Happy Friday!

Hannah had a journal from earlier in the week that she wasn’t able to finish so she decided she’d work on it today. Lately, several friends have been interested in identifying vowels and how they fit into kid spelling! Hannah shared, “All of the words I wrote have vowels.”. We looked into it and there are very few words that don’t have a vowel: shh, psst, and hmm. Not words we use very much!

At the art table, friends were taking spelling into their own hands by sounding out words that they wanted to write, such as unicorn!

There are so many aspects that children explore once they start kid spelling such as punctuation, vowels and consonants, and blends. We explore these freely when interest and readiness arise and it only helps children retain and understand these if they work together!

Arthur challenged himself this morning in different spaces in the classroom. Children have loved building with the gear activity and recently, they’ve only thought to build horizontally along their board. Today, Arthur decided to see if it’d work to build up while keeping his gear chair in tact. It worked! This allowed other friends to explore the same concept.

Later, he sat with a younger peer at the circle table where they used the rubber band boards. Arthur started placing the bands onto his board in a specific way, wanting to make certain shapes. His younger peer sat there quietly and watched as he tried to replicate what Arthur was making. One of the many benefits of a multi-age classroom: younger kiddos learning from their older peers (and sometimes, vice versa too!).

Here are a few pictures from the rest of our day!

Breakfast– Brown rice cakes with peanut butter and fresh watermelon.

Lunch– Chicken and sliced cheese on whole wheat bread, fresh pears/banana, and fresh cucumber/pepper.

PM snack– Pretzels and string cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper.

Have a lovely weekend!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-06-05

Happy Friday!

We have really enjoyed driving wooden trucks around this week, so Miss Bekah used tape to create a road for friends to drive their trucks around! We also pulled out ramps and wooden blocks that we drove our trucks along.

Then, Miss Audrey pulled down the swing, and each friend was offered a turn.

Outside, we engaged in our favorite activities.

Breakfast:  Whole grain brown rice cakes with cream cheese and fresh kiwi/pear.

Lunch: Hummus on whole grain wheat bread, fresh oranges and cooked carrots.

Afternoon Snack:  Pretzel sticks and mild cheddar block cheese.

Wee Sprout: Cucumbers.

Have a great weekend!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-06-05

Good Afternoon!

This morning, we drove wooden trucks and trains around the room.  A couple friends also explored object permanence boxes.

Outside, we enjoyed some water play and painting on the easel.

Breakfast:  Whole grain Corn ex cereal and fresh pears slices.

Lunch:  Whole grain brown rice with red beans, fresh watermelon and cooked corn.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole grain Wheat Thin crackers with peanut butter.

Wee Sprout:  Cucumbers.

Have a terrific evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures:  2026-06-04

Good afternoon,

This morning a group of friends decided to all make books about snowmen.  I asked what made them think about snowman today.  One friend answered, “Well, it’s been so hot that I wanted to cool off, so I decided to draw snowmen to make me feel cooler”.  What a great way to use the visual and language arts!

We hope you enjoy a few more pictures from our day!

Breakfast: Kix cereal with fresh pears.

Lunch: Brown rice with turkey, fresh yellow kiwi/watermelon, and fresh cucumbers/peppers.

PM Snack: Whole wheat crackers with peanut butter/pepita seeds/raisins.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers/snap peas.

Have a lovely day!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-06-04

Happy Wednesday!

This morning a friend requested the Sleeping Bunnies song.  We acted out the motions to the song.

We then headed into the kitchen to engage with playdough.  The friends used tools to cut their playdough into shapes and Miss Bekah showed a few friends who had playdough scissors how to hold them to cut their dough.  We also flattened our dough with hammers and rolling pins.

We then headed outside.  Several friends helped to water our flowers, engage in scooping up the sand and placing it into their containers and ride or push their bikes up or down the hill.

Breakfast:  Overnight oatmeal with cinnamon sugar mixture and fresh pears.

Lunch:  Farm fresh scrambled eggs with shredded colby-jack cheese, whole grain wheat flatbread, fresh kiwi and cooked peas.

Afternoon Snack: Whole grain wheat tortillas and hummus.

Wee Sprout: Cucumber

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-06-03

Good afternoon!

It was a good day for hands in paint!  We mixed up some paint/corn starch/shaving cream, added some tools to choose from (plus hands of course) and allowed the kids to freely explore paint in a way that was engaging to them.  It was a successful project as many kids spent over 20 minutes deeply engrossed in the art making process. 

We hope you enjoy a few more pictures from our day!

Breakfast: Overnight oatmeal with fresh pears

Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs with cheese, fresh banana/oranges and fresh cucumbers/peppers

PM Snack: Humus with tortilla chips

Wee Sprouts: Fresh snap peas/peppers

Enjoy the rest of your day!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2026-06-03

Good afternoon!

In the kitchen, we engaged with wooden loose parts and farm animals.

Outside, we played in the sandbox, engaged with toy animals and helped to water the flowers!

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios with fresh pineapple

Lunch: Refried bean and cheese quesadillas on whole grain wheat tortilla, fresh honeydew and cooked sweet potato

Afternoon Snack: Whole grain wheat bagels with butter and fresh banana

Wee Sprout: Cucumber

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to Pictures: 2026-06-02

Good Afternoon!

Our older kids had a great trip to the farm!  We visited the barn, fed the goats and found chicken eggs.  Next, we went on a long hike looking for bugs.  We caught a “daddy long legs” in our net.  We also found a spider and got to observe it repairing its web.  We also made dandelion wishes and became friends with a farm dog who accompanied us on our hike.  Our car conversation on the way home turned out to be educational as well.  We got to talk about the difference between continents and countries.  We talked about different types of volcanos and where they are.  We even talked about vowels and identified all the vowels in each of our names.  As a teacher I could ask for a better car conversation!

Back at Wee Friends, we focused on individual art projects using materials that they’ve been working with for the last few days.

Every summer, we go through a transition period in our classroom where a few older children leave for kindergarten and children from Wee Wee come over to the preschool classroom! We had a friend join us for a little while this morning as it was her first transition visit. She had several friends here who were anxious to show her around.

When we went outside, we gave our flowers a good soaking as it was really sunny! So many friends are willing and anxious to help water using the watering cans.

Breakfast: Oatmeal squares cereal with fresh kiwi.

Lunch: Peanut butter on flat bread, Colby Jack block cheese, fresh honey dew melon/golden kiwi/apples, and fresh cucumbers/peppers.

PM Snack: Whole wheat bagels with cream cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers/peppers.

Have a lovely afternoon!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2026-06-02

Happy Monday!

This morning we began by building with Magnatiles!

Throughout the morning, we engaged in a wide variety of other activities such as watching animals outside, playing with bounce blocks and playing in the cube or with baby dolls.

Outside, we engaged with some of our favorite activities

Breakfast: Whole grain wheat toast with fresh pear

Lunch: Whole grain wheat pasta with dark red kidney beans, fresh banana and cooked broccoli

Afternoon Snack: Whole milk yogurt with fresh pineapple

Wee Sprout: Cucumber

Have a great evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to Pictures: 2026-06-01

Good Afternoon!

We kicked off our week by discussing various places in our community for our PREK1 sign in activity. Children chose from several options and wrote their name under their favorite. We had an overwhelming number of kiddos write their name under the beach and pool!

Later on in PREK1 group, we read a few pages from the ‘Here and There’ book. We specifically read about the outdoors and how it looks in different countries. We talked about countries and cities such as Canada, the Netherlands, Norway, and Hong Kong. We learned that most rural schools in New Zealand are commonly outdoors! One of our friends raised her hand and said, “We are lucky to have so many playgrounds around us!”.

Social Studies: K.3.3 Locate and describe places in the school and community.

This morning, a friend used her kiwi peels to make a square during breakfast, so we set out some shape oriented activities in response.  We tried popsicle sticks, tiles and kinetic sand shapes.  We always try to create ways that kids can appropriately explore their needs and interests. 

We hope you enjoy a few more pictures from our day.

Breakfast: Whole wheat toast with peanut butter and fresh kiwi.

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with marinara and mozzarella cheese, fresh pineapple/banana and fresh peppers/snap peas.

PM Snack: Whole milk yogurt with granola.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh green beans/peppers.

Have a great day!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-06-01