Happy St Patrick’s Day!

We spent lots of time this morning with Magna Tiles! Friends began pretending their large Magna-Tiles were computers.

Then, we brought Magna-Tiles into the kitchen and played on the light table. We looked at the colors of the Magna-Tiles and made houses.

Please enjoy some additional pictures of our day!

Breakfast: Whole grain Kix cereal with fresh pineapple slices.

Lunch: Refried beans with shredded Colby Jack cheese, whole grain wheat flatbread, cooked green beans and fresh mango slices.

Afternoon Snack: Whole grain wheat bagels with cream cheese and mozzarella cheese stick.

Wee Sprout: Cucumbers.

Have a great evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to Pictures: 2026-03-17

Good Afternoon!

Our PREK1 friends came to the sign in board today where they were asked to find their name and identify the number on the back of their card. Once they identified their number, they looked for the corresponding arrangement with their number. We started talking about how we can separate the configuration and add the numbers instead of counting all of the items. For example, Hannah’s configuration had two rows of 5. So we added 5 and 5 together to get 10 instead of counting every shape.

K.NS.6: Recognize sets or 1 to 10 objects in patterned arrangements and tell how many without counting.

This morning we took advantage of some indoor gross motor activities to get our bodies moving.  On the building rug, kids danced with scarves and played musical instruments.

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Other kids made obstacle courses and balanced on bounce blocks.

We added some new materials to the art center to experiment with like paper plates and yarn.  The kids came up with many creative solutions. 

Breakfast– Kix with fresh pears.

Lunch– Peanut butter on whole wheat flatbread, fresh mango/pineapple/apple/clementines, and fresh pepper/cucumber.

PM snack– Whole wheat bagels with cream cheese

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper.

Have a lovely night!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2026-03-17

Happy snowy Monday!

This morning we engaged with jingle bells, shaking them while listening to the song, Jingle Bells.

We then were busy in the housekeeping area cooking and caring for the needs of our baby dolls.

We then engaged in a sensory experience with shaving cream.  We were pretending to wash our hands with it and driving cars and trucks through it to make wheel tracks.

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

Lunch:  Whole grain wheat penne pasta with shredded pork, fresh pineapple slices and cooked peas.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole milk yogurt and graham crackers.

Wee Sprouts:  Cucumbers.

Have a great evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to Pictures:  2026-03-16

Happy Friday!

This morning, friends brought trucks to the habitrail slide and went down together with their trucks! We also drove trucks along wooden ramps and blocks.

In the kitchen, we engaged with green cylinders and pom poms. As we played, we pushed pom poms in the cylinders and tried pulling them back out.

Then, one of our friends pulled down the shakers so other friends joined in. Miss Audrey played various shaker songs for us to play along to, and Rose and Diana joined in with us too!

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

Lunch: Hummus on whole grain wheat bread, fresh cantaloupe and cooked peas

Afternoon Snack  Mild cheddar block cheese with whole grain Goldfish crackers.

Wee Sprout: Cucumbers.

Have a great weekend!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures:  2026-03-13

Happy Monday!

**Reminder: Wee Friends will be closed on Friday, April 3rd for Good Friday.

We kicked off the week by starting to talk about singular and plural nouns in our PREK1 sign in. We read a sentence together and using context clues, children determined which noun completed the sentence. As we read the sentence, we inserted both nouns into the sentence to see which one made sense.

K.W.6.1a: Nouns/Pronouns—Writing sentences that include singular and/or plural nouns (e.g. dog/dogs, cat/cats)

Over the past week, we have been reading Anansi stories.  These are re-telling’s of old African folk tails about Anansi the spider.  He is the“trickster” in these humorous stories.  The kids have really liked them so we just got a few more to add to our classroom library.

This morning, we offered an art activity involving a mixed media technique.  Some of our kids have been interested in mixed media and we have talked a few times about what that means.  Today, we tried making drawings with oil pastels and then used water color to paint over the top of our drawings.  We observed the way the oil resisted the watercolor creating interesting effects.

Please enjoy a few more pictures from out day!

Breakfast: Whole wheat toast with butter/cinnamon and fresh pears.

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with shredded pork, fresh clementines/pears/bananas and fresh cucumber/peppers/snap peas.

PM Snack: Whole milk yogurt with granola.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers/peppers.

Enjoy the rest of your day!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-03-16

Happy Friday the 13th! 

We had an active indoor day!  We hope you enjoy the pictures!

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

Lunch: Humus on whole wheat tortilla with fresh cantaloupe/pineapple/banana and fresh snap peas/green peppers.

PM Snack: Pretzels/mozzarella cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh snap peas/green pepper.

Have a wonderful weekend!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2026-03-13

Happy Thursday!

Please enjoy some pictures of our exciting day!

Breakfast: Whole grain Corn Chex cereal with fresh oranges.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with shredded pork, fresh watermelon slices and cooked sweet potatoes.

Afternoon Snack: Whole grain wheat round crackers with peanut butter

Wee Sprout: Cucumber

Have a fantastic evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to Pictures: 2026-03-12

Good afternoon!

This  morning a friends shared that they had an idea for a project.  The idea was to make a model of our classroom.  We talked about what materials we could use to make this idea into a reality.  We found some cardboard, paper towel rolls and matboard scraps.  We brain stormed and problem solved with some of our interested kids until we had a plan.  A teacher used the big scissors to cut the cardboard shapes out shapes the kids asked to start building with, but otherwise they worked as an independent small group.  Friends demonstrated some amazing teamwork and collaboration as they made models of our classroom round table, art table, counter, sink, refrigerator, cabinets, island, chairs and even the rice cooker!  The project went on all morning and one friend shared that they would be working on it for “another day and then another day after that”:)  During this child lead building project, kids were also building their  executive planning skills, creative problem solving skills, social emotional development, fine motor development,  plus their ability to reason and learn through trial and error,  

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

PREK2:  In group today we read “Where Ever You Are”.  We learned about how people are different and how people are the same.  At the end of group time we each thought of something that was the same about all people.

Breakfast: Kix cereal with fresh pineapple

Lunch: Brown rice with turkey, fresh watermelon/pineapple/banana and fresh peppers/cucumbers/snap peas

PM Snack: Peanut butter on whole wheat crackers with sunflower/pumpkin seeds and banana slices

Wee Sprouts: Fresh peppers/cucumbers

Have a lovely day!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2026-03-12

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