Happy Wednesday!

This morning we acted out the movements to the See The Bunnies Sleeping song.

We then engaged with the object permanence boxes.

We then engaged in the housekeeping area, with wooden eggs, dress up purses and scarves, utensils, the pop up people and rocking baby dolls in the rocking chair.

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

Lunch:  Farm fresh egg cups with shredded mozzarella cheese, fresh green beans, fresh oranges and whole grain wheat bread.

Afternoon Snack:  Hummus and white corn tortilla chips.

Wee Sprout: Mini sweet peppers.

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-09-02

Good Afternoon!

We got caught up on kindergarten sign in’s this morning where we focused on a few different FAB’s. Monday’s sign in focused on identifying and writing uppercase letters as well as lowercase letters. Tuesday’s sign in asked children to sort words based on the number of syllables! Both Student A and Student S felt comfortable with the clapping method so they clapped out nine different words, counted the syllables in each word, and taped the word into the correct group. Wednesday’s sign in focused on arrays. Each child had four arrays where they counted the items using their one to one correspondence skills and taped the cards from smallest to largest.

K.NS.5: Count up to 20 objects arranged in a line, a rectangular array, or a circle. Count up to 10 objects in a scattered configuration.

K.RF.3.2: Orally segment words into syllables.

K.RF.2.4: Identify and name all of the uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet.

For our PREK1 group, we read ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’. We pulled several different food words for our sorting activity. Each group member got two words and a few even tried to sound out the words! They sorted the words into the correct syllables category.

K.RF.3.2: Orally segment words into syllables.

A friend was very excited about his idea to make a dragon in the art center today.  One of our younger friends was welcomed to help. The boys worked on building this dragon all morning.  They used some long strips of painted paper to make the legs and tail.  Collaborative art projects like this have many benefits in a multi-age program: one being that kids can be inspired to take more creative risks when seeing peers doing so, especially older peers.  Older friends get a chance to play the role of a leader and teacher.  Working together in this way also brings new perspectives.  Seeing how classmates make decisions broadens the group’s problem solving and visual spacial reasoning.  Such great things are happening during projects like this.

Any time we notice kids having the drive to paint their hands at the easel, we try to offer a sensory or finger painting activity to satisfy the need for it.  Several kids enjoyed finger painting at the art table this morning!

Older kids found lots of ways to integrate their kid-spelling and writing skills into their play.  Some kids made charts, others made books, all child driven and carried out independently.

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

Breakfast: Oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh watermelon.

Lunch: Farm fresh egg cups with cheese, homemade oat/pear muffins, fresh cucumbers/peppers/garden tomatoes, and fresh pears/watermelon/kiwi.

PM Snack: Hummus with tortilla chips.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers/broccoli.

Have a great day!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-09-02

Happy September!

This morning we engaged with wooden loose parts and color beads and placing them on a stacker.

We then headed into the kitchen to engage with playdough.  The friends were manipulating the dough between their hands.  The friends were also given golf tees to stick into their playdough.  Several friends were singing the Happy Birthday song as they added them.

We then headed outside.  We engaged in the sandbox, scooping and filling containers with sand, pumpinh water into a container and pouring it in the sand to make mud. We also scooped in the rock area and drove vehicles down the ramps.

Breakfast: Whole grain Corn Chex cereal with fresh pears.

Lunch: Whole grain wheat tortilla, refried beans, fresh watermelon and fresh cucumber

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

Wee Sprout: Sugar Snap Peas.

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to Pictures:  2026-09-01

Good afternoon! We hope you enjoy a few pictures from our day!

Breakfast: Oatmeal squares cereal with fresh mango

Lunch: Peanut butter on whole wheat bread with fresh cantaloupe/bananas and fresh cucumbers/peppers

PM Snack: Whole wheat bagels with butter

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers/carrots

Have a lovely afternoon!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2026-09-01

Good Afternoon!

Reminder:  Wee Friends will be closed next Monday, September 7th for Labor Day.  Thank you.

This morning we engaged in the light table.  We explored the shapes and buttons in the light and then lifted them out of the table to identify the shapes we knew or asked for  help to identify them.

We then engaged in going through the sheer curtain.

We then dressed up in dress up clothes and accessories and shook the dancing scarves while listening to Shake Your Sillies Out.

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

Lunch: Whole grain wheat pasta with red beans, fresh orange/banana and cooked green beans

Afternoon Snack: Whole milk yogurt with fresh apples.

Wee Sprout: Cucumbers

Have a marvelous evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-08-31

Good afternoon!

This morning we offered a fine motor activity at the round table.  Kids that are in the midst of developing more advanced fine motor skills naturally were drawn to the activity.  Even though they were the younger group, they stayed with it longest.  Often when kids are developing a skill, they tend to be able to sustain a longer attention span which is also great for cognitive development!

At the art center, kids worked on several child lead independent projects.  Older kids have learned that if they have an idea, they can ask a teacher to help them find the materials they need to make it.  That is what happened today.  Some kids wanted to make masks, others made chalk pastel drawings, some made banners and others wanted to use straws to make bracelets.  It’s nice to see this variety because it shows that kids are able to use their executive planning and creative thinking skills to formulate their own ideas.

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

Breakfast: Peanut butter on whole wheat toast with fresh pineapple

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with black beans/chicken, fresh kiwi/mango and fresh cucumbers/green peppers

PM Snack: Whole milk yogurt with gram crackers

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers/red peppers

Have a great day!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2026-08-31

Happy Friday!

This morning we tapped rhythm sticks while listening to the song, Ants Go Marching.

We then engaged in painting with a paint brush and blue and red tempera paint.

We then headed outside to engage in a variety of activities and made music with musical instruments on the deck.

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

Lunch:  Hummus, whole grain wheat bread, fresh banana and fresh cucumber (from the garden)

Afternoon Snack: Pretzels and Colby-jack cheese slices/cheddar block cheese.

Wee Sprout: Cucumber

Have a great weekend!

WWF Teachers

Link to Pictures:  2026-08-28

Happy Friday,

Please enjoy a few pictures from our day!

Breakfast: Brown rice cakes with cream cheese and fresh cantaloupe

Lunch: Peanut butter on whole wheat tortillas, fresh plums/bananas/papaya/ pineapple and fresh cucumbers/peppers

PM Snack: Goldfish with cheddar cheese

Wee Sprouts: Fresh peppers/snap peas

Have a great weekend!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2026-08-28

Good Afternoon!

This morning we engaged with loose part color bead, pipe cleaners and pattern cards.  Some of us strung our beads on our pipe cleaner, lined up the color blocks on our pattern card and tapped our beads together to make a sound.

We then headed outside to engage in painting at the easel or drawing with markers at the art table.

Breakfast:  Whole grain Kix cereal and fresh banana

Lunch:  Whole grain brown rice with shredded chicken, fresh nectarine/banana and cooked peas

Afternoon Snack:  Whole grain wheat Ritz crackers with peanut butter.

Wee Sprout: Mini sweet pepper

Have a terrific evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-08-27

Good afternoon!

The two kindergartens went outside this morning to get some fresh air, work on their sign in activity, and practice some reading using our BOB books! For their sign in, they were asked to write or draw a rule that we have outside that we have to follow. The two rules that they came up with were no running at the bottom of the yard because of the babies while the other rule was don’t throw sand in the faces of friends—both very important rules!

Student S and Student A worked their way through a different BOB book. We start using BOB books when children show us they may be ready to read! The BOB books offer a very simple reading experience, focusing on specific sounds for each group of books. Once a child has been able to master a book, they’ll move onto the next!

Social Studies: K. 2.3 Give examples of classroom and school rules and explain how each help us.

Our older friends are often given jobs such as cleaning up specific spaces before we head outside or running an errand over to the infant/toddler classroom. We also ask that our older friends help their younger peers when they need help getting their shoes on or serving them a wee sprout. We love the multi age classroom because our older children are given more responsibilities and have high expectations to be a key member of a well functioning class!

Social Studies: K.2.1 Give examples of people who are community helpers (inside the classroom and outside the classroom) and describe how they help us.

We offered a macaroni tray this morning for kids to explore.  These kinds of open-ended activates are designed to encourage kids imagination, cooperative play and social emotional skills as they figure out the give and take of group play.  They are also developing their fine motor skills and an early understanding of volume as they spoon/pour into a variety of cup sizes.  Kids can learn so much from simple open-ended exploratory play. 

Older kids shared that they have been enjoying making charts in their kindergarten curriculum.  They wanted to make charts at the art center today.  We talked about how to use a ruler to create charts and grids.  Next, we decided what information we wanted to chart.  One friend chose to create team names and find out which was the class favorite.  Another friend drew pictures of Halloween characters and found out which character the class liked the best.  Both ideas were great example of kids applying what they learn and exploring through play.  This is when those new ideas really solidify. 

Another great thing that happens when older kids explore their learning in this way is the younger kids often watch and learn from them as they did today. 

Outside kids enjoyed painting together at our outdoor easel.

Breakfast: Puffins cereal with fresh kiwi.

Lunch: Brown rice with chicken, fresh cantaloupe/pears/nectarines/bananas, and fresh cucumbers/peppers.

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

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers/peppers.

Have a wonderful day!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2026-08-27