Wee Friends welcomes our newest friend, Ada! We’re so glad you’re here!

We jumped right into our Monday sewing with embroidery hoops.

We sang all three of our “Hello!” songs and then worked with rhythm sticks singing and tapping to “We are Family” and Hap Palmer’s slow/fast song. We took our rhythm sticks around the classroom and experimented tapping on hard and soft surfaces, listening for differences and discussing it.

In the truck room this morning a friend pointed out that his Trio creation was higher than his friend’s Magna-Tile creation. It led us to a comparison game in which we chose two objects and determined which was higher or lower.

 We enjoyed being outside this morning, spending cool moments singing on the swing and hot moments making sand creations!  For lunch we served whole wheat pasta with tuna fish, cantelope and cucumber/orange/lettuce salad.

Enjoy your day.

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!

For lunch we served pizza on whole wheat English muffins, corn and fruit salad.

Enjoy your weekend!

Today our classroom was SPINNING with activity!!!!!!!

Tumblers said a final goodbye to Ms. Patti and the Y. She awarded WF gymnasts with trophies!

We explained to our toddlers that soon they too will be tumbling with Ms. Jennifer on the gymnastics bus! They jumped up and down with excitement and with full voices expressed “we walk down the steps and get on the bus!” They also talked about the “trampolina”!

We created music, first by visiting the beach and feeling the waves wash over us……and then we spun our bodies around the circular table for “The Ants Go Marching”.

The younger children also had a marvelous time sharing a large tub of sudsy water. They swirled water with their hands, dumped & poured with measuring cups, squeezed droppers, and squirted basters & syringes.

For art today, the children excitedly worked cooperatively with the lazy susan, round paper and markers to create “spin art”. They noticed how the lines changed when the marker was held still versus moving their hand with the marker. The final product was colorful and unique!

For lunch, we continued spinning! We had tortilla spin art (ham, cream cheese, and whole wheat tortilla spirals), cantaloupe, and carrots.

Have a great day!

WHAT DO YOU SEE WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE MIRROR?

Melinda started our morning art activity with this message board question. After a long discussion and using our mirror, the kids determined that “color” (of hair, eyes, skin) and “size” (nose, eyes, hair) are the two things that really make people look different. They then set to work with the materials to create a replica of their faces.

 Other morning interests were:

• sorting the foam pieces looking for round pieces to use as eyes.
• lots of “shoe” play
• some dancing to country music
• an impromptu minor league hockey game (made with trios) in the block room
• an enjoyable cloudy and rather cool outside time

For lunch we had: roast beef & brown rice, cucumbers and pineapple/banana slices.

Have a great day!

Today Melinda led a science experiment about absorption. She gathered several objects with varying degrees of density and porosity. Using blue paint, friends used a dropper to determine which objects absorbed the paint and which didn’t.

To the tune of “Kookaburra”, we sang

“Stephen sits under the Wee Friend’s Tree,

Merry, Merry Wee-ee Friend is he!

Dance, Stephen! Dance, Stephen!

Gay your life must be!”

Many friends enjoyed sitting, hopping, clapping and twirling under the WF Family Tree!

We continued creating music singing a rhythm game that incorporated 3/4 and 4/4 time but using friend’s family names instead of numbers: “Kai, Dylan, Mom and Dad” or “Mom, Dad, Addi”.

We ended creative music time with “The Ants Go Marching” hiding under the table “to get out of the rain, boom, boom, boom!!”

For lunch we served a cucumber from our garden, strawberries/granny smith apples and whole wheat pasta with chicken and marinara.

Oh Yes! We did start the morning with push ups!

Have a great day!