Good Afternoon!

This morning, we engaged with object permanence boxes and played with peek-a-blocks.

Then, we brought out the scarves and did some dancing! Miss Bekah played many versions of “Shake Your Sillies Out” while we danced with scarves, then we danced to “Sleeping Bunnies.”  Baby Rose joined in the jumping in her bouncer!

Breakfast:  Whole grain Corn Chex cereal and fresh apple

Lunch:  Whole grain brown rice with chicken and shredded cheese, fresh watermelon and cooked green beans

Afternoon Snack: Whole grain Ritz crackers and colby jack cheese

Wee Sprout: Orange bell pepper

Have a great evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-03-05

Good Afternoon!

One of of our favorite topics to discuss is the menu for the day—we’re a food driven group!

For PREK1 sign in, children wrote their name under their favorite lunch day which children were thrilled to discuss. A few responded with their answer before I could say them all aloud and one even shared, “I didn’t even have to think about it!”.

We used our sign in findings to create a graph in group. We talked about how creating a graph or a chart is a great way to display information that’s been collected. I asked questions like:

“Looking at the graph, what lunch day is the most popular?”

“What day had zero votes?”

“What day had one vote?”

Lately, children have been walking around with clip boards asking questions to their peers such as “What’s your favorite color?” or “What’s your favorite fruit?”. I told them that using a graph to display findings would be a great way to look at the data they collected.

K.W.5: With support, build understanding of a topic using various sources. (Identify relevant pictures, charts, grade appropriate texts, personal experiences, and people as sources)

Yesterday evening,  one of our kids asked to read the story “Captain Flinn.and the Pirate Dinosaurs Missing Treasure”.  The group that was listening to the story loved it so much they became suddenly excited about pirates.  This morning, one of our kids came in the door still talking about pirates as though he had never left.  We decided to set up some pirate dress-up and building activities so kids could further explore this imaginative interest.   

There were other ideas being explored in the classroom too.  In the sensory bin, a couple of friends pretended to be insect experts hunting for all of the lady bugs in the bin.  We added some magnifying glasses to enhance the experience.  They collected every one!

In habitrail, a group of friends played all morning in a little club house they made.  It’s great to see all of these strong bonds forming between friends as our younger kids plunge into cooperative play!

Breakfast: Kix cereal with fresh watermelon.

Lunch: Brown rice with chicken, fresh pears/strawberries/bananas and fresh snap peas/cucumbers.

PM Snack: Peanut butter on whole wheat crackers with sunflower/pumpkin seeds.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers/snap peas.

Have a lovely day!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2026-03-05

Happy Wednesday!

Friends dressed up in hats and purses this morning , bringing them around the room and even offering one to baby Rose!

In the kitchen, we engaged with play-dough

Then we brought out our drums and made beats with them together.

Please enjoy some pictures of our time outside as well!

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

Lunch:  Farm fresh egg cups with shredded Colby-Jack cheese, whole grain wheat bread, fresh oranges and fresh red bell peppers.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole grain wheat flatbread with refried beans.

Wee Sprout: Cucumbers.

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-03-04

Good Afternoon!

Our PREK1 group came to the sign in board where they completed a complex AABBCC pattern using shapes! Not only did we dive further into patterns, how to identify them as well as creating them but this also allowed us to work on shapes and identifying varying characteristics of each.

K.CA.5: Create, extend, and give an appropriate rule of simple repeating and growing patterns with numbers and shapes.

In the reading area this morning, we read a book about adjectives called “Hairy Scary Ordinary”.  It launched into a discussion about descriptive words.  Kids enjoyed thinking of descriptive words like “Red” or “Big” and sharing them with the group.  One older friend was able to tell the group that an adjective is a word that describes something and went on to give examples.  What an impressive understanding of grammar for such a young child!

Several kids explored literacy at the art center though writing and sounding letters.  Everyone worked at their own level and their own pace as each child followed their own interest in writing.

In other parts of the classroom, kids were engaged in sensory exploration paired with imaginative play.  Materials were open ended so kids could use their imagination to explore through play.  Kids practiced social emotional development, fine motor, as well as higher thinking that takes place during imaginative play schemas. 

Even though it was chilly out this morning, children were excited to get some fresh air! We chose to get out the hoop with the balls which lead into children diving full force into their gross motor skills—a whole lot of throwing, catching, and kicking was happening in the backyard!

Breakfast: Overnight oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh clementines.

Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat flat bread, fresh watermelon/strawberries and fresh peppers/broccoli.

PM Snack: Air-popped corn with raisins.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers/broccoli.

Have a great day!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-03-04

Good Afternoon!

This morning, we spent quite a bit of time in housekeeping! Friends sat in the cube, played with stuffed animals, and pretended to wash hands!

Then, we went into the kitchen and engaged in water play! We used sponges and soapy water to wash some of our toys from housekeeping.

Breakfast: Whole grain Kix cereal with fresh strawberries

Lunch: Cheese and refried beans on whole grain wheat tortilla, fresh cucumber and fresh apple slices.

Afternoon Snack: Whole grain wheat cinnamon raisin bagels with cream cheese and fresh blood oranges.

Wee Sprout: Mini sweet peppers,

Have a terrific evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures:  2026-03-03

Good Afternoon!

We focused on patterns yet again for our PREK1 sign in where we used a pipe cleaner and a collection of beads to create our own unique bead pattern. A few children picked out their colors first before starting their pattern. There was a wide variety of patterns created including ABAB, AABC, and ABCABC.

K.CA.5: Create, extend, and give an appropriate rule of simple repeating and growing patterns with numbers and shapes.

Today we tried a new mixing experiment.  We measured a half cup of shaving cream and a half cup of corn starch then mixed them with our hands.  Since this was a new recipe, we talked about how we might need to experiment with the amounts.  We tried adding more of one than the other until we got the right consistency to make a sticky yet crumbly play dough. 

PREK2: During group we started with our usual breathwork.  We added a “breathing story” from the book “Breath Like a Bear”.  This story was called “Hot Soup”.  We practiced saying Ha-ha-ha-hot with a long open-out breath, then blowing gently on our soup to cool it.   These kinds of breathing exercises are great tools for kids to learn self regulation.  Deep breathing activates the parasympathetic nervous system, bringing the body to a calm and relaxed state.  Breathwork has been known to reduce stress/anxiety, lower heartrate and increase sleep quality as well as mental clarity for all ages. 

Breakfast: Oatmeal squares cereal with fresh strawberries.

Lunch: Peanut butter on whole wheat tortilla, fresh snap peas/peppers, and fresh banana/clementines/strawberries.

PM Snack:Whole wheat bagels with cream cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers/peppers.

Have a great afternoon!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-03-03

Happy Monday!

This morning, Miss Audrey brought out wooden ramps and the hollow blocks, and we drove trucks on them! A few friends also brought their trucks to the habitrail slide and went down with their trucks

Then, we went into the kitchen and engaged with pom pom and domino loos parts.

It was just warm enough to go outside, so we enjoyed the weather by going down slides, playing inside the climbing house or around it and digging in the sand box.

Breakfast: Whole grain wheat toast with butter and cinnamon/sugar mixture and fresh blood oranges.

Lunch: Whole grain wheat penne pasta with red beans, fresh pineapple and cooked broccoli.

Afternoon Snack: Whole milk yogurt with fresh strawberries .

Wee Sprout:  Cucumbers.

Have a fantastic Monday evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to Pictures:  2026-03-02

Good Afternoon!

**Wee Friends will be closed Friday, April 3 in observance of Good Friday.

To kick off our week, we tackled a pattern problem for our PREK1 sign in. We used color and shape in our pattern. The pattern was an ABCC pattern that children were able to solve immediately!

Later on in PREK1 group, we read ‘What Should Darla Do?’ from our MACK collection. As the reader, we got to choose the choices that Darla made to see how it affected her day. We decided to create a pattern with the choices we made—we did a bad choice, good choice, bad choice. It was great that friends immediately recognized it as a pattern even if it wasn’t necessarily in front of us.

K.CA.5: Create, extend, and give an appropriate rule of simple repeating and growing patterns with numbers and shapes.

There was a wide range of building projects made with a variety of materials going on throughout the classroom this morning.  Kids used their creations in imaginative play, building transformers, houses and boats.  This kind of building/imaginative play fuels development in multiple areas simultaneously, which is the kind of play our classroom in designed to foster.

Kids developed fine motor skills and with larger blocks, gross motor.  Kids also developed social emotional/verbal skills as they cooperated, problem solved and shared ideas.  They used higher thinking skills like executive brain function for planning/visualizing ideas plus creative problem solving as they brought creations into reality.  During imaginative play the brain develops neuropathways which strengthen memory, creative problem solving and executive function.  It also promotes cognitive/social emotional development.  Sometimes it can be hard to recognize the vast scope of developmental growth that takes place during this type of play. 

In the art center we offered a squeeze bottle puffy paint art activity.  Kids were interested in paint so we added something novel to experiment with creatively.  Some kids were curious about mixed media artwork so we tried using markers first and then paint.  One friend took this further and drew scribbles all over his paper, then carefully traced the shapes with paint.  It was an interesting take on abstract art that doubled as a great child lead fine motor activity!

We have had several kids interested in musical instruments, so we offered them as another activity.  The accordion is the “end all be all” instrument at this point, which offered a great opportunity to practice sharing something special. 

Breakfast: Whole wheat english muffins with butter and fresh pears.

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with turkey, fresh pineapples/strawberries and fresh cucumbers/carrots.

PM Snack: Whole milk yogurt with fresh pears.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh bell peppers/carrots.

Have a great afternoon!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-03-02

Happy Friday!

Please enjoy some pictures of our day!

 

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

Lunch: English muffin cheese pizzas, fresh banana and cooked green beans.

Afternoon Snack: Whole grain Goldfish crackers with sliced mild cheddar cheese

Wee Sprouts: Cucumber

Havre a great weekend!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-02-27

Happy Friday!

This morning we offered a unifix cube activity.  A group of friends worked together to make a line as long as they could.  Afterwards, we used tape measures to find out how long the line of cubes was.  Hannah asked to add a pattern component to the project.  She wanted to make a pattern that used all of the colors.  She was able to create a nine color pattern and helped friends  repeat the process in a long line of cubes.  As friends took turns, a conflict about the order friends would work in arose.  We problem solved the situation coming up with a written list of names that the group could refer to any time they got confused.  We love to work on problem solving and conflict resolution naturally whenever possible.  We try to help create solutions that kids can carry out on their own.  This situation was a good example of that process.

Another friend was interested in making paper chains at the art center.  We cut out materials for this project and several kids wanted to try it.  We realized that chains were another item we could measure.  Friends enjoyed making a chain and then using a tape measure to see how long it was.

Please enjoy a few more pictures from our day!

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

Lunch: Customizable english muffin pizzas, fresh watermelon/banana, and fresh cucumbers/peppers.

PM Snack: Tortilla chips with hummus or smashed avocado.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh carrots/broccoli.

Have a great weekend!

~ Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2026-02-27