Good afternoon!

Miss Bekah sang “There Were Ten In The Bed” and our friends recreated the song by rolling on a pillow. They took turns “rolling off” the bed (the pillow) while sharing smiles. We listened to Miss Bekah read the book as well.

We made our way into the kitchen for a loose parts activity with wooden shapes and miniature farm animals. Our friends stacked their wooden shapes to make towers, and one friend looked through the wooden ring.

Our friends engaged i their favorite activities outside- using their imaginative play skills to cook in the play kitchen, drawing with chalk on the chalkboard and riding bikes down the hill.

Breakfast: Whole grain Puffins cereal with fresh cantaloupe slices.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with shredded turkey, watermelon slices and cooked carrots.

Afternoon Snack: Sunflower seeds with whole grain wheat Ritz crackers.

Wee Sprout: Cucumber.

Have a beautiful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-03-27

Good Afternoon!

Our focus for PREK1 sign in revolved around words that rhyme but our focus was looking deeper at the words. After children chose a card, they matched it to their rhyming word. We looked at the two words and underlined the letters that were the same in each word, noting that the only letter that was different was the first letter of each word! We talked about how changing the first letter and sound changes the word. Some children were able to talk about the sounds of each beginning letter of their matching rhyming words.

We played off of this topic during PREK1 group as we read one of Dr. Seuss’s most known books: Hop on Pop! Children quickly and easily identified MANY pairs of rhyming words in the book. Ryan was quick to share, “This is SO a fiction story.”

K.RF.3.5: Add, delete, or substitute sounds to change words.

We had another busy day!  We worked on threading loose parts as a creative counting and fine motor welcome activity.  We enjoyed trying to see how many items we could fit on a string.  We tried making patterns.  A couple of friends were able to thread a straw and asked for more to see how many straws they could fit on the string.  It was open for experimentation.  Some of us continued making projects in the art center and writing about what they made, like Ryan did with his alien ship.  We had some great journals and enjoyed some time outside moving our bodies and drawing with chalk.

Breakfast– Toasted oatmeal squares with fresh strawberries.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded turkey, fresh watermelon/cantaloupe, and fresh pepper/cucumber/carrot.

PM snack-Whole wheat crackers with peanut butter and sunflower/pumpkin seed mixture.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/carrot/pepper.

Have a wonderful night!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-03-27

Good afternoon!

Our friends will ask Miss Tina to do their hair in the morning. We all wait patiently for our turn and once Miss Tina is done, we walk over to the mirror to look at our hair. Everyone looks so beautiful!

Miss Bekah switched out the sensory table for the bird seed and rice mixture.  We engaged with a variety of different sizes of scoops to scoop the mixture up and pour into a bowl, cups or back into the table.

We then engaged to make music with our shaker instruments.

Breakfast:  Overnight oatmeal with cinnamon/sugar mixture and fresh strawberries.

Lunch:  Farm fresh scrambled eggs with shredded mozzarella cheese, fresh cantaloupe slices, cooked broccoli and whole grain wheat bread.

Afternoon Snack:  White corn tortilla chips and hummus.

Wee Sprout:  Orange bell peppers.

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-03-26

Good Afternoon!

Our PREK1 group sign in focused on addition problems with a total of ten. We used our fingers, just like we did during our group activity yesterday, and tried to do it on our own! Each friend found their name along with their addition problem. We worked together and used our fingers to figure out what number is missing in our equation. Some friends requested that I dot their number while other friends wrote their number on their own.

K.CA.4: Find the number that makes 10 when added to the given number for any number from 1 to 9 (e.g. by using objects or drawings), and record the answer with a drawing or an equation.

Later on in PREK1 group, we read ‘Save It!’ which is a great book from a series about money at a developmentally appropriate level! After we read the book, we worked together to fill in the numbers that were missing on the number line. As I pointed to a number, they said it aloud. When we came to a blank space, we worked together to identify which number came next. I called on one friend at a time, giving them two number options to choose from. As they identified the correct number, we placed it onto our number line!

We also started looking at the pattern in numbers, specifically the second number and how it goes in numerical order: 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, etc.

K.NS.3: Find the number that is one more than or one less than any whole number up to 20.

The opportunity arose to practice literacy skills in the art area this morning.  Several friends wanted to try writing directions for how to use the creations they were making. One friend wrote directions for a few different creations including a “Squirting Water Chair”.  He wrote that one would sit in the chair and press the button to turn it on.  Then the chair would spray you with water to cool you off on a hot day.  During the writing process, he learned how to write the “Qu” letter combination and how to write the “Ch” letter combination.  All this happened effortlessly and naturally as he worked through a project he wanted to do.

Another group of kids chose to work on writing stories.  A teacher was available to help write.  Friends wrote the titles and authors names themselves.  One friend wrote a story about a dog and cat that got chased by a dinosaur.  During the writing process we learned when to use an exclamation point and when the word “suddenly” could be used in a story.  Once again, all of this happened naturally as a child worked on a project they chose.  Our oldest friend was able to write her entire story herself using kid spelling.  Her book was titled “The Adventure Book”.  It’s wonderful to see so many friends interested in learning literacy to communicate ideas through the written word!

PREK2: During group we read “The Thankful Book”.  After the story, we thought of something we were thankful for at school.  We made a class list.  Our younger group is also continuing to show interest in literacy during stories and journaling. 

We hope you enjoy some more pictures from our day.

Breakfast– Overnight oatmeal with cinnamon and banana.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat flatbread/english muffins, fresh cantaloupe/strawberries/banana, and fresh cucumber/pepper/broccoli.

PM snack– Air popped corn with butter and fresh watermelon.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper/broccoli.

Have a lovely night.

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-03-26

Good Afternoon!

We worked with action verbs for our PREK1 sign in this morning. Each group member came to sign in where we read their sentence, trying to figure out which action verb should be placed in the blank space. We used context clues to figure out which action verb made sense.

K.W.6.1b: Verbs—Writing sentences that include verbs.

Wee Friends were hard at work on several individual projects at the art table this morning. These kids make things as fast as we can give them materials!  Ryan made himself a set of headphones to wear while he worked on a large race course for cars.  Paige made an obstacle course with a painted maze to follow at the end.  She demonstrated how it worked on the building rug.  Katherine finished her ramp that she has been working on and tested it with friends.  She said she was excited because “it worked so well!”.  Katherine invited others to join and play with the ramp with her. 

Imagining and creating these projects sets off an explosion of brain development in children.  To name a few: critical thinking, creative problem solving, social emotional learning and fine motor development.   Kids learn self motivation as well as trial and error experimentation which builds confidence.  They learn that mistakes are just a part of the learning process and gain the ability to try ideas without fear.  These are skills that will be essential to their success and well being in life!  We are so happy to provide an environment that fosters these experiences at Wee Friends.  

We built “small worlds” at our welcome activity this morning.  Friends used our new curved wood arches with a variety of loose parts to make tunnels for trains, islands, forests, arctic ice and bridges between them.  Friends worked together to create imaginative play environments for themselves.

PREK2: At group today we read “Bug Soup”.  A couple of friends voiced that they wanted to continue sorting words until we made it through the alphabet.  They shared some disappointment that we didn’t do that on the board yesterday.  Taking the constructive criticism into account (),  I created a word sorting board today and will continue to do the word sort periodically as requested! 

Loving our new dress-up glasses!

Breakfast– Corn Chex with banana.

Lunch– Homemade chicken avocado on whole wheat bread, fresh clementines/pears/pineapple, and fresh cucumber/carrot.

PM snack– Whole wheat bagel with cream cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/carrot/pepper.

Have a lovely night.

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-03-25

Good afternoon!

We started off our morning with art at the kitchen table. Our friends drew with markers in their journal binders or on paper. We made long strokes or circular marks with our markers. Our friends also identified the color of the marker that they were drawing with.

Miss Bekah found a new puzzle for our friends to explore. It’s a mix-and-match set with a teddy bear that our friends can “dress” in various outfits. We also engaged with Cece while she played with a cup stacker.

We then headed outside to enjoy the nicer weather and fresh air. Our friends used their imaginative play skills to engage in the kitchen, build with the Outlast blocks in the rock area, scoop sand in the sandbox, explore trucks by the playhouse and push cars on the balance beam course.

Breakfast: Whole grain Kix cereal with fresh apple.

Lunch: Chicken avocado salad, whole grain wheat flatbread, fresh pineapple slices and cucumber.

Afternoon Snack: Whole grain wheat bagel with peanut butter and bananas.

Wee Sprout: Yellow bell pepper.

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-03-25

Good Afternoon!

This morning we began our day dancing with bean bags to the Beanie Bag Dance song.

We then engaged in matching the colors of the pop-up people in the base.

We headed into the kitchen to engage with pegs.  Miss Bekah moved the chairs away from the table to make it a gross and fine motor experience.  She also borrowed the square boards from the preschool class to have a bigger space to work independently on or with a friend.  We were busy building towers and sorting our pegs to put all the same color pegs in first before moving on to another color.

We then headed out to run around the front circle while going through the sheer curtain.

We then sat and built with Magna-Tiles.

Breakfast:  Whole grain wheat bread toasted with butter and cinnamon/sugar mixture and fresh pear slices.

Lunch:  Whole grain penne pasta with shredded turkey, fresh apple slices and cooked green beans.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole milk yogurt and fresh strawberries.

Wee Sprout:  Cucumber.

Have a great evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-03-24

Good Afternoon!

PREK1 kiddos kicked off their week by working with numbers for their sign in activity. Each child had a specific number line where one number was missing. They worked at identifying the numbers that were present and then tried to figure out which number was missing. Once they figured out the missing number, they picked out the number from a larger group of numbers.

K.NS.3: Find the number that is one more than or one less than any whole number up to 20.

The science area was buzzing with excitement surrounding new toys and a few new homes for our current toys! The contents of the light table were switched this morning which instantly drew excitement. Asher chose to lay out the wooden cubes on the ground to explore the contents. He took each wooden box, shook it gently, and shared with a peer that was close to him how loud or soft each box sounded.

Friends explored letters and word building at the welcome activity this morning.  The kids could choose from a “Class Name” tray where they could search for letters to spell class names, or they could choose the “Word Tray” searching for letters to spell simple words.

The art center was busy with a variety of self driven projects.  There was a lake with several child made boats to sail on it.  There were also a few roads made as ramps or flat highways.

Most of the class rotated through the building rug at some point in the day to explore what they could do with our new “hollow blocks” and “wooden trucks”.  There were clearly many ideas and great team work!

PREK2: At group we read the story “Thankyou Earth”.  After the story, we thought about what we appreciated about the outdoors.  We made a class list of our ideas.

Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with butter and banana.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with shredded beef, fresh pineapple/strawberries, and fresh cucumber/carrot.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with banana.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper/carrot.

Have a wonderful night.

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-03-24

Happy Friday!

Reminder:  Wee Friends will be closed Friday, April 18, 2025 for Good Friday.  Thank you.

This morning Miss Bekah created 2 masking tape roads for us to drive on with the new wood vehicles.

We then headed into the kitchen to engage in a sensory experience with playdough.  We used hammers, rolling pins, shape cookie cutters, plastic egg halves to manipulate it.  We also had golf tees and a pipe cleaner to stick into our dough.

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We then headed out of the kitchen and laid down to act out See The Bunnies Sleeping, rocked in the rocking chair with a friend, played with a baby doll and baby bottles and engaged in a book independently on the reading step.

We then headed outside to engage in our favorite activities.

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

Lunch:  Hummus on whole grain wheat bread, fresh cucumber slices and pear slices.

Afternoon Snack:  Goldfish crackers and mozzarella cheese stick.

Wee Sprout:  Cucumber.

Have a great weekend!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-03-21

Happy Friday!

**First reminder: Wee Friends will be closed on Friday, April 18th for Good Friday.

We hope you enjoy some of the pictures from our day!

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

Lunch: Cheese quesadillas on whole wheat tortilla, fresh guacamole, fresh grapes/pineapple/pear/banana, and fresh peppers/carrots.

PM snack: Goldfish and string cheese. .

Wee Sprouts: Fresh peppers/carrots/cucumber.

Have a great weekend!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2025-03-21