Happy Tuesday!

Our PREK1 kiddos are continuing to talk about how things move and today, we matched animals to a movement. For example, Eliza drew the card with ‘kangaroo’ written on it. She went through all of the movements on the board and decided ‘bounce’ was the right movement for a kangaroo!

Science K.3.2 Investigate that things move in different ways, such as fast, slow, etc.

The kids are wild about science experiments this week! One friend came into school this morning and the first thing he said was “I love science experiments!”.  That sums up our goal at Wee Friends, to teach children to love learning!  We tried mixing oil in water then water in oil today.  The kids have continued asking to mix things in experiments, so we tried this one.  The kids observed how the water and oil didn’t mix when put together.  They also observed that oil always stayed on top of the water no matter how they added it.  If they mixed it, the two would eventually separate, again. 

Afterword, one friend came up with her own experiment to try.  She wanted to see if she could make a rainbow by shinning a light through her drawing.  We offered some different materials for her to try.  She found that plastic wrap worked best!  It’s wonderful to see our kids understanding the idea of experimenting to find answers and solutions, then applying those concepts to their own creative ideas. 

Outside, we planted our first seeds in the garden.  The kids helped to remove weeds and sticks and then planted snap peas in some of the garden beds. 

Breakfast: Kix cereal with fresh strawberries.

Lunch: Peanut butter on whole wheat bread, cheddar cheese slices, fresh pears/oranges/banana and fresh cucumbers/peppers.

PM Snack: Home made banana muffins and string cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers/peppers.

Have a great day!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2026-04-28

Happy Tuesday!

This morning, we engaged with Mix n’ Match Magnetic Animals! We found the pieces to the body of the animal we chose, and put all the pieces together. Some friends said what animal they had and made the sound of that animal!

In the kitchen, we engaged with plastic eggs, pom poms and sensory cylinders! We put eggs together, as well as put pom poms in both the cylinders and the eggs.

Then, we went outside and engaged in many of our favorite outdoor activities.

Breakfast:  Kix cereal and fresh strawberries.

Lunch: Whole grain wheat flatbread, hummus, fresh pears and cooked sweet peas and carrots.

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

Wee Sprout: Cucumber.

Have a terrific evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-04-28

Good Afternoon!

This morning we engaged in several activities in the habi-trail area.  We looked out the window, climbed on the ladder, built, and stood on our BounceBlocks to hold onto the bars. We also made music on a piano and wore the color rings as a necklace.

We then headed into the kitchen to engage in loose parts-wooden shapes, animals and community helper people.  We stacked our shapes, explored our animals and asked the occupation of the different community helpers we had on our tray.

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

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

Lunch: Whole grain penne pasta with red beans, fresh honeydew melon and cooked sweet potatoes.

Afternoon Snack: Whole milk yogurt with fresh strawberries.

Wee Sprout:  Cherry tomatoes.

Have a marvelous evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-04-27

Good afternoon!

We kicked off our Monday by talking about movement. PREK1 kiddos chose a card with an animal written on it and they sorted their animal into one of two categories: fast moving animals or slow moving animals.

This conversation continued on into group where we read ‘Gilbert the Great’. Gilbert is a shark with various sea creatures as friends. We talked about how seas creatures move compared to other animals.

Science K.3.2 Investigate that things move in different ways, such as fast, slow, etc.

Last week after our warm/cold air experiment, we noticed some interest in exploring more hands-on science.  Hannah shared that she knew of an experiment with baking soda.  We decided to try it in class.  We colored some vinegar and added it to a tray of baking soda using eye droppers.  We talked about what we saw and heard when we put the two substances together.  Kids shared that they saw bubbles and fizz, sharing that it was like an explosion and like lava.  One friend said it sounded like “cooking”.  We learned when two substances act like this when put together, its called a chemical reaction. 

PREK2: We read “Slowly Slowly Said the Sloth” at group today.  After the story, we thought of animals that are fast or slow.  We recorded our thoughts on the board.

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

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with chicken/ black beans, fresh orange slices/strawberries, and fresh peppers/cucumbers/green beans.

PM Snack: Whole milk yogurt with graham crackers.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers/green beans.

Have a great day!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2026-04-27

Happy Friday!

Please enjoy some pictures of our busy day!

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

Lunch:  Rotisserie chicken lunch meat, whole grain wheat bread, fresh watermelon and cooked peas.

Afternoon Snack  Pretzel sticks and cheddar block cheese.

Wee Sprout: Yellow bell peppers.

Have a great weekend!

WWF Teachers

Link to Pictures: 2026-04-24

Happy Friday!

We ended our week talking about weather for each season! PREK1 kiddos came to the sign in board where they took pictures with weather related images and sorted it into the correct season. Each season board ended up with six images.

Science: K.3.5 Describe and give examples of weather changes and illustrate how weather affects people and the environment.

We enjoyed several child lead activities this morning!  One friend asked if we could do some weather experiments since big kids have been talking about weather during group.  We tried an experiment with warm and cold water to show how warm and cold air acts in the atmosphere when thunderstorms form.  We also did the rain cloud experiment, back by popular demand :).

We worked on another child lead project in our outdoor art center.  This project started yesterday when kids were exploring a water table.  We had added flowers for interest.  One friend took the flowers and placed them in a strainer.  He dumped water through the strainer saying he wanted to see if the flowers would color the water.  Today, we tried making pigment using flowers and leaves.  We found we could use mallets or sticks to crush the natural materials on our paper and create natural pigments.  We always do our best to support these moments of curiosity that drive kids to want to explore.  Asking questions and then experimenting through trail/error to further explore is the process of deep learning.  This is how kids learn to love learning!

Breakfast: Brown rice cakes with peanut butter and fresh apple slices.

Lunch: Cheese quesadillas on whole wheat tortilla, fresh watermelon/pineapple/honeydew/banana,  and fresh cucumbers/snap peas.

PM Snack: Pretzels, cheddar cheese, and banana.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers/snap peas.

Have a great weekend!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-04-24

Good Afternoon!

This morning we engaged in a variety of activities with our friends.

Several friends have shown interest in holding onto something to hang from,  so Miss Bekah brought over the trapeze bar. Each friend got a turn to swing back and forth on the bar!

Outside, we painted, explored outside and rode on bikes.

Breakfast:  Whole grain Cheerios and fresh kiwi

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with turkey, fresh banana and cooked corn

Afternoon Snack:Whole grain Wheat Thins with peanut butter

Wee Sprout: Cucumber

Have a terrific evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-04-23

Good Afternoon!

Our second group got to take their first farm trip this morning. It was the perfect spring morning! We took a long walk into the woods where a friend spied a frog as we were walking. We headed back up to the barn where we saw several animals including a cat, mice, a bunny, a turkey, and a goat! When we were done, Farmer Charlotte asked for our help watering lettuce that was close to being harvested. After we watered them, we got to taste a leaf! Several friends got a second and a third taste! We were even able to take a bunch back to school for the rest of our friends to taste.

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

Breakfast: Kix cereal with fresh strawberries.

Lunch: Brown rice with turkey, fresh honeydew melon/kiwi, and fresh peppers/cucumbers…we also got to include fresh lettuce from the farm!

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

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers/peppers.

Have a lovely day!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-04-23

Happy Wednesday!

This morning, we built a path with our big plastic blocks.  We climbed, crawled and walked on our path.

Today, we engaged with some alphabet Magna-Tiles on the light table.  We discussed the first letter of each of our names and Miss Bekah showed them to us if we were unable to identify them ourselves.  We created our own unique colorful patterns with them.

We then headed outside to engage in our favorite activities.

Breakfast: Whole grain oatmeal with cinnamon sugar mixture and fresh pineapple

Lunch: Hummus on whole wheat flatbread, fresh papaya and cooked broccoli.

Afternoon Snack:  Refried beans and white corn tortilla chips.

Wee Sprout: Red bell pepper

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to Pictures: 2026-04-22

Good afternoon!

This morning several kids asked to work on their bean journals.  They noticed the beans they planted have continued growing.  Many of the kids found the beans had both roots and stems.  One friend shared that he thought his bean with its stem looked like a “Plesiosaur”, which is a long necked swimming dinosaur:) …It did look like one.

It was a beautiful day so we spent lots of time outdoors getting exercise!

PREK2: During group we spent some time talking about weather.  We read “All the World”.  As we read, we noticed the weather in each illustration.  At the end of group we talked about what the weather was like while we were outside today.  We made a class list of all the things we noticed about the weather this morning. 

Breakfast: Over night oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh pears

Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs with cheese, whole wheat tortilla, fresh papaya/banana/clementines and fresh peppers/cucumbers

PM Snack: Humus with tortilla chips

Wee Sprouts: Fresh peppers/cucumbers

Have a great day!

~ Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2026-04-22