Good Afternoon!
Four kids in our PREK1 group went to the farm this morning! It was a slow moving trip which allowed us to take our time in nature, moving whichever way the wind blew us (no pun intended!).
We stopped by the barn where we said hi to all of the animals. Ryan quickly noticed that the chickens had laid a few eggs! As we headed back towards the marsh area, we stopped at the pond where we played a game the kids called, ‘Float or sink’. They gathered a few nature items, mainly sticks and grass, and worked together to guess if items would sink or float in the pond.
We visited our favorite swing where Ryan and Paige worked at pushing one another on the rope swing. This requires a ton of strength, coordination, and balance! We ended our trip by having a quick snack before we visited the ‘lookout’ for a bit. Instantly, we saw several different birds flying throughout the marsh.
One of the things we value most at Wee Friends is our outside time. We try our best to bring our indoor environment, outside. Meaning, we paint, create, build, dig, and explore outside, along with a very loose daily schedule where we can punt and spend majority of our day outside!
I’ve attached an article about the huge benefits of outside time on kids mental health. I loved the ideas the author shared of quality outdoor activities along with activities if you’re short on space! Kids have such a wide imagination that they really just need the space and the materials and they’re off!
In the classroom, we offered a tadpole observation and painting station. Our tadpoles have started to grow small back legs, so we spent time looking at how they changed. Some friends wondered why they had the two back legs but no front legs. We talked about how the tadpole changes slowly, developing one area at a time. As we observed and painted, some friends began to notice other living things inside the jar. There was a snail and, the favorite, a dragonfly nymph! We got to talk about metamorphosis in other kids of creatures like the dragonfly.
PREK2: Outside, several friends were on the hunt for pill bugs. They looked under logs, in the garden and around bushes. Some made homes for the bugs inside jars and watched them during our outdoor time. Some even named them. At group we read “A Pill Bug’s Life” and counted pill bugs on the board in response to the outdoor interest.
Breakfast– Puffins cereal with fresh strawberries.
Lunch– Brown rice with shredded turkey, fresh watermelon/banana, and fresh pepper/cucumber/carrot.
PM snack– Whole wheat crackers with peanut butter and sunflower/pumpkin seeds.
Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper/carrot.
Have a lovely night.
-Wee Friends Teachers
Link to pictures: 2025-05-29