WWF began their day dancing to Dan Zanes’s lovely and fun music. Thanks Ozzie for sharing this with us!

Some friends spent time sorting buttons by shape or color. They grouped them using colored bowls or simply putting them close together on their individual rugs.

Outside our friends had a little snack and colored with markers at the art easel. The teachers observed an interesting new form of play for happened today. Some of the younger children helped each other ride their bikes, one pushing and the other riding.

For lunch our WWF had broccoli, bananas and whole grain with cheese.

Have a wonderful day!

It has been a great Monday morning, mainly being spent outside. Some of the children went on a walk. They are really inquisitive and have retained so many of of the things we have learned this summer. Today we investigated tree bark. We felt it, compared long pieces of bark to short ones, and talked about how it came off of a tree. We also felt the texture of it and talked about smooth and rough. Max and Marta took the initiative and harvested our garden. The children are excellent about helping to pick the tomatoes. As a result, we had those, and apples for our light, late morning snack.

 Eleanor and Ozzie enjoyed some shaving cream fun inside today. We also used some bright color paint to add to the fun.

For lunch today we had tuna, noodles, and peas with cooked carrots and watermelon. For those who joined us for breakfast, we had whole wheat toast and pears.

This afternoon some of us enjoyed water play, while others enjoyed having stories read to them, or enjoyed reading by themselves. Sloane and Olivia were busy in our kitchen, and they sure did a lot of cooking.

 Happy Birthday wishes to Elizabeth and Marta! Marta turned two on Saturday, and Elizabeth will be two tomorrow.

Fill your heart with sunshine and peace!

It has been a busy day here at WWF! This morning some of the children enjoyed shaving cream play at our kitchen table. Most of them enjoyed the texture of it, while some did not care for it. Water play was also a part of our morning activity.

Our outside exploration consisted of chalk drawings and the slide was a big hit. Some of the older children enjoyed the bikes, and are getting quite good at peddling their way around our circle. Several of the children enjoyed a walk in the neighborhood as well. We also read several stories. Elizabeth and Marta took some inside walks with their babies. Elizabeth sang her baby a good night song, and covered her baby with a blanket. We also discussed our friend Finn, and how he is at his new house in Spain.

Our breakfast this morning was whole wheat toast and fresh fruit salad. For lunch today the children enjoyed Sloppy Joe’s with garden tomato salad and cantaloupe. Our afternoon snack was homemade cranberry bread and cheese.

Have a peaceful day!

Despite the clouds and rain, indoors at WWF was filled with a lot of beautiful music and sunshine! The children really enjoyed our new book and CD, “Sunshine On My Shoulder,” by John Denver. The children also enjoyed the beautiful illustrations in this book. We also did our “We All Go Traveling By,” and our new friend Eleanor, requested an encore or two. Miss Tami purchased us two new books and CD’s, “Walking through the Jungle,” and “Magic Train Ride.” The children used our shakers and rainbow scarves to the music. It was a wonderful way to spend our morning. Marta, Elizabeth and Sloane played with their baby dolls and purses. They sure are little mommies!

The children spent some time before lunch outside on our bridge. They enjoyed our tunnel. Even our little WWF’s enjoyed crawling through to the other side. A light morning snack of fresh garden green beans and tomatoes was served

Our breakfast eaters dined on whole wheat toast and bananas. For lunch today we had whole wheat tortillas with refried beans and cheese, avocado salad with bananas and raisins, and watermelon.

Prior to nap, Miss Paulina sang the children some lullabies. Her beautiful voice was soothing to the children.

This afternoon we played our nature matching game, read several books, and played with our peg boards. The children really enjoyed placing the various colored pegs in our butterfly, heart, turtle, duck and ship cut outs.

Enjoy the afternoon~

This morning some of the children went on a walk and landed at the Potowatmi Park Playground. They used their gross motor skills, and enjoyed running, climbing, and observing the beauty of the day. For those who did not make the walk, they enjoyed playing in our bin of leaves, and experiencing the feel of different materials with our felt board. Dramatic Play filled the room with some of our little girls putting on their purses, loading up their babies in our little baby carrier, and off they went.

Our breakfast crew had Chex Cereal with apples. For light morning snack, we had some more tomatoes, as they are in abundance in our garden. For lunch today, Miss Laurie made us some delicious whole wheat pasta with garden tomatoes and parmesan cheese. It was wonderful, the children sure enjoyed it. We also had some delicious shredded carrots and a cantaloupe. For our afternoon snack we will enjoy some yogurt and bananas.

We will celebrate Finn’s departure later this afternoon. We will miss his morning ritual of coming in with his conductor hat, and immediately wanting to put on a tutu! His imagination and warm and bubbly personality will be missed by all of us. May his time in Spain with his family be filled with great new learning experiences, building some wonderful memories, and a time they will forever cherish. As we have been saying, “Finn will be taking Spain by storm!” We will miss you, Finn!

Enjoy the day!

Good Bye, Finn!

Welcome Eleanor! Eleanor is the newest member of the WWF Family. She seems to be acclimating just fine and enjoying her new friends.

This morning we did several different sensory activities for the children. Many of them enjoyed playing with the bubble wrap, while others played with our fuzz balls on our felt board. We also experienced feeling the different textures of materials. As Fall weather seemed to be upon us, our tub full of fall leaves were on hand to scoop and brush them. Some of the older children went on a walk and experienced feeling different textures of real leaves first hand. Different home grown herbs were available for the children to feel and smell as well. The children experienced mint, sage, rosemary and parsley.

It seemed as though the slide was a big focal point this morning. Olivia and Elizabeth really enjoyed it. Finn and Sloane focused on their gross motor skills by riding all around the circle. Pnei’el enjoyed the swing. The children enjoyed picking our harvest of tomatoes and cucumbers. They were both later served as our late morning snack. They were both delicious!

Our morning breakfast goers had fresh homemade muffins and bananas. For lunch today we had ham and cheese tortillas, peas and cantaloupe. For snack today we will enjoy some cheese and pretzels.

Tomorrow we will bid farewell to Finn and his beautiful parent’s, Jen and Lindsay. They depart on Thursday for Barcelona, Spain for a semester. Upon their January return, Finn will be at WF. Please join us in wishing them safe travels.

Enjoy the beauty of this day~