Good Afternoon!

Today we explored a sensory painting activity designed for all ages including our new group moving up.  Older kids enjoyed experimenting with mixing different amounts of flour into the paint to make it thick.  Younger kids were engaged with using the paint to finger paint or to paint animals.  Everyone got something that met their developmental level from this activity. 

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

Breakfast– Whole wheat bagel with butter and fresh watermelon.

Lunch- Whole wheat pasta with red kidney beans and shredded beef, fresh cantaloupe/banana, and fresh cucumber/green beans.

PM Snack- Whole milk yogurt with graham crackers.

Wee Sprouts- Fresh cucumber/pepper/green beans.

Have a wonderful night.

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-08-04

Good Afternoon!

This morning we engaged in the light table with the sensory cylinders and pom-poms. We explored the texture of the pom-poms in our hands and put them into the cylinders and worked on taking them out with our fingers.

We then engaged with dress up accessories and baby dolls.

We headed outside to play. Today we welcomed a new friend to our classroom with a sibling in the preschool classroom, who she was happy to see outside. We played inside the climbing house, worked on our bike riding skills on the balance bikes, engaged in the water table with shovels and containers to scoop the water into, and utilized a watering can to water the flowers. We also had connectors to build with in the water.

Breakfast:  Whole grain honey wheat bread toasted with butter and cinnamon/sugar mixture and bananas.

Lunch:  Whole grain wheat penne pasta with red beans, fresh cantaloupe and cucumber slices.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole milk yogurt, graham crackers and apple slices.

Wee Sprout:  Sugar Snap Peas.

Have a marvelous evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-08-04

Happy Friday!  Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Breakfast:  Whole grain brown rice cakes with cream cheese and fresh pineapple and banana.

Lunch:  Chicken Avocado salad, whole grain wheat tortillas, fresh pineapple and apple and red bell peppers.

Afternoon Snack:  Pretzels and Colby-Jack block cheese.

Wee Sprout:  Cucumbers.

Have a great weekend!

WWF Teachers

Link  to pictures:  2025-08-01

Happy Friday!

This morning our kids were asking right after breakfast if we could do more with chalk and water.  We put together this activity in response.  First, we added chalk of our color choosing to a bag and pulverized it with a wooden mallet.  Next, we added water and mixed our chalk dust into a paste to paint with.  We enjoyed testing our chalk paint on rocks, sidewalks and the big chalkboard.  We painted all morning!

Enjoy a few more pictures from our day!

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

Lunch: Chicken avocado on whole wheat bread, fresh banana/watermelon, and fresh peppers/cucumbers

PM snack: Pretzels and sliced cheddar cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh pea pods and cucumbers

Have a lovely weekend!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-08-01

Good Afternoon!

This morning we all became very interested in chalk drawing.  We began by using chalk of varying sizes on chalk boards indoors.  Since it was popular and several friends still wanted to try it, the project evolved into an outdoor chalk water experimental art table.  The range of ideas and outcomes was broad.  Some friends used the water to write letters on the chalk boards with paint brushes.  Some used the boards to play a Pictionary like guessing game with the rest of the table.  Some were fascinated with drawing with chalk, adding water, mixing it and brushing it to see what would happen in a purely playful, curious way.  Some began wondering what would happen if they dipped chalk in water, then if they soaked it in water.  We love projects that ignite a chain reaction of questions, then playful experimentation in order to explore those questions.  This is what leads to deep learning!

This morning we explored building shapes and arranging them in interesting ways on the light table.  Several kids worked together to fit all the pieces together like a puzzle covering the entire table.  This all builds early math skills as kids begin to notice how geometric shapes interact. 

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

Breakfast– Kix cereal with fresh watermelon.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded pork, fresh watermelon/strawberries/pineapple, and fresh cucumber/carrot/broccoli.

PM snack– Trail mix with pumpkin/sunflower seeds, raisins and granola.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/carrots.

Have a great night!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-07-31

Good afternoon!

Our friends used their creative imagination and self-help skills to put on dress up clothes. They walked around the front of the classroom and sang Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star as they circled around.

We then made our way into the kitchen to engage with playdough. Our friends chose different tools out of the basket to use with their dough and Miss Tina gave everyone golf tees as well. Several of our friends chose cookie cutters to use and shared the shape of their cutter.

We explored object permanence boxes with our friends. We rotated through each of the three boxes and used our fine/gross motor skills to place whiffle balls or wooden coins in their proper slots. Our babies were fascinated by the balls or coins reappearing after they dropped it in the slot.

We then headed outside to enjoy the cooler weather after the rain.

Breakfast: Whole grain Corn Chex and Oatmeal Squares cereal, and fresh oranges.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with shredded chicken, fresh pear slices and red bell pepper.

Afternoon Snack: Whole grain wheat Ritz crackers with peanut butter and fresh pear slices.

Wee Sprout: Carrot chips.

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-07-31

Happy Wednesday!

This morning we laid out our liquid squares on the carpet to walk on them.

We then headed over to the other carpet to build with Magna-Tiles and a friend added animals to her creation.

Charlotte, Eleanor and another friend tried on the pair of dress- up glasses.  They thought that was silly.

We then headed into the kitchen to build with Magna-Tiles on the light table.  We also talked about the color of the tiles as the light shone through them.

We then headed outside.  We were busy playing in the rock area or the water table areas, scooping and pouring the water and engaging with the connector blocks.

Breakfast:  Overnight Oatmeal with cinnamon/sugar mixture and fresh strawberries.

Lunch:  Farm fresh scrambled eggs with shredded Colby-jack cheese, watermelon slices and whole grain English muffin with butter.

Afternoon Snack:  Refried beans and shredded Colby-jack cheese on whole grain wheat tortillas.

Wee Sprout:  Cucumber.

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-07-30

Good Afternoon!

This morning we explored creative ways we could use a variety of wooden shapes and animals.  Ideas ranged greatly, as they usually do with open ended activities, allowing children to tap into their own creative problem solving and imagination.  We had a “light house with lights all around the top”.  We had a multiroom house with bowls of food for all the wolf families that lived there”.  We had a “submarine”, a “boat” and a“monster truck arena” with with the large round pieces serving as “monster truck wheels”.  Kids often take real world experiences, or ideas they are interested in and apply these things in open ended play.  This is a way of exploring, questioning,  thinking and working things out.  This also contributes to the variation in ideas since there are a wide range of different experiences kids bring to the classroom.

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

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Breakfast– Overnight oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh strawberries.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat tortilla, fresh clementines/pears, and fresh cucumber/carrot/pepper.

PM snack– Air-popped corn with raisins

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper.

Have a wonderful night!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2025-07-30

Good afternoon!

Our older girls spent the first part of their morning engaged with the Magna-Tiles. They worked on connecting their pieces to make towers, castles or houses.

We flip-flopped our morning again to enjoy the cool morning weather before the heat started. We explored playdough with flowers, leaves and sticks. We engaged with water play at the table using measuring cups and scoops.

We came back inside and used our creative imagination skills to mix and match the magnetic animal pieces.

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios cereal with fresh cantaloupe slices.

Lunch: Whole grain wheat tortilla with peanut butter, 1/2 mozzarella cheese stick, watermelon and red bell pepper.

Afternoon Snack: Whole grain cinnamon raisin bagel with cream cheese and fresh pear.

Wee Sprout: Cucumber.

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-07-29

Good Afternoon!

We spent lots of time outside today, taking advantage of the early morning before it got hot!  Several kids enjoyed exploring fresh flowers, leaves and play doh.  Some friends chose to mix the flowers into the play dough.  Through exploring freely, they made a discovery.  The flowers were changing the color of the playdough to purple!

We hope you enjoys some more pictures from our day!

Breakfast: Oatmeal squares cereal with fresh peaches.

Lunch: Peanut butter on whole wheat tortilla, fresh watermelon/peaches, and fresh cucumber/peppers.

PM Snack: Whole wheat bagel with cream cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers/bell peppers

Have a wonderful day!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-07-29