Happy Friday!

This morning we started our day asking the question “How many people are in your family?” Several friends charted their answers with check marks. We then played a felt board math game “How Many Feet Are in the Bed?” asking friends to add up how many feet would be in the bed if all their family members were all tucked in!

Miss Charlotte delivered 13 dozen eggs this morning! Don’t forget they are always for sale! Wee Friends created an assembly line system and helped her put them in the fridge.

We learned the song “We Are Family” and used instruments to practice a 4 count rhythm.

“We are Family! 2-3-4- I’ve got all my Wee Friends with me!”

Before rest time, Melinda read Dad and Pop, discussing who dads and pops are and their roles in the family.

For lunch we served Miss Charlotte’s farm fresh eggs, scrambled, watermelon, green beans and toasted whole wheat pita. Some comments we heard about the eggs were:

“Miss Charlotte’s chickens sure know how to make good eggs!”

“Those potatoes are really good!”

“These eggs are crazy good!”

For snack, we’ve planned blueberry muffins with fresh blueberries! Thanks Alexandra G.!

Have a great weekend!

We started our week with the question “What Makes A Family?” We have since explored and had conversations about all sorts of families: families of books, letters, shapes, humans, insects to name a few. We determined that love is a common thread in families. Yesterday we read The Middle Child Blues which led us to a discussion of ‘the middle’. We explored our environment to find things ‘in the middle’. We discussed birth order and which of our WF are the middle child. As our older friends journaled, math and science (and philosophical perhaps?!) concepts arose such as “can you measure love?” and “which square is in the middle”. Today we noticed that our friends have been creating houses out of boxes and blankets during their imaginative family play. We created a message board asking “How many floors are in your house? How many rooms are in your house?” A few friends then moved to the art table to sketch their own homes with pencils and markers. F.3.32 Ask questions about families. F.2.13 Break apart a whole quantity of something into a set. F.4.13 Follow instructions to place an object “between” two things. F.5.4 Use any descriptive word or gesture to express amount or size. F.3.14 Give information about where she lives (e.g., street, telephone number, house). F.3.16 Describe features of familiar places (e.g., buildings, stores).

The tumblers tumbled and we all enjoyed a gorgeous morning outside!

For lunch we served whole wheat tortillas with refried beans and cheese, fresh lettuce (from our garden!) with cucumbers/ranch and granny smith apples.

Have a great day!

What a beautiful day! We have opened the windows and are enjoying the cool, refreshing breeze blowing through our classroom.

This morning, most of the children spent a large amount of time using liquid water colors to paint themselves, family members and a variety of warriors & princesses.

In other parts of the classroom, children were found in housekeeping playing doctor, in the truck room making magnatile structures and making an advance highway system with raised roads, and in the science room exploring the moon sand. There was also a lot of dancing to a variety of soft CD music. Friends paired off and communicated to one another who was supposed to twirl and who was supposed to hold. It was lovely, creative, and the children remained in control of their bodies the entire time.

For lunch we had brown rice with red beans, cantaloupe & watermelon, and green peas.

Take time to enjoy the sunshine today!

Yesterday, Miss Laurie led a discussion with the children about, “What is Family?”. We are exploring whether this topic has the potential to become our next study. We have a stack of library books (thanks Grandma Carol) to investigate on family and we’ll see where we go from here!

Simon and Oliver brought a really neat story from home (Perfect Square) to share with their friends. This quickly became a large group story time as the story enticed most of the children over. After the story, the children represented their own perfect squares in the art room by creating their own collages.

Outside time included lots of water play and some very complex sand and water creations.

For lunch we had: toasted whole wheat bread (with cream cheese, shredded carrots and co-jack cheese), fresh fruit salad, and roasted potatoes and green beans (from our garden!).

Don’t forget to make sure your child has a swimsuit at WF!

Have a great day!

Welcome Back!

It was an exciting morning with stories of vacations and the reuniting of friends. The brief thunder storm added a little extra excitement! However, Wee Frienders looked at the storm scientifically, with discussions about the wind/rain intensity and movement. We stood at the open door and felt the rain blow into the house and were amazed by its power! There was also a discussion comparing and contrasting the sound of thunder vs fireworks. Owen summed up this up with, “Fireworks have a big boom. Thunder doesn’t. It just has a big rumble.”

Other morning activities included:

*Playing in the moon sand. We have added moon sand tools and doll house people to spur the kids imaginations!

*Many friends easel painted. Many made popsicle stick sculptures.

*Several friends played in hopscotch for an extended time navigating the dynamics of the dog/cat community they created.

For lunch we had whole wheat rotini with chicken, watermelon and broccoli.