Happy Monday!

**Reminder: Wee Friends is closed Monday, May 25th for Memorial Day.

Today, we started exploring community helpers and the tools they need to do their jobs correctly. Each PREK1 friend came up to the board where they chose a piece of paper with a community helper written on it. They read the helper aloud and matched it to the tool that the helper needs to do their job. A few friends were able to read their community helpers name and find the tool on the board by sounding out the words!

Social Studies: K.4.2 Identify and describe different kinds of jobs that people do and the tools they use.

This morning, we explored some loose parts building materials.  Kids enjoyed creating a variety of inventions as they tinkered with different ways to put the pieces together.  A couple of the inventions kids shared were a “paint sprayer with a holder”, a “bell instrument”, a dinning table and a “hammer”. 

These two friends worked at the art center all morning strengthening their visual/spacial, language arts, and fine motor stills through play.  First, they chose to draw pictures that looked the same.  They had to look carefully at the details of how to draw one another’s images.  Next, they worked together to write out the entire alphabet in “rainbow letters”.  They talked back and forth about the letter sounds as they made their letters.  It’s great to see kids hard at work learning with no teacher direction at all!

We spent much of the morning outside moving our bodies, creating imaginative play schemes and building bonds with friends.

Breakfast: Whole wheat toast with cream cheese and fresh plums.

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with marinara, mozzarella cheese, fresh watermelon/banana and fresh cucumbers/peppers.

PM Snack: Whole milk yogurt with granola.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh pea pods/peppers.

Have a great day!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-05-04

Happy Monday!

The friends engaged with making beats while playing their drums.

We then engaged in building with Duplos.

We then headed outside to enjoy the beautiful sunshine and weather.  We dug in the sandbox,  engaged in water play on the deck, engaged with the toys on the blanket and crawled off to explore the grass and engaged in pushing the trucks down the ramps.

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

Lunch:  Whole grain penne pasta with marinara sauce and shredded Colby Jack cheese, fresh apple and cooked broccoli.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole milk yogurt and fresh watermelon.

Wee Sprout: Cucumbers.

Have a marvelous evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures:2026-05-04

Happy Friday!

Reminder:  Wee Friends will be closed on Monday, May 25th for Memorial Day.  Thank you.

The friends noticed Miss Bekah dusting and wanted to help.  Each friend got a turn dusting with the duster.

We engaged in the kitchen with playdough.  We used our rolling pins and wooden hammers to flatten our dough and our cookie cutters and playdough knives to cut it.

While we were outside, we went down the slide, cooked in housekeeping, worked on our balance walking down the rocks by the slides and engaged with a truck on the blanket.

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

Lunch: Sliced rotisserie chicken lunch meat, whole grain wheat bread, fresh watermelon and cooked corn

Afternoon Snack:  Mozzarella cheese stick and whole grain Goldfish

Wee Sprout: Cucumbers. 

Have a great weekend!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-05-01

Happy Friday!

Yesterday afternoon, a couple of our older friends said they had an idea for an activity they wanted to explore the next day.  They asked if they could mix cornstarch and water with “sesame seeds” and paint.  After talking a bit, we figured out what they meant was chia seeds.  They wanted to have all the ingredients in jars so they could mix them in an “experiment”.  We set that up this morning. Some of the kids stayed with the activity for an hour, carefully mixing all the components into a lovely slimy concoction :).

We hope you enjoy some more pictures from our day!

Breakfast: Brown rice cakes with peanut butter and fresh plums.

Lunch: Ham and cheese on whole wheat tortilla,  fresh honey dew melon/plum/pineapple slices and fresh peppers/cucumbers.

PM Snack: Goldfish and cheddar block cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers/peppers.

Have a great weekend!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2026-05-01

Happy Thursday!

This morning we engaged with the sound sensory tubes.  We swapped sensory tubes with each other, and sat on the habitrail steps together.

Then, we took turns on the swing!

Outside, we enjoyed riding the teeter totters, going down the hill on bikes and cooking in housekeeping.

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

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with red beans, fresh watermelon and cooked broccoli.

Afternoon Snack: Whole grain Ritz crackers with peanut butter.

Wee Sprout: Cucumbers.

Have a great evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to Pictures: 2026-04-30

Good afternoon!

We had a great trip to the farm this morning!  First, we collected eggs from the chicken coup.  There were enough that everyone got to collect some.  Next, we went exploring in the woods.  We found that the woods were flooded with seasonal pools.  The kids were very interested in these pools so we explored them thoroughly.  One friend had the idea to try to build a bridge to an “island”.  Everyone helped lay branches across the pool to make a bridge to the island.  The kids were excited to try crossing the bridge.  Though one friend forgot to wait for a teachers hand to cross and got a bit wet…the bridge was for the most part successful :).

Back at Wee Friends, we stayed busy at the art table making a very innovative donut truck and on the building rug exploring several new yoga poses. Kids always want to try ‘the Human Zipper’! When we went outside, children immediately gravitated towards the bikes and the log area.

Breakfast: Toasted oatmeal squares with fresh apple slices.

Lunch: Brown rice with turkey, fresh honeydew melon/oranges, and fresh cherry tomatoes/cucumber/pepper.

PM snack: Whole wheat crackers with peanut butter, seed mixture, and raisins.

Wee Sprout: Fresh cucumber/snap peas/pepper.

Have a wonderful evening!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-04-30

Happy Wednesday!

This morning we engaged in a variety of activities. We drove cars down the different textured ramps and stepped onto the BounceBlocks to balance on, jump off of, and build stacks with them.  We then walked on the liquid squares, shook and looked at the items in the Peek-a-Blocks, engaged with play food and dishes at the circle table with a friend, and engaged with the animals.

We then sat in the plastic blocks with balls and listened to Miss Bekah read teacher books. We also watched the recycle truck go up and down the street picking up bins.

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

Lunch: Cheese quesadillas on whole grain wheat tortillas, fresh plums and cooked green beans.

Afternoon Snack:  Homemade Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal muffins and fresh pineapple.

Wee Sprout: Cherry tomatoes

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures:  2026-04-29

Good Afternoon!

Everyone had such a fun time on our indoor obstacle course that children in PREK1 group wrote their name under their favorite movement from the obstacle course. We loved challenging our bodies and talking about our favorite movement!

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

This morning, we put together an obstacle course based on the sense that kids needed some exercise on this rainy morning!  We added cards to the course that asked kids to try different movements as they went through it.  They tried tip-toeing and marching on the balance beam, bouncing on the trampoline, fluttering as they hopped stepping stones and wiggling as they balanced on the wiggly tape.  They had a great time and got a wide range of balance and gross motor practice. 

Breakfast: Overnight oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh pears.

Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled egg cups with cheese, fresh apple oat muffins, fresh pineapple/apple slices and fresh cucumbers/green beans.

PM Snack: Hummus with tortilla chips.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh peppers/cucumbers.

Have a great day!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2026-04-29

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