Good Afternoon!

**This will be the last blog of the week. I will be out the rest of the week including next Monday. See you back here next Tuesday!

A few of our friends completed their art projects this morning since they didn’t get to yesterday for one reason or another.

Emma loved using the sparkles in her paint. She pointed to the sparkles as she saw them.

Daniel was specific about his painting experience today. When he wanted a new color, he pushed the old one away and said, “all done”.

For Zoey’s art experience, a piece of colored construction paper was placed in a zip lock bag. Paint was squeezed into the bag along with glitter. Zoey took her hands and smashed the paint in the bag to make beautiful artwork! It was all her own and she loved being able to physically make the art .

Emma swayed back and forth as Miss Marty read our friends ‘Baby Beluga’. Most of our friends know the tune of the book so they hum along with us!

Smiles, smiles, smiles on this Tuesday!

For breakfast, friends had cheerios and pears. Lunch consisted of tortillas with melted cheese and refried beans, banana, and zucchini. PM snack was vanilla yogurt and animal crackers.

Have a terrific week!

-Mindy

Thank you so very much to all the parents who joined us for caroling yesterday! Your Wee Friends and Wee Staff were so happy to share that time with you!

Today, Tami reported that the swimmers are making great progress! Several friends have mastered putting their heads under water. Others, who wear flotation devices, have had layers of the bubble inserts removed, offering less support. They are slowly moving out of flotation help altogether!

While the swimmers were away, a small group of friends talked about the Grinch. We cut out large and small hearts and remembered how the Grinch’s heart started small (grouchy/mean or hitting friends) and by the end of the story, his heart grew and opened up (he liked to share and speak kindly to his friends). We taped hearts of all sizes to our tree collage. 

Elliott, Sloane and Lea had a discussion about dinner. Lea and Sloane imagined that the puzzles in the basket were their dinner. “Puzzles are not dinner.” replied Elliott. “Yes, they are.” responded Lea. “Uh-huh.” nodded Sloaners. “No. Only food is dinner.” insisted Elliot. This debate led to a discussion about how we use our imagination and how people see things in different ways.  It was a smooth conversation and gradually ended with each friend satisfied and ready to move on.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumber slices. Breakfast: Kix and pears slices. Lunch: Whole wheat tortillas with refried beans and cheese, romaine salad and bananas. Snack: Yogurt and apple slices.

Have a great day.

Good Afternoon!

Hope everyone had a good weekend!

We headed outside where we saw small snow flakes flying through the air. We bundled up because it was so cold! We stayed outside for a little while because our fingers and face started getting cold! If parents could make sure that their child comes with hats AND gloves everyday, that would be fabulous! Thanks!

Clara danced around using props such as circular rings!

We watched out the window as we saw big snow flakes come down! We loved looking at the snow as it stuck to the ground.

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Since the weather was cold and the flakes were flying ‘round, we took turns in the kitchen where friends painted using tempera paint as well as water colors.  The sensorial aspect of the paint was just what our friends needed this afternoon .

Friends P.K. and Eve lay down on the floor while reading books.

Our Wee Friends went around caroling to our neighbors. They sang special songs for us. We loved listening to their voices and getting some holiday cheer!

For breakfast, we had whole wheat toast with soy butter and pears. AM snack was green peas. Lunch consisted of whole grain pasta with tuna, mixed veggies, and oranges. PM snack was crackers and string cheese.

Have a great night.

-Mindy

• Wee Friends is closed for Winter Break Monday, December 24th – Friday, January 4th. We will re-open Monday, January 7th.
• Please remember our parking policy when you arrive today to carol. The church parking lot on the corner of 29th Street and Wall is available for you to park in for the extended period of time. Thank you!

Several of our friends have been studying author Jan Brett. A small group gathered this morning to read her Gingerbread Friends. Afterwards, we moved to the art table to create our own gingerbread friends.

 

Then onto salt dough. Friends measured 1 cup flour, 1/2 cup salt and 7 Tbls water, mixed it together, rolled it out and created sugar cookie ornaments!

Wee Sprouts: Cucumber slices. Breakfast: Whole wheat toast with cinnamon and pear slices. Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with tuna, mixed veggies and orange slices. Snack: Ritz crackers and string cheese.

See you all at 3:45 this afternoon for caroling, cookies and cocoa!

 

On the Southern Wee Dock, pirates have docked. On the Northern side, the Grinch. Both of these Bad Guys are finding lots of good work to keep Wee Friends busy.

Pirate Research. How many books do we have in our library with ships?

We found a mitten tree in the book The Missing Mitten Mystery by Steven Kellogg and decided to create our own mitten tree.

Friends created bookmarks with throat compressors and googly eyes!

Several pirate artists gathered to create pirate paper. We dipped white paper into coffee water and gave it a hearty bath. We watched the paper turn brown and smelled the yummy smell!

We listened to the soundtrack of The Grinch Who Stole Christmas as we turned the pages of the book. When the songs played, we stood up and created our own Grinch choreography.

Wee Sprouts: Cucumber slices. Breakfast: scrambled eggs and fresh fruit. Lunch: Rigatoni with marinara, whole grain bread and applesauce. Snack: Cheddar cheese and apple slices.

Hope to see you Monday at 3:45-4:15 for caroling and yummy treats to follow!

Have a good weekend.

Hello!

Our morning started off with a rousing rendition of house keeping play! Friends initiated play while teachers joined in. We made pancakes and eggs!

We talked about pretending to sip our cups or eat our food.

Children gathered around the faucet to fill their cups up with water.

P.K. really enjoyed his water! Clara used a spoon to pick up her bread. She took a pretend bit and said “yummy!”

P.K. made a long row of waffle blocks. He used his fine motor skills to put them together one by one.

Friends were invited into the kitchen where they worked with shaving cream. They ran their fingers and hands through the velvety white substance. We hid cars and buttons in the cream and our friends found them!

We had Mrs. Claus make an appearance!

Children took their hands and ran their fingers along the table to make a line in the shaving cream.

We all had so much fun! Children were much more willing to experiment with the shaving cream than the previous time.

While children were taking turns in the kitchen with the shaving cream, some of our Wee Wee’s experimented with circular rings while listening to music.

Some chose to put them on the ground and jump in their while some put them around their neck.

P.K. made a special train track this afternoon. He took his trains and pushed them down the track. Clara soon joined in the fun!

One of our neighbors has beautiful Christmas lights. Friends P.K. and Clara went on the ladder and looked outside at the lights!

We love sitting around the table eating our food and talking with our friends and teachers.

Clara started using a big girl cup today! It’s a special time in the eating portion of the day .

Boy, do we love soy butter!

It was an awesome afternoon snack!

For breakfast, children had cinnamon toast squares and oranges. Lunch consisted of chicken noodle soup, banana, and cucumber. The chicken noodle soup was great for those of us suffering from a cold and cough! PM snack was rice cakes with soy butter and string cheese.

Have a terrific night.

-Mindy

Wee Sprouts: Celery Sticks and carrots. Breakfast: Applesauce Malt-O-Meal. Lunch: Homemade chicken soup, cucumber slices and bananas. Snack: Cheese sticks and Goldfish.

Good Afternoon!

We saw ‘HIM’ today. Dressed in red and black with a long white beard. He was walking over to Wee Friends to participate in the wonderful caroling that went on throughout the neighborhood. Our friends were amazed at the sighting of Santa!

We watched out the window as our older Wee Friends started to walk around to different houses around the neighborhood.

We watched as they went across the street to sing to our neighbors.

Of course we wanted to hear the amazing singing as well. So we sat on the front porch and listened to our Wee Friends sing lovely holiday songs.

Most of our morning consisted of puzzles. We completed our puzzles by ourselves and with some of our friends. A few of us completed our puzzles without any help (WOW!) We were sure proud of ourselves.

We used our fine motor skills to put the pieces into the correct place. We had a lot of patience this morning as we worked on a few difficult puzzles.

Eve says, “Cheese!”

We gathered in the kitchen where friends took turns cooking up delicious meals!

Team work and cooperation are a wonderful tool to have during group play.

Eve stacked different sized cups together.

Friends huddled around Miss Marty as she read stories.

Throughout the day at Wee Wee Friends, many faces are made. We see silly faces. We see happy faces (which are the best!). We also see confused and frustrated faces (which happen to all of us at some point or another).

Eren and Emma played peek-a-boo!

P.K. wanted a book read to him at the end of the day. Miss Mindy asked if he could read the book to her instead. He talked about the book throughout and pointed to different important points within the story.

For breakfast, we had malto-meal and pears. AM snack was green peas. Lunch consisted of egg casserole with cheese and hash browns (delicious!), banana, and green peas. PM snack was goldfish and raisins.

Have a great evening!

-Mindy

Enjoy these photos from this morning’s caroling! THANK YOU Santa for your surprise visit and thank you parents, for joining us as we spread holiday cheer around River Park! Don’t forget we will be caroling again this Monday, 3:45-4:14, and invite you to join us afterward for cookies, cocoa and a short concert!

 

 

Wee Sprouts: Celery Sticks. Breakfast: Lisa’s Applesauce Malt-O-Meal. Lunch: Baked egg casserole, whole grain bread and clementines. Snack: Animal crackers and pear slices.

Have a great day!

 

Good Afternoon.

**Next Monday (December 10th), our Wee Friends are going around the neighborhood caroling. The parents were given an invitation to attend with their Wee Friend if they would like. We would like to extend an invitation to our Wee Wee parents that if you would like to come and join along, please feel free! You can take your Wee Wee child around to carol with the big kids and their parents! This is going to take place from 3:45 to 4:15. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask!

Here are some pictures that were taken throughout the day.

For breakfast, children feasted on cinnamon toast squares and banana. Our AM snack was peas. Lunch consisted of beef stew (yummy!), banana/orange combo, and whole grain bread with butter. PM snack was hard boiled eggs and graham crackers.

Have a terrific evening.