Good Afternoon,

This morning we explored play dough of all colors.  Friends have really been enjoying play dough this week so we decided to take it to the next level and offer it in imaginative play.  One friend had the idea of using the play dough to decorate the animals as “carousel animals”.  Several other friends joined in the imaginative play and got creative with building their own carousel animal.  It was a great example of older friends teaching younger friends and introducing a more cooperative imaginative play atmosphere to emulate. 

We had another example of older friend leadership in our classroom today.  When a younger friend threw her paper airplane to see if it could fly, she chose to show him how to make one and help him in the process instead of getting upset.  We love to see our older kids developing these great social skills and leadership abilities!

Breakfast: Oatmeal squares with fresh pineapple.

Lunch: Brown rice with turkey, fresh tomatoes/cucumbers and fresh banana/watermelon.

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

Wee Sprouts: Fresh cucumber/ carrots.

Have a great day!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to Pictures:2025-08-14

Good afternoon!

This morning, our friends played with dress up and the wooden people.

Our friends also enjoyed engaging with playdough in the kitchen. We set out a basket of tools that they were free to select items from. Some friends chose hammers to pound their dough, cookie cutters to press down onto their dough or pattern cutters to glide across their dough.

We then headed outside to enjoy this beautiful weather. Two friends played in the log house and asked “Who wants ice cream?”. We also rode bikes, explored the water table, engaged with baby dolls by holding them in our arms or placing them in the green buckets to walk around with, and used our imaginative play skills in the housekeeping area.

Breakfast: Whole grain Kix cereal with quartered grapes and fresh oranges.

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

Afternoon Snack: Whole grain wheat Ritz crackers with peanut butter, sliced mild cheddar cheese and fresh oranges.

Wee Sprout: Cucumber.

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-08-14

Happy Wednesday!  Enjoy the pictures from our day!

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

Lunch:  Farm fresh scrambled eggs,  fresh nectarines, whole grain wheat bread and cooked green beans.

Afternoon Snack:  Refried beans and shredded cheese on whole grain wheat tortilla.

Wee Sprout:  Cucumbers.

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures:  2025-08-13

Good Afternoon!

Our friends started their morning by engaging with silk scarves and using them to dance along to “Shake Your Sillies Out.” After everyone was done dancing, a friend then worked on stacking the scarves on top of one another.

We then headed into the kitchen to explore our light table. The table was full of translucent sensory beads that our friends used their hands or plastic egg halves to scoop up the mixture.

We made our way outside to engage with two different water play activities and paint with brushes and watercolors at the easel.

Breakfast:  Whole grain Cheerios and fresh strawberries.

Lunch: Whole grain wheat tortilla with peanut butter, 1/2 cheddar cheese slice, quartered red grapes and cucumber slices.

Afternoon Snack: Whole grain cinnamon raisin bagel with cream cheese and fresh nectarines.

Wee Sprout: Orange bell pepper.

Have a beautiful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures:  2025-08-12

Good Afternoon!

Outside today, we offered a leaf collage art activity for older friends.  We found ways to arrange natural materials on our paper.  Friends added flowers, leaves, sticks and grass.  One friend even added a cicada skin found on a bush.

Younger friends worked on a large collaborative outdoor painting activity.

One friend was curious about the sticky milkweed sap, wondering if it would work as glue.  Of course we tried it.  We found it did not work as well as regular glue mostly because we couldn’t get enough of it out of the plant.  We always encourage kids to try their ideas when ever possible.  We believe it’s important for them to follow their curiosity.  That is what teaches kids HOW to learn.

Inside we created an obstacle course for friends to move their bodies in different ways and work on balance.  Our younger friends also worked on the new skill of keeping a place in line as they followed the course.  Older friends worked on their counting skills as they counted their trampoline jumps.

Breakfast– Puffins cereal with fresh strawberries.

Lunch– Melted shredded cheese on whole wheat tortillas, fresh nectarines/grapes/oranges, and fresh cucumber/cherry tomatoes/carrots.

PM Snack– Whole wheat bagel with peanut butter.

Wee Sprouts– Fresh cucumber/carrots/cherry tomatoes.

Have a wonderful night!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-08-12

Good Afternoon!

We began our Monday morning engaging with the sensory tubes, Zany Zoo Activity box and building with Magna-Tiles.

We then watched from the habi-trail windows as the trash truck came down the hill to empty the bins.

We then engaged in putting the balls in the hole, for the coins in the slot, of the object permanence boxes.

We then sat in the plastic blocks or rocked on the rainbow mats.

We then headed outside to get some fresh air.  We rocked on the teeter totter, engaged in water play, scooping and pouring the water from a watering can into a variety of objects and engaged in the sandbox, building with sticks or exploring a dinosaur.

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

Lunch:  Whole grain wheat elbow macaroni with marinara and shredded Colby-jack cheese, fresh cucumber and watermelon slices.

Afternoon Snack:  Whole milk yogurt and fresh strawberries.

Wee Sprout:  Cucumber.

Have a marvelous evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-08-11

Good Afternoon!

**Wee Friends will be closed Monday, September 1 for Labor Day. Thanks!

This morning we offered a loose parts activity with blocks and popsicle sticks.  The activity was open ended.  Our kid’s job was to explore it.  What many friends became interested in was the idea of balance.  It became a group endeavor to find different ways to balance the pieces.  This activity took patience, attention, slow controlled movements and creative problem solving.  It also took awareness of others work, as tray bumps could topple other projects.  A great deal of learning took place as kids challenged themselves to balance objects.

Albert, one of our graduating friends, got to pick something he wanted to do for his last day.  He picked painting.  He created several paintings of card, trucks and people to take home.  Everyone will miss your lunch table jokes!

Please enjoy a few more pictures form our day!

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

Lunch– Whole wheat pasta with marinara sauce and shredded cheese, fresh watermelon/strawberries, and fresh cucumber/snap peas.

PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with granola.

Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/snap peas.

Have a lovely night!

-Wee Friends Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-08-11

Happy Friday! Enjoy some pictures from our day!

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

Lunch:  Chicken lunch meat and cream cheese roll-ups, fresh apple and cucumber slices and whole grain wheat tortilla.

Afternoon Snack:  Goldfish crackers, banana and mild cheddar block/sliced cheese.

Wee Sprout:  Red bell pepper.

Have a great weekend and stay cool!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-08-08

Happy Friday!

This morning, a group of friends worked on building a variety of structures with our notch blocks.  They first built a truck with windows in from and back.  Next they built a house using a piece across the top as the beginning of a roof.  We offered a piece of fabric to help with the roof project,  which was happily received!  Building three dimensionally is a wonderful developmental activity.  It creates a situation where kids need to visualize a problem as well as the solutions in a three dimensional way.  That process pushes kid’s critical thinking and creative problem solving skills.  Working on projects like this in groups offers the opportunity to develop communication, group problem solving and cooperation to produce a shared result.

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

Breakfast: Brown rice cakes with cream cheese and fresh pineapple

Lunch: Humus sandwiches on whole wheat bread with fresh banana/pineapple and fresh cucumber/carrots

PM Snack: goldfish crackers with mozzarella cheese

Wee Sprouts: Fresh bell peppers and carrots

Have a great weekend!

~Wee Friends Teachers

Link to Pictures:2025-08-08

Good afternoon!

Our friends started their morning by exploring Interstar connectors and the magnetic mix-and-match animal pieces in the front area of our classroom.

We then made our way into the kitchen for a bead, pipe cleaner and pattern card activity. One friend used their fine motor skills to thread the beads through their pipe cleaner and repeated it two more times to make a total of three bead threads!

We brought down the climb & play soft mats for our friends to engage with. We put our gross motor skills to use as we climbed, rolled or sat on the blocks.

We headed outside to get a kickstart on this warm day. We drew with markers at the art table, enjoyed the shade with a friend on the stage, rode teeter-totters with a friend or sibling, explored the water table and dipped paintbrushes in cups of water to paint the chalk-covered stepping stones.

Breakfast: Whole grain Oatmeal squares cereal with fresh cantaloupe slices.

Lunch: Whole grain brown rice with red beans, yellow bell pepper and fresh oranges.

Afternoon Snack: Sunflower seeds and whole grain Wheat Thins crackers.

Wee Sprout: Cucumber.

Have a wonderful evening!

WWF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2025-08-07