Happy Friday!

This morning we danced to several songs by Greg and Steve. The Body Rock, Jump Down, Turn Around and The Mack Chicken Dance, were a few of the songs. One of our friends really enjoyed dancing to the Chicken Dance.

We then headed into the kitchen to paint with Q-tips.  We used blue, red and yellow tempera paint. We mixed our colors together to create new colors onto our papers.

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

Lunch:  Honey ham lunch meat, whole grain wheat tortillas, fresh bananas and sugar snap peas.

Afternoon Snack:  Mozzarella cheese stick and Pretzel sticks.

Wee Sprout: Red bell pepper

Have a great weekend!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-01-09

Happy Friday!  We hope you enjoy some pictures from our day!

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

Lunch: Peanut butter on whole wheat flat bread, fresh pears/bananas/watermelon, and fresh peppers/cucumbers.

PM Snack: Goldfish and string cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers/peppers.

Have a great weekend!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-01-09

Good Afternoon!

This morning, we engaged with puzzles!

While listening to music, we all began running around the circle together!

 

Outside, we scooped gravel and sand and we cooked in the play kitchen!

Breakfast:  Whole grain Cheerios and bananas.

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

Afternoon Snack: Whole grain Ritz crackers with peanut butter

Wee Sprout:  Cucumbers.

Have a fantastic evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-01-08

Good Afternoon!

We continued to discuss community helpers today in our PREK1 group. Group members came up to the board where they found their name and chose a card that had a community helper written on it. They came up with one tool that their community helper needs to do their job!

Social Studies: K.2.1 Give examples of people who are community helpers (inside the classroom and outside the classroom) and describe how they help us.

Today, we finally got to create our long awaited volcanic eruption!  Everyone was so excited to see what would happen.  We talked about each ingredient that would go into the volcano and how those things would create a chemical reaction when they were combined.  We added soap, water and baking soda which filled the volcano.  When we added the vinegar, we got the volcano to erupt with a pulse of foam which cascaded down the sides like a real volcano!  We got to try adding more baking soda so we could watch the change in the reaction.  It was exciting to see!  We even got to talk about how the foam covered the ground like real lava, which is how new rock is formed when it cools.

Please enjoy a few more pictures from our day!

Breakfast: Puffins cereal with fresh pears.

Lunch: Brown rice with shredded pork, fresh watermelon/apples/honeydew melon, and fresh carrots/pea pods.

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

Wee Sprouts: Fresh bell peppers/cucumbers.

Have a great day!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-01-08

Happy Wednesday!

This morning we engaged with an obstacle course.  We walked across the textured stepping stones to toss a ball into a plastic block.

We then headed into the kitchen to engage in a sensory activity with playdough.

Breakfast:  Overnight oatmeal with cinnamon/sugar mixture and bananas.

Lunch:  Farm fresh scrambled eggs with shredded mozzarella cheese, fresh honeydew melon, whole grain wheat bread and cooked sweet potatoes.

Afternoon Snack: Whole grain white corn tortilla chips with hummus.

Wee Sprout:  Sugar Snap Peas.

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-01-07

Good afternoon!

We have been practicing patience as our volcano creation dries.  We decided to work on a volcano drawing in the art area this morning.  We used oil pastels to draw the volcano.  Many kids chose to add lava flowing down the sides or magma pushing up from under the ground.  These things were illustrated in the book we read and we were excited to see how much of this information kids were able to retain!

Please enjoy a few more pictures from our day!

Breakfast: Overnight oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh pears

Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat bread, fresh honeydew melon/bananas and fresh snap peas/cucumbers

PM Snack: Humus with tortilla chips

Wee Sprouts: Fresh bell peppers/cucumbers

Have a wonderful day!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to Pictures:2026-01-07

Good Afternoon!

We continued to dive into our FAB’s for the week and today, we focused on community helpers. Each PREK1 group member came to the board where they found their name and solved their community helper riddle. Majority of children took the initiative to write their answer by themselves with help from a teacher as they sounded out the word.

Social Studies: K.2.1 Give examples of people who are community helpers (inside the classroom and outside the classroom) and describe how they help us.

 

Just before break we read a book about volcanos, which captured the interest of several of our older kids.  We planned to create a volcanic eruption through an experiment in our classroom which the kids were very excited about.  Returning from break, two kids asked about the volcano upon entry on day one…so clearly still interested even after two weeks :).

This morning, we began work on the volcano.  We worked together to make a batch of salt dough.  Next, we placed a bottle on a tray as the volcano’s crater and used the salt dough to build a volcano around it.  We ran out of dough so had to stop and make a second batch.  Since some of the kids felt that the dough was not a good color for a volcano, we added some brown food coloring.  The kids also shared that we should have grass around the volcano so we added some green play dough we already had in the classroom.  A few kids also decided to use some dough to add “rocks” around the bottom.  They were quite invested in making the volcano as realistic as possible and I loved how they had so many ideas to add to the project!  We are anxiously waiting for the project to dry so we can used a few benign household materials to create the eruption.

Enjoy a few more pictures from our day.

Breakfast: Kix cereal with fresh blueberries.

Lunch: Chicken/avocado on whole wheat bread, fresh cantaloupe/bananas, and fresh peppers/cucumbers.

PM Snack: Cinnamon raisin bagel with cream cheese.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers/carrots/pepper.

Have a lovely afternoon!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-01-06

Good Afternoon!

This morning, we built with Interstar Connectors!

Then, we went into the kitchen and explored wooden community helpers! As friends pointed out various helpers, Miss Bekah told them what the helper does.

A couple friends pulled down the pianos and made music with them for a while, then Rose and Diana made music with them.

Breakfast:  Whole grain Kix cereal and fresh pineapple .

Lunch: Whole grain wheat tortilla, chicken avocado salad,  fresh blueberries and cooked corn.

Afternoon Snack: Whole grain cinnamon raisin bagels with cream cheese and bananas.

Wee Sprout: Green bell peppers.

Have a terrific evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-01-06

Good Afternoon! 

**Reminder: Wee Friends will be closed on Friday, February 20th for our yearly conferences!

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Welcome back! We kicked off 2026 by having a jam packed morning full of exploration and outside time. Our PREK1 kids came to the sign in board where we went over rules that we follow inside to keep ourselves and our peers safe. An important word was missing in each sentence so children worked to fill in their sentence with the correct missing word.

Social Studies: K.2.3 Give examples of classroom and school rules and explain how each helps us.

Today we explored a “sensory cereal” activity that helped teach how to serve one’s self at the table.  We pretended we had a very colorful cereal (puff balls) with milk (white paint tinted water) and we were serving ourselves breakfast.  We practiced using the spoon to fill our bowl and then carefully pouring ourselves milk on our cereal and a cup of milk just like we would at breakfast time.  As imaginative play progressed around this activity, one of our kids wondered if there was a way to get the pompoms out of the milk more effectively.  We decided to try a few options like funnels and several kinds of strainers.  As we tested different options, we decided what what we thought worked best… so our fine motor imaginative play evolved into some create problem solving.

Please enjoy a few more pictures from our day!

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

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with marinara and cheese, fresh carrots/cucumbers, and fresh pineapple/bananas.

PM Snack: Whole milk yogurt with fresh pears.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh peppers/carrots.

Have a great afternoon!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2026-01-05

Happy Monday!

We are so happy to see our friends after the winter break! Baby Diana and Rose both enjoyed lots of playtime and sitting up with minimal or no support.

The big kids enjoyed some time in housekeeping, playing with baby dolls, dressing up and making toast.

We had some time outside in the snow.  We were busy sliding down the slide, scooping the snow with a spoon into a measuring cup and playing with the trucks.

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

Lunch: Whole grain penne pasta with marinara sauce and shredded  mild cheddar cheese, fresh banana and cooked sweet peas

Afternoon Snack: Whole milk yogurt with fresh pineapple.

Wee Sprout: Cucumbers

Have a great evening!

Link to Pictures: 2026-01-05