Good Afternoon!

We’re giving Elizabeth our ‘sunglass kid’ award today 🙂

The WWF house started off the morning with a sensory activity. Our hands were blue but the kids spirits were high! Thanks to our friends next door, we were able to manipulate rice that was died blue. Kids sifted, poured, and measured the rice along with just finding out how it felt on their hands. There was great interaction happening while the kids were in discovery mode. Our friends talked to each other about what they were finding out.

Chloe loved using the ladle to pour the rice into different areas of the bin while Olivia chose to use a bowl for the rice. Our friends were sharing their utensils with one another and making sure that all of their friends had something to discover with. Jada was interested in looking at each grain of rice individually and pointing out characteristics such as ‘it’s small’. After some discovery time, our friends began to find out that if they moved the rice enough, they could see the light from the light table. They found this extremely interesting and loved ‘looking for the light’!

Sloane decided to hold a cup in one hand and the ladle in the other hand and pour the rice back and forth. Her measuring skills are top notch!

After discovering different characteristics about the blue rice, Lea decided to color. She was very precise as to how to color with her markers. She got down close to the paper and really focused her attention on the stroke that she was on.

After sensory time in the kitchen, our friends ventured outside! From what we hear, the weather is supposed to be getting more ‘spring’ like! Fingers are crossed! P.K. decided to use his gross motor skills by walking and finding a way to get up the stairs. Marina loves to venture out and explore the back yard! She had a great time swinging with her new friend Chloe as well as riding different tri-cycles.

Clara decided that she wanted to use her gross motor skills by crawling herself over to a basket and sitting in it. She thought this was funny as she began laughing, causing her friends to laugh as well :)! Ozzie decided to start a puzzle which he was extremely successful at. Ozzie is a big fan of cars and trains so this was right up his alley!

For breakfast this morning, our friends enjoyed whole wheat toast with soy butter and fresh pears. For AM snack, we had broccoli. Our lunch consisted of melted ham and cheese on whole wheat tortillas, peas, and fresh pear slices. This afternoon we had rice cakes with cream cheese and raisins/craisins. This snack is always a big success 🙂

Hope everyone has a great evening!

-Mindy

Good Afternoon!

Hope everyones weekend went great! Today we welcomed Marina to our Wee Wee Family! She has fit in so well today and all of our friends have loved having her here! To those of you who haven’t gotten a chance to meet Marina’s parents, John and Jackie Cascarano, please feel free to introduce yourself!

Today at WWF, we partook in different activities throughout the day. These are a collection of pictures that demonstrate those activities.

For breakfast, our friends had cheerios and milk. AM snack was fresh carrots and red peppers. Lunch consisted of whole wheat noodles with ricotta cheese, raisins, and mixed vegetables. Our afternoon snack was crackers and fresh pears.

Hope the evening is enjoyable for all!

Good Afternoon!

We started our morning here at WWF by having our friends construct a marker and crayon mural where the kids could lay or sit on the floor and pick an area of the paper where they could color whatever they wanted. Some chose to make an object or just use different colors to make a design. Elizabeth chose to make a snowman using markers. She made precise circles and others followed by making their own snowman. Lea chose to take different colors to make a piece of art where the colors blended together. When Ozzie was finished with his drawing, he chose to go and get different shapes and make up a game with those shapes on top of his artwork! The finished product was astounding!

After the mural was complete, Jada and Elizabeth decided to go on a train ride! They hoped aboard the WWF express and had great conversation while riding along with each other. They switched seats and directions so they could talk to each other!

Music time started by Ms. Paulina playing the guitar! Ellie loved following the beat lead while playing the drums. Everyone played ‘go to sleep’ with the colored scarves. Children would cover up their friends so they could go night night. We even played peak-a-boo with them! P.K. loves getting wrapped up in the scarves and playing peak-a-boo with his friends. Lea gently covered up her friends Ozzie and Elizabeth so they could go to sleep.

After music time was over, the mice of the house came out to play. They went around the clock and back again. Jada loved singing the song and putting the felt mice of her fingers. She ran them up the clock and slowing walked the mice on the floor.

This morning for breakfast, our friends enjoyed cheerios with milk. For lunch, the kids had whole wheat pasta noodles with beef, bananas, tomatoes, and red peppers. For afternoon snack, raisins and animal crackers were served.

Hope everyone has a terrific weekend!

-Mindy

Good Afternoon!

While some of our friends are home battling different illnesses (hope everyone feels better soon!), our friends here at WWF today participated in different activities throughout the day. We started our day by working with a clock with felt mice that Ms. Paulina whipped up! While working with the mice, we sang Hickory Dickory Dock and used the mice as props throughout the song. Ellie pointed out different numbers that she recognized as the mouse went around the clock!

After working with the clock, we had quiet reading time where children relaxed and picked out books that they would like to read or have read to them. Our friends got comfy and were able to listen to stories. Sloane wanted to read ‘Chicka Chicka Boom Boom’ while Jada requested ‘Walking Through the Jungle’. Lea had a fantastic time stretching out on the floor reading books to herself. Elizabeth worked in the kitchen setting the table and feeding the play babies. She made sure to fill each bowl with a different kind of food. Aiden had a great time laying on the floor and watching the action all around him.

Ozzie and Sloane showed initiative by going into the kitchen to manipulate different activities at the kitchen table. Sloane chose to work with letter and number puzzles while Ozzie worked with shape boxes. He was using his fine motor skills by opening and closing the boxes and trying to see if they fit with each other.

For breakfast, our friends enjoyed kix with milk. AM snack consisted of fresh cucumbers and carrot slices. Lunch was pizza sandwiches on whole wheat tortillas, roasted green beans, and bananas. Blueberry muffins were served this afternoon for a snack.

Hope everyone has a great evening!

-Mindy

Good Afternoon!!

While some of our Wee Wee’s and teachers have been out this week fighting a cough virus, the rest of us are keeping busy at the Wee Wee House!

Eleanor began her day by exploring letters. This morning she had a chance to explore the moveable alphabet. As you can see here, she was delighted by the fact that there were so many of the same letters for her to make patterns and explore.

After that we hid some fruits in a bag a played a “guess the fruit” game. The children were especially interested in understanding the difference between pears and apples. Some friends talked about the smell of the different fruits. When it was the teachers’ turn to take a fruit out of the bag, they described shapes and colors of the fruits, some children were able to guess the fruit before it came out of the bag.

 

 

 

Following Jada’s interest, we sat at the kitchen table to peel, cut (using baby knifes) and eat the fruits we are studying. PK and Clara were given two little pieces of unpeeled banana. They explored the bananas and tried sticking their fingers inside it and peeled it.

Eleanor requested pouring water and squeezing songes at the sink and some of her friends decided to join her.

Unfortunatelly, because of the snow, we did not make it outside today. However!!! as our friends were in the mood for music, we danced and played our instruments to the “Hello”, “Pio, Pio” (as Olivia calls it) and “Aram Sam Sam” songs. We also played the drums while teachers modeled the same rhythmic pattern throughout different three songs (at least 2 friends were able to join playing and sustaining the pattern throughout the songs). Two of the songs were “Listen, Listen” and “Bright eyes” (a native american song).

You can find some of our songs in the song section of our blog. For some of them you are able to click on the tittle and listen or watch a short video of it. We are working on putting more songs for you to revisit the at home with your chilren.

Our morning snack was fruits (bananas, apples and oranges). Lunch consisted of Beans and ham soup with corn bread and apples. Our afternoon snack was raisins and crackers.

Have a wonderful day.

Paulina.