allow parents and family to see all of the pictures from the day. These will be easier to download and see all of the pictures from the day in general. If you have any questions about it or how to access it, please ask! Thanks!

Today is Zoey’s last day here with us at Wee Wee Friends. We all are sure going to miss her! Good luck Nick, Anna, and Zoey!

Today was the perfect day for outside play. We went out in the morning and the afternoon. The feeling of sun on our face was just how we wanted to end our week!  Our friends sure did love getting reacquainted with our Wee Friends!

For breakfast, children had chex and banana. AM snack was peas. Lunch consisted of melted cheese and turkey on whole grain bread, banana, and broccoli. PM snack was rice cakes with cream cheese and craisins.

Have a great evening and a wonderful holiday weekend.

-A sunshiny Wee Wee Friend gang

Today we worked with eggs. Each friend had the opportunity to color eggs. We talked about ‘short’ and ‘long’ in the context of leaving the egg in the food coloring. We explored what happens if the egg is in the dye a short time or a long time.

Friends studied, squished and bounced the eggs that they had soaked (overnight) in vinegar, shells and all.

Then we just played with the hard-boiled egg, examining the textures (and smells!).

When we went outside, we had an egg hunt. After the eggs were found, friends played with them: cracked them open, bartered them, hid them again, collected them in a bucket, filled them with rocks and sand and created music with them!

Wee Sprouts: Carrots. Breakfast: Whole wheat toast with PB and bananas. Lunch: Toasted turkey and cheddar on wheat bread, broccoli and bananas. Snack: Easter Eggs and mixed fruit.

Have a restful holiday weekend! We’ll see you Monday!!!

Hello!

Through play and getting older, we become independent. For some, as early as two years old! Lately, our friends have been wanting to put their coat on by themselves. They have been helping one another when the end of the day comes around.

One thing that was prevalent today was play groupings. Through some parts of the day, independent play was prevalent. A few friends went off and read by themselves or rested on the floor.

A couple times throughout the day, we noticed their were different pairs of children engaging with one another. Zoey and Lu Lu sat with one another and shared toys. This allows friends to build connections with one another when they’re given the opportunity to play and talk with one friend. Clara and P.K. had a conversation about what to feed their baby. Clara took the responsibility of getting the baby ready to eat by getting her bib on.

Finally, we have a large group of more than two friends that engage around a certain activity. Today, it was stories. Daniel and Clara started reading with Miss Marty when P.K. joined the group too! When friends are involved in a large group there is often laughter and wonderful group bonding going on. We become a Wee Wee group

Through these different pairings throughout the day, we play with different activities and learn how and what our friends like to play with. The relationships that are built all day grow through interactions and conversations.

For breakfast, children had whole wheat toast with cinnamon, eggs, and pears. AM snack was cucumbers. Lunch consisted of whole wheat bread with hummus, peas/corn, and pears/pineapple. PM snack was animal crackers and colby cheese slices.

Have a great evening.

-Mindy

*A reminder that we are closed Friday, March 29th and will re-open Monday, April 1st.

We began our day with a game of Wee Friends Twister. Several friends gathered to move hands and feet on certain colors and textures. Then we each took a turn being the Game Master, learning to lead by choosing and expressing directions for our friends to follow.

And then we began a Crazy Science Experiment Morning, lasting almost an hour and 1/2!

It began with the Question “Which elements go together?”

1. Salt and Ice

Melinda: “is your melting? What else would melt the ice?”

Kids: “Water!”, “Really hot water!”, “Look how small mine is!”

2. Watercolor and water – “It DOES mix together!”, “It’s blue, just like my shirt!”

3. Oil and water – “It’s making one big bubble!”, “It’s like a whirlpool!”, “It doesn’t mix!”

4. Sprite and raisins – “Will it explode?, “Put some more pop in it!”

5. Sugar and hot water – “It’s good!”, “It’s yucky to me.”

6. Free Choice – Friends chose to mix vinegar, an egg, baking soda and food coloring together!

Whew. That was a lot of experimenting. We decided to stretch our muscles with a good ‘ole game of tug of war. One of us hopped.

We were still wiggly, so we jammed out to “Shake!” by Hap Palmer.

Carrots and broccoli were the Wee Sprouts, and Corn Flakes and bananas were breakfast, but a serving of peanut butter, peas and pears/pineapple was our lunch. We will snack on string cheese and crackers.

 

“Try, try, try to separate them, it’s an illusion.
Try, try, try and you only come to this conclusion:

Love and marriage, love and marriage,
Go together like a horse and carriage.
This I tell ya, brother, you can’t have one without the other.”

-the one and only Frankie Boy

Good Afternoon!

**Just as a reminder, Wee Wee Friends is closed this upcoming Friday (March 29th) for Good Friday. We reopen on Monday! –Thanks!

To start their day, Daniel and P.K. headed into the kitchen where they put their heads together to build different structures with magnatiles. They made sure to help one another. It was an example of great team work and sharing!

Friends splashed into water play this morning! With the use of different toys, children explored the water. Children played pretend with fish and farm animals. P.K. held up a fish and said, “He’s swimming!” It’s wonderful when our friends are using their vocabulary and communication skills to talk through their play.

Zoey and Eren enjoyed splashing the water up using their hands! Zoey laughed when it hit her face. We took different cups and bowls and filled them up with water. We took the cup and dumped the water back out. Friends did this over and over again!

P.K. said, “Wash my hands” as he put his hands under the faucet.

Clara filled up her measuring cup and gently poured the water into the sink. She giggled when the water splashed up as it hit the surface.

Daniel and Clara had a tea party! They both enjoyed drinking some of the water too. Daniel let us know that it was “yummy water”.

As friends were taking their turns, we waited patiently for our chance to have water play.

Daniel and Clara occupied their time before water play by looking outside as snowflakes fell to the ground. Clara pointed out that she saw a bird outside in the tree. We’re becoming very observant when we look out the window .

Clara sat in the chair as she waited for her turn. It sure made her happy when it WAS her turn! She said, “Yay, Clara’s turn!” Different activities sure do make children happy and oh so excited to participate. Water for Clara is fabulous!

Even though the sun went away, we headed outside for a little bit to enjoy the fresh air. We bundled up and joined our Wee Friends! We forgot how fun it is to play with our older friends from next door . We hear there’s warmer weather on the way? Hope so because we sure do love our outside time. As we were heading inside, P.K. let Miss Mindy know that “That was fun!”

For breakfast, children had eggs with cheese and banana. Lunch consisted of cheese tortillas, green beans, and banana. PM snack was cottage cheese and raisins.

Have a terrific evening!

-Mindy