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

Happy Friday!

Today we celebrated our friend Diana’s birthday.  She will be 1 year old tomorrow.  Thank you for the delicious blueberry mini muffins for us to celebrate with you.

This morning we engaged in making music and beats on our drums.

We then engaged in drawing with crayons while Diana and Rose explored drawing with crayons and markers.

While outside we found some shade while sitting inside the climbing house.  We then engaged in the sandbox with the dragons and scooping the sand with shovels to fill a variety of containers.

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

Lunch: Oven roasted turkey breast lunch meat, whole grain wheat bread, fresh banana and cooked peas

Afternoon Snack: Mozzarella cheese stick and homemade mini blueberry muffins

Wee Sprout: Cucumber

Have a lovely weekend!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-05-29

Happy Friday!

We ended our week by focusing on the difference between maps and globes for our PREK1 sign in activity. We used a globe to identify places on interest. Children shared a state or country that they have visited or are planning to visit. We compared where Indiana and Michigan are compared to the place we found. Children identified places such as Portland, Ireland, South Carolina, Minnesota, Florida, and Kansas!

Social Studies: K.3.2 Identify maps and globes as ways of representing Earth and understand differences between a map/globe.

This morning, a couple of friends decided to create their own sign-in activity.  They created charts to take around the classroom.  One chart had two categories, one with triangles and one with squares.  Friends were asked to find the shape with four sides.  Another chart was a color chart and friends were asked to pick their favorite color and write their name next to it.  This was completely child lead and child executed.  Everyone who was involved with this activity practiced valuable skills like writing, kid spelling, early math, social emotional skills, creative problem solving and critical thinking.  Child lead activities tend to be developmentally multifaceted.  

Outdoors, we worked together to plant tomato plants in our garden.  Kids helped dig out weeds, dig holes, plant the tomato plants and water the tomato plants.  Most kids said the digging was their favorite part of the process!

Breakfast: Brown rice cakes with cream cheese and fresh watermelon.

Lunch: Ham and cream cheese roll-ups, whole wheat tortilla, fresh mango/watermelon/banana, and fresh cucumbers/peppers.

PM Snack: Goldfish and cheddar block cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers/peppers.

Have a great weekend!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2026-05-29

Good Afternoon!

This morning we engaged in the light table with the translucent sensory beads,  plastic eggs and small animals.  We were busy scooping the beads with our hands and watching the beads run through our fingers, scooping them up with our plastic egg halves and working to connect our egg halves together.

We then headed outside.  We engaged in scooping sand into containers.  Rowan worked at filling his dump truck a variety of containers and was able to fill it without any of them falling off.  We also engaged in water play on the deck and helped water the flowers in the pots.

Breakfast:  Whole grain Kix cereal and fresh oranges.

Lunch:  Whole grain brown rice with shredded roast beef, fresh honeydew and cooked carrots.

Afternoon Snack:Whole grain Ritz crackers with peanut butter.

Wee Sprout:  Cucumbers.

Have a terrific evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures:  2026-05-28

Good Afternoon!

We had a great trip to the farm this morning! More than anything, our kiddos loved being able to run freely in an open space. It was warm and the sun was shining the entire time. We headed back to the lookout where our imagination took over and children began running with various fiction tales they told to each other. We stopped by the pond as we followed two ducks that left the barn space and headed towards the pond. We watched as they swam off together. Before heading to the weehicle for a quick drink and wee sprout, we stopped by the barn to feed a few animals such as goats. One friend proclaimed, “They love my dandelions. It’s their new favorite snack.”

Our farm trips this season have been instrumental in our efforts to allow children to connect to nature. Outside time in nature is essential for healthy child development. It improves fitness, lowers stress, and boosts vitamin D. Unstructured outdoor play enhances cognitive skills like creativity and problem solving while fostering social development and a lifelong appreciation for the outdoor environment.

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

Breakfast: Oatmeal squares with fresh strawberries.

Lunch: Brown rice with beef, fresh mango/bananas/strawberries, and fresh cucumbers/snap peas.

PM Snack: Whole wheat crackers with peanut butter/sunflower seeds and fresh honeydew melon.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers/snap peas.

Have a lovely afternoon!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-05-28

Happy Wednesday!

This morning, we engaged in a wide variety of activities such as playing with pretend food, and building with Magna-Tiles.

We brought some baby dolls, toy dishes and paintbrushes outside in soapy water for friends to wash! We enjoyed playing in other water tables and playing in the sandbox as well!

Breakfast: Whole grain oatmeal with cinnamon sugar mixture and fresh bananas.

Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs with shredded mild cheddar cheese, whole grain wheat bread, fresh watermelon and cooked green beans

Afternoon Snack: Refried beans and yellow corn tortilla chips

Wee Sprout: Cucumber

Have a great evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to Pictures: 2026-05-27

Good afternoon!

This morning we tried our new “wind science” activity!  This group of kids has a lot of interest in natural forces, from water, to weather to wind.  They have recently shown us their growing interest in wind as they place objects over the air vent when it’s on to see what happens…or when they make kites in the art center, asking to try them outside.  Today, we introduced this wind machine.  The kids experimented with different objects to put inside to see what would happen.  They watched how objects behaved when they manipulated the air, changing its direction.  They loved the pin wheel placed over the top.  It was fun to see how it would interact with objects moving up the tube.  The best part of this activity was how it brought those expressions of wonder and joy kids get when they are excited about learning!

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

PREK2: During group today we practiced some new yoga poses that challenged our coordination, balance and gross motor skills.  We have been reading the story “What would Danny Do”, a social emotional book that lets kids help Danny make choices about how he deals with a variety of difficult situations.  Kids learn how making safe/kind choices vs unsafe/unkind choices effects Danny’s day.

Breakfast– Overnight oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh pears.

Lunch– Farm fresh egg cups with cheese, homemade strawberry oat muffins, fresh watermelon/mango/pear, and fresh cucumber/pepper/snap peas.

PM snack– Tortilla chips with hummus.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper/snap peas.

Have a wonderful night!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2026-05-27