Happy Wednesday!

This morning we drove cars, trains and Little People down our ramps! Then, Rowan pulled out Magna-Tiles for himself and a friend to build with.

Later, Miss Bekah brought out scarves and turned on “Shake Your Sillies Out” for friends to dance to! Many friends jumped along to the song and waved their scarves all around. A couple friends dressed up with purses, hats and shopping baskets telling Miss Audrey “bye,” as they walked to one of the doors.

We also played on tumble mats! Friends started standing on tumble mats, then alternated between bouncing on the mat or jumping onto the floor. A couple friends rolled on the round tumble mat and laid on the ramp.

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

Lunch:  Farm fresh egg cups, bananas, fresh orange bell pepper slices and whole grain wheat bagel.

Afternoon Snack:  Refried beans and white corn tortilla chips.

Wee Sprout:  Cucumbers.

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures:  2026-03-11

Good afternoon!

This morning we offered a building activity at the round table.  The kids could choose from a variety of “loose parts” materials (which simply means materials that have no clear use).  Loose parts encourage a wide range if possible solutions as kids tinker with them.  Kids made some very complex structures which they communicated in detail.  We had “houses, castles, burning pits for camp fires, squirrel feeders, gardens, mailboxes, fences, dinning tables fully set and balance beams for animal parks”.  Just listening to the variety of imaginative solutions reveals the open-ended nature of the activity, which would never happen if the activity had been directed.  These kinds of activities are designed to push kids to use their own higher thinking skills, like executive planning and creative problem solving.  As they play, kids are learning about balance, stability, trial & error, geometry and symmetry, all foundational components of mathematical and scientific thinking.

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

Breakfast: Overnight oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh cantaloupe

Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs with cheese, fresh kiwi/pineapple/apple and snap peas/green beans

PM Snack: Humus with blue corn chips

Wee Sprouts: Fresh green beans/peppers

Have a great day!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2026-03-11

Good Afternoon!

This morning we engaged with the object permanence boxes.  We worked to place the ball or coin in the hole or slot and watched as they reappeared in the drawers or tray.

We then engaged in the moon sand sensory table.  We were using a variety of different sized scoops and scooping up the moon sand and then pouring it into a different cup. 

We then headed outside to engaged in a variety of activities.  A friend engaged in tossing balls with a friend, Eliza from the preschool class, Diana explored the feel of the grass with her hands, a friend walked on the balance beams, Diana and Rose pushed a ball to each other, Cece drew with chalk on the chalkboard and Rowan pushed a cart around the backyard.

Breakfast:  Whole grain Cheerios cereal and fresh pineapple slices.

Lunch: Cheese quesadillas with refried beans on whole grain wheat tortilla, fresh honeydew melon and cooked green beans.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole grain wheat bagels with cream cheese and fresh orange slices.

Wee Sprout:  Cucumbers.

Have a terrific evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures:  2026-03-10

Good Afternoon!

Here’s a few pictures from our day!—Enjoy!

Breakfast– Puffins with fresh pineapple.

Lunch– Peanut butter on whole wheat tortilla, fresh cantaloupe/apples/clementines, and fresh cucumber/green beans/cherry tomatoes.

PM snack– Whole wheat bagels with cream cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh green beans/cucumber/cherry tomatoes.

Have a lovely night!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-03-10

Happy Monday!

This morning we engaged with textured ramps.  We drove our wooden cars down the different textures and watched how the cars moved differently on each texture as it went down the ramps.

We then headed into the kitchen to engage with loose parts-wooden shapes, animals and wooden people on our tray.  We were busy building with our wooden shapes and adding our animals to the top.

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

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

Lunch:  Whole grain penne pasta with shredded pork, fresh cucumber and pineapple slices.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole milk yogurt and graham crackers.

Wee Sprout:  Yellow bell peppers.

Have a great evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures:  2026-03-09

Good afternoon!

We kicked off our week by talking about opposites in PREK1 group. Children chose a card from the bottom of the board. We read the card aloud and matched it to the matching opposite word. A few friends used their knowledge of letter sounds to find their matching word. For example, Arthur’s card read ‘big’ so he searched for the word ‘small’. He knew the sound that an ‘s’ makes so he searched for the word ‘small’.

K.RV.2.2: Identify and sort pictures of objects into categories (e.g. colors, shapes, and opposites).

One of our kids was interested in making a “boat that could really float” this morning.  We offered some tin foil to try some different shapes to test in a pool of water.  Other kids joined and tried making boats too.  We talked about trial and error, which is a great way to test ideas and improve upon them with what we have learned.  Projects like this build higher thinking skills like executive planning and creative problem solving.

Younger friends were not quite ready to make boats, but were interested in the tin foil.  We offered for them to use tin foil as an art material which they were eager to try!

We spent lots of time outdoors this morning drawing with chalk, riding bikes and playing in the sand. What a beautiful day for fresh air and gross motor exercise!

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

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with kidney beans, fresh kiwi/pineapple/apples and fresh cucumbers/peppers.

PM Snack: Whole milk yogurt with granola.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh green beans/cucumbers.

Have a great day!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2026-03-09

Happy Friday!

This morning we engaged in a variety of activities.  First we drove our stacking trains on hollow blocks and ramps.  Then several friends stacking the loose parts onto stackers.

Then we headed into the kitchen to paint on the easel. One friend used red while the other friend used yellow and then both of them could use blue if they would like.  Several of them created a new color and Miss Bekah pointed it out to them as they made it when they added their blue to their red or yellow.

We then headed outside to ride a balance bike around the circle or push our bikes up the hill.  Eliza from the preschool class helped one of our friends walk across the balance beams.  Diana enjoyed getting some fresh air walking around with a teacher.

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

Lunch: Rotisserie chicken lunch meat, whole grain wheat tortillas, fresh banana and cooked peas.

Afternoon Snack:  Pretzel sticks, mozzarella cheese stick and homemade fresh orange muffins.

Wee Sprout: Cucumbers.

Have a great weekend!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures:  2026-03-06

Happy Friday!

We had a full day starting with a boat float experiment at the round table, writing “invitations” using kid-spelling at the art center and measuring ingredients for orange muffins in the kitchen.  Outdoors, friends dove into imaginative play in the outdoor kitchen.  We added some plant stalks as natural loose parts.  Kids turned them into “pasta, soup, muffins and marshmallows”.  What a great day! 

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

Lunch: Ham and cream cheese roll-ups with whole wheat flatbread, fresh banana/honey dew melon/strawberries, and fresh cucumbers/green beans.

PM Snack: Homemade orange muffins with cheddar cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh peppers/cucumbers.

Have a great weekend!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-03-06

Good Afternoon!

This morning, we engaged with object permanence boxes and played with peek-a-blocks.

Then, we brought out the scarves and did some dancing! Miss Bekah played many versions of “Shake Your Sillies Out” while we danced with scarves, then we danced to “Sleeping Bunnies.”  Baby Rose joined in the jumping in her bouncer!

Breakfast:  Whole grain Corn Chex cereal and fresh apple

Lunch:  Whole grain brown rice with chicken and shredded cheese, fresh watermelon and cooked green beans

Afternoon Snack: Whole grain Ritz crackers and colby jack cheese

Wee Sprout: Orange bell pepper

Have a great evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-03-05

Good Afternoon!

One of of our favorite topics to discuss is the menu for the day—we’re a food driven group!

For PREK1 sign in, children wrote their name under their favorite lunch day which children were thrilled to discuss. A few responded with their answer before I could say them all aloud and one even shared, “I didn’t even have to think about it!”.

We used our sign in findings to create a graph in group. We talked about how creating a graph or a chart is a great way to display information that’s been collected. I asked questions like:

“Looking at the graph, what lunch day is the most popular?”

“What day had zero votes?”

“What day had one vote?”

Lately, children have been walking around with clip boards asking questions to their peers such as “What’s your favorite color?” or “What’s your favorite fruit?”. I told them that using a graph to display findings would be a great way to look at the data they collected.

K.W.5: With support, build understanding of a topic using various sources. (Identify relevant pictures, charts, grade appropriate texts, personal experiences, and people as sources)

Yesterday evening,  one of our kids asked to read the story “Captain Flinn.and the Pirate Dinosaurs Missing Treasure”.  The group that was listening to the story loved it so much they became suddenly excited about pirates.  This morning, one of our kids came in the door still talking about pirates as though he had never left.  We decided to set up some pirate dress-up and building activities so kids could further explore this imaginative interest.   

There were other ideas being explored in the classroom too.  In the sensory bin, a couple of friends pretended to be insect experts hunting for all of the lady bugs in the bin.  We added some magnifying glasses to enhance the experience.  They collected every one!

In habitrail, a group of friends played all morning in a little club house they made.  It’s great to see all of these strong bonds forming between friends as our younger kids plunge into cooperative play!

Breakfast: Kix cereal with fresh watermelon.

Lunch: Brown rice with chicken, fresh pears/strawberries/bananas and fresh snap peas/cucumbers.

PM Snack: Peanut butter on whole wheat crackers with sunflower/pumpkin seeds.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers/snap peas.

Have a lovely day!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2026-03-05