Good afternoon!

This morning we engaged in a sensory experience with shaving cream and leaves.  The friends used the leaves to spread the shaving cream on their tray or they tore the leaves into smaller pieces to add to their shaving cream to give it a different texture.

We then headed outside to engage in a variety of our favorite activities.

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios with fresh apples.

Lunch: Cheese quesadillas on whole grain wheat tortilla, fresh orange and cooked mixed vegetables

Afternoon Snack:  Homemade banana pumpkin muffins and fresh cherry tomatoes.

Wee Sprouts:  Red bell peppers.

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to Pictures:  2026-10-20

Good Afternoon!

Our kindergarten sign in focused on patterns with differences in shape, color, and size! Student S was very deliberate in identifying the differences in each pattern and easily figured out what shape came next!

For PREK1 sign in, children focused on simple patterns including patterns such as ABCABC. Not only were they able to solve the pattern but they focused on drawing their 2-D shape.

K.CA.5 Create, extend, and give an appropriate rule for simple repeating and growing patterns with numbers and shapes. 

This morning, several kids chose to explore our yoga cards.  Kids picked out cards they wanted to try, working on moving their bodies intentionally and practicing balance.  Yoga is a great way for kids to learn to calm their nervous system.  Besides being a great way to regulate emotions, yoga also improves concentration and  body awareness as kids practice difficult poses. 

Please enjoy a few more pictures from our day!

PREK2:  We read the book “B is for Breath” during group today.  At the end, we tried to think of something we remembered from the story that would help us regulate difficult emotions and feel calm.

Breakfast: Kix cereal with fresh orange slices.

Lunch: Cheese quesadillas on whole wheat tortillas, fresh apples/oranges, and fresh cherry tomatoes/cucumbers.

PM Snack:  Ms Ashley’s homemade banana/pumpkin muffins with cheese slices.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers/peppers.

Have a lovely day!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2026-10-20

Good Afternoon!

This morning we engaged with loose parts-wooden shapes and animals.  We stacked our shapes and explored the animals and a few of us made the animal sound.  A friends shared she was” building a farm” b for her animals.

Outside, we rode teeter totters, climbed the log house, pushed bikes up the hill and played with balls.

Breakfast:  Whole grain wheat bread toast with butter and cinnamon sugar mixture and fresh oranges.

Lunch:  Whole grain wheat penne pasta with shredded beef, fresh pineapple and cooked green beans

Afternoon Snack:  Whole milk yogurt with whole grain graham cracker,

Wee Sprouts:  Cucumbers.

Have a marvelous evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-10-19

Good afternoon,

This morning, we explored patterns.  In the art center we offered a pattern making stamp activity.  Kids chose different stamps and colors to make patterns on long pieces of paper.  Kids created several types of patterns including AB, AABB and AABBCC.

At the round table, kids explored making patterns with unifix cubes.  They looked through pattern books or created their own. 

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

Breakfast: Whole wheat toast with peanut butter and fresh pears

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with red beans/beef, fresh pineapple/kiwi/oranges and fresh cucumbers/cherry tomatoes

PM Snack: Whole milk yogurt with gram crackers

Wee Sprouts: Fresh green beans/cherry tomatoes

Have a lovely day!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2026-10-19

Happy Friday!

This mooning we chose our dress up clothes we wanted to wear.

The older friends engaged with wooden counting puzzles in the kitchen.  They placed pegs to match the written number.  Miss Bekah then helped us count the pegs that were placed on each puzzle.

The younger friends engaged in building with waffle blocks.

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

Lunch:  Hummus on whole grain wheat bread, fresh banana/pear and cooked butternut squash

Afternoon Smack:  Whole grain Goldfish crackers and mild cheddar sliced cheese.

Wee Sprouts:  Cucumbers.

Have a great weekend!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures:  2026-10-16

Happy Friday!

We used a nonfiction book from the science area to help us with our sign in this morning. We read the book, ‘Underground Homes’, which talked about the various animals that live underground. When we were done, both kindergarteners chose two animals to write or draw that live underground and provide one fact they learned in the story. Did you know Komodo dragons are one of the largest animals to live underground? They can grow up to be ten feet long and eat pigs and deer!

K.RL.2.1: With support, ask and answer questions about main topics and key details in a text heard or read.

In the art center, kids experimented with a variety of painting materials.  They tried using sponges, a loofa, and a mop to make different kinds of marks outside of what they are used to.  This kind of activity encourages the brain to think differently, use creative problem solving and expand ideas.  Kids took very different approaches.  Some created controlled patterns while others used big expressive marks.  This variety of solutions often comes of “process art” where kids have a great deal of freedom to explore creatively.  It is a developmentally rich approach to art in early childhood. 

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

Lunch: Ham/cheese on whole wheat bread, fresh apples/bananas/orange slices and fresh cherry tomatoes/pepper/cucumber.

PM Snack: Goldfish and Colby-jack cheese

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers/peppers.

Have a great weekend!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2026-10-16

Happy Thursday!

This morning we moved our bodies around on the Bounce Blocks and textured stepping stones.  Cece walked around carried a baby doll and purse saying, “bye!”.

We then headed into the kitchen to engage in the light table with the translucent shapes.  We talked about the names of the different colors and shapes we saw and identified them.

We then headed outside.  We rode bikes down the hill, scooped sand, went down the slide and tossed a ball in the air.

Breakfast: Whole grain corn Chex cereal with fresh pear

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with chicken, fresh watermelon and fresh cucumber

Afternoon Snack: Whole grain Ritz crackers with peanut butter

Wee Sprout: Red bell pepper

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to Pictures: 2026-10-15

Good Afternoon!

We continued to focus on comparison words and specifically dealt with identifying hot and cold items. Our two kindergarten students created their own lists of each, adding four items to each group. Student S had a clear idea of what hot items are, adding dessert, beach, oven, and coffee to her list. Sounds like a splendid vacation!

K.M.1: Make direct comparisons of the length, capacity, weight, and temperature of objects, and recognize which object is shorter, longer, taller, lighter, heavier, warmer, cooler, or holds more.

Our daily journal experience adds so much value to our literacy development! A few children have been really focused on perfecting their drawings of people while one of our friends has been fascinated in drawing various countries flags! Lately, he’s been drawing the Argentina flag but today, he surprised us with the Belgium flag. We love when children’s interests make it to their journal page!

We offered a water displacement experiment this morning.  Our kindergartners and older friends have been learning about weight, measurement and making comparisons, so we added a hands-on component.  Kids tried making predictions about what they thought might happen if they added stones to a jar of water.  We talked about how the stones displaced the water as the water rose in the jar.  Kids noticed the bubbled effect of water tension as the water approached overflowing out of the jar, so we got to talk about why this happens.  We also tried removing the stones to see about how much volume the stones occupied inside the jar. 

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

Breakfast: Kix cereal with fresh banana.

Lunch: Brown rice with shredded chicken, fresh watermelon/pineapple/banana, and fresh cucumbers/tomatoes.

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

Wee Sprouts: Fresh green beans/tomatoes.

Have a wonderful afternoon!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-10-15

Good Afternoon!

This morning we painted!  We used a circle sponge brush to spread our red and yellow tempera paint across our papers to create our colorful paintings.  The older friends did their paintings on the easel.

We also engaged in looking at books independently in a variety of areas.

Breakfast:  Overnight Oatmeal with cinnamon sugar mixture and fresh banana

Lunch:  Farm fresh scrambled eggs, fresh pineapple, cooked green beans and whole grain wheat flatbread.

Afternoon Snack: Refried beans and white corn tortilla chips

Wee Sprouts: Orange bell pepper

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures:  2026-10-13

Good afternoon!

Our kindergarten sign in this morning focused on identifying the highest and lowest unifix cube tower. Each child got three notecards with a variety of number written on it. For each number, they created a unifix tower for that specific number. When they were done with a card, they documented the highest tower number and lowest tower number in their binder.

This activity peaked the interest of several other younger kiddos who explored the cubes at the table! It was a fantastic interest lead activity that allowed children to work on their one to one correspondence skills. We even had a four year old ask, “How do you get to 8?…Oh yeah! You add four and four.”

K.M.1: Make direct comparisons of the length, capacity, weight, and temperature of objects, and recognize which object is shorter, longer, taller, lighter, heavier, warmer, cooler, or holds more.

This morning, one of our older friends worked on a project with one of our youngest friends.  They were building a race track together.  Our older friend was very patient with our younger friend, showing him how to build the track.  He even gave words of encouragement saying things like, “that’s a good idea!”  This is a great example of why we love the multi-age classroom.  Younger kids can learn an amazing amount from older peers, not only how to do things, but how to treat others.  Our older friends learn a great deal about teaching and leadership by helping and working with younger peers.  There are benefits for all ages!

At the art center kids explored painting with sponges.  Several kids wanted to experiment with different ways to use these and created multitudes of paintings.  We like to encourage this kind of in-depth exploration and experimentation with materials as it leads to development of higher level thinking skills (creative problem solving, executive planning).  Shown below, Eleanor tried a variety of ways to use marks and make patterns!

PREK2:  This morning, some of our younger friends were reading books about bugs in the science area.  I asked if they would enjoy learning more about them during group.  They were looking at a book about Pill Bugs, so we chose that one.  After the story, kids recalled what they learned.  Older kids were able to recall details, while youngest kids looked at a picture in the story and then were able to recall what was read.

Breakfast: Overnight oatmeal with fresh watermelon.

Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs with cheese, fresh golden kiwi/bananas/pineapple and fresh green beans/tomatoes.

PM Snack: Cottage cheese with fresh kiwi.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers/tomatoes.

Have a great day!

~ Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2026-10-14