Good afternoon!

Our friends explored the wooden vehicles this morning. Our friends played with the firetruck, bulldozer and the dump truck. They used their gross motor skills to push the trucks around the carpet and floor.

We then made our way into the kitchen to engage in a loose parts activity. Our trays had miniature farm animals, tongs, wooden bowls or cups and wooden blocks. We stacked the blocks to make towers or worked our fine motor skills to squeeze the tongs to pick up the animals. We also worked on identifying the animal we were playing with and saying the sound it makes.

We then headed outside to enjoy the sunshine after a rainy day. We engaged in the sandbox and rode bikes down the hill.

Breakfast: Whole grain Puffins/ Corn Chex cereal with fresh oranges.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with shredded turkey, cooked zucchini spirals and fresh cantaloupe.

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

Wee Sprout: Red bell pepper.

Have a beautiful evening.

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-04-03

Good Afternoon!

We focused on addition and subtraction problems this morning for our PREK1 sign in. Children found their name on the board and we looked at their math problem, identifying it as either an addition problem or subtraction problem. We used gem manipulatives to help us find the total to our problem.

K.CA.1-2: Solve real-world problems, objects, or drawings that involve addition and subtraction within 10. Demonstrate the equation (e.g. 5= 3+2 and 5= 4+1).

This morning we explored movement with our welcome activity.  This group has been interested in moving parts and tunnels this week, plus ramps for many weeks!  We combined those components in this loose parts exploration activity. 

Younger kids have begun to join in the building projects at the art center more and more.  Dax made a “jet” and was able to get help problem solving how to tape one of the tubes to his box.  Ryan and Arthur helped with some brainstorming and it was decided that Dax needed a longer piece of tape!

PREK2: Today we read the story “The Color Monster”.  We talked about the “scared” monster and thought about how some of us felt a little scared during the thunderstorms this week.  We also talked about how we were still ok even though we felt scared.  On the board, we did a little math.  We counted how many bugs we we found next to our name.  Then we added one more bug.  We determined how many bugs we had after we added one.  Several kids wanted to try writing the number themselves, so anyone who wanted to tried writing the number after their teacher wrote it.

We hope you enjoy some more pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Kix cereal with banana.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded turkey, fresh cantaloupe/banana, and fresh pepper/cucumber.

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

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper.

Have a lovely night.

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-04-03

Good Afternoon!

This morning Cece engaged in stacking the nesting bowls together.

The older friends engaged in building with the Mix or Match Magnetic Animal sets to create the animal how it is supposed to look or a unique animal.

Since it was a rainy morning we brought down the sensory tubes for us to explore the items inside and their sounds as some resembled the rain.

We then headed into the kitchen to engage with kinetic sand in the big table with Miss Bekah. She added dinosaurs, plastic eggs and small dishes for us to use to enhance our play. Several friends made the molds of the plastic eggs to put in their dish or on the back of their dinosaur.

We all then enjoyed our turn on the swing with Miss Tina.

Breakfast:  Overnight oatmeal with cinnamon sugar mixture and bananas.

Lunch:  Farm fresh scrambled eggs with shredded mozzarella cheese, fresh honeydew melon and red bell pepper slices.

Afternoon Snack:  Hummus and whole grain wheat tortillas.

Wee Sprout:  Cucumber.

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-04-02

Good afternoon!

Today we we thought about who we might write a letter to.  We picked one person to write on the board.  We used our “kid spelling” to listen for the sounds we heard in the name we wanted to write.  we wrote the letters we heard on the board.  As we worked on this activity, we practiced the idea of writing for a specific audience.  We also practiced listening for both consonant and vowel sounds.

K.W.1: Write for specific purposes and audiences

K.RF.4.3:Recognize the long and short sounds of the five major vowels

After a friend added some new materials to our bin this morning, several friends got to work in the art center.  We tried cutting some of the cardboard into strips to see what the kids would do.  We also added bottle caps to the mix of options to see what ideas would emerge.  One friend had an idea to make a play ground.  He used a box and a bottle cap from the materials bin, then pulled some yarn from our string jar.  He asked if I could cut the string in half so the two sides were the same (a little early math naturally thrown into the building project).  After that, he used some tape to make a swing set the set with the strings and cap.

Another pair of friends made superhero suits of armor that they could wear.  One suit, which was made of cardboard and tape covered the maker from head to toe!  Another suit came with a cape made of paper.  The two friends put on their costumes and proudly showed them to classmates! 

We have noticed a lot of leadership at the art table from our older friends.  This morning the swing project was the result of a collaboration of ideas between a younger friends and an older friend who helped problem solve.  What amazing brains these kids are building through this kind of experiences!

Friends explored a bit of early math during the welcome activity this morning.  Friends were able to use our Montessori building set to create three dimensional geometric shapes like pyramids and cubes.  They created other things as they joined the shapes.  There were houses, roads and even dragons!

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

Breakfast: Overnight oatmeal with fresh strawberries

Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs and cheese with fresh Cucumber/carrots and Honeydew melon/banana

PM Snack: Humus with blue corn tortilla chips

Wee Sprouts:Fresh Green Beans and carrots

Have a wonderful afternoon!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to Pictures:2025-04-02

Good afternoon!

Several of ours friends engaged with play food in the kitchen area this morning. Our friends used their imaginative play skills to pretend to cook food and then shared it with their friends sitting at the table.

We then made our way into the kitchen for an art activity with puffy paint. Miss Tina mixed glue, shaving cream and liquid watercolors to make the paint. Our friends identified the color they were using and shared how the paint felt “sticky.” A friend also shared that he made a “meow meow” painting.

We headed outside to enjoy the sunshine and engage with our favorite outdoor activities. We rode bikes, practiced our balance skills on the beam course, played with trucks in the rock area and explored dinosaurs in the sandbox.

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios with fresh strawberries.

Lunch: Refried beans with shredded mozzarella cheese, whole grain wheat flatbread, fresh apple slices and cucumber.

Afternoon Snack: Whole grain wheat bagel with peanut butter and fresh oranges.

Wee Sprout: Orange bell pepper.

Have a beautiful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-04-01

Happy First Day of April!

We tackled subtraction this morning for our PREK1 sign in. We used animal manipulatives to help us solve the problem. When children figured out the total, they identified the number on the board before writing their name.

K.CA.1-2: Solve real-world problems, objects, or drawings that involve addition and subtraction within 10. Demonstrate the equation (e.g. 5= 3+2 and 5= 4+1).

Our interest in tunnels and hideouts carried over into this morning which we played off of at the circle table. Wooden ramps were made available for children to use to explore this new found interest! Animals and cars were placed on the table as well. A few children stayed at the activity for a long time this morning, figuring out how to turn their ideas into reality using the materials that they had!

We had more unique painted that were created today. Paige helped Eliza, a younger peer by giving her tips as to how to paint a dog! We love all aspects of our multi-age classroom but when our older kiddos can take on the roll as the ‘teacher’ or ‘helper’, that’s when we see learning take place.

Enjoy a few more pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Puffins cereal with fresh strawberries.

Lunch– Peanut butter on whole wheat tortilla/flatbread, fresh grapes/apples, and fresh cucumber/carrot.

PM snack– Whole wheat bagel with cream cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/carrot/broccoli/pepper.

Have a wonderful night.

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-04-01

Happy last day of March.  The months seem to be flying by!

This morning we engaged with the translucent sensory beads and sensory cylinders in the light table.  We used our hands to scoop up the beads and watch it run through our fingers.  We also worked our fine motor skills to pinch up a small amount of beads and place them into our cylinders.

Miss Bekah then got down our gross motor mats for us to climb, roll and jump like a frog off of them.

Breakfast:  Whole grain wheat bread toast with butter and cinnamon/sugar mixture and fresh pear slices.

Lunch:  Whole grain penne pasta with marinara and shredded mozzarella cheese, bananas and cooked broccoli.

Afternoon Snack;  Whole milk yogurt and fresh strawberries.

Wee Sprout:  Cucumber.

Have a marvelous evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-03-31

Good Afternoon!

We kicked off our week in PREK1 by solving a word problem for our sign in activity. This week, we’ll be taking a look at simple addition and subtraction problems! Today, we solved an addition problem with the help of a visual display. Children were asked to find the total and then identify the number before writing their name.

K.CA.1-2: Solve real-world problems, objects, or drawings that involve addition and subtraction within 10. Demonstrate the equation (e.g. 5= 3+2 and 5= 4+1).

The art table was buzzing with various activities. Pastel tinted paints were made available at the art easel while the art table was full of children making bead bracelets or working on their drawing skills with the help of simple drawing books. While we love offering children an open ended, free art time, children pull out the sketching or drawing books from time to time when they want to draw something specific like an animal or in Arthur’s case, a butterfly!

An opened ended welcome activity occupied children this morning as their imaginations ran wild! Amelia worked on her one to one correspondence skills as she matched the people with the circles, creating a family. Another friend built a castle for her people and Dax shared that his tray offered cookies (the circles) and milk (the bottles)!

While a few peers were working at the welcome activity, they shared that they were making ‘hideouts’. I inquired about their hideouts and one friend shared, “We don’t really know what hideouts are.”. We talked about what hideouts are and that sometimes, they’re underground! This led into a ton of interest in learning about underground tunnels and hideouts. We looked at some pictures of underground tunnels and tried to build our own tunnels and hideouts using one of our favorite sensory tools: playdough! A four year old stated, “I’m using my finger to push the playdough in to make a tunnel!”

Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with butter and fresh oranges.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with shredded chicken, fresh strawberries/clementines, and fresh carrots/broccoli/cucumber.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with graham crackers.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/carrot/broccoli.

Have a great night!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-03-31

Happy Friday!  Enjoy the pictures from our day.

Breakfast:  Whole grain brown rice cakes with peanut butter and fresh apple slices.

Lunch:  Ham and cream cheese roll-ups, whole grain wheat tortilla,

Afternoon Snack:  Pretzels and medium block cheese slices.

Wee Sprout:  Snap Peas.

Have a great weekend!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-03-28

Good Afternoon!

We ended our week for PREK1 sign in by exploring numbers. Each child found their name card and flipped it over to identify their number. They taped it into the middle of their number line when they were then asked to write the number that comes before their number and the number that comes after their number. For example, Paige’s number was 6. She shared that the number that comes after is 7 and the number that comes before is 5. Several younger peers hung out at the sign in board, watching their older peers complete sign in. Even though they’re not directly completing the activity, their soaking up everything that’s going on around them!

K.NS.3: Find the number that is one more than or one less than any whole number up to 20.

This morning one of our friends started a child lead project where he decided to use a box to make a robot costume.  He was interested in the idea of foil to make his costume look more metallic.  He also wanted to make a mask to go with the costume.  We figured out a way to make it, using card stock and tin foil so it looked authentically “robot”.  When he colored the mask and put it on, a class wide interest in making that kind of mask was born.  Several friends made them each adding their own creative ideas.  The masks evolved into crowns and parade hats as the project progressed.  Next a friend made a “trumpet” using a straw and some foil.  There was a trumpet making project that followed with many others making them.  Everyone enjoyed pretending to put on a parade in the classroom when all of the projects were complete.  During the long session of creative and imaginative play, kids developed: focused attention, creative problem solving, critical thinking, fine motor, cooperative and imaginative play, collaborative thinking, openness to sharing ideas and the ability to work creatively as a team.

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

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

Lunch– Homemade english muffin pizzas, fresh strawberries/watermelon/oranges, and fresh snap peas/cucumber.

PM snack– Pretzels and cheddar block cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/snap peas.

Have a lovely weekend!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-03-28