Happy Friday!

This morning we engaged in building the Mix and Match Magnetic Animals together.

We then danced with the dancing scarves to Jim Gill’s Jumping and Counting song and the Freeze Dance.

We then headed outside to engage in the rock area, placing our rocks in our bucket or construction vehicle, rode bikes down the hill, played with the dragons in the sandbox and sliding down the slide.

Breakfast:  Whole grain brown rice cakes with peanut butter and fresh apple slices.

Lunch:  Avocado chicken salad, whole grain wheat flatbread, fresh mini sweet bell pepper slices and bananas.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole grain Goldfish crackers and mild cheddar block cheese.

Wee Sprout:  Mini sweet peppers.

Have a great weekend!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-11-07

Happy Friday!

Here are a few pictures from our day! Have a great weekend!

Breakfast– Brown rice cakes with peanut butter and fresh cantaloupe.

Lunch– Homemade chicken avocado sandwiches on whole wheat bread, fresh oranges/banana, and fresh green beans/broccoli.

PM snack– Pretzels and cheddar cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper.

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-11-07

Happy Thursday!

This morning, Miss Mindy brought in a large pumpkin, so we decorated it with dot markers! All the friends took turns with the colors, swapping colors with each other.

Outside, we played lots in the sandbox with toy dragons and dump trucks. A couple other friends ventured to the leaf piles, slides and balance beams around the log climbing house.

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios with fresh  mandarin oranges.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with shredded pork, fresh orange slices and cooked sweet peas

Afternoon Snack: Whole grain Ritz crackers with peanut butter

Wee Sprouts: Fresh mini sweet peppers

Have a terrific evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures:  2025-11-06

Good Afternoon!

We came back around to the topic of singular and plural nouns. Children in PREK1 group read a sentence where they could choose between a singular noun and a plural noun. We talked specifically about the word foot and feet and which one is singular or plural.

K.W.6.1a: Nouns/Pronouns—Writing sentences that include singular and/or plural nouns.

Today, we continued exploring pumpkins.  We found two large pumpkins in our classroom when we came in this morning.  Some friends thought they would like to see how big the pumpkins were so they got out some measuring tapes to take measurements.  They measured the pumpkins from top top bottom and from side to side.  Some friends got to try a new way of measuring.  We found that spherical objects could be measured around the middle and this measurement was called the circumference.  Later, we all enjoyed pounding golf tees into the pumpkins with wooden mallets.  Several imaginative play scenarios popped up as the kids were working, involving building or construction. 

At the round table this morning we explored sand and loose parts.  We found we could make a range of three dimensional objects we packed sand into different shaped containers. 

Breakfast: Puffins cereal with fresh apple slices.

Lunch: Brown rice with pork/cheese, fresh cantaloupe/orange slices, and fresh snap peas/cucumbers.

PM Snack: Whole wheat crackers with peanut putter and sunflower/pepita seeds.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers/bell peppers.

Have a lovely day!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2025-11-06

Happy Wednesday!

This morning we cut open our pumpkin.  Miss Bekah scooped out the pulp and seeds from the inside for us to explore with our hands on our tray.  We also talked about the outside parts of the pumpkin, the stem and skin and the color of it.

Then, we went to the habitrail, found our shakers and danced along to “Shake Your Sillies Out.”

Outside, we did lots of raking! Throughout our outside time, many friends used rakes to help the big kids make a big leaf pile.

Breakfast:  Overnight Oatmeal with cinnamon/sugar mixture and fresh apple slices.

Lunch:  Farm fresh scrambled eggs, fresh watermelon slices, whole grain wheat tortillas and cooked green beans.

Afternoon Snack: Refried beans with whole grain tortilla chips

Wee Sprout: Cucumber

Have a wonderful night!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-11-05

Good Afternoon!

Our PREK1 sign in focused on arrangements of items. We used stars specifically and worked on seeing how many stars were in this configuration but tried not counting them! A few friends were ready for this concept as they identified that each line had three stars and were able to add 3 and 3 together, making six!

K.NS.6: Recognize sets of 1 to 10 objects in patterned arrangements and tell how many without counting.

This morning we explored words and letters in the art center.  We rolled our playdough out on our tray.  Then, we selected a word card.  We tried creating the word with cookie cutter letters on our rolled out play dough.  Some of us created several words or our name while others made “pizza dough”.  It was a well rounded activity :).

Other kids went in their own direction.  One friend was interested in making numbers all the way around her drawing.  We got out the number chart to help.  Later, she said she had more space after ten and wondered how to write more numbers.  We got to talk about adding the number one in front and then counting back up to ten as we go through the “teens”.  It was a great example of an authentic learning experience!

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

Breakfast: Overnight oatmeal with fresh clementines.

Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs and cheese, whole wheat tortilla, fresh tomatoes/broccoli/pepper, and fresh watermelon/apples/clementines.

PM Snack: Hummus with tortilla chips.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh peppers/cucumbers.

Have a wonderful afternoon!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-11-05

Good afternoon! We spent some time in the block area playing with Duplos. Cece, Rowan and a couple other friends took turns taking Duplos out of the basket to connect them.

We also played with baby dolls several times throughout the morning! Rowan brought his baby doll to the ballet bar to look at their reflections together in the mirrors and another friend sat on the rocking chair with her baby doll. Even baby Diana played with a baby doll!

We then headed into the kitchen to engage in a sensory experience with playdough.  We squeezed it with our hands and worked to flatten it using a wooden hammer and rolling pin.

Outside, we rode on the teeter totters and bikes. Later on, a few friends decided to explore the vehicle ramps. They picked a couple vehicles and pushed them down the ramp for another friend to catch.

Breakfast: Whole grain Corn Chex cereal with fresh oranges.

Lunch: Whole grain wheat bread with hummus, fresh pineapple and cooked corn

Afternoon Snack: Whole grain cinnamon raisin bagels with cream cheese and fresh apple slices.

Wee Sprout: Cucumbers

Have a great evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to Pictures: 2025-11-04

Good Afternoon!

We worked with singular and plural nouns for our PREK1 sign in this morning. Children used the context clues around the two options for nouns which was the word ‘two’. Based on the word ‘two’ children knew that the correct noun was eyes, not eye.

K.W.6.1a: Nouns/Pronouns—Writing sentences that include singular and/or plural nouns (e.g. dog/dogs, cat/cats)

This morning we explored different ways to remove seeds from a pumpkin.  We chose from tools like a melon baller, an ice cream scoop, a spoon and tweezers.  After trying each one we thought about which one we liked using the best or which we felt worked the best.  Some kids voted for the spoon while others favored the tweezers.  We baked the seeds in the oven and we are all excited to taste them at snack time!

PREK2:  This morning we read the story “Somewhere Today”.  Afterward, we talked about all the things that people did in the story to help others.  On the board we picked one thing we would like to do from the story that would help others.

Please enjoy a few more pictures from our day!

Breakfast: Kix cereal with fresh pineapple.

Lunch: Peanut butter on whole wheat tortilla, fresh clementines/apples/pineapples, and fresh peppers/cucumbers.

PM snack: Fresh blueberry muffins with roasted pumpkin seeds.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers/peppers.

Have a wonderful afternoon!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-11-04

Good Afternoon!

Reminder:  Wee Friends will be closed Thursday, November 27-Friday, November 28 for Thanksgiving break.  Thank you.

This morning we engaged in exploring to build with Magna-Tiles.  We were making small stacks with them.

We then engaged with the silk dress-dress up scarves and danced with them.

We then brought in leaves from outside for us to explore in a tuff tray.  We had tongs and metal trays for us to put them in.   We filled our trays up with leaves and then dumped them back into the tuff tray.

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

Lunch:  Whole grain wheat penne pasta with mild cheddar cheese and marinara sauce, fresh cucumber and fresh apple.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole milk yogurt and fresh pineapple slices.

Wee Sprout:  Mini sweet peppers.

Have a great evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-11-03

Happy Monday!

**Wee Friends will be closed Thursday, November 27th and Friday, November 28th for Thanksgiving.

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What a great Halloween parade we had on Friday!  There were so many wonderful costumes and beautiful weather!

Today, we offered an activity requested by a few curious kids who love magnets.  Some friends mentioned they would love to experiment again with the magnets and a compass.  We got out all our magnet science options and let the kids explore openly.  One new discovery was the ability to move the round magnets around the top of a can using a magnetic wand!

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

PREK2: In group today we read the book “10 Little Lady Bugs”  After the story, we each came up to the board to find our name and practice counting using our one to one correspondence skills!

Breakfast– Toasted whole wheat english muffins with butter and cinnamon along with fresh clementines.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with marinara sauce/shredded cheese, fresh pineapple/oranges/grapes, and fresh cucumber/pepper.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with granola.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper.

Have a lovely night!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-11-03