Good Afternoon!

This morning we engaged with playdough.  We used a variety of tools to cut the dough or pound it with a hammer.  We also used our fingers to poke holes into it.  We added some alphabet letters to stamp into it.

Then, we spent some time by the habitrail! We pulled out rainbow mats, stairs/slide mat and the big square tumble mat, to climb on and jump off or crawl through.

Enjoy some other pictures of activities throughout our day!

Breakfast:  Overnight Oatmeal with cinnamon/sugar mixture and fresh cantaloupe/apples.

Lunch:  Farm fresh scrambled eggs,  fresh green peppers and watermelon and whole grain wheat flatbread.

Afternoon Snack: Whole grain Ritz crackers with hummus

Wee Sprout: Fresh cucumber

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-10-15

Good Afternoon! 

We hope you enjoy some pictures from our day!

Breakfast: Oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh pears

Lunch: Farm fresh Scrambled eggs with fresh watermelon/pears/banana and fresh cucumbers/peppers

PM Snack: Air-Popped corn with raisins

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers/peppers

Have a great day!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures:2025-10-15

Happy Tuesday!

This morning we engaged in a sensory experience with shaving cream.  We explored the texture of the cream with our hands as we spread it around our tray.  We also used a paint brush to spread it around on our trays as well.

We also explored the various shakers and bells, with one of our babies participating too!

Breakfast: Whole grain Cheerios with fresh apples.

Lunch: Whole grain wheat toast with peanut butter, mild cheddar block cheese, fresh cantaloupe and fresh organic snap peas

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

Wee Sprouts:  Mini sweet peppers.

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to Pictures: 2025-10-14

Good Afternoon!

We kicked off our Tuesday by talking about height during our PREK1 sign in! Each friend was asked to venture throughout the classroom, finding a peer who was shorter than they are. Then, we worked at writing their name. Most friends wrote their name with minimal help! Children acknowledged that they were writing “new to them” letters. For example, one peer shared, “I don’t write K’s that much!”—so we worked together to identify the specifics of the letter K before writing it!

Later on in group, we read, ‘Hey Little Ant’ which is a book from our MACK collection. It dives into the notion of looking at a situation from someone else’s point of view. There are two main characters in the story: an ant and a boy. Throughout the story, the ant gives the boy several reasons as to why he doesn’t want to be stepped on. We talked about height and the severe difference between the two characters.

K.M.1: Make direct comparisons of the length, capacity, weight, and temperature of objects, and recognize which object is shorter, longer, taller, lighter, heavier, warmer, cooler, or holds more.

Today, we enjoyed a special activity making applesauce.  Everyone was offered a chance to help cut up one apple.  We each learned how to use our plastic “safety knife” to cut the apple slices into cubes.  We filled a pot with the apples all of our wee friends helped to cut up and we can’t wait to try it for snack! Yum!

At the round table, we offered an imaginative play area for friends to continue to process what they learned while making the applesauce.  Play is an excellent way for kids to continue learning about something they have been exposed to. 

Breakfast- Kix cereal with banana.

Lunch- Peanut butter on whole wheat flatbread, cheddar block cheese, fresh oranges/cantaloupe, and fresh cucumber/snap peas/green beans.

PM Snack- Homemade applesauce and whole wheat bagel with cream cheese.

Wee Sprout- Fresh snap peas/green beans/cucumber.

Have a great afternoon!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to Pictures: 2025-10-14

Good afternoon!

Today we welcomed our new friend Rowan to the Wee Wee classroom and his family to the Wee Friends family.  We are so happy to have you join us.

We spent a good part of our morning building with Duplos,  placing Little People on the car hauler, stepping on or sitting in the  BounceBlocks or climbing on the habitrail!

As our morning progressed, we moved onto the reading steps and housekeeping areas to look at books or engage with the baby dolls.

 

After Wee Sprouts, we went outside to engage in our favorite activities.

Breakfast: Whole grain wheat toast with cinnamon butter and fresh banana

Lunch: Whole grain penne pasta with chicken, fresh mini sweet peppers and fresh pineapple

Afternoon Snack: Whole milk yogurt with fresh pears.

Wee Sprout:  Cucumbers.

Have a great evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-10-13

Good Afternoon!

Halloween and pumpkins have been a hot topic lately so we used Jack-O-Lanterns as the headliner for our PREK1 sign in! Children looked at three different sized pumpkins and wrote their name under the tallest.

Later on in group, we continued using comparison words such as taller, shorter, heavier, and lighter as we read, ‘What Do You Do With A Tail Like This?’. We looked at several different animal features such as nose, mouth, tail, and ears. We saw just the feature, not the whole animal and had to guess which feature belonged to what animal.

K.M.1: Make direct comparisons of the length, capacity, weight, and temperature of objects, and recognize which object is shorter, longer, taller, lighter, heavier, warmer, cooler, or holds more.

Today we explored how to use a scale.  We tried a variety of objects to contrast against each other from stones to puff balls.  We found that our heavier objects tipped the scale down.  We also found we could put similar objects on either side of the scale to balance it.  Many friends enjoyed taking things in and out and watching the scale tip up and down.  Many of our kids seemed to have a good grasp of what was happening and why as they finished exploring!

In the art center friends explored some new art materials for collage.  Several kids became interested in creating a checkerboard pattern and then adding the sequins in the middle on each square, creating a very symmetrical collage.  Others took a more layered and asymmetrical approach.  Both were great and the kids loved making their collages.

PREK2:  In group we talked about things that were heavy and things that were light.  We chose an object from the bowl and then decided if the object we picked was heavy or light.  Our teacher recorded what we thought on the board.

Breakfast: Whole wheat toast with cinnamon butter and fresh apples.

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with turkey,  fresh pineapple/banana, and fresh green pepper/broccoli.

PM Snack: Ellie’s birthday snack: homemade banana muffins and whole milk yogurt.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumbers and broccoli

Have a wonderful afternoon!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-10-13

Happy Friday!

This morning we painted with real leaves from outside with green, red and yellow tempera paint.  The leaves were of different shapes, colors and sizes.  We created colorful fall paintings with our leaves and fingers

Then, we spent some time on the habitrail. Miss Audrey got out the liquid square mats around the habitrail, and the friends jumped from mat to mat. One friend even moved them into a straight line to make a path for laps around the habitrail!

Afterwards we went outside to enjoy the lovely weather that we’ve been having

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

Lunch:  Chicken Avocado salad, whole grain wheat bread, fresh red grapes and sugar snap peas.

Afternoon Snack:  Mild cheddar block cheese and bananas.

Wee Sprout: Fresh cucumbers

Have a great weekend!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-10-10

Good Afternoon!

It was one of those days where a child lead idea takes over the whole morning!  A friend at the art table was talking about Halloween and wanting to make a mask.  He was struggling a bit as he bored a hole in his paper for one eye.  We talked and figured out some materials we could use to make a mask that he could wear.  After that, everyone wanted to make a mask!  The creativity was amazing and the kids all enjoyed wearing them and engaging in imaginative play with the masks throughout the classroom!  We had a wide variety of themes including a pumpkin, a rainbow with horns, a witch king, a dinosaur and a unicorn. 

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

Lunch– Homemade chicken avocado salad on whole wheat bread, fresh pears/pineapple/banana, and fresh cucumber/pepper/broccoli.

PM snack– Goldfish and block cheddar cheese.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper/broccoli.

Have a wonderful weekend!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-10-10

Good afternoon!

We did lots of reading together this morning! We started on the reading steps, some friends looking at books by themselves, then we moved to the habitrail and sat in boats while Miss Bekah read many teacher books.

Then, we brought out puzzles in the kitchen to play with! We explored the different shapes of each puzzle, and tried to find where the pieces went.

Afterwards, we went outside

Breakfast: Whole grain Corn Chex with milk and fresh pears

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with pork, fresh mini peppers and fresh cantaloupe

Afternoon Snack: Whole grain Triscuit crackers with peanut butter and sunflower seeds

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumber

Have a great evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-10-09

Good Afternoon!

We took our weekly trip to the farm today! It was jam packed with chores that we were able to help Farmer Charlotte with. Before starting our chores, we picked fresh raspberries from the raspberry patch—yum!

Our first chore was digging for and finding worms in the compost pile. We fed the worms to salamanders before we left to come back to Wee Friends. All four of our friends were extremely helpful in their own ways—a few did the digging of the worms while others had a great eye for finding the worms in the dirt.

Once we were done finding enough worms, we helped drag and carry cornstalks down to the barn to feed to the horses. We took the cornstalks and fed them through the gate so that the horses could eat them.

Finally, the mice needed to be fed! We all took turns feeding the mice and had the opportunity to hold and pet the mice. A few of the mice are expecting! We’re excited to see if they’ll have their babies by next week!

We had such a fun and productive trip. Farmer Charlotte was thankful for all of our help because as we saw, it takes so many hands and so much help to run a farm!

Interesting fact: we were able to observe the skeletal remains of a possum in the garden!

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

Breakfast– Toasted oatmeal squares with fresh apples.

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded chicken, fresh cantaloupe/banana, and fresh cucumber/pepper.

PM snack– Whole wheat crackers with peanut butter and a seed mixture.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper.

Have a lovely night!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-10-09