Good Afternoon!

Our FAB’s kicked off this week! FAB stands for Framework for Academic Balance—essentially our Wee Friends version of state standards. These are aimed for our kindergarteners but we also implement these standards at a foundational level for our older preschoolers, when applicable.

Today in PREK1 group, we read ‘My Body’. We talked about similarities we have in our physical appearance such as we all have hair! We also dove into the specific differences such as hair color and whether we have straight or curly hair. When we were done reading, we talked about our family size. Each group member had a chance to count the number of family members that live in their household. We totaled the family members and marked it on our chart. This allowed friends to see what other peers have the same family size!

Social Studies: K.3.6 Identify and compare similarities and differences in families, classmates, neighbors and neighborhoods, and ethnic and cultural groups.

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This morning we practiced sorting by color at our welcome activity.  We found all the right places for the colored beads.  We practiced color names and counting as well.  Some of us got so excited about sorting that it became a full body experience :).

In the art center we continued working on our water color leaf and flower paintings.  We created beautiful arrangements on out paper and added color.  We are excited to see what our paintings look like when they dry!

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

Breakfast: Kix cereal with fresh apple slices.

Lunch: Brown rice with turkey, fresh watermelon/pineapple, and fresh carrots/cucumbers.

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

Wee Sprouts: Fresh snap peas and bell peppers.

Have a great day!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-08-21

Good Afternoon!

One of our morning activities, was painting.  We used red, blue, and yellow tempera paint with different sizes of sponge circle brushes.  One friend added yellow to their red that was already on their paper and created a new color.

Before Wee Sprouts, we sang and danced along to “Wheels on the Bus” and “We Are the Dinosaurs.” One friend stood and danced along while another sat on our reading steps and sang along. We also engaged with rhythm sticks! We tapped them together while listening to “Ants Go Marching.”

While outside, Miss Linsey set out water tables with seashells! We all went over to explore all the seashells.

Breakfast:  Whole grain Cheerios cereal and fresh nectarines.

Lunch:  Whole grain brown rice with black beans, mini sweet peppers and fresh pineapple slices.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole grain Triscuit crackers and sunflower seeds.

Wee Sprout:  Sugar Snap Peas.

Have a terrific evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures:2025-08-21

Happy Wednesday!

This morning we engaged in building with Magna-Tiles on the light table.  We observed and worked on identifying all the bright colors and shapes.

We then headed out to climb on the habi-trail.  We worked on our balance skills while walking up and down the incline of the slide.  We enjoyed sliding down on our bottoms as well.

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

Lunch:  Farm fresh scrambled eggs with Colby-Jack shredded cheese, fresh nectarines, sugar snap peas and whole grain wheat flatbread.

Afternoon Snack:  Hummus on whole grain wheat Ritz crackers.

Wee Sprout:  Cucumbers.

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-08-20

Good Afternoon!

We enjoyed working on an art activity in the art center this morning.  Friends looked through a tray of leaves and flowers collected from our outdoor space.  Kids arranged their natural objects on their paper and then used an eye dropper to add watercolor around the leaves and flowers.  As the paint dries, we will be able to see the outlines of the leaves and flowers in the paintings.

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

Breakfast: Overnight oatmeal with fresh nectarines.

Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole what flatbread, fresh watermelon/nectarines and fresh carrots/cucumbers.

PM Snack: Air popped corn with raisins.

Wee Sprouts: Fresh bell peppers/snap peas.

Have a great rest of the day!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to Pictures: 2025-08-20

Good Afternoon!

This morning we worked on making pegboard shapes with rubber bands.  Older friends found they could make many shapes within shapes.  Arthur found that he had made hexagons, trapezoids, triangles and a square all in one overlapping shape.  Younger friends used their fine motor skills to place the pegs into the board and add rubber bands over the pegs.  We always aim for all developmental needs to be met by our multi-age activities.

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

Breakfast- Puffins cereal with fresh nectarines.

Lunch- Melted shredded cheese on whole wheat flatbread, fresh watermelon, and fresh pepper/cucumber/snap peas.

PM snack- Whole wheat bagel with butter and cinnamon.

Wee Sprout- Fresh cucumber/pepper.

Have a lovely night.

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-08-19

Good Afternoon!

Today we celebrated a friends 1st birthday.  We enjoyed celebrating with you.  Thank you for the delicious snack.

We also welcomed our new baby,  Rose to the Wee Wee classroom.  We are happy to  have you and your family part of our classroom.  They have been part of the Wee Friends family for several years, and her big brother Albert just left to go to a new school.

This morning, we spent a lot of time in Housekeeping! Friends pretended to eat meals together, and take care of their baby dolls. A couple friends even walked their baby dolls around the classroom while singing, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star to them.

Then, Miss Bekah put out some loose parts-wooden shapes and animals for us to explore! A couple of our friends stacked their shapes, while others explored the variety of shapes and animals on their trays.

We had an inside morning due to all the rain we had.  A child brought the shakers and maracas basket down, and began exploring all the different sounds of them.   At some point, almost every friend had shakers and were playing them together around the basket, some friends even switching shakers amongst themselves.

Breakfast:  Quaker oatmeal squares-brown sugar cereal and fresh strawberries.

Lunch: Refried beans and shredded Colby-jack cheese, cucumbers and watermelon

Afternoon Snack:  Whole grain cinnamon raisin bagel with butter, Colby-jack block cheese and organic fruit and veggie pouch (birthday snack)

Wee Sprout:  Mini sweet peppers.

Have a terrific evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-08-19

Good Afternoon!

This morning we engaged with the shape houses.  We worked on identifying the names of the different shapes and Miss Bekah said the name for us if we needed help.  We also worked at putting them in the correct place in the roof of the house.

We then engaged with the musical instruments.  We shook the bells to hear the sounds they made and then tapped the bars of the xylophone with the mallet to hear the sounds and make our own unique music.

We then headed outside and rode together with a friend on the teeter totter, engaged with the dinosaurs and feeling the texture of the sand with our hands, drawing with chalk on the cement and our friend Cece was working on her walking skills today.

Breakfast:  Whole grain wheat bread toasted with peanut butter and bananas.

Lunch:  Whole grain elbow macaroni with black beans, fresh apple and mini sweet bell pepper slices.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole milk yogurt and fresh strawberries.

Wee Sprout:  Cucumbers.

Have a great evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-08-18

Good Afternoon!

Our oldest kids have been on a writing and illustrating streak!  We are seeing at least one new book from each of them every day.  Today we had a book called “Ten Little Blueberries” and one called “The Day the Dogs Came Home”.  Our little writers have been learning about authors and illustrators through this activity.  They have been practicing kid spelling, learning about sentence structure, narrative and bringing to life ideas using creative problem solving and executive planning.  All this learning seamlessly transpires from emergent curriculum. 

During our welcome activity we explored water movement and fine motor development.  We used pipes, funnels, tongs, tweezers and pompoms in our large water tray.  A couple of friends noticed they had some pompoms stuck in the pipes.  It presented the perfect opportunity for some creative problem solving.  The kids were offered a few tools they could use to figure out how to get the pompoms out.  It’s always better to allow kids to solve as many problems themselves as possible.  This helps them build their problem solving skills as well as their self esteem. 

We also exercised fine motor development at the light table as friends hung small rings on the branches of a little tree. 

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

Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with peanut butter and fresh watermelon.

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with shredded beef, fresh watermelon/strawberries/oranges, and fresh pepper/cucumber.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with graham crackers.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cherry tomatoes/cucumber.

Have a great night!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-08-18

Happy Friday!

This morning we enjoyed listening to Miss Tina read books to us on the reading steps on her last day.

We then headed into the kitchen to use dot markers to create colorful dot drawings.

Outside, we enjoyed popping and catching bubbles from the bubble machine.  We then engaged in scooping and pouring and splashing in the water play tables and pushing the bikes up the hill.

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

Lunch:  Hummus, whole grain wheat bread, banana and fresh carrot chips/cooked carrots.

Afternoon Snack:  Homemade Zucchini chocolate chip muffins,  Colby-jack block cheese and Outshine popsicles (from Miss Tina).

Wee Sprout:  Cucumber.

Have a great weekend!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-08-15

Happy Friday!

Enjoy a few pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Brown rice cakes with cream cheese and fresh watermelon.

Lunch– Peanut butter on whole wheat tortilla, fresh watermelon/grapes, and fresh cucumber/carrot/snap peas.

PM snack– Fruit popsicles from Miss Tina and homemade zucchini muffins.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/carrot.

Have a wonderful weekend!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-08-15